Novel | Portfolio | Twitter Tumblr (3.0; @kragtbakker)http://blog.kragtbakker.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3zbybkJQd1qg2kdwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I do my own stunts. (Seen yesterday)</p>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/22994231024http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/22994231024Sun, 13 May 2012 17:05:04 -0400<p>This morning, Alleia wants to do this: sit beside each other on the couch, passing her toy plastic computer back and forth, playing &#8220;sending emails to each other.&#8221;</p>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/22047347243http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/22047347243Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:05:55 -0400Alleiachildhood<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3697wfM8y1qg2kdwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Who’s arming the world? (Amnesty International infographic and petition)</p>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/21959047226http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/21959047226Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:16:41 -0400Amnesty Internationalinfographicviolenceweapons<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dailyasterisk.com/post/21208844997/behavior">dailyasterisk</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Having warm feelings in our heart, good intentions in our head, and proper attitudes in our mind doesn’t clothe and feed the poor.  We can have nice attitudes and still enjoy luxury.  Behavior is the test.  Jesus calls us to an upside-down kind of compassion that results in economic action.</p> <p><strong> Donald Kraybill</strong><br/><em><a href="http://www.powells.com/partner/25646/biblio/9780836195132">The Upside-Down Kingdom</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/21210234671http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/21210234671Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:09:24 -0400behaviorfaithChristianityeconomylove<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/s5a5O2p0s5A?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.climatedots.org">Things happen</a>.</p>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/21036943481http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/21036943481Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:42:27 -0400climate change350.orgvideo<a href="http://www.redletterchristians.org/exorcise-wall-street/">Exorcise Wall Street</a>: <blockquote> <p><em>Jesus was walking down Wall Street in the Empire State. He met a man occupied by evil spirits that had caused the man to gorge himself on food and cover himself in gold chains. He lived in the shopping malls and banks. When Jesus asked the man his name, the man replied, “Nasdaq”. Meanwhile, about a mile away a train loaded with cows was passing by, on the way to the market. Jesus cast the demons out of the man and into the bulls, which charged down Wall Street and into the Hudson River where they drowned. The man was set free. The crowd told Jesus to get out of town.</em></p> <p>Here’s what I love about the story. The man gets set free. Sure the pigs drown and the owner was undoubtedly ticked, but the oppressed man is delivered from the self-destructive patterns of his occupation. He is free.</p> <p>This story can still be true today. We’re all recovering from our own demons… whether we are occupied by violence or the market, or racism or hatred. We can all be set free.</p> <p>And the good news is no one is beyond redemption – not even the 1%, the CEOs, the bankers, the terrorists. The revolution is big enough to set both the occupied and the occupiers free.</p> <p>Perhaps what we need today is not an occupation of Wall Street… but an exorcism. And after Wall Street gets cleansed, maybe we’ll move on to the Pentagon and give that another shot.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/17659870077http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/17659870077Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:07:51 -0500shane claiborneparablewall streetfreedomoccupy Wall Streetjesus<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz74n5zsYv1qg2kdwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Why does a salad cost more than a Big Mac?</strong></p> <p>This chart clears it all up.</p>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/17386218073http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/17386218073Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:21:04 -0500foodeconomyeconomicssaladBig machealth“Our church has been fighting during these years only for its self-preservation, as if that were an end in itself. It has become incapable of bringing the word of reconciliation and redemption to humankind and to the world. So the words we used before must lose their power, be silenced, and we can be Christians today in only two ways, through prayer and in doing justice among human beings.”<br/><br/> - <em>Dietrich Bonhoeffer<em> (<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=KiAPXD7pG04C&lpg=PA355&ots=k-wl7M1W83&dq=%22Our%20church%20has%20been%20fighting%20during%20these%20years%20only%20for%20its%20self-preservation%2C%20as%20if%20that%20were%20an%20end%20in%20itself.%22&pg=PA355#v=onepage&q=%22Our%20church%20has%20been%20fighting%20during%20these%20years%20only%20for%20its%20self-preservation,%20as%20if%20that%20were%20an%20end%20in%20itself.%22&f=false">reference</a>)</em></em>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/17155568937http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/17155568937Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:48:23 -0500dietrich bonhoefferchurchjusticeprayerChristianity<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jbeErm9hxt0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://azspot.net/post/16730789564/shane-claiborne-no-such-a-thing-as-just-war">azspot</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbeErm9hxt0&feature=share">Shane Claiborne - No such a Thing as Just War</a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/16763234051http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/16763234051Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:14:32 -0500pacifismnonviolenceshane claiborneChristianity<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykyisGKbs1qg2kdwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Via a friend’s Facebook page — I’m not sure of the source, but definitely a good reminder of the massive human cost of the “war on terror.”</p>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/16720198196http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/16720198196Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:01:40 -0500iraq9/11casualtiesviolencewarcivilians<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly26lyBUqR1qzs5cqo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/16127277651/newsweek-behold-what-the-stop-sopa-blackout">motherjones</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://newsweek.tumblr.com/post/16123878603/behold-what-the-stop-sopa-blackout-managed-to">newsweek</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Behold! What the Stop SOPA blackout <a href="http://www.propublica.org/nerds/item/sopa-opera-update">managed to accomplish</a> in 24 hours.</p> </blockquote> <p>See our <a href="http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/01/how-sopa-protect-ip-and-big-content-lost">story behind the SOPA blackout</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/16128728176http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/16128728176Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:36:53 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/34813864" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>This commercial isn’t real, neither are society’s standards of beauty. </p> </blockquote> <p>Brilliant video by <a href="http://jesserosten.com/2012/fotoshop-by-adobe">Jesse Rosten</a>. His site is currently down due to traffic (I’m assuming) but you can also find him on <a href="http://twitter.com/JesseRosten">Twitter</a>.</p> <blockquote></blockquote>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/15676582360http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/15676582360Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:49:00 -0500beautywomenphotoshopadvertisingadparody<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwkeav5upC1qg2kdwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><h2 class="headline">Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s Resolutions, 1942</h2></p>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/14569175963http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/14569175963Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:37:00 -05001942boingboingwoody guthrienew yearresolutions<a href="http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/12/slave-elves-online-shipping">Every time you click "Place Order," a warehouse worker weeps.</a>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/14564701249http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/14564701249Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:28:24 -0500laborchristmasonlineshoppingamazonWalmart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwifhomYj81qz4sr8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://azspot.net/post/14560309282/nakedpastor">azspot</a>: <a href="http://www.nakedpastor.com/2011/12/20/where-are-the-important-people/">nakedpastor</a></p>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/14564122161http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/14564122161Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:09:20 -0500Christmas<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwihpj58Cr1qg2kdwo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2>Lego ad, 1981. </h2> <p>Peggy Orenstein’s <a href="http://peggyorenstein.com/blog/sigh">comment</a>: “It was 1981. I don’t think the girlie-girl had been invented. But I appreciate that there was a vision of beauty that didn’t involve tiaras and makeup for 3-year-olds….She’s just a KID.”</p>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/14514430441http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/14514430441Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:56:00 -0500girlsbeautychildhoodadvertisingpeggy orensteinprincessesLego<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwayzuxMqL1qg2kdwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/14310314534http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/14310314534Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:28:41 -0500bikeinfographic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw9g7k5jbe1qei8t8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>From the maker of <em>Get Your War On</em>…</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theersatzvegetarian.tumblr.com/post/14271545900/david-rees-walks-us-through-the-tragic-comedy-that">theersatzvegetarian</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>David Rees walks us through the tragic-comedy that would come to pass if Hollywood and the big media conglomerates succeed at taking over the Internet via SOPA and ProtectIP.  Check it out at <a href="http://www.getyourcensoron.com/"><a href="http://www.getyourcensoron.com/">http://www.getyourcensoron.com/</a></a></p> <p>… and make your voice heard in some way, shape, or form… </p> </blockquote>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/14272276782http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/14272276782Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:05:23 -0500sopacensorDavid ReesGet your censor onGet your war oncartooninternet<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27264995" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><span>Economics for our times and for our shared future requires profound departures from the orthodox economics of the past. We need an economics for the 21st century. Econ4.org is your guide to new ways of thinking about economics.</span></p> </blockquote>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/13886926778http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/13886926778Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:30:12 -0500economyeconomicsoccupy Wall Street<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvucq7RvkX1qhn3smo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sunfoundation.tumblr.com/post/13875575444/correlation-or-causation-need-to-prove-something">sunfoundation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/correlation-or-causation-12012011-gfx.html#" title="Correlation or Causation?">Correlation or Causation?</a></p> <blockquote>Need to prove something you already believe? Statistics are easy: All you need are two graphs and a leading question</blockquote> </blockquote>http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/13876373552http://blog.kragtbakker.com/post/13876373552Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:33:23 -0500statisticsgraphdatacorrelationcausation