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Thursday, March 12, 2026

Like many school systems facing teacher shortages, South Carolina's Allendale County has looked overseas for help. read more


Wednesday, March 11, 2026

A court hearing for Cher's son Wednesday over allegations he broke into a New Hampshire home this month has been canceled. Elijah Allman's arrest on March 1 was his second in New Hampshire in a matter of days. Allman, the 49-year-old son of the iconic singer and actress, was also detained Feb. 27, accused of acting belligerently at a prestigious prep school in Concord. It is unclear if Allman, of Malibu, California, has any connection to the home in Windham, New Hampshire. He is being held in the Rockingham County Department of Corrections, Superintendent Jonathan Banville said.


Thursday, March 05, 2026

Since the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and the US capital, the US has engaged in three full-scale wars and bombed at least 10 countries in operations ranging from drone strikes to invasions, often multiple times within a single year. The graphic [at the link] shows all the countries the US has bombed since 2001. These may not include all military strikes, particularly covert or special operations. read more


Wednesday, March 04, 2026

The Brief: A Detroit woman is charged with exploiting a vulnerable adult who had suffered a head injury. Shagwendola Crawford allegedly forged a deed giving her his home and then sold it, posing as the owner. She is charged with four felonies, including embezzlement of a vulnerable adult of more than $100,000. read more


Monday, February 16, 2026

Diplomats in Havana are preparing for an alternative Trump tactic: the country being starved until people take to the streets and the US can step in read more


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Saw Bromberg a few times, 35 years apart. My favorite song of his is rendition of "Statesboro Blues / Church Bell Blues."

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However, the first time I ever saw or heard of him was in 1971, on Channel 13, NYC Public Television, performing "The Holdup," cowritten w/ George Harrison:

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RIP

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Additional guitar by Robbie Robertson

AI Overview on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin:

[FYI: Teilhard was a Jesuit whose work was considered so dangerous to the Catholic Church that its publication was banned until after his death.]

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's noosphere is the "sphere of human thought," a planetary layer of consciousness and interconnected mind that emerged from the biosphere. As a Jesuit priest and paleontologist, he proposed that evolution moves toward increasing complexity and consciousness, ultimately converging towards a final, divine unity called the "Omega Point."

Key Aspects of the Noosphere

Definition: Coined from the Greek noos ("mind") and sphaira ("sphere"), it represents the collective mental activity, knowledge, and social networks of humanity.

Evolutionary Stage: It is the third stage of planetary development, succeeding the physiosphere (non-living matter) and the biosphere (living organisms).

The "Reflection" Principle: Humans are distinguished by their ability to not only know, but to "know that they know" (reflection), allowing for conscious evolution.

Convergence: The noosphere is not just a collection of minds, but a strengthening, interconnected "superorganism" that brings humanity together, according to Wikipedia and the University of Manchester.

The Omega Point: Teilhard believed this tightening network of consciousness is moving toward a future, ultimate synthesis, which he defined as the Omega Point"a point of maximum complexity, consciousness, and love.

Teilhard's theory, often explored in his work The Phenomenon of Man, integrates scientific understanding of evolution with a spiritual, teleological view of the universe, as shown in www.youtube.com and on the Information Philosopher website.

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