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WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #108, JANUARY 11, 2023

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/01/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-108-january.htmlNuclear WarDoomsday Clock from Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsArt Hobson. Praise for Abelow’s How the West Brought War to Ukraine.Subtitle:  Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe.  Benjamin Abelow.  Publishing success of his book.  DOOMSDAY CLOCK Watch the 2023 Doomsday Clock announcement.  BAS (1-9-23).  Tune in January 24 at 10AM EST to hear what leading scientists have set the Doomsday Clock to for 2023. Read more. Ukraine War Threatens Nuclear WarBenjamin Abelow.   How the West Brought War to Ukraine.Please read this short book about the Ukraine War, praised by Art Hobson,12-22-22 [WWW […]

CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #109, January 9, 2022

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/01/omniclimate-memo-mondays-109-january-9.html UNFCCC FailureFilm of Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’Martin Rees, If Science Is to Save Us UNFCCC 30TH AnniversaryThe Editors .  Monthly Review (January 2023).  (Volume 74, Number 8).   buy this issue.   This month’s “Notes from the Editors” marks the 30-year anniversary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The abject failure of this framework to enact meaningful progress on the planetary crisis continued to be on full display in 2022, including at November’s COP27 in Egypt. | more… THE LETTER: A MESSAGE FOR OUR EARTH Trailer This film explores the story about the Pope’s call to care for our planet. In […]

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #107, JANUARY 4, 2023

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/01/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-107-january-4.html Sandra Richter. Stewards of Eden.Empathy.  Lubna and the Pebble, The Expanding Circle, The Price of Empire Sandra Richter, Stewards of Eden.SCOT MCKNIGHT.    “War and the Environment.”  JULY 7, 2020.“The Bible speaks directly about war and the environment. If you besiege a town for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you must not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them. Although you may take food from them, you must not cut them down. Are trees in the field human beings that they should come under siege from you? Think about the wisdom of this, […]

Greetings Open Mic Folks

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A new year is upon us and Jan. Open Mic has fallen on New Year’s Day again this year. Most of our Omni people are not Superbowl fans because we always have a decent turnout even with hangovers and all!!! Maybe a loose theme could be NEW BEGINNINGS…STARTING OVER…something positive in that vein? Not a requirement…just a suggestion to kick off 2023. Sunday, Jan 1st, a t 7:00.  We want to give a HEADS UP theme for Feb. Open Mic.  WINTERING, DEATH, CROSSING OVER. Years ago we did that theme for our annual winter concert at Mike Shirkey’s and thought no one would come but […]

Holiday greetings Omni folks and friends

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We’re grateful to Omni members and friends for the support you’ve given us over the 21 years that we’ve been here reminding Fayetteville and Arkansas that there’s another way to think about the crazy world we live in. Along with you we’re keeping the fire burning for peace, justice and a sustainable way of living on the Earth.  Simple. Caring. Connected. Inclusive. All the values Omni folks hold for a world that works for everyone. Thank you for the generous gifts of time and money that have gone into making a peace center in Northwest Arkansas. If you want to donate […]

CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #107, December 26, 2022

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/12/omni-climate-memo-mondays-107-december.html New Books on Climate This week atYale Climate Connections (12-9-22). 12 titles that make the perfect holiday gift for occasional climate readers. 12 titles for climate activists and academics on your holiday gift list. REVIEW MICHAEL SVOBODA .  “12 titles that make the perfect holiday gift for occasional climate readers.”    DECEMBER 9, 2022. How do the titles in the two lists differ from each other? Included in this first list are new examples of long-standing popular genres: nature and natural history, history, current events, financial advice, and fiction. Climate change is not always the central focus, and the writing is […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #106, December 19, 2022

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https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/12/omni-climate-memo-mondays-106-december.html UP SCIENCE Organizations Studying Climate Change (google search presented these 4 first, many more exist of course; the first two are distinguished UN science institutions,) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change… (IPCC)For example, The UN’s Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services – or IPBES (IPCC)- report said Friday that unless humankind improves the sustainable use of nature, the Earth is on its way to losing 12% of its wild tree species, over a thousand wild mammal species and almost 450 species of sharks and rays, among other irreparable harm. . . .  https://apnews.com/article/climate-united-nations-pollution-biodiversity-deforestation-89b98843607312350b54374c6d8764a5 World Meteorological Organization | A […]

WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #105, DECEMBER 21, 2022

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— https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2022/12/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-105-december.html NUCLEAR WAR Prevention and Justice Ron Ridenour. Preventing the Bomb.  CovertAction Magazine.Beatrice Fihn.  ICAN: ICC, Nuclear Weapons War Crimes.Union of Concerned Scientists.  Urge Congress cosponsor a resolution supporting nuclear justice in    the Marshall Islands.Robin Andersen.  FAIR.  Corporate Media and the Ultimate Insanity.Gerry Sloan.  Poets and “UnAmerican Activities.” NUCLEAR WEAPONS Glance Back to Building the Bomb Can An American Scientist Who Smuggled Critical Nuclear Secrets to the Russians After World War II Be Considered a “Good Guy”? New Film Says Yes. CovertAction Magazine via gmail.mcsv.net   12-2-22 11:16 AM (2 hours ago)     Can An American Scientist Who Smuggled Critical Nuclear Secrets […]