Final Open Mic for the season
Anything goes, with a touch of Mothers Day hovering over us. Songs, poems, music and community joy.
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OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #125, MAY 1, 2023
jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/05/omni-climate-memo-mondays-125-may-1-2023.html Bill McKibben. Cities and States Can Sue Exxon and other Malefactors.World Beyond War. Costs of War: Carbon Footprint Increasing, Climate Heating.Chris Hedges Interviews Roger Hallam, founder to Extinction Rebellion (XR). A Victory for Democracy Over Greed and Power (and by a GOP-dominated Supreme Court) Bill McKibben. “A seismic win went almost unnoticed amidst the Tuckerstorm.” April 25, 2023. High court lets cities and states sue Exxon et al. The Supreme Court…declined to grant cert in a case brought by oil companies desperately trying to hold off state court trials for their climate crimes. To make a long story […]
QUORUM COURT AGAIN. Oh No!
From Justice of the Peace Beth Coger Our Quorum Court is becoming a local battle ground and the intersection of property rights, election integrity and having final say on what books are banned! The Quorum court makes decisions on zoning for families, the security of the ballot box and election commission operations and will make final decisions about books referred from local school boards! Who you vote for matters whether it is a JP seat or House seat! Our Democratic candidates that moved the needle last time, are continuing their races and running again. Our 2023-24 field plan has a firm foundation […]
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS
From the Weekly Washington County Democrat SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS ELECTION DAY IS MAY 9 — EARLY VOTING STARTS ON MAY 2 School board elections are just around the corner. With the passage of the LEARNS act, banning books and all the anti-trans legislation, these races are critically important to our public schools. Who can vote? If you live in the city limits of the Fayetteville School district, you can vote. School_Board_Zone_Map_2021.pdf (core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com) These are non-partisan races. If you don’t know who to vote for, call them or see who’s standing with them on social media! Springdale School district has two at large members running. These are […]
Homeless in Fayetteville
Fayetteville City Council Meeting Tuesday May 2 – 5:00 pm Rally 5:30 pm City Council Meeting Fayetteville City Admin Building 113 W. Mountain St. Fayetteville There are those who imagine that homeless people are really not quite human. They’re dirty, probably drug addicts and criminals. I don’t believe most Omni folks are in that camp. We’re the bleeding hearts who hand them change out the car window and wish them well. But nobody really know how to help them. That includes our city government. In it’s wish to take care of the earth and our city, our city codes are […]
OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #123, APRIL 26, 2023
https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/04/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-123-april-26.htmlJohn Bellamy Foster. The Pentagon, Abrupt Climate Change, and Ecological Emergency.Abolishing Nuclear WeaponsGround ZeroNukewatch QuarterlyInThese Times The Ecological Emergency, the Pentagon, and US National SecurityJohn Bellamy Foster. The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace with the Planet. MR, 2009. Foster is one of the most brilliant of living scholars with over a dozen books while editing a major journal. What he conveys in Chapter 5, “The Pentagon and Climate Change,” possesses critical importance still today. Foster discusses global warming, then assesses abrupt climate change and its inherent social dangers, and finally he explains how the present economic system is a barrier to […]
OMNI EARTH DAY ANTHOLOGY APRIL 22, 2023
https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/04/omni-earth-day-anthology-april-22-2023.html Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology CONTENTS ARKANSAS Donna and Still on the Hill OMNI Newsletter Climate Potluck UAF Earth Day Story-Myth Fayetteville’s Action Plan Hobbs State Park USA and World League of Conservation Voters The Shalom Center Population Connection Veterans for Peace Common Dreams/Green New Deal TEXTS ARKANSAS Greetings ya’ll, Earth Day is one of our FAVORITE days….because it is also our ANNIVERSARY! This is a song I wrote years ago and did a recording of it at Red Barn but I really wanted […]
CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #123, APRIL 17, 2023
https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/04/omni-climate-memo-mondays-123-april-17.htmlRobert Hunziker. “Big Heat Hits Antarctica.”Richard Powers. Bewilderment follows up his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Overstory.Crisis Articles from the Monthly Review.Kelly Mulhollan. “The Great Unravelling.”The Shalom Report. BIG-TIME HEAT AND 200 FEET OF SEA LEVEL RISE ROBERT HUNZIKER. “Big Heat Hits Antarctica.” Counterpunch (FEBRUARY 17, 2023). FacebookTwitterRedditEmail Excerpt. A recent report out of West Antarctica is rattling scientists. It’s all about heat, big-time heat, encroaching upon the world’s biggest chunk of ice that locks down a couple hundred feet of sea level rise. This kind of news is enough to raise the hackles of smart well-informed people, as excessive CO2 […]