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		<title>The Greatest Canadians Ever, Eh!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reflections on Canadian Nationalism
While I am not a fan of nationalism in the narrow sense of “us versus them” thinking, there is definitely something constructive and life-affirming about having a certain pride or basic dignity when it comes to one&#8217;s cultural heritage. If we can take pride in our own cultural heritage, while respecting the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jtoddring.wordpress.com&blog=833900&post=178&subd=jtoddring&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Situation Normal: All Fucked Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anything can become normal &#8211; if we live with it long enough. Violence can become normal; addiction can become normal; living surrounded by a constant mess can become normal; apathy and despair can become normal; aggression can become normal; vapid, mindless voyeurism and consumerism can become normal. Or, joyful empowerment and engagement in life can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jtoddring.wordpress.com&blog=833900&post=174&subd=jtoddring&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Growing World Food Crisis: Context, Analysis &amp; Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 23:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World food riots have begun. There is social unrest, precipitated by the deepening world food crisis and rising food prices, in at least 30 nations, and spreading rapidly. Food shortages &#8211; primarily a crisis of distribution, and not supply &#8211; grow while prices rise, as global warming, biofuel production, environmental degradation, commodities speculation, oil depletion, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jtoddring.wordpress.com&blog=833900&post=172&subd=jtoddring&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Videos to Rock Your World</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 23:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Announcing Channel Prajnaseek: dedicated to the pursuit of truth.
Prajna is a Sanskrit word meaning knowledge or truth. Prajnaseek is the committment to truth: seeking truth, speaking truth, especially speaking truth to power, and about power.
Here you will find over 300 videos in an archive that will inform, elucidate, inspire and empower. Enjoy.
YouTube &#8211; Prajnaseek&#8217;s Channel
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		<title>The Truth About Obama: Corporate happy face man</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to break a personal rule and post a link to another article, making an exception to a policy of all original content here because the article is so exceptional, and because I have already written four articles relating to the subject. Here, for your enjoyment, or fuming disenchantment, is the scoop on that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jtoddring.wordpress.com&blog=833900&post=169&subd=jtoddring&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trivia question of the day: hint, Arras</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little break from sometimes heavy subjects: today&#8217;s trivia question is&#8230;&#8230;
&#8230;&#8230;ready?
Voluntary exile, revolution postponed, brilliant physicist, dark home, utopia on a barren rock, bleak society on a garden-like world&#8230;&#8230;What novel is this?
Bonus question: who wrote this enchanting and prescient piece of prose?
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		<title>A Short Rebuttal of Hobbes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freedom, Democracy and the Delusions of Power

For all his faults and the faults of the endeavour he was involved with, Jefferson was right on the essential point, in terms of political theory, which is the rebuttal that lays waste to Hobbes, the fantasy which still imprisons our minds and world, and that is: &#8220;If you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jtoddring.wordpress.com&blog=833900&post=164&subd=jtoddring&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A few quotes, by way of introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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A few quotes, to introduce myself, and to give some glimpse into who I am, what I value, and what has inspired me:

Compiled for a publisher, and reprinted here as an introduction to this blog and this writer, and also as a sort of short-hand preface to my (first) book, which should be released shortly.
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		<title>The Kingdom of Heaven is Within You</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Missing Scriptures: The Gospel of Thomas
It was from a reference by Joseph Campbell, whom I greatly admire, that I first heard of The Gospel of Thomas. Joseph Campbell&#8217;s quotation from the lost scripture made me rush out to order the book immediately.
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		<title>Global Geopolitics: 2008 Update</title>
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&#8220;The future holds ominous portent, and signs of great hope. Which result ensues depends largely upon what we make of the opportunities.&#8221;    &#8211; Noam Chomsky


A number of long-term trends are coming to a head in 2008, particularly within the United States, but also more broadly, affecting North America, the Western nations and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jtoddring.wordpress.com&blog=833900&post=133&subd=jtoddring&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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