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DESCRIPTION:\nFilm evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments and social hour at 
  6:30 pm,\nfollowed by the film at  7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after 
 the film.\n\nCollapse\nby Chris Smith\n\nIn this disturbing documentary, 
 Michael Ruppert makes the analogy of our current collapsing civilization to 
 the sinking Titanic. There were three types of people on board, he says:  
 the first type refused to believe the ship was sinking and sat in the bar 
 enjoying the luxurious apertifs;  the second panicked and went crazy trying 
 to save themselves;  the third asked everyone, “How can we build a 
 lifeboat?”  This film focuses on this third group of people and pragmatic 
 ideas to survive the end of civilization as we know it.  Is this a bit 
 dramatic?  But Michael Ruppert’s facts and figures are irrefutable.  He 
 draws upon the same news reports and data available to any internet user, 
 but he applies a unique interpretation. He is especially passionate about 
 the issue of peak oil and portrays an apocalyptic future: the collapse of 
 civilization.  While other observers analyze details of the economic 
 crisis, Ruppert views it as symptomatic of nothing less than the collapse 
 of industrial civilization itself.  No scientist has disputed anything he 
 says in the movie.  It’s clear that some people aren’t going to 
 survive, and the great challenge is to determine or influence how many will 
 survive and what kind of quality of life they will have on the other side.  
 Those who have neither read Ruppert’s books, viewed his blog, or seen him 
 speak will be riveted as he breaks down the imminent perils of peak oil, 
 the fraud of fiat currency, the quiet revolutions taking place with no 
 media coverage, the corporate and government corruption run a muck, the 
 need for sustainability, and, thankfully, the importance of happiness, joy, 
 and smiles in one’s life.  Those who are blindly waiting for President 
 Obama to fix the world’s ills are going to be extremely underwhelmed.  We 
 would all do ourselves justice by listening to Ruppert’s words and 
 preparing  –  if only for the sake of our children.\n\nWheelchair 
 accessible around the corner at  411  28th  Street\n\n$5 donations are 
 accepted\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/02/20/18672596.php
SUMMARY:Collapse
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/02/20/18672596.php
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