2017 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN
"fiery rhetoric could all too easily lead us, inexorably, to unspeakable horror." "The spectre of nuclear conflict looms large once more," the group wrote. "If ever there were a moment for nations to declare their unequivocal opposition to nuclear weapons, that moment is now." http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/06/556047073/2017-nobel-peace-prize http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/06/556047073/2017-nobel-peace-prize ..the prize "a tribute to the tireless efforts of many millions of campaigners and concerned citizens worldwide who, ever since the dawn of the atomic age, have loudly protested nuclear weapons, insisting that they can serve no legitimate purpose and must be forever banished from the face of our earth." ---In [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote : "..the United States nuclear arsenal.. If it is ever used, it could kill almost every American, as well as the rest of humanity, due to the impacts of the smoke from fires that would be ignited, which would cool Earth’s surface and kill virtually all crops in the ensuing nuclear winter." The Ramifications Of Going Nuclear http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/09/26/nuclear-north-korea http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/09/26/nuclear-north-korea ---In [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote : Hopefully Dr. Hagelin right now has his war room advisors devising deployments of meditation for peace on earth (POE) alongside what forces of war may be deployed over there in this current conflict with with a small country who spirits weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Dr. Hagelin, et al; Right now, pull all the levers you have to have a group meditation, to augment peace in the world. “All we are saying is give peace a chance”. ..Progressive Meditators Unite! ---In [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote : Also good is Ken Burn's documentary on the Vietnam War. And, the Fog of War is good too, a McNamara documentary. ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : Important perspective to Take. ..Watch of this Frontline documentary now.. Frontline 1996 The Gulf War (Complete) - Comprehensive and critical analysis of the 1990-1991 war https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUMAyiI0TPA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUMAyiI0TPA One could bet that the same range of calculations are being thought and said inside all the administrations involved in this current Korean conflict as were considered options, ramifications, possible political ends, and ways that things can go wrong like back in the first-Bush administration at the start of the Gulf Wars, or like at the start of the Vietnam war. This Gulf War documentary is awesome for all the voices it collects. ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : Iran tests missile despite Trump pressure.. By test-firing a new missile, Iran is sending another signal of defiance taken straight from the North Korean textbook. Iran says it has successfully tested a new-medium range missile, in defiance of US President Donald Trump. The launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which has a range of 2,000 km (1,242 miles), was shown on state TV. Kim Jong-un has said remarks by "deranged" US President Donald Trump have convinced him he is right to develop weapons for North Korea. Mr Trump responded https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911175246853664768that the "madman... will be tested like never before". Mr Kim said Mr Trump would "pay dearly" for a UN speech where he threatened to "totally destroy" the North if the US was forced to defend itself. Mr Kim ended his statement by saying he would "surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41357315 with fire". "All relevant parties should exercise restraint instead of provoking each other," said China's Foreign Minister spokesman Lu Kang. Russia also urged restraint. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was "deeply concerned by an escalation of tensions". http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41356836 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41356836 ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : He said diplomacy was the only answer. Mr Putin also said that the ramping up of "military hysteria" could lead to global catastrophe. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said pursuing further sanctions against North Korea is "useless", saying "they'd rather eat grass than give up their nuclear programme". ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : Where the Sam Hill are the teachers of peace in this? You read the BBC page this morning? The Japanese, the Russians, the Chinese, the South Koreans call for diplomacy. Where is ™’s leadership in the diplomacy of those people there asking for peace? Our ™ communal leadership should be all over this. Where the heck are TM’s Prime Minister, the Raja of America and the Maharaja of TM in this diplomacy, the owners of TM? This is a perfectly good time to have an emergency re-write of the Dome meditation application guidelines and to then invite people to the Dome meditations. Right now. North Korea crisis: South's leader in plea to avoid war Mr Moon told the visiting top US military official that there must be a diplomatic solution to the crisis. ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : “This country and our world need you to be an army of wisdom, compassion, and connectedness, showing the world how to be awake, to be connected, and to be energized by the tremendous power that lies within,” said Congressman Ryan in his Maharishi University of Management (MUM) address on June 24, 2017. ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : President Donald Trump says the US military is "locked and loaded" to deal with North Korea, ramping up the rhetorical brinkmanship. ..tips for residents to prepare for any missile threat.. "Do not look at the flash or fireball - it can blind you." "Lie flat on the ground and cover your head. If the explosion is some distance away, it could take 30 seconds or more for the blast wave to hit." ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : US has now threatened military force with President Donald Trump warning of "fire and fury" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40871416. North Korea Guam missile strike plan 'ready by mid-August' "The Hwasong-12 rockets to be launched by the KPA [Korean People's Army] will cross the sky above Shimane, Hiroshima and Koichi [Kochi] Prefectures of Japan," ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : With the Chinese nation in the throes of a new wave of patriotism just ahead of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese army, a hugely symbolic event for the country, ..In a stern speech, President Xi Jinping vowed to fight anyone who tried to split China. http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-40811952 ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : We, the world, needs to do a more effective job at stopping and resolving conflict. There are 27 active conflicts now in the world. We need to do a better job of stopping and resolving conflict. ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : A month on from the Radical Peace Conference, what Action points? The press release and GUSP web page read only as a wall of words. Great ideas, what about deployment? Policy implementation? Who is editing the GUSP page? ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : The Radical Peace Conference, held this last month.. Scientists and policy makers joined together: https://www.gusp.org/global-peace-summit/ https://www.gusp.org/global-peace-summit/ ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : UN refugee agency: A Record 65.6 million people displaced worldwide.. by conflict http://www.bbc.com/news/world-40321287 It is a smaller increase than 2014-15, when the figure rose by five million. But the UN high commissioner for refugees Filippo Grandi said it was still a disheartening failure of international diplomacy. "The world seems to have become unable to make peace," Mr Grandi said. "So you will see old conflicts that continue to linger, and new conflicts erupting, and both produce displacement… forced displacement is a symbol for wars that never end." ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : "..in the field of conflict resolution, the first stage in the emergence of war is mounting societal stress—political, religious, and ethnic tensions. “If these tensions grow unchecked—if they reach a boiling point—they inevitably erupt in social violence, terrorism, and war,” ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : Waging World Peace in Conflict Resolution. In addition to food aid delivered to regions with huge dislocated populations there should also be programs and resources allocated to conflict resolution. Resources for people in these regions to learn how to meditate as part of a process of larger conflict resolution in the world. A larger source in world food insecurity that is driving people from their homes is war, conflict. ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : Both Science and experience say quite evidently that meditating and meditating in groups by effect creates peace. That meditation creates peace is now simply and plainly statistical fact, a truth. ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : In the world today there are 65.8 million people displaced from their homes due to war. While the need right now for food is extreme to feed children and families dislocated by war the need for conflict resolution is huge also to stem the undertow tides of population dislocation in the world. ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : US warns Beijing on South China Sea islands http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40141541 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40141541 Why is the South China Sea contentious? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13748349 ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : US President Donald Trump has said he would like to solve the North Korea crisis diplomatically, but that a "major, major conflict" is possible. ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : In meditating here we, the world, can’t afford what leadership we have had on this. This is not a time to retreat on doing whatever we must in sustaining and even enlarging on group meditation here right now. "An unchecked Iran has the potential to travel the same path as North Korea and to take the world along with it," Mr Tillerson said. ---In [email protected], <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : North Korea tension: China 'seriously concerned' about nuclear threats. China's Foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said China opposed words or actions that could further raise tension. Damn the Torpedoes. .. It is time to deploy for peace. We need volunteers right now and then even conscription beyond this if we can't have the volunteers join in right away for world-wide service. Call up the reserves, even the young in their schools, the old too, the home-makers and the workers of our farms, factories and service industries, everyone. Like the old minute-soldiers of our frontier militias, the sons and daughters of liberty and committees of safety to deploy where ever they are, to stop in their busy outer lives and take the time to go within even for a moment's meditation where ever they Be! It is time to activate the transcendental meditator as mediator in field effect of peace everywhere. The Dome doors open for meditation at 6:40am and 4:00pm CST For any who do not have a Dome badge, there is an open silent group meditation at 5pm weekdays at 51 N. Court in Fairfield. (Message over 64 KB, truncated)
