“The best birthday present I ever got from my grandpa was a skinny black tie."

"It didn’t come in a bag, a box, or even rolled up in tissue paper. It came wrapped in wisdom. As soon as he gave it to me he said, “A tie would make a stronger impression on your boss if you used it as a blindfold and kidnapped him. That‘s why I bought you a black one.”

Oak Flat/Apache Leap

World's two biggest mining companies want to mine sacred lands, a public campground, and a popular rock climbing destination

A subsidiary of Rio Tinto and BHPBilliton (the two biggest metal mining companies in the world, by annual revenue and market capitalization) is proposing to mine copper ore deep underneath Oak Flat, near the town of Superior, an hour east of Phoenix. The copper deposit lies partially underneath the Oak Flat Campground, a unique and sacred place that was protected in the 1950’s from mining by executive order. But now, due to an act of Congress, Oak Flat and much of its surroundings faces privatization – the handover of previously protected public land to an international mining company.

EARTHWORKS

The curse of the "White Man From Town"

T.S.O.L-EP

An ancient Maya village in El Salvador frozen in time

A new University of Colorado Boulder study, reports on the archaeological findings from a Maya village in El Salvador frozen in time 1,400 years ago by a blanket of volcanic ash. Evidence shows that the farming families who lived there went about their daily lives with little interference from the local ruling elite.

Past Horizons

“With all the money my uncle embezzled over the years, it's no surprise he lives in a gated community."

"But what is amazing, however, is that he somehow managed to get his own cell.”

Rudimentary Peni - The E.P.'s of R.P ( Full album )

Sears Point -Pt 1

Sears Point Pt 2

Speaking of the biosphere....