Hugh Pickens writes "The NY Times reports that the Chinese government has placed a trade embargo on all exports to Japan of a crucial category of minerals used in products like hybrid cars, wind turbines and guided missiles.

“If I get shot in the head like Kennedy, I’m not going to fall down on my knees. When you get shot like that, you have a few seconds of life left. If that happens to me, I’m going to fall straight down with my arms spread so people will know I never gave up, even until the last second.”

When change unfolds, people want real solutions more than they want to hate.

We interviewed Invincible, a Detroit hip hop artist and activist, after her show at the LOLA music and arts festival in London, Ontario, Canada. At LOLA, Invincible performed with Miz Korona and DJ Dez.

In America, the spiritual journey is an active, conscious, personal rejection of I Consume, Therefore I Am. Life is precious, but new shoes, especially when you've already got perfectly adequate footware, are not.

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