I was going to write a short thought on seeing an amazing little creature in my garden just now – a humming bird no bigger than a bumblebee, which made me almost shudder with joy at the sight. But then I read more on the genocide being waged against
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Writings of J. Todd Ring: What matters?
I am not impressed by wealth. I am not impressed by material possessions, or by the gathering up and hording of baubles and trinkets and bits of shiny things. I am not impressed by the size of your house, or your wallet or bank account, or by what kind of
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Corporatism, capitalism and real alternatives: On the power to choose our destiny
Corporatism is simply a more virulent form of capitalism – or a late stage of capitalism: it is what happens when capitalism is left unchecked, to run its own course. First comes the tendency towards ever-increasing concentrations of money, resources and economic power under a capitalist economy, as Marx rightly
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Earth Day, corporatism, fascism and the saving of our future and our home
The only thing worse than capitalism is corporatism: which we have now, and which is a kind of neo-feudal oligarchy in which business and the state are merged – which, as Mussolini himself defined it, is the proper term for fascism. And to make matters worse, not only is our
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: The Strangelove effect – or how we are hoodwinked into accepting a new world war
The Strangelove effect – or how we are hoodwinked into accepting a new world war. I almost never re-publish articles on my blog that have been written by other people, since the blog is intended for original content only, and my own essays and articles. I think I have twice
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Trends in the news – real analysis for a change, and honesty, if you can imagine that!
Trends in the news: Energy madness, tech stocks plummeting, gold prices rising, propaganda over Ukraine, and China refuses GMO food – real news, brought to you by the world’s leading trend analyst, Gerald Celente. Forget your media schmucks and presstitutes – tune into Gerald Celente for the real story that
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Dollars, rubles and global imperial strategy: The collapse of the Western empire and the rise of the BRICS
Russia began in March a decoupling from the US dollar and begins to end the reign of the petrodollar, and buy and sell oil and gas and other goods and services in Rubles. This is the body blow to the Washington-EU-corporate empire – along with greater Russian-Chinese-BRIC integration, and the
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: My top 6 sources for reliable news and analysis
Here are my top six sources for reliable news and analysis at present. Any one of them puts the mainstream media completely and utterly to shame. If you want to know what is really going on – and with the war drums sounding, the war on democracy, civil liberties and
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Frankness, honesty, truth-telling and compassion – and the social norms and etiquette that obstruct them
Frankness is necessary now, as is a fierce and unflinching honesty, if human beings are to survive. We face such severe and rapidly escalating global crises, the environmental crisis being paramount, that if we do not quickly recover and embrace more fully the tradition of frankness and truth-telling, then we
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Hemp Revolution
Hemp has enormous potential to help us build an ecologically sound society. It can replace most uses of tree-derived paper products and lumber, thus saving vast amounts of forests. It can eliminate and replace most uses of synthetic fibres, which are used in clothing, furniture, carpets and textiles, and
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Reflections on Chartres Cathedral, the death of civilization and the deification of the banal
Thinking of Chartres Cathedral, I ask myself, what, if anything, have we built in the past eight centuries, that compares to this? The iPad, computers, cell phones, the internet? Are you kidding me? You must be joking. We have more ways to amuse ourselves, yes, but when has our
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Nukes, world war, Dr. Strangelove and global showdown – Where’s Slim Pickins when you need him?
So the end-game plan for the US/NATO/EU alliance and the Western oligarchs and plutocratic elite who control it, in their bid to consolidate their present and highly precarious global dominance, seems to be, after encircling Russia and China with military bases and nuclear missiles, to eliminate Russia’s first strike response
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: The prohibition of guns – and the violence it will create
Gerald Celente is right, as usual: he said, look at how the government handled the prohibition of alcohol – it was a disaster. They completely failed. All they managed to do, was to push organized crime through the roof. Alcohol didn’t disappear, but crime soared. Look at the so-called “war
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: What can be done?
What can be done? How can we help others? How can one person make a difference? Well, there are many ways, of course. Most people in modern Western society, and in many parts of the world, feel powerless today. They feel that they can’t do anything to help – they
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: What is happening in Venezuela? It’s certainly not what the mainstream media is telling you
“Much of the reporting by the mass media gives the impression that Venezuela faces a national rebellion. The reality, says Miguel Tinker Salas, is that the protests have been restricted to mostly middle and upper middle class neighborhoods, not entire cities.” – Truthout, What is happening in Venezuela?(Many, many
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Ukraine: CIA coup, geopolitical analysis, and WWIII
Important facts about Ukraine, 2014 – that the major media won’t tell you We often hear, at least from the more reputable businesses out there – and there are some, despite the trends in the opposite direction, led by the ruling corporate oligarchs – that you should “do your
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: A Bodhisattva’s Love
A conversation related, between a Bodhisattva friend and another: Q: “So, what do you do for fun?” A: “I help people.” Q: “No, what do you do for fun?” A: “I help people.” Q: “No, I mean, what do you do for fun?” A: “I help people.” I love it.
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Bernie Madoff, Robin Hood and the present dark age
Why is Bernie Madoff the only Wall St. criminal to face jail time? Because he robbed the 1%, and not the 99%. Rob the rich, and you are attacked, reviled, vilified and quite possibly imprisoned as well, if not burned at the stake or publicly beheaded, drawn and quartered –
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Advertising, bondage and consumerism
I turn off the mute on the radio, to check if the nauseating ads are finished and we can get back to the music, and I hear, “New York steak…” – so I mute it again immediately; and I think: Advertising = the intensification and multiplication of human wants and
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