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A Modest Solution to Finally Resolve the Problem of Poor People

Jesse Roche — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:31:06 +0000

* Prefatory Note: For those who’re somewhat reading challenged, this post is intended to be satirical. * As an American citizen who loves his country and is concerned about its future, I’m proud to admit that I also love money. So much so that I spend hours a day pouring over financial news and sage commentary [...]

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The Changing Face of Happiness

Jesse Roche — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:23:24 +0000

For modern man, form increasingly dictates the substance of thought. Recall from the previous post, Happiness is a Balance, that optimum happiness depends on sustaining optimum internal and external conditions. Since forms are human constructions and are therefore imperfect, it stands to reason that an optimum external situation will be one that contains the least [...]

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Happiness is a Balance

Jesse Roche — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:29:57 +0000

Ok, as we left off in the previous post, What does it take to be happy?, Bonnie and Clyde have finally saved up enough loot and have escaped to their tropical paradise. Here we have it: Hollywood’s great formula for happiness: boy meets girl; boy gets girl; boy and girl get a lot of money; [...]

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What does it take to be happy?

Jesse Roche — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:30:00 +0000

I think most of the developed world has been having a pretty limited conversation when it comes to formulating questions about the conditions necessary to bring about happiness. I don’t mean to suggest that people don’t think about happiness very much. I believe pretty much everyone believes they want to be happy. But I think [...]

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Equality in Happiness

Jesse Roche — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:15:01 +0000

The second major concept of the happiness principle holds that all people are equal before the throne of the happiness principle. This is a radical, perhaps revolutionary statement. It runs contrary to fundamental values inherent in many of the world’s leading contemporary societies. Most of us have been taught to believe that talented, hardworking people can [...]

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The Happiness Principle

Jesse Roche — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:22:18 +0000

I’d like to introduce you to the happiness principle. What is the happiness principle you ask? This is a good question and is very likely one of the most important questions you’ll ever ask. For when it comes down to it, what could be more important than your happiness? The only answer I can think [...]

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Earthquake Warning Signs

Jesse Roche — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:11:45 +0000

Mongolia, China, 2003, Strange Pre-Earthquake OccurrencesGreat Sichuan Earthquake, aka Wenchuan EarthquakeCan Animals Really Sense Earthquakes Before They Happen?Geologist Jim Berkland’s Method of Predicting EarthquakesEarthquake WeatherRelated PostsMongolia, China, 2003, Strange Pre-Earthquake Occurrences A 2003 story in the China Daily relates some strange occurrences just prior to a large earthquake that hit Chifeng, a city in Mongolia. Villagers [...]

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The Great Earthquake Debate

Jesse Roche — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:45:18 +0000

SummaryThe End of the WorldOther Web Sites that Connect Earthquakes with Eschatology and/or Punishment2012: The End of the WorldRising Earthquake Trend Linked to Global WarmingOther Web Sites with Similar IdeasBusiness as UsualSeventeen Major Earthquakes and One Great Shaker Per YearScientists Shaken by Coincidence of Killer QuakesSimultaneous Terrestrial, Solar Magnetic Polarity ReversalsRelated PostsSummary A Google search using [...]

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Kenyans Desperate to Survive Resort to Poaching

Jesse Roche — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:49:15 +0000

This is an ongoing post chronicling some of the stories that have been summoned into existence by the droughts now ravaging Africa.

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Global Earthquake Trends 1900 – 2010

Jesse Roche — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:48:55 +0000

Killer Earthquakes and Other Problems Beneath the SurfaceDeadliest Earthquakes 1900 to 2009The Haitian ExampleUnstable GroundWorst Earthquakes and Earthquake-Caused Tsunamis 1900 to 2010The Rising Kill-Rate of EarthquakesDeadliest Earthquakes by Region 1900 to 2010Related PostsKiller Earthquakes and Other Problems Beneath the Surface Silent and unexpected, without warning, they smite with irresistible force. All that dwells upon the surface [...]

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The Monster Dialectic

Jesse Roche — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:24:00 +0000

Suicide BombersThe Three Voices of the War on Terror and the Unheard Fourth VoiceIraqi Public OpinionIRAQ: WHERE THINGS STAND 2007PUBLIC ATTITUDES IN IRAQ: FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF INVASIONAfghan Public OpinionSurvey of the Afghan People for the Year 2009Afghan Civilians Angry Over DeathsAfghan Civilian Deaths Rise 40% in 2008Children Die in ExplosionStatements of Afghans Affected by [...]

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Africa: Droughts

Jesse Roche — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:55:29 +0000

Over the course of the last one hundred years the frequency and geographic dispersion of droughts has increased significantly on the African continent.

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Natural Disasters of the World

Jesse Roche — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:08:36 +0000

The frequency and intensity of natural disasters have been increasing. This poses both humanitarian and financial challenges; not to mention the question why?

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The People’s Water

Jesse Roche — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:34:22 +0000

The Clean and Dirty Reality of WaterWater Stories From Around the World<Video> Water Crisis in the AzawakAzawak Video Highlights<Video> QuenchQuench Video HighlightsRelated PostsThe Clean and Dirty Reality of Water If any resource can be used as the quintessential symbol for the quality of life on this planet, it would probably have to be water. In this [...]

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Prologue to Modern Folktales

Jesse Roche — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:22:32 +0000

Explains what modern folktales are and how they can help transcend many big problems facing the world. Also touches on the most common types of media stories.

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Who or What are Contemporary Monsters?

Jesse Roche — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:50:38 +0000

Who are the monsters that contemporary, developed nations fear the most? A look at the ones we hear the most about nowadays.

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Hunting the Terrorists — The Impact of Words on Actions

Jesse Roche — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:43:05 +0000

Implications can be very powerful tools. When the media hypes language using phrases, such as "hunting terrorists", listeners should be concerned with the consequences. Not does this kind of phraseology raise ethical and moral questions but lays the groundwork for heavy-handed legislation down the road.

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Terrorist or Insurgent?

Jesse Roche — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:00:48 +0000

Where have all the terrorists gone? Seems like the longer the Global War on Terror continues, the less the western media refer to the other side as terrorists, preferring substitutes such as militants, insurgents, and bombers. This chapter delves into the metamorphosis.

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Preface: The Modern Monster, a Working Definition

Jesse Roche — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:48:02 +0000

The definition of a modern monster and an explanation how it evolved and what it means today. Do all members of a society fear monsters in the same way and to the same extent?

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