Eclecticity (a neologism).................

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is an organization I respect a great deal. They have put out a new commercial which is a real hoot:

 Next is a video showing an update of some information I encountered some time ago and found to be fascinating....it shrinks the world to 100 human beings then provides some information about the characteristics and circumstances of those 100 humans. Take a look.

By the way, here is the data presented in the previous video in a more reader friendly format:
If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping
the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this...
61 Asians
12 Europeans
08 North Americans
05 South America and the Caribbean
13 Africans
01 Oceania

50 women
50 men

47 live in an urban area
12 are disabled
33 are Christian (Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Anglicans and other Christians)
21 are Muslims
13 are Hindus
06 are Buddhists
01 Sikhs
01 Jews
11 are non-religious
11 practice other religions
03 are Atheists

43 live without basic sanitation
18 live without an improved water source

20 people own 75% of the entire world income

14 are hungry or malnourished
12 can't read
Only 12 have a computer
Only 8 have an internet connection
1 adult, aged 15-49, has HIV/AIDS

The villages spend $1.24 trillion dollars ($623 billion by the United States, $501 billion by the rest of the world combined) on military expenditures and only $100 billion dollars on development aid

If you keep your food in a refrigerator And your clothes in a closet
If you have a roof over your head And have a bed to sleep in
You are richer than 75% of the entire world population
21 people live on $1.25 per day or less

Next is a video that is a bit longer, about 11 minutes but well worth your time if you would like to see a wonderful condensation of the approaches to explaining the most recent (and ongoing) financial crisis. This video also asks for something from its viewers....to think.

There are a number of good reasons to believe that the current sort of capitalism practiced in the western world relies on inequalities and oppression of various groups of human animals and non-human animals to maintain itself. I am convinced that as long as greed and acquisition are supported as positive values, the current repulsive state we are in will continue and even accelerate. If you think this to be a radical statement, you might want to read what Teddy Roosevelt had to say a hundred years ago.

Finally, I am posting this link to an apology to all the natural (non-human) animals by human animals. It was written by Shira Tamir and I wholeheartedly agree with the apology....please read it........and remember.......until you begin practicing veganism you are continuing to harm animals and any apology you might like to make to them is a hollow one.

Eclectic definition.
Neologism definition.
Eclecticity is a neologism.


Oops, I almost forgot this video I discovered because of the blog, Hearts On Noses.
The video is just too good to not share, it was referenced by the note that Sheep Wag Tails Too, the only difference is how we treat them. If you have a companion cat or dog, you will recognize this sheep.