tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76355284355509799552024-02-01T21:00:36.948-08:00Pushing for Progresspeace is possible!Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.comBlogger1675125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-7804817676044673052014-07-03T14:15:00.002-07:002014-07-03T14:20:24.982-07:00Ships, Trains, and...I have been spending a lot of time photographing ships and trains. Samples: <br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/14424131913" title="UP Container Shipment by Robert F. W. Whitlock, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5231/14424131913_731d2c201e.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="UP Container Shipment"></a><br />
UP Container Shipment photograph<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/14380167850" title="Isoldana Unloading Bagged Ceramic Proppant by Robert F. W. Whitlock, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3904/14380167850_b764b3a624.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Isoldana Unloading Bagged Ceramic Proppant"></a><br />
Isoldana Unloading Bagged Ceramic Proppant photograph<br />
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Coal Train, July 2014 video<br />
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Amtrak Trains at Marvin Road video<br />
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Northbound trains at N Rich Rd video<br />
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Burfoot Sunset video<br />
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Thank you, and please, have a good day!<br />
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Robert<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/14586950873" title="Sunny Icebow by Robert F. W. Whitlock, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5558/14586950873_22b0f30464.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Sunny Icebow"></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/14586935173" title="Sunset by Robert F. W. Whitlock, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2905/14586935173_7136ecf455.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Sunset"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-27094483424085516912014-05-09T23:15:00.000-07:002014-05-09T23:15:26.628-07:00What's NewSo much. Life has had me changing more in the last year or two I think than since I was adolescent. So much has been going on. I have been busy. I have a full-time job (putting in 55 hours this week.) I have still been trying to be active with photography and video, and using my voice for truth and justice (for example <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/179715/10-practical-steps-reverse-growing-inequality#comment-1377741487">commenting on an article</a> in The Nation Magazine by Robert Reich about wealth inequality. I am still collecting signatures to petition the Port of Olympia Commissioners to stop engaging in the business of hydraulic fracturing (aka "fracking" or "hydro-fracking") - an extreme method for extraction of fossil fuels. The port has been importing "proppants" from China for a company called Rainbow Ceramics. Proppants are little ceramic balls; they used to prop open fissures created by the hydraulic blasting. I posted a video about that, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPw26-FCZVU">here</a>. I also saw an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnH_vXfHJU">Amtrak train, the Southbound Cascades service whiz by at Waldrick Road</a>. Another video I recently posted shows a bunch of <a href="http://youtu.be/5QINiFKymHA?t=6m59s">crows flying around in the wind</a> seen from the Law Enforcement Memorial at the State Capitol campus. Some photos recently posted to Flickr: <br />
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/13962481607" title="Centralia Electric Generating Station Steam Plant May 2014 Panorama by Robert F. W. Whitlock, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2927/13962481607_99b8422bc7_m.jpg" width="240" height="85" alt="Centralia Electric Generating Station Steam Plant May 2014 Panorama"></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/13962530818" title="Centralia Electric Generating Station Steam Plant III by Robert F. W. Whitlock, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7321/13962530818_0e5310df7f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Centralia Electric Generating Station Steam Plant III"></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/14149338624" title="Centralia Electric Generating Station Steam Plant II by Robert F. W. Whitlock, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5479/14149338624_771c67ec74_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Centralia Electric Generating Station Steam Plant II"></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/13962487417" title="Centralia Electric Generating Station Steam Plant I by Robert F. W. Whitlock, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5237/13962487417_c427650098_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Centralia Electric Generating Station Steam Plant I"></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/13937362798" title="Moon Cradle by Robert F. W. Whitlock, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5076/13937362798_795f629b30_m.jpg" width="240" height="181" alt="Moon Cradle"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-7865520357915696452014-04-19T18:20:00.000-07:002014-04-19T18:20:07.353-07:00The Size of ThingsFour photos: <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ0QjIwDfHL7L_p6igTIYUj2JuLjtQmZD9VtVACC-ghk-5EjcPrvTs_s5CEV0eLV7Pc6pJMAZvNWKhYbA058WENkoJDxopVfg_XVIIUWqOjGBk39T-PBa_UfmOGwp9pG4q2EnfasOuRE/s1600/4365122299_36486f0e6b_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ0QjIwDfHL7L_p6igTIYUj2JuLjtQmZD9VtVACC-ghk-5EjcPrvTs_s5CEV0eLV7Pc6pJMAZvNWKhYbA058WENkoJDxopVfg_XVIIUWqOjGBk39T-PBa_UfmOGwp9pG4q2EnfasOuRE/s320/4365122299_36486f0e6b_o.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxGHiqHQDB_iET2RLnv6b2QmcDmfinQGOWENvwE-F_gCn52WzZlWwmfryIYLucZhHBda5BTPYPXwIqK7Sjc5AiFJbogQkqZXKWqMRbA4CRDvHgrgruqW2T9ND90fjTfMA3Qzuo394qUk/s1600/4365865230_9c4a12d522_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxGHiqHQDB_iET2RLnv6b2QmcDmfinQGOWENvwE-F_gCn52WzZlWwmfryIYLucZhHBda5BTPYPXwIqK7Sjc5AiFJbogQkqZXKWqMRbA4CRDvHgrgruqW2T9ND90fjTfMA3Qzuo394qUk/s320/4365865230_9c4a12d522_o.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIqF4OhiAuHOEwZ6rrvPEANp8lAKPGrM8qjvGvczZI5LYCaRNP-Y8hP5g0MwVAfitPfs8NkwyvC3117OyNG_aUy1PrI2mGepUPFbxUqq1kaTOZAa-ML7TL0yaxZZu5PfVKVlSH2MgljE/s1600/4507440476_1135f0efb4_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIqF4OhiAuHOEwZ6rrvPEANp8lAKPGrM8qjvGvczZI5LYCaRNP-Y8hP5g0MwVAfitPfs8NkwyvC3117OyNG_aUy1PrI2mGepUPFbxUqq1kaTOZAa-ML7TL0yaxZZu5PfVKVlSH2MgljE/s320/4507440476_1135f0efb4_o.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQzbhgNCIifNkRciVEAas82QJX0HUIY8xFapPF2DKkNgqPFMRuwf1hu5mSv7OmKLxxoS-7YdGYJ5ma42J-ffpHr_U2lMUgPS3GqzVB-3iUpStM8254Bcr5I4_LOgldtsldO33iwR6YUc/s1600/4608377722_3690aaaaec_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQzbhgNCIifNkRciVEAas82QJX0HUIY8xFapPF2DKkNgqPFMRuwf1hu5mSv7OmKLxxoS-7YdGYJ5ma42J-ffpHr_U2lMUgPS3GqzVB-3iUpStM8254Bcr5I4_LOgldtsldO33iwR6YUc/s320/4608377722_3690aaaaec_o.jpg" /></a> <br />
Background: going through photos for an exhibit for Artswalk (at Urban Medicinals.) These are some photos that will not be on display. <div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-11105554809728684382014-04-02T16:56:00.002-07:002014-04-02T16:56:08.107-07:00Mud is Life<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/13389301035" title="Aquarine by Robert F. W. Whitlock, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7255/13389301035_4295a4469d.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Aquarine"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-73781100437899553282014-03-21T13:01:00.000-07:002014-03-21T13:01:14.982-07:00Ode to the Industrial AgeMassive extractions, massive amounts of fossil fuels; such a relatively brief geological time-frame -- the geological blink of an eye; life on planet Earth, in the cross hairs? <br />
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Results: <br />
- Certain economic uplift for some of world's population. <br />
- Pollution, including green house gasses.<br />
- Increasing extremity of real economic inequality between rich and poor. <br />
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Problem: No one knows what will happen. <br />
- We do however know some of the certain present day outcomes, and while for a percentage, oh say roughly 20% of the world's population, life has gotten better, for many, it may be argued, improvements have not really panned out, and many people are stuck in impoverishment, and further, enslavement, in order to suit the economic benefits of others. <br />
- We also know that a massive extinction event is already well under way. Many species have already been drive to demise, as a result of industrial impacts on environmental conditions, the ecological balances necessary for life to flourish.<br />
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And so what about the future... It is reasonable to question whether current activities might result in ever increasing consequences for over all life on Earth. This is not even to mention the present day injustices and violence associated with the current harmful economic paradigm. <br />
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So, why do some still take profit and reap reward from activities that do so much to harm (to others, and to the overall diversity and balance of life on Earth.) So--What do you think? <div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-89280998706430608402014-03-02T07:21:00.001-08:002014-03-02T07:21:21.131-08:00BBC Documentary "Truth about Climate Change"<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/a51mWYhVmek?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
Take a look at human impact on climate change, youtu.be/a51mWYhVmek ...<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-53076747606082272222014-02-18T01:10:00.001-08:002014-02-18T01:10:19.755-08:00Peace on the Road<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/8985419462/" title="Hwy 101 North looking toward Olympic Mountains by rfwberdw, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7362/8985419462_fc87a68262_c.jpg" width="800" height="534" alt="Hwy 101 North looking toward Olympic Mountains"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-3943914593300967332014-02-09T22:43:00.001-08:002014-02-09T22:43:54.123-08:00Rail Coupling Yard, St. Paul, MN<iframe src="//instagram.com/p/cPSchVlMHo/embed/" width="612" height="710" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe><br />
July 2013, it just started pouring rain while I was looking at this yard, <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/UAQLx">near Raymond Ave and Energy Park Drive, in St. Paul, Minnesota</a>. <br />
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Here's video: <br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-29299327490379183842014-02-04T12:49:00.002-08:002014-02-04T12:49:22.883-08:00Woodard Bay with Sounds<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tQsj6V7u8TE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
http://youtu.be/tQsj6V7u8TE<br />
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http://youtu.be/vsyIJt87hjc <br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-18834744807189374562014-02-02T06:00:00.000-08:002014-02-19T10:07:18.654-08:00Calling Corporate Power<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/VFqBE3bWl9o?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <br />
On this episode of the program, we (me and Kenny) called and commented on several of these companies: <br />
Bohemian Grove, Manhattan Project, atomic weapons, Global Dominance, empire, General Electric, General Dynamics, etc. ... ALEC ... Google Maps, disregarding Native American Reservations . . . forgetting indigenous traditions . . . death and destruction, pride and prejudice, in the service of financial elitism. Oh man . . . <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFqBE3bWl9o">www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFqBE3bWl9o</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-5129590143221142892014-01-04T17:36:00.003-08:002014-01-04T17:36:52.397-08:00View of Olympic Mountains, from the Budd, Puget Sound<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/11286100054/" title="Olympic Mountains seen from Docks at Boston Harbor Marina December 2013 by ˇBerd, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2894/11286100054_39d66f9494.jpg" width="500" height="79" alt="Olympic Mountains seen from Docks at Boston Harbor Marina December 2013"></a><br />
Olympic Mountains seen from Docks at Boston Harbor Marina December 2013<br />
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Olympic Mountains seen from Docks at Boston Harbor Marina December 2013<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-88135726020464313482013-12-19T21:37:00.001-08:002013-12-19T21:37:31.070-08:00Petition Port of Olympia to Stop Shipping Materials for Fracking <iframe src="http://petitions.moveon.org/embed/widget.html?v=3&name=port-of-olympia-stop" class="moveon-petition" id="petition-embed" width="300px" height="500px"></iframe> <br />
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For more information please refer to <a href="http://olympiapfr.wordpress.com/">Olympia Port Fracking Resistance</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Olympia3C">Olympia FOR Confronting the Climate Crisis [on FB]</a> and on the web, <a href="http://www.olympiafor.org/Climate_Crisis.html">here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-72762665562176294092013-12-19T21:29:00.000-08:002013-12-19T21:29:28.299-08:004 Nature Appreciation Photos<iframe src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/8817553050/player/" height="333" width="500" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> <br />
turtle testing the water<br />
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foggy forest<br />
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sunny trail<br />
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with the trees<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-59074633719892001492013-11-24T15:16:00.001-08:002013-12-09T12:11:15.855-08:00Salary Capedited Monday 9 December 2013<br />
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In light of the facts of industrial overshoot: society currently depends on more resources than the planet can sustainably provide for, and a massive extinction of species is underway, et al.. And considering the horrible and horrendous things (like pollution and war) that have been going on in the name of accumulating wealth: what do you think, might a salary cap, or perhaps even an overall wealth cap, be considerable as reasonable and responsible social protections? Whad'ya think?! <br />
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I recently got to speak about this with Kenrick Ward, of the <a href="http://www.ydhwm.com/">Your Daily Hour With Me</a> TV program, here's some of how the conversation went, starting at about 12minutes and 20 seconds into the episode:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuBtOGJa-y4"><img alt="YDHWM 1154 Magical Realism 131115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2nWpwg4u7twlRReawSty8n5OrmNqoPbbVwssOqzo77erE9MvUS1FZpUcFil3cPnPiY3D0MXc2gsvNaaJxFf8-6F__5ts2PqAPhO2be0nyC3HJLQsesj3ZnrxKzWbhr3jUwVuZpgB20A/s320/Screen+shot+2013-11-24+at+3.19.19+PM.png" title="YDHWM 1154 Magical Realism 131115" /></a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/kuBtOGJa-y4?">YDHWM 1154 Magical Realism 131115 </a><br />
Thank you!<br />
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Additional thoughts: <br />
Maybe true that no matter how meritorious, nor hard-working, beyond a certain point—no amount of salary or wealth makes sense? What would seem like reasonable amounts? <div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-70076490749583116582013-11-06T22:02:00.002-08:002013-11-06T22:02:36.838-08:00Photos from the Waterfront, Olympia, WA<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/2452826747/" title="On the Water by ˇBerd, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3242/2452826747_c5ee96a98f.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="On the Water"></a><br />
April 2008<br />
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November 2008<br />
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November 2009<br />
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December 2009<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-4076588488595498992013-10-22T10:53:00.002-07:002013-10-22T10:53:53.638-07:00Recent Appearances on YDHWM<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ni32cUmjDaY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/ni32cUmjDaY"> YDHWM 1099 Life is Everywhere 130921</a> [www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni32cUmjDaY]<br />
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Thurston Community Television program, Your Daily Hour With Me, has been taping for over three years now. I have been a somewhat frequent guest on the program for about a couple years now. Here's one of the more recent episodes where I sat down with Kenny for the hour. We look at some video, and hear from a couple regular callers, and discuss some current events. <br />
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p.s. I also just posted on Facebook about a couple of recent political events one re: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/rfwwhitlock/posts/10201738476517930">atomic weapons</a>, another re: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/rfwwhitlock/posts/10201738539479504">coal exports</a>. And I got to be at my cousin Alice and Zach's wedding this past weekend, which was great. Big congratulations to them!<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-46170065405242123152013-10-04T10:33:00.000-07:002013-10-04T10:33:02.724-07:00Beautiful Flowers (two images)1) misty yellow <br />
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>yellow flowers dripping with dew from fog on capitol peak <a href="http://t.co/oSJjScdFBe">http://t.co/oSJjScdFBe</a></p>— Robert F.W. Whitlock (@berdww) <a href="https://twitter.com/berdww/statuses/386055192376246272">October 4, 2013</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br />
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2) luscious<br />
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Mid September flowers <a href="http://t.co/k2ntZ7Y1D4">http://t.co/k2ntZ7Y1D4</a></p>— Robert F.W. Whitlock (@berdww) <a href="https://twitter.com/berdww/statuses/386054397027155968">October 4, 2013</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-46660128758500960112013-09-22T11:56:00.003-07:002013-09-22T13:47:51.868-07:00Protect Mother Earth: Phase out fossil fuelsThe technology to phase out fossil fuels has existed for years. The industry has been surviving by brute force and sheer will-power. Influence of money over politics‚ gotten rich by despoiling the environment? And then used the riches to maintain the situation? Consider the massive destruction that has swept across the face of the globe, fueled by fossil resources. Maybe the fossil fuel industry owes a big apology, and serious reparations. . . <br />
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Whad'ya think?<br />
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According to an <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/20-7">article on Common Dreams</a> by Jacob Chamberlain, the Obama Administration has offered $8 billion to subsidize fossil fuels on one hand, while on the other hand announcing new regulatory approaches in attempt to reduce pollution. <br />
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Last week I had the fortune to attend a hearing for the purpose of determining the scope of analysis for environmental impacts for a bulk coal export terminal proposed for Longview Washington. The MBTL (Millenium Bulk Terminal Longview) would be capable of annually moving as much as 44 million tonnes. <br />
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There were two separate afternoon and evening sessions. In the afternoon, the US Army Corps of Engineers heard testimony relating to National Environmental Protection Act. In the evening, the Washington State Department of Ecology and Cowlitz County heard comments relating to State and Local environmental protections. Comments came in from all sides, pro-coal/pro-export, and vice-versa. <br />
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What struck me at the end of the three hours, besides the frustration of having a losing ticket (in fact there were no numbers called in the 0700 range (were they lost?) —there were other suspect aspects of how the numbers came up (more than once 3 in clusters within the same ten digits...), Was that no one mentioned the utter absurdity of having to fight against a coal export terminal — when the danger of increased pollution is so great — and technology to transition away from fossil fuels, toward clean sustainable energy, has never been so advanced (though this transition should have begun decades ago.) The need to phase out fossil fuels is urgent, and will only grow in urgency, as the effects of massive consumption begin to evince themselves on the atmosphere and ocean more and more. <br />
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I used a community television camcorder to record most of the testimony, as well as the rally, and I plan to edit a piece for the station. I think there's need for community documentary of the effort to protect Mother Earth and oppose any expansion of infrastructure to further wreckless exploitation of fossil fuel resources. <br />
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In October, on Thursday the 17th, there will be the final in the series of five scoping hearings. It will be interesting to see the differences between the first hearing in Longview, and the fifth and final hearing. It will be in Tacoma, at the Tacoma Convention Center, 1500 Broadway.<br />
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MT: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>This sign may have been left in the bathroom, did someone lose their support for coal exports? <a href="http://t.co/Q9FZB811kR">pic.twitter.com/Q9FZB811kR</a></p>— Robert F.W. Whitlock (@berdww) <a href="https://twitter.com/berdww/statuses/380237698184650752">September 18, 2013</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-92079296695389150922013-08-27T21:05:00.002-07:002013-08-27T21:05:25.459-07:00Support for Scott Yoos in the Wake of Traumatic Experience Two years my friend Scott A. Yoos, Scotty, had a run in with local law enforcement that resulted in a lengthy ordeal in the local court system. Scotty recently took a plea bargain under an Alford clause, which allowed him to maintain the cause of innocence, while accepting a plea deal in order to avoid jury trial. He was being charged with felony assault of a police officer, after one of the arresting officers filed a report (a month after the incident took place,) in the report, the officer claimed that Scott had kicked him. Anyone who knows Scott knows that he would only kick in self-defense and when very scared. Since the incident, many questions have been asked about how police resources have been spent, and about the training police officers receive so that they are sure to be able to handle difficult situations, for example, like in the case of Scott, who is mute, and also suffers from TBI and PTSD in the wake of a vicious attack in 1984, that almost killed him and left him without ability to speak. <br />
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Now after the lengthy court ordeal, there is need for more funds to cover fines, fees, and legal expenses. <br />
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Find out more at <a href="http://scottysupport.blogspot.com/">www.scottysupport.blogspot.com</a><br />
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I like the way the tree branches move in the breeze in this video. It's the scene from high bridge, about 120 feet up over an Eagle Creek box canyon sort of ravine. <br />
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Here's another video with a couple other scenes from the hike (it also includes the scene from the box canyon, as well as about 5 other scenes:<br />
<iframe width="640" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0HQWKH4T1m4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-48174437542371189872013-08-10T01:04:00.000-07:002013-08-10T01:04:00.030-07:00Climate Change Set to Make Severe Impact on Future GenerationsAn opinion article I wrote was recently published in the <a href="http://olywip.org/">Works in Progress</a> monthly newspaper:<br />
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<a href="http://olywip.org/content/climate-change-set-steal-wellbeing-future-generations">The past 200 years of rapid industrial growth and technological development have impacted the planet and humanity tremendously.</a><br />
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The same article was also published on OlyBlog.net: <br />
<a href="http://olyblog.net/climate-change-set-steal-wellbeing-future-generations">olyblog.net/climate-change-set-steal-wellbeing-future-generations </a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-12616197370889034382013-08-05T06:23:00.000-07:002013-09-04T21:45:26.358-07:00Visit to Colstrip Generating StationUpdated 3 September 2013, <a href="http://olyblog.net/local-power-sustainability-and-democracy">http://olyblog.net/local-power-sustainability-and-democracy</a><br />
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The second largest coal fired power plant in the lower 48, West of the Mississippi river, is Colstrip MT. It is capable of generating nearly 2,100 MW at peak capacity.<br />
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I had a chance to visit last week, as I was driving cross country from Twin Cities, Minnesota, to Olympia, WA. I made a very brief visit, and was able to snap some photographs.<br />
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The landscape is immense, the scale of the plant seemed somewhat lost amongst the surrounding country of the Big Sky. When I read that the stacks are 792 feet tall, I was surprised. They don't look that big. <br />
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The country surrounding the plant was absolutely awesome and gorgeous. And the company town of Colstrip seemed quaint and well kept. The devastation that has been wrought by the massive development has been well hidden from the roadway. Most of the open pit strip mines and lagoons were hidden from sight on the highway. The destruction has been, however, well documented, notably so in the 1986 collection of photos by David T. Hanson, which is referenced in the updated link, posted at the top.<br />
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Here are some photos, and another comment or two:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9 image composite panorama Welcome to Colstrip from hwy 39</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful hills adorn the landscape of Rosebud County, nearby the Colstrip mine to mouth electrical generating station.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rock formations in the hills</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ribbons of road in Rosebud County</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geological Temples</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First view of the station </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smoke stacks on the horizon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evaporator steam with stacks in the distance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of some of the strip mines, most of the views from the road were obstructed by neighboring hills.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wideview plant</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">medium view plant</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">close-up 1&2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">conveyor belt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">close-up 3&4</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">on site facilities</td></tr>
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The facility is operated by PPL Montana, and Puget Sound Energy (which is owned by MacQuarie Group international) has a controlling stake in ownership. <br />
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This plant is capable of yearly producing as much atmospheric carbon as 3 or 4 of the 1980 explosions of the mountain known as St. Helen's. <br />
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A mine to mouth operation, several open pit strip mines dot the hills surrounding the plant. <br />
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One question that came up for me was how did the land come into ownership — in particular the strip mines. To whom were the parcels sold, and when, and for how much...<br />
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One group, Coal Free PSE, has formed to oppose the plant. A project of the Sierra Club, their website is <a href="http://coalfreepse.org/">coalfreepse.org/</a>. <br />
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It is my belief that technology exists so that human society could be powered completely with sustainable, clean, renewable energy — and that the work to phase out fossil fuels should have begun in earnest in the 1970s or sooner, perhaps from the very start of industrialization — the pollution and harm that is intrinsic to fossil fuel extraction and consumption should always have been attempted to be kept to a minimum. Efforts always should have been made to live in harmony and balance with the tremendous diversity of life that has evolved on this planet. As a result of 100+ years of intensive industrial growth, the world is being pushed toward a much degraded landscape, where the richness of life will likely be greatly diminished for future generations (see climate science twitter posts embedded below,) unless major efforts toward urgent action are undertaken as soon as possible. I like to think of it is as an international "race to the Moon" type effort.<br />
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There is a part and a place for everyone to play in this necessary effort to save the world from wholesale onslaught of industrial destruction. <br />
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Sustainable and living in harmony with nature are very much necessary components to the development of world justice and peace.<br />
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
RT <a href="https://twitter.com/Keeling_curve">@Keeling_curve</a>: New op-ed by Scripps climate researcher Richard Somerville, <a href="http://t.co/d7lEq9G3Yw">http://t.co/d7lEq9G3Yw</a>, courtesy of CMMAP/Climate Sense h ...<br />
— Robert F.W. Whitlock (@berdww) <a href="https://twitter.com/berdww/statuses/363699851336220676">August 3, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Rt <a href="https://twitter.com/Keeling_curve">@Keeling_curve</a>: Scripps researcher Coral reefs disappeared during ancient warming episodes society replicating now <a href="http://t.co/7aZAQ3tK6G">http://t.co/7aZAQ3tK6G</a><br />
— Robert F.W. Whitlock (@berdww) <a href="https://twitter.com/berdww/statuses/363061385250357248">August 1, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Rt <a href="https://twitter.com/Keeling_curve">@Keeling_curve</a>: Back to the Greenhouse World: <a href="http://t.co/4BPNskQkpQ">http://t.co/4BPNskQkpQ</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/YouTube">@YouTube</a>
<a href="http://t.co/jHlIkTz54G">http://t.co/jHlIkTz54G</a><br />
— Robert F.W. Whitlock (@berdww) <a href="https://twitter.com/berdww/statuses/363061082081861632">August 1, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-67402758677280436232013-07-22T12:11:00.001-07:002013-10-25T10:01:57.992-07:00Cremation of Care on YDHWM episode 1014, July 2013Ever since bringing up the Bohemian Grove summer encampment initiation ceremony, "Cremation of Care," a few weeks ago, on the YDHWM Thurston Community Television program, I have been thinking and talking more about what might be going on there with this seemingly absurd ceremony, where some of the world's most monied and powerful men gather to "Cremate" dull care, as a mock human sacrifice — when in reality their hegemonic business efforts do indeed result in tremendous suffering, and lives lost. <br />
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Here is the video from the <a href="http://peacepotential.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-bohemian-club-for-super-rich-and.html">previous blog post</a>, where I described calling the Bohemian Club of Taylor Street, San Francisco. One other call to the Bohemian Grove was also attempted since when this video was recorded. Both calls were received by live receptionists — even the second call to the Grove, which was after 10pm. Both calls were forwarded to voice mails.<br />
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www.youtube.com/embed/qPzZkmZ4zHw<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-65323162985558082112013-06-29T12:50:00.001-07:002013-07-01T04:42:42.603-07:00The Bohemian Club for the Super-rich, and the Cremation of Care Child SacrificeOn Friday the 28th of June 2013, Kenrick Ward and I (Robert F. W. Whitlock aka "Berd") called the Bohemian Club on the YHDWM (Your Daily Hour With Me) program. That episode is scheduled to be published next Friday, the 5th of July, and the YDHWM YouTube Channel (user name KennySandwich) shortly thereafter. <br />
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My interest in the Club, and the Summer Encampment at the Grove, was re-piqued when an age-enhanced photo of Lindsey Baum was released by the Grays Harbor County Sheriff. 10 year old Linsdey Baum disappeared without a trace from her neighborhood in McCleary Washington 4 years ago, on the 26th of June 2009. At the time, I was researching the Bohemian Grove, and its Cremation of Care Ceremony. More information about that below, along with a photo of the main-gate of the Grove (near Monte Rio, Forestville, Santa Rosa CA (about 70 miles North of San Francisco and the Bay Area,)) from a drive-by visit when I was there in April 2009. <br />
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Called Bohemian Club of Taylor Street, San Francisco, on tv program today. W/talk about cremation of care, <a href="https://twitter.com/ydhwm">@YDHWM</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bohemiangrove&src=hash">#bohemiangrove</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23sacrifice&src=hash">#sacrifice</a></p>— Robert F W Whitlock (@berdww) <a href="https://twitter.com/berdww/statuses/350734873046155264">June 28, 2013</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br />
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From comment published to the article on The Olympian Newspaper: <blockquote>4 years ago, Lindsey Baum of McCleary WA, 10 years old, vanished from her neighborhood without a trace.<br />
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At the time, I was researching The Bohemian Grove, a place where a couple thousand of some of the world's most monied and powerful gather every summer for the men's only Bohemian Club Summer Encampment.<br />
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The initiation ceremony for the two week gathering is called "The Cremation of Care." During the ceremony, Priests of the Grove sacrifice and burn the effigy of a young child. I couldn't help but think of recently disappeared Lindsey Baum in association with this ceremony.<br />
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Unfortunately for all of us, the activities of these powerful men have come at the expense of humanity, including many children who have suffered as a result of extractive/exploitative industries.<br />
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There is an article about Lindsey in today's newspaper, and I have several other writings about this on my blogs, at peacepotential.blogspot.com and olyblog.net/blog/berd<br />
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<a href="http://www.theolympian.com/2013/06/26/2600385/age-progressed-photo-of-missing.html">Age-enhanced photo of Lindsey Baum released</a></blockquote><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/3436810527/">Entrance to Bohemian Grove</a><br />
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-77747714945841884602013-06-24T13:45:00.001-07:002013-06-24T13:45:52.700-07:00Super Moon<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/9129409192/" title="Super Moon by ˇBerd, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2888/9129409192_d6699e8304_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Super Moon"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://peacepotential.blogspot.com</div>Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.com0