Al G Smith

2012 approaches and the alternative media is increasingly fizzing with effervescent activity proclaiming this that and the other about  the future (or lack thereof) of the world and humanity itself.

Alternative theories speak of everything from: Hopi and Mayan prophecies (not to mention Nostradamus and Mother Shipton and that old blind Russian woman’s words of unspeakable woe soon to be upon us!)!!; Alien disclosure — including for some the looming possibility of visitations and attacks of either a ’real’ (?) or false flag nature; the supposed New World Order(NWO) and/or illuminati or the “33 ruling families’ blood-lines” plans and their current machinations that aim to further tighten their control of the globe — plans which some suggest may include mass extermination of billions of the population, to achieve a manageable 500 million (as apparently predicated by the Georgia Guide Stones!)…

And then of course there is the ongoing controversy about the impact and effects of human actvity in stimulating the ‘Greenhouse Effect’ (or not!) and the undoubted  ’hockey stick’ graphical increase in CO2 emmissions and the implications for pushing us deeper into a period of mass extinction that there are alreday signs that we are entering into (with the big question remaining unanswered — will such a period of extinction include Homo sapiens?)…

And that is not to begin to suggest just what the 5% or so of ‘supposedly genuine’ crop-circles are trying to tell us — if (as many seem to suggest) — they are indeed messages of import sent by conscious and concerned inter-planetary, or even perhaps pan-dimensional, beings who are trying to warn us of our folly, or our future, if we fail to change our ways!…

Who knows the real truth behind these and countless other ideas, theories and indeed blatant phantasies emerging daily from that corner of the web that would patently weave 2 and 2 into 5 (or more), and that constantly promulgates so-called ’proof’ and ‘data’ that fulfils neither definition of such words in the ‘real’ world?

But if one applies Occam’s razor, the concept that given two (or more, I presume) competing theories that seek to explain a particular phenomenon (or in this case ‘prediction’ of potential global collapse) then it is the option that requires the least number of hypotheses in order to sustain its proposition that is to be preferred as the most likely explanation… That is — the simplest explanation usually wins-out…

Then perhaps it is this lex parsimoniae, or Law of economy (which happens to be particularly apposite title) that should be applied when listening to Chris Martenson explaining in crystal clear terms just why we ARE truly likely to be facing some very real and serious challenges over the coming few years.

To be sure Martensen brandishes more than  a few ‘hockey sticks’ of his own in presenting his cogent and persuasive argument (as you will see!). We could in fact even at this moment already be facing the trial of deciding what to do in those last 5 metaphorical-minutes that he refers to… Question is — will we actually all (as a global unified force) decide we have to act, agree on what to do and act big enough and fast enough, to do anything practical to avoid an increasingly likely-looking civilization-shattering meltdown?

The clock is ticking… but this is well worth an hour of your time:

Here’s a young man (Birke Baehr) who has got the message about what is wrong with our food system, and what we can do to improve it. He is also at an age (11 years) that is early enough to mean he could make a real difference… Let’s hope he is not alone in his generation in being a confident young person who may already be ‘enlightened’ enough to start to ameliorate the ‘sins of the fathers‘!

This clear-cut and confidently delivered presentation, at one of the acclaimed TED events, comes from a youngster at a time when the ‘system’ is steadily re-inforcing and consolidating the vice-like grip on the food chain already exhibited by the big agricultural, GMO and agro-chemical suppliers (such as Monsanto)… through changes and modifications in US national and global food laws and impositions that pave the way for future exploitation, and reduction in choice for the consumer as small farmers and food producers get squeezed out of existence.

Whilst it is inspiring to hear a youngster speak with such determination and clarity of vision, the ‘dark forces’ undoubtedly have the upper-hand at this time… let’s hope that by the time he is old enough to fulfil his dream, there is still a genuine ‘organic’ movement that survives, and that has not already been dismantled and/or adulterated by genetically modified ‘seeds of doom’!

Only time will tell if the new generation employ more sense than the old, and if the groundswell of opinion will lead to a return to our small farms surviving and producing more real food, and safer products on the supermarket shelves:

This group of well-informed, lucid and interesting presenters from the top-level of relevant scientific research, speaking at the recent Global Climate Change panel, the second presentation to House Committee Science and Technology: Energy and Environment, put forward their cases.

It seems that the evidence for human impact on climate is becoming ever clearer and more discernible. But how long can we keep fiddling while Rome burns? How long can we keep allowing denialists and downplayers of such impacts, lop-sided lobbyists and commercial-vested interests, partial and paid-for politicians, to distract us from the need to act positively to begin to live in a way that is more in-tune with nature?

Obviously these things have a sometimes considerable ‘lag period’ before effects are fully felt — it may well be too late already to mitigate against the harm already done, and still being done daily — but that is of course no excuse for lack of action!

I wish you all a great Christmas — but for a for a happy New Year and beyond we all need to reduce our negative impact on global climate, through adopting more ‘conscious’ and less ‘thoughtless’ lifestyle-habits…

…Or at least make sure we move to dwellings a good 10 meters-or-so above sea level — to be in with a chance of attaining a seaside residence by default in due course!

Q. Why are corporations less natural and organic in all forms of its process?
There are methods to make foods more nutritious and delicious without all the deadly and cancerous methods that create a hazard. Aspartame, Benzine, and genetic modification of franken foods. Not to mention pesticides and all the other good stuff that comes with over process and over produce foods.

(Note: The question is repeated as it was written by the ‘asker’ with no editing)

A.  Yes. People supposedly ‘demand cheap’ stuff. Synthetic chemicals allow manufacturers to make ‘cheap stuff’. There are weak, or inadequate Laws to ensure that such chemicals are safe… and there is little incentive to do much about it as the Cosmetics and Personal Care industry are worth a mint and they have strong ‘lobbyists’ and too many ill-informed/under-informed or blatantly corrupt ‘politicians’ and officials that make sure that nothing much is done with any speed.

As mentioned there is also a ‘nice equation’ that may apply where we are all subjects of a self-perpetuating-profiteering system –

• We are fed food full of synthetic-chemicals (from both the agro-chemical residues of herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers AND from additives used in processing that makes food last longer, look’nicer’ and cost less to produce!!) , and

• We spread skin-care and cosmetics full of synthetic-chemicals on our bodies daily (known to be laced with numerous toxic synthetic chemicals prroven to cause all sorts of potential health problems in animals even if the human studies have not be done), and

• We also live in homes full of synthetic-chemicals (in our furniture, carpets, textiles, cleaning products, room freshners, vaporisers, paint. varnishes, etc etc etc)…

We are ‘sold’ all this stuff with great efficiency via billions of dollars spent on cleverly crafted marketing campaigns, without any mention of the risks to our health BECAUSE no one element by itself can be held up as absolutely ‘causative’ of ill-health — so the system progresses ‘happily’… until for the individual their steadily impugned health ‘collapses’ and they develop this, that or the other life-limiting or life-shortening disease.

These days its is ‘best case scenario’ for the ‘other chemistry’ purveyors — the pharmaceutical giants — to look to treat ‘chronic long term illness’ with a ‘life time’ of treatment. This ensures future profits. Take note of how many people you know who end up on long-term medication. The aim is to ‘mitigate symptoms’ for a while, but NOT to cure… Curing people is bad for business as it curtails the profit potential.

The darker side of this coin is the one that (some sources) also suggests that this whole process is actually a part of a much more ‘sinister’ long-term plan to reduce popoulation numbers. This may be a ‘step too far’ for some people — but the longer that the current situation of persistent toxic exposure endures, without legislation and efforts to change it, the longer this ‘conspiratorial’ theory deserves some attention.

Just imagine, for example, how ‘useful’ it is that because no one thing can clearly be blamed for causing any specific illness event, yet the numbers of sufferers of serious illness increase year on year, and ever more complex and chronic diseases are emerging with only the comment from ‘scientists’ that ‘we don’t fully understand why’ this is the case (you increasingly hear medical researchers and ‘doctors’ stating ‘we don’t know why’ — just listen to interviews) — This situation leads to either profit opportunity for pharmaceutical companies, as described above, OR leads to early death for many people, which ‘certain people’ suggest is a vital necessity to help address the issue of a burgeoning world population.

Unless you choose to ‘step outside’ of the typical type of situation most ‘consumers’ are in, by refusing to buy anything but the most realiable sources of clean (i.e. organic) food, reduce your domestic exposure to toxic chemicals, use only guaranteed safe and natural body care… and reduce your levels of psychological stress as well as addressing these physical stresses — you can surely plan to become one of the long-term unwell in due course. For example: Stats show that in the US and UK you already have between 1-in-2 and 1-in-3 chance of suffering one or other type of cancer in youe lifetime…

Once you become ‘aware’ that our ‘created’ world is typically toxic — you only have yourself to blame if yoyu don’t do something about it… forget about hoping that Corporations will do anything, each individual is responsible for their own long-term health and wellbeing! Good luck!

Useful resources:
A nice summary: http://storyofstuff.org/cosmetics/
Really safe products for example: http://www.saferalternative.com
Directory of toxic chemicals in skin and body care: http://www.gonando.com/organic-beauty-products.html#Directory

Almost half a year has vanished and it’s hard to credit that I haven’t managed to post anything for so long, so by way of redress, and whilst there is still time … so…

Even before the publication of Dante’s Inferno I guess the concept of the Devil, or Satan, living in the underworld — notionally somewhere deep in the bowels of the earth in a fiery pit of damnation, redolent with brimstone and sulphur (sulfur) — is an image that seems have been known to all.

It is of course apparently true that the Earth’s core is a molten mass and, every now and then, evidence of the extreme molten nature of our planet makes itself apparent in the form of volcanic activity.

Recently ash plumes emerging from an intermittently active Icelandic volcano made regular media headlines and disrupted flights across Europe for several days amidst the fears of fine glass-like splinters in the volcanic ash undermining the technological integrity of jet engines.

This unusual event — having caused millions of dollars/pounds sterling of losses and refunds for the airlines — had barely faded from the news than another event of disturbing proportions came to the fore. You’ll know what it is no doubt — although it is clear that just how much you may know about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will very much depend on the news and the Internet — and you may have only a fraction of the picture of what could yet prove to be a truly monumental disaster, greater than anything ever seen by ‘modern man’.

There is enough evidence to show that BP and the US Government have worked assiduously to reduce the amount of detailed media coverage of this event, so far. But if some of the possible (and even very likely) developments of this situation occur in coming weeks, or months, then it will no longer be a story that can be ‘contained’.

Some sources are talking of enormous reservoirs of highly explosive, and toxic, methane gas that could burst through to the surface. Such gas would defeat the buoyancy of water causing craft and oil rigs to sink across a wide area of ocean; the gas then carried on the wind could lead along with other toxic substances to un-guessable ill-health repercussions if carried inland. Unless the gas bubble ignites and creates a massive explosion that triggers a tremendous and devastating Tsunami, with every possibility of flooding most of Florida (being, as it is, mostly barely 6 inches above sea level) and more.

It is also being suggested that the potential quantities of oil and silt in the longer term (or, more suddenly, as the result of one almighty catastrophic explosive event) that could be released into the sea might literally turn the Gulf of Mexico into an ocean of sticky, brown slime, decimating the eco-system for years, wreaking untold damage and ruination upon many areas land and sea — destroying innumerable peoples’ health, livelihoods and homes.

At this moment in time, the scenario is one of great uncertainty, almost incalculable ecological calamity and potentially could become unbelievably worse. Yet most folks are simply going about their business without paying much heed to this drama… Rather, that ‘weapon of mass distraction’ the Football World Cup is creating more emotional response than an event that some (more extreme prognosticators) suggest could even spell the beginning of the end for humanity…

What is unquestionable is that this event should be enough to persuade the masses that it is past the time to eschew oil and petroleum as the fuel source of choice, particularly where it is so widely employed, in the developed world…

If the Gulf Oil Spill does not prove to raise public awareness of the risks that Corporate entities are running that could affect us all, and could threaten the health, wellbeing and even the survival of mankind — then we can all be accused of so many ‘Neroes’… simply fiddling (with the TV control, more than likely) whilst the Globe, rather than just Rome, potentially burns…

The oozing mass of oil and silt, along with toxic gases — being propelled at the speed of sound, under pressures as high as 100 pounds per square inch up the 5 mile channel drilled down by BP to tap the reservoir known as ‘Thunder Horse’, in full knowledge of such potential risks by this petro-chemical giant putting profit before safety — sounds indeed like the very contents of Hell itself let loose on the surface of the Earth!

Half a world away — another major oil company whose name is a simple anagram of ‘Hells’ — is creating another scene of damnation and destroying the environment without care of consideration, leaving oil-slick pollution thick along the Niger Delta to the terrible detriment of the already impoverished local people. This long-term activity of the Shell Oil Company (as if you had not guessed!) has of course received little mainstream media exposure as it does not directly threaten the US, or other the privileged citizens of developed countries… As ever such are the atrocious dual standards betrayed by so-called ‘civilized’ society!

One can only surmise that, even now, there will yet be few volunteers who immediately stop using their combustion-engine driven vehicles; few who will boycott the major oil concerns and refuse to buy petroleum, oil and related products or use any such derivatives (such as plastics!); few shareholders who will be willing to dump their ‘investments’ in disgust at the actions of such immoral entities (at least not before they get their dividends!).

Perhaps it will take the appearance of Lucifer himself — complaining about the waning fires of his Inferno, thanks to the pilfering of his fuel — before some folks will tear themselves away from watching 22 ludicrously-overpaid sporting-prima-donnas kicking a ball around for 90 minutes, or absorbed by some equally piffling media distraction, and begin to take notice of what is happening to the world around them?

…But then again the great oil disaster may be no surprise to the ‘Lord of Darkness’ for, perhaps, Satan himself may already be running the oil companies (along with Big Pharma, and Agro-Chemical giants… amongst others), and this whole Gulf Oil Spill is simply the way he has chosen to begin to unleash Hell on Earth as we approach that supposedly fateful date in 2012 when some are expecting the world to end!