HAPPY GREGORIAN NEW YEAR!!!!!!

Albeit over a week late. Sorry, it's been a few days since I posted anything, I was bouncing around New England for the holidays visiting family and friends. I have, especially over the past few years, found myself intrigued by the concept of time, and the different human perceptions of it and how it effects our lives. From the earliest use of the sun and stars and the cycles of the moon and seasons by prmitive man, to the amazingly sophisticated calendars of the ancient peoples like the Egyptians, the Chinese and of course, the Mayans with their infamous calendar and the facts, theories, and falsehoods surrounding that. Then we have the Roman Julian calender named after one Julius Caesar. Finally Rome, (via the Vatican) and eventually the entire world, for all standard purposes, adopted the Gregorian calendar and method of tracking and viewing time. The Gregorian calendar, which is the calendar we use today was implemented by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. A long ass time ago. As we find ourselves in the early part of the 21st century, there have been many breakthroughs in the field of quantum physics, due to the work of such intellectual heavyweights like Albert Einstein, Steven Hawking, and many others.
Time is ingrained in nearly every aspect of modern life. People need to be on time to work; people always ask 'what time is it?'; people always say they don't have enough, if any time; then people kill time; people know, that in time, they will eventually die. Our view of time is very linear, with a "set" beginning and a presumable end. As a result of these impositions, many people feel time as a cruel slave master that will ultimately kill them. This is especially true for the debt slaves that find themselves in the "rat race" to work and consume and eventually be discarded when they become too old or sick to serve the machine's purpose and left isolated until their time runs out. Our modern linear view of time is a prison in and of itself.
Perhaps a new way of viewing and relating to time is in order to achieve a progressive evolution for humanity. What I mean by that is the human species living up to its highest potential, while honoring the sanctity of individual free will while having every sentient being realize the interconnectedness of all beings. A lofty goal I'm well aware, but I do believe achievable at some point given the right actions taken by all participants, including myself.
But enough ranting, here's the good shit...







Going round in circles
In contradiction to most cosmologists’ opinions, two scientists have found evidence that the universe may have existed for ever
http://www.economist.com/node/17626874

Time, Experience and Reality
http://www.abia29.hemscott.net/riveros_time.htm



Foundation for the Law of Time
http://www.lawoftime.org/home.html



NEWS AND WHATNOT:


US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shot in Arizona
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12143774

Peter King, Leading Republican To Introduce Strict Gun-Control Legislation
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/peter-king-strict-gun-control_n_807323.html

Outlaw That Speech Because it MIGHT be a Threat
http://www.activistpost.com/2011/01/outlaw-that-speech-because-it-might-be.html

Wage Drop Has Been Worst In Decades
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/pay-cut_n_807241.html

US Says Too Much Fluoride Causing Splotchy Teeth
US Says Fluoride Is Causing Splotchy Teeth, Maybe Other Ills; Calls For Lower Levels In Water
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/07/ap/health/main7222263.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoride_poisoning

'Second Thoughts about Fluoride,' Reports Scientific American
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS108377+02-Jan-2008+PRN20080102

Fluoride water 'causes cancer'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2005/jun/12/medicineandhealth.genderissues

Use of Sodium Fluoride for Population Behavior Control
http://nukesylo13.com/component/content/article/21-health/863-use-of-sodium-fluoride-for-population-behavior-control

http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1016

Why is Fluoride Bad for You?
http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-is-Fluoride-Bad-for-You

An Untested Type of Flouride is Used in the Overwhelming Majority of US Water Supplies
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/01/untested-type-of-fluoride-used-in-vast.html

Obama's Internet ID Plan: Here's What You Need To Know http://www.businessinsider.com/obamas-internet-id-2011-1#ixzz1AoV1I9kg

WikiLeaks: Julian Assange 'faces execution or Guantánamo detention'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/11/julian-assange-wikileaks-execution-gantanamo