Does the Universe Have a Purpose?

This is so inspiring it just might help rid yourself of guilt and shame.  Unless, of course, you live free.  But to live free would be like saying "oxymoron".

Kim Han-sol interviewed by Elisabeth Rehn (2/2)

Here's the second part of this fascinating interview.

Upon watching the entire piece, I feel this kid has potential to be less ruthless that his predecessors, but nonetheless apathetic to the true calamity that are the gulags.  He offers no signs, whether in his body language and emotion nor his sense of urgency or extremity of the situation he's faced with.

As a mennonite by culture and ethnicity combined with an ancestry filled with suffering and in many cases marginalization, I if feel a certain affection toward the N. Korean people and the Stalinist regime they're under.  It's my understanding that the gulags many mennonites died and suffered in were and are orchestrated with Stalin's formula.

Kim Han Sol interview part 1

It's a Finnish TV channel so don't get thrown off by the intro, the interview is in english, and very interesting.  This kid is well spoken and seems to be somewhat openminded. If this kid ends up the next dictator, North Korean could be on a better track.

Fracking Up BC

I suppose fracking will become a hotter political issue as we realize how much water and hydro are being used.

Oxytocin

Another interesting article:

Being a jerk could be in your genes

And an AMAZING talk. This is a MUST SEE.

Do you like things that kill things? then you'll like this:

You can even inject it into your veins if you like.

Ignoring climate change could cost $43B by 2050

Ignoring climate change could cost $43B by 2050

"Little attention has been paid to the cost of inaction, to what economic damages could accrue to Canada and Canadians as global emissions rise and climate change plays out," said Mc-Laughlin, a former chief of staff to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.