Category Archives: Climate

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The Second Coming

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Jay Greathouse

THE SECOND COMING by W.B. YEATS Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere … Continue reading →

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Gautama Buddha With Nothing To Say

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Jay Greathouse

Buddha’s Example of the Burning House Bertolt Brecht Gautama, the Buddha, taught The wheel of desire on which we are bound, And bade us Put off desire, and thus without it Go into the Nothing that he called Nirvana, And … Continue reading →

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No More Pretending

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Jay Greathouse

Delusional hope produces nothing of value. Throughout my life I have sought to see things as they are. The past few months have provided me the opportunity to ponder current events against the tapestry of history. “We have destroyed the … Continue reading →

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Timing The Collapse

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Jay Greathouse

Population overshoot, financial collapse, agricultural collapse, extinction of non-renewable hydrocarbons, climate change and the machinations of the global power structure to stay in power creates an environment ripe for rampant deadly new diseases. Continue reading →

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