Monthly Archives: September 2021

41.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, September 29, 2021

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41.  WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, September 29, 2021.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/09/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-september-29.html US WAR OF TERROR.AFGHANISTAN: WAR IS A RACKET.AFSC: CONVERT WAR PROFITEERING MONEY.TO HUMAN NEEDS. Over two decades, U.S.’s global war on terror has taken nearly 1 million lives and cost $8 trillion.Editor. Mronline.org (9-4-21) Originally published: The Intercept by Murtaza Hussain (August 31, 2021.A new report from the Costs of War Project makes staggering estimates for the human and financial costs of the global forever wars.     The U.S Racketeering [WAR] Enterprise by Steve Fournier (August 16, 2021).  https://m.facebook.com/pg/forpinoys/posts/ The war in Afghanistan was a racketeering enterprise from top to bottom. A responsible judge (if […]

42. Climate Memo Mondays, September 27, 2021

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42.   Climate Memo Mondays, September 27, 2021 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/09/omni-climate-memo-mondays-september-27.html Books by MARK LYNAS[High Tide: The Truth About Our Climate Crisis (2004). Picador.  (384 pages).Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (2007; 2008 in USA).  (358 pages).Carbon Counter (2010). Collins.  (192 pages).The God Species: Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans (2011). National       Geographic.  (288 pages).Nuclear 2.0: Why a Green Future Needs Nuclear Power (2013).  (112 pages).Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency (2020).. Fourth      Estate (2020. Mark Lynas’ “Six Degrees” books on climate catastropheSix Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet.  2008.Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency.  2020. Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter […]

OMNI PENTAGON WATCH NEWSLETTER #12, September 25, 2021

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OMNI PENTAGON WATCH NEWSLETTER #12, September 25, 2021 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/09/omni-pentagon-watch-newsletter-12-sept.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology. (#1 June 21, 2011; #2 October 29, 2011; #3 March 15, 2012; #4 May 17, 2012; #5 June 23, 2012; #6 August 1, 2012; #7 Oct. 5, 2012; #8 Feb. 13, 2013; #9 March 17, 2013; #10 June 3, 2013; #11 Jan. 14, 2014). https://omnicenter.org/donate/ What’s at Stake:  PERMANENT WAR “When the plans for a new office building for the military, which came to be known as The Pentagon, were brought before the Senate on august 14, 1941, Senator […]

Climate Change Forum Sunday Oct 3

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Climate Change ForumSunday Oct 3 – 1:30 pm – on zoom (link below)’Solar Under the Sun’ trains installers around the world! Awesome demonstration that church people are taking climate change seriously and taking beautiful pragmatic action to help address the problems Solar Under the Sun Ministries Presenter Chris McRae, founder of Solar Under the SunAlmost one third of the world’s population (1.6 billion people) endure the hardship of energy poverty. This means that they have no power at all, or it is too expensive, and unreliable. To bring this many people online with fossil fuels would be a death knell to […]

Free Community Cookout Weds Sept 29

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AR Criminal Justice Reform CoalitionCounty Problems Need Citizen AttentionFree Community Cookout Weds Sept 29, 6:00-8:00 pm, Elkins at Bunchs Park!The conversations at the first 2 cookouts have been OUTSTANDING. Elkins folks are invited to make their voices heard next Wednesday.Washington County Quorum Court is making questionable decisions about how to spend the American Rescue Act money.This money is intended for direct housing assistance, small business assistance, job creation, infrastructure and education. Do you want this covid relief fund spent on a jail? Is that the most helpful way they can conceive of spending this resource? Apparently so.The Quorum Court needs to […]

UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

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UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 All Quiet on the Western Front, accompanied by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, tonight at  the Faulkner Performing Arts Center, UAF, 7 p.m.,  FREE TICKETS: https://uark.universitytickets.com/w/events/Section.aspx?PackageID=0&PackageQty=&event_id=2633&ticket_id=1338&cid=0&class_id=6&SameSeats=false&SameSeatsMultiVenue=false&totalTix=1&pos=0&SelectedASEvents=&SelectedGAEvents=&PackageVenue=&ChangeSeats=False&OrigSection=&vsection=REAR Sponsored by Dept. of CommunIcation Film Appreciation Society, the OMNI Center for Peace, and the Center for Multicultural & Diversity Education. For more information: Becca Martin-Brown, “War and Peace: Silent Film, Live Music Create Unique Experience.”  WHAT’S UP! Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, September 12-18, 2021. https://www.pressreader.com/usa/northwest-arkansas-democrat-gazette/20210912/283802856845267 The film is part of ARKANSAS PEACE WEEK Our Mission:  Arkansas Peace Week is a program of activities with a mission […]

Open Mic is back !

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Sunday Oct 3 – 7:00 pmIn Person at Omni! covid safety in mind!Greeting Open Mic friends,September’s Open Mic was so very sweet, we need to do this again this month! (and every month). Join us on the patio for soulful music from deep creative musicians ! Starting at 7:00. It gets dark at 7:45 so we will bring our photo light box and a light for the music stand. If it is raining we will need to cancel. So excited to see ya’ll. Donna and KellyCovid precautions: Event will be held outdoors on the patio and socially distanced. Please be vaxxed, wear […]