A chorus of birdsong woke me up at dawn today, as it often does. Such enthusiasm and beauty in their songs as they greet the new day and the sun! It struck me that they were praising the sun and thanking it. The scientific materialists say it is just a biological urge to mark their territory. I say it is the sound of a sentient being. The sound of joyfulness for the new day.
A curious thing about H. sapiens is that we are clever enough to document — in exquisite detail — various trends that portend the collapse of modern civilization, yet not nearly smart enough to extricate ourselves from our self-induced predicament.
Nobody likes to hear news of impending doom, but perhaps if enough Americans are aware of what is happening we might avoid doom. I have been following Dmitry Orlov for about 5 years now and consider him one of the most astute world commentators at this time. I have been following the Saker for about 2 years now. I consider him one of the best sources of information on the Ukraine, the Middle East and Russia. I recommend following both of their websites and reading this article which they have both signed on to.
Michael Pilarski is a multi-disciplinary thinker and hands-on guy specializing in organic, sustainable agriculture, forestry, agroforestry and permaculture. He is a farmer, tree-planter, author and educator. He has planted 80,000 trees so far.