The government pretends to care deeply and profoundly about human health, using police state measures in a time of crisis, justified by their supposed great concern for health. Yet, the federal government has repeatedly slashed health care funding for the past 40 years. The blatant and extreme hypocrisy and deceit
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Writings of J. Todd Ring: Green Homes: Best Practices
After more than 50 years of experimentation and development in the field, done by literally millions of people, and after 35 years of my own research, I would offer this summary of best practices for truly deep green home design and construction. The field is evolving rapidly, however, as is
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: More Faux Left Follies
Letter to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives I used to consider CounterPunch, Canadian Dimension, DemocracyNow! and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives among my most trusted sources for news and analysis. No more. The last issue of CCPA’s Monitor confirmed the total loss of confidence, as did the general
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Lemmings, Cowards & Sheep Unite!
Covid-1984, which is the best way to describe the recent events, is certainly acting as a litmus test. It is separating clearly the men from the boys, the women from the girls, and the people who are capable of sane and rational thought, from the lemmings, the cowards and the
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: US Election 2020: Time For Secession
I think the people of the United States should immediately secede from Washington, Wall Street, and Langley – whether Trump or Biden or any other corporate-fascist poster-child is in office – and start the revolution again: this time, with the methods of Martin Luther King Jr. By the way, I
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Reflections On 2020: Bye, Bye Bernie
Bernie could have beaten both Biden and Trump. But Bernie wasn’t up to it. That leaves one choice: revolution. Bernie failed the people in the end, in 2020. Some predicted that to be inevitable. I had held out a slim hope – knowing fully that no one person can bring
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Shocking Rumours of US Election Fraud
Speculations of vote fraud? That sort of thing could never happen in the USA. The US elections are such a clown car show that I don’t follow them much. The Dems cheated Sanders out of the nomination, have staged coups in multiple countries, have lied and cheated for decades, and
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Getting Off The Treadmill: Seeking More Through Less
Newer, better, more… Newer, better, more… On and on the circle goes. But when you begin to see through such delusions and self-limiting, self-imprisoning patterns, then the door to true wisdom opens. First, however, you must get off the treadmill of always seeking newer, better, more. If it doesn’t exhaust
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Taoist Political Philosophy – Or, How To Not Make The World Worse, By Good Intentions Gone terribly Wrong
The modern world, and particularly the modern Western world, which has now, as of these past few decades, successfully, and tragically, exported itself to become the basis and norm of the modern world globally, is clearly and indisputably in great and severe crisis, on multiple levels: sociologically, politically, economically, psychologically,
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: A Deep Green (and/or) Tiny Home
Dreaming of a greener home – whether tiny size or otherwise? Where to begin? Learn how to do it by doing it. Read books, watch videos, do loads of research, brainstorming, planning and design, yes. And remember that there are people you can consult with who will answer your questions,
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Deep Green Homes, Architecture & Building Design
Green transition? We remain, mainly, lost. Case in point: the talk linked below from the University of Minnessota is one more example, from the numerous examples I have seen of talks and books and papers by leading edge thinkers, academics and specialists on green home and building design, that were
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: What Must Be Done: The Briefest Possible Sketch
We must educate and inform ourselves and others; speak up and stand up for both compassion (ie: public health) and freedom; sow non-violent democratic revolution to dethrone the sociopathic corporate oligarchs; nourish ourselves, our families, and our communities in body, mind and spirit; build networks of community, solidarity, cooperation, mutual
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Dark Winter: Preparedness Is Basic Sanity
Chilling it is to think about the possibilities for a dark winter ahead, or for any major troubles. But dealing with reality is an important thing for adults to do. I realize in late industrial, techno-entranced society that there are few adults anywhere, but for the few, I offer this.
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Media Worth Listening To
Who is worth listening to? Well, the short answer is, everyone. But of course, given time limitations, some voices are more worthy of our time than others. I have written analyses of the media before, but perhaps there is value in distilling a list of best sources, even further, given
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Corporate Fascism 101
We do not live in a democracy. We now live in an oligarchy, or plutocracy, or corporatocracy, if you prefer, as ivy league studies and systems analysis have confirmed, in a case of science confirming the obvious. Most people are now aware of that obvious fact, but sadly, most people
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Freedom of Speech vs Fascism
If free speech bothers you, get a soother. Fascism and Maoism are not acceptable here. If you don’t understand that, then you don’t understand the black liberation movement, which is based in the principle of freedom, as well as equality; you don’t understand liberation movements generally; and you don’t understand
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: OPCW Scandal Reveals Deep Systemic Corruption of Western Elite, the Mainstream & Alternative Media, & the Centre, the Right & the Left
Here is a devastating critique of the mainstream, major media, the “alternative” or “progressive” media, the liberal “centrists” and the left. See my essays on the media and the left, on my blog on WordPress, for further analysis. Check your sources, read widely as well as deeply, and question everything
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Vote Biden To Save The World?!
Anyone But Trump? Fair enough…. Then again…. The Democrats are funding hyper-accelerated global deforestation through wood-to-energy (read, devouring entire forests of live trees) biomass power projects which are being masqueraded as clean, renewable energy – projects which climate scientists say are worse than coal. And who is more a danger
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Cold War 2.0 Continues….. Boo!
“RT is funded in whole or in part by the Russian government.” – Wikipedia Well thanks for letting us know, Wikicrapia. Since you are utterly unreliable, your word is of course gold. Is RT reliable? Compared to what? Compared to the Western corporate and state media, it does a pretty
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Team Biden: Democrats Represent A Continuation Of Neoliberal Corporate-Fascist Elite Rule
What, in reality, would Team Biden and a Democratic White House represent? Let’s cut through the noise and fog and illusions, and deal with reality here, for a change. Team Biden would mean, above all, a continuation of the clearly authoritarian, deeply Orwellian drive of both major US political parties,
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