Buggin' Out

lazyyogi: What is the necessity of giving up the world...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:09:32 -0400

What is the necessity of giving up the world altogether? It is enough to give up the attachment to it.

Ramakrishna

laughingsquid: Full-Length Rainbow Gown Created Out of 50,000...

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:41:40 -0400

laughingsquid:

Full-Length Rainbow Gown Created Out of 50,000 Gummy Bears

rhamphotheca: fairy-wren: Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula...

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 06:24:01 -0400

rhamphotheca:

fairy-wren: Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala), native to the Indian Subcontinent, FTW!

(photo by spiderhunters)

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Sat, 07 Jul 2012 04:11:00 -0400

dancingdakini: Wheel of Life

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:58:30 -0400

dancingdakini:

Wheel of Life

lazyyogi: Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,...

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:49:45 -0400

lazyyogi:

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Buddha

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Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:34:53 -0400

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Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:22:31 -0400

au-mexique: 105º Aniversario del nacimiento de Frida Kahlo (6,...

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:08:48 -0400

au-mexique:

105º Aniversario del nacimiento de Frida Kahlo (6, Julio de 1907)

explore-blog: The Wheel of Intense Emotions – Jessica Hagy...

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:51:23 -0400

explore-blog:

The Wheel of Intense Emotions – Jessica Hagy revises Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions to include the vital missing part.

"Maybe I’ll get some cookies,” Obama said. “Press, do you want some cookies?” The traveling press did..."

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:09:08 -0400

““Maybe I’ll get some cookies,” Obama said. “Press, do you want some cookies?” The traveling press did not respond to Obama.

“Will you consider this a bribe once again?” he asked. “Why don’t we get a dozen chocolate chip cookies and send them on the press bus, and I won’t know if you guys ate them, all right? I know the photographers will eat them. Those guys have no shame. You know that’s right.””

- Obama ‘bribes’ the press with cookies - POLITICO.com (via brooklynmutt)

theweekmagazine: The remains of a motorcycle, ruined homes, and...

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:47:55 -0400

theweekmagazine:

The remains of a motorcycle, ruined homes, and signs of resilience. Colorado’s wildfires: A slideshow

zoeschlanger: A fifth person has died in this protest against...

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:47:52 -0400

zoeschlanger:

A fifth person has died in this protest against the US majority-owned gold mining project, the largest-ever in Peru, that Andean people say will threaten their water supply. They have been protesting this mine for eight months now. The past two days have seen a violent crackdown by police, led by President Humala. From Reuters:

Humala took office a year ago urging mediation to solve hundreds of disputes nationwide over natural resources, but has lost patience with protesters and has suspended civil liberties to curb demonstrations at least three times.

Oscar Valdes, who led the last violent crackdown in November while he was interior minister, has since been promoted to prime minister.

From November:

zoeschlanger:

Andean people protest against Newmont Mining’s Conga gold project during a march near the Cortada lagoon in Peru’s region of Cajamarca November 24, 2011. Peru’s prime minister on December 2, 2011, said Newmont Mining must set aside money to finance social projects and any environmental damage as a precondition for moving forward on a stalled $4.8 billion gold mine project. Opponents of Newmont Mining’s project refused to end their rallies, saying Peru must permanently cancel the proposed mine after temporarily halting work on it to avert violence. Protesters and farmers say the mine would cause pollution and hurt water supplies by replacing a string of alpine lakes with artificial reservoirs.

According to Reuters, there are some 200 such environmental protests in Peru right now that “threaten to delay billions of dollars in planned mining and oil projects.”

The president of Peru declared a state of emergency yesterday, suspending all civil liberties to try to stop the protest that’s managed to drive out Newmont, the American company behind the $4.8 billion gold mining project.

rhamphotheca: Emergency Help Needed as Okapi Wildlife Reserve...

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:43:25 -0400

rhamphotheca:

Emergency Help Needed as Okapi Wildlife Reserve Destroyed

Urgent appeal launched following a murderous raid by poachers

by Ally Catterick

An urgent appeal has been launched in response to the recent brutal attack on the Okapi Wildlife Reserve headquarters – the Epulu Breeding and Research Station – in the Congo Basin.

A group of armed bandits or poachers attacked and killed at least seven staff members, some with extreme and inhumane cruelty, with others taken hostage from the UNESCO World Heritage site. Many remain unaccounted for.

All park infrastructure was destroyed and the 13 okapi, a rare forest species from the giraffe family, were slaughtered. Epulu plays a pivotal role in the future survival of the okapi and is central in managing stock for global conservation breeding programmes of the species…

(read more: Fauna & Flora International)

theatlantic: Last Night, San Diego Accidentally Set Off All Its...

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:56:15 -0400

theatlantic:

Last Night, San Diego Accidentally Set Off All Its Fourth Of July Fireworks at Once

[Image: Ben Baller/Instagram]

newyorker: Cartoon of the night. For...

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:57:59 -0400

newyorker:

Cartoon of the night. For more: http://nyr.kr/M1HLCP

spiritualbdsm: The Dragon Gate of Harlech House, Dublin.

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:20:03 -0400

spiritualbdsm:

The Dragon Gate of Harlech House, Dublin.

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Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:59:00 -0400

woodendreams: (by B℮n)

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:37:28 -0400

woodendreams:

(by B℮n)

Ask This Pagan: All True? (I want to learn more!)

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:16:56 -0400

Ask This Pagan: All True? (I want to learn more!):

vampyrefairae:

1. Paganism includes all earth-based religions and involves a huge diversity of beliefs. Pagan literally translates to one who dwells upon the Earth, which really if you think about it, is all of us.

2. Witches are pagan, but not all pagans are witches. That’s because Paganism…