Yesterday, President Moon Jae-in attended held memorial services for former Korean President Noh Moo-hyun. They sang songs the public wanted to sing and said good things about the former president.
Call me paranoid, but it almost seemed as if there were organized campaigns to smear former President Noh Moo-hyun almost a decade now.
Yesterday was the first day former President Park Keun-hye attended her court trial.
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Saturday, May 20, 2017
You Are Illegal!
Did you know that?
In 1990, Miles Herkenham of the National Institute of Mental Health, discovered that the human body had its own internal cannabinoid receptor system. The human body produces cannabinoids, like THC.
If THC is illegal, then cannabinoids could also be illegal because they do what THC does. They have the same effects.
29 US states have legal medical marijuana, several countries have legal recreational marijuana, must be thousands of patents being registered, billions of dollars being taxed and still not even one pro-marijuana article in Korea.
Corporations push sugar, trans fat, salt, preservatives, chemicals, and other things that people do not need, like cars, automatic weapons. These really kill and make people sick.
The following quote from Dr. Sanjay Gupta is from an article in Cannabis Now - Cannabis: It’s Getting Better All the Time on how much times have changed since the old days when people were locked up for marijuana.
“We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that.” - Dr. Sanjay Gupta
In 1990, Miles Herkenham of the National Institute of Mental Health, discovered that the human body had its own internal cannabinoid receptor system. The human body produces cannabinoids, like THC.
If THC is illegal, then cannabinoids could also be illegal because they do what THC does. They have the same effects.
29 US states have legal medical marijuana, several countries have legal recreational marijuana, must be thousands of patents being registered, billions of dollars being taxed and still not even one pro-marijuana article in Korea.
Corporations push sugar, trans fat, salt, preservatives, chemicals, and other things that people do not need, like cars, automatic weapons. These really kill and make people sick.
The following quote from Dr. Sanjay Gupta is from an article in Cannabis Now - Cannabis: It’s Getting Better All the Time on how much times have changed since the old days when people were locked up for marijuana.
“We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that.” - Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Friday, May 19, 2017
Recordings and Presidents
Recordings of conversations played a part in the impeachments of President Nixon (resigned), President Keun-hye Park, and in the probable impeachment of Brazilian President Temer.
Wondering if there are recordings of President Trump regarding the dismissal of FBI Director Comey, among other goodies.
Meanwhile in Korea, it seems like the rich may be taxed fairly eventually. Good news! But not for the rich. hehe
Wondering if there are recordings of President Trump regarding the dismissal of FBI Director Comey, among other goodies.
Meanwhile in Korea, it seems like the rich may be taxed fairly eventually. Good news! But not for the rich. hehe
How To Convince The Politically Radical?
This article in Scientific American outlines how to approach and present facts to people who believe in false things.
If Korean politicians knew how to do this, then only the ones that presented the facts clearly would be popular. Guess the same is true all over the world.
Scientific American: Sometimes, Facts Can Actually Trump Ideology - It's hard to get people to look past their ideological blinkers, but behavioral science research shows it's not impossible.
I remember another article in Scientific American. It was about how to persuade people with serious cognitive dissonance. They both state similar methods, but from different perspectives.
If Korean politicians knew how to do this, then only the ones that presented the facts clearly would be popular. Guess the same is true all over the world.
Scientific American: Sometimes, Facts Can Actually Trump Ideology - It's hard to get people to look past their ideological blinkers, but behavioral science research shows it's not impossible.
I remember another article in Scientific American. It was about how to persuade people with serious cognitive dissonance. They both state similar methods, but from different perspectives.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Korean Prosecutors Received Envelopes Filled With Money
Korean prosecutors received money from a superior from the Justice Ministry just after they closed a case. At first, they said it was a "normal" customary practice. No shame! Now, officials are offering to resign over the incident. Resign? They should be jailed, IMHO. The official who handed out money (from $800-900 each to over 6-7 people) was one of those investigated in the case that was closed by the prosecutors without anyone being indicted.
It is still a struggle in Korea. TV and media is still mostly titled towards the goals of the powerful and rich.
President Moon is trying to get justice for any serious crimes committed by the last administration. He was the one who ordered the investigation into use of government funds for investigation that was misused to entertain prosecutors with food, drink and money.
For details on this scandal, please read the following article;
Yonhap News: Senior prosecutor, ministry official offer to resign after Moon's inspection order
It is still a struggle in Korea. TV and media is still mostly titled towards the goals of the powerful and rich.
President Moon is trying to get justice for any serious crimes committed by the last administration. He was the one who ordered the investigation into use of government funds for investigation that was misused to entertain prosecutors with food, drink and money.
For details on this scandal, please read the following article;
Yonhap News: Senior prosecutor, ministry official offer to resign after Moon's inspection order
Monday, May 15, 2017
Detaching Ourselves From Personal Perspective Leads To Better Morality
That's what I said, sort of. So did Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed and others.
Now the scientific community is saying the same thing.
The following excerpt is from a review in the New York Times on Steven Pinker’s “Better Angels of Our Nature”. A book that promptly reached the best seller list after Bill Gates recommended it.
"Pinker argues that enhanced powers of reasoning give us the ability to detach ourselves from our immediate experience and from our personal or parochial perspective, and frame our ideas in more abstract, universal terms. This in turn leads to better moral commitments, including avoiding violence."
NY Times: Is Violence History?
Now the scientific community is saying the same thing.
The following excerpt is from a review in the New York Times on Steven Pinker’s “Better Angels of Our Nature”. A book that promptly reached the best seller list after Bill Gates recommended it.
"Pinker argues that enhanced powers of reasoning give us the ability to detach ourselves from our immediate experience and from our personal or parochial perspective, and frame our ideas in more abstract, universal terms. This in turn leads to better moral commitments, including avoiding violence."
NY Times: Is Violence History?
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Conscious and Unconscious Minds
It appears that both the conscious and unconscious mind are both at work in our brains. The unconscious mind is always working in the background automatically guiding our decisions and perception in many cases.
BBC: Why It Feels Weird To Step On A Stopped Escalator
The following was the number one song in the the US in 1969, beating out songs by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jackson 5, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, and Stevie Wonder. I remember liking the song. Must be getting really old.
Michael Jackson in 1969.
BBC: Why It Feels Weird To Step On A Stopped Escalator
The following was the number one song in the the US in 1969, beating out songs by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jackson 5, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, and Stevie Wonder. I remember liking the song. Must be getting really old.
Michael Jackson in 1969.