The true value we place on our soldiers

I know I don't post much these days, but I came across this today, and just had to share it.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/remains-of-274-soldiers-dumped-in-virginia-landfill-27530281.html

Shows you how much we really care about our soldiers, eh?

Insider trading and the US Congress

60 minutes story well worth watching.







As if we needed more evidence that our politicians were corrupt.

Pickin on the little guy -- 11/7 - 11/11

The weekly update. The scary thing is how easy it is to find these stories.

You're under arrest! For... an expired vehicle registration!

Denver issuing tickets for stopping at red lights

Cop admits to framing innocent americans with drug charges to "meet quotas"

Never talk to cops

Student Protestors? Fire at will!




Yup. I don't think I really need to say anything else about these.

The world is a business

I finally got around to watching "The Network". All in all, really phenomenal movie. I won't say much about it because it's really just one of those movies that's worth watching... not for the movie itself, so much, as for the ideology and the story that it conveys.

I've posted a few clips and scenes from this move in the past, but after watching the flick in its entirety, I came across one more that I just had to share. Unfortunately, embedding is not allowed in any of the dozens of copies of this clip, so you'll have to link directly to it.


The world is a buniness

10 Reasons America Will Be Judged as the Most Brutal Empire in History

10 Reasons America Will Be Judged as the Most Brutal Empire in History


Interesting article that I thought was worth sharing.

Police State Update

Just for fun:

Street lights that Spy on you

VIPR's on the interstate

Riot training 101

Police funded by... apple?

Pick on the little people

So since I'm trying not to dwell upon the OWS movement too much, I figured it would be interesting to start taking a closer look at, what I believe to be, is a more and more prevalent trend in American society today.... Picking on the little people. From cops getting out of line and writing bogus citations for miniscule offenses, to new fees that we have to pay, and everything else in between,  it's pretty easy to see how the power structure here in the US (and the rest of the world) views the masses.

In my own way, this will be my contribution to the OWS movement. Each one of these examples offers evidence as to what the power structure in this country is really all about.... Keeping you timid, afraid, and beaten down, all while they continue to line their own pockets. Instead, I say let these examples enrage you... They certainly do me... And I promise, there will be many, many more to come.

Pregnant mom arrested for eating sandwhich

Woman trapped in airport for 8 days because of baggage fees

NY student imprisioned for 2 days for not having her ID

Biggest US firms paid less tax, study shows

A long overdue update

I must apologize for my inactivity as of late. Life has taken many unforeseen turns recently, which has left me a little shaken, and in all honesty, I've had more pressing issues to try to attend to than keeping up on this blog, which hardly anyone reads. That being said, I don't want to abandon it entirely... If nothing else, it serves as a good personal archeive through which I can go back and look at the progression of this truly historic period of time as it unfolded.

That being said, I will try to once again be more active in my uploading behavior. However, I will try to limit my posts regarding the occupy wall street movement. Obviously, I am very supportive of this endeavor, but for fear that the movement would dominant the blog entirely if I did not restrict my postings, I will attempt to do as such. Besides, RT America has been doing a fantastic job covering the movement... most of what I get, I get from them, so you might as well get it directly from the source if it's a topic you're interested in.

Now for some random tidbits that I found interesting and share worthy.

New numbers: Income for top 1 percent skyrocketed over last 30 years

Trade wars, hypocrisy, and bank-fucking

It's pretty sad when these are normal headlines.

Anyway, I haven't been able to keep up with the news much, as of late, due to some pretty major events going on in my life, but I still managed to stumble across these and found them worth sharing.

China Threatens Trade War

As Gerald Celente famously says: First there's currency wars, then there's trade wars, and then there is real war.




Hypocrisy 

A clever little video that showcases the hypocrasy of the US goverment regarding the revolutions of the mid-east and the 'demonstrations' here.



Fuck the Banks

-Finally-, there is a movement in place to fuck the banks. PLEASE get behind this and pass it around. And, for gods sake, if for some strange and inexplicable reason you're still with a bank. Tell them to FUCK OFF!!!

Bank Transfer Day: A Protest With Your Money

The Escalation Continues

Syria:






Greece:






Home:

Bankers fight back -- Occupy Wallstreet

I've been following the Occupy Wallstreet movement pretty actively since it first started over two weeks ago. I've seen countless videos of senseless arrests and unwarranted brutality on behalf of the NYPD (which, unfortunately, I haven't been sharing here). However, I wanted to post an article that I just happened to come across today, just a few days after over 700 protestors were arrested for peacefully protesting on the Brooklyn Bridge.

JP Morgan donates $4.6 million to the NYPD

Isn't that generous of them. Thank you, JP Morgan, for your thoughtful donation. We, the people, sincerely appreciate your concern for our 'safety', especially in this particular city, at this particular time. Your selfless generosity will not be forgotten.

What we are capable of

Ran across this the other day and thought that it was worth sharing.



I'll see you there.

America's failing infrastructure

There's been a lot of talk in Obama's jobs bill about fixing America's infrastructure, but from what I've seen, talk is more or less all it is. Obama truly does have the right idea here, however, when you look at the details of his plan (which won't pass congress anyway) it's clear that this is simply more empty rhetoric.







I recently watched about a 2 hour long documentary on the state of the US infrastructure and just how dire it really is. I'm going to try to find it and post it here for those of you that might be interested.

Ultimately, according to the aforementioned report, the 2.2 trillion dollars that we need to fix our infrastructure is absolutely essential to improving the state of the US economy. But, of course, instead of fixing the bloodstream of the country, we would rather spend that money on wars and our trillions of dollars worth of military contracts.

Americas chickens are coming home to roost!

Obligatory 9/11 post

Thank god it's over... Now hopefully we can stop seeing and hearing about the 10 year anniversary every time we turn around. It's not surprising that stories from 9/11 have been invading every TV, radio, paper, and even internet news provider for the past week or two... it -is- an utterly and truly tragic event in nearly all measures of the word... however, how unchallenged the 'official' story is in the mainstream media, and indeed in the minds and hearts of American citizens everywhere, is -far- more tragic, in far more ways than one.

For those of you bold enough to accept the truth for what it is, I'm sure you sympathize with the challenges and frustrations that I endured in having to bite my tongue at every mention of that truly tragic day. While I try to be a strong and vocal proponent for the truth most of the time, there are some battles that just aren't worth fighting. In many instances, 9/11 is one of them. While I have confronted many members of my family, people on the internet, and even strangers that I meet, in some instances, like at work, or when conversing with a friend who personally experienced that day, for example, you learn that sometimes, it's best just to smile and nod. All I can say is that I hope things start getting back to normal, because I'm sick of having the idiocy, gullibility, and ignorance -everyone- around me shoved in my face all the time.. at least more than usual.

And now, for your entertainment, I present to you the truth about 9/11, in 5 minutes.



And one more, slightly longer and less entertaining, but fairly interesting argument. I actually learned a thing or two I didn't know before, so I figured I'd share.

If you want a good laugh...

I think the title says it all...


Members of congress complaining that they don't get paid enough and need a raise

And I'm sure we all feel so sorry for them. I don't know how I could survive off of 174,000 a year (plus, of course, non-discretionary benefits, which one can only assume are quite substantial), not to mention the best healthcare, pension, and benefit packages in the nation.

Yup... can't even wrap my mind around how horrible that must be.

Your daily dose of optimism in the US economy

Monsanto in 5 minutes

Was watchin a little Adam vs. The Man earlier today and I came across this little report on Monsanto. Since most people (in my experience, anyway) aren't familiar at all with Monsanto, I figured a little 5 minute summary would be a great intro. I've watched hours and hours worth of documentaries on them, so needless to say, the shit pile is a lot deeper than covered here, but you gotta start somewhere.

Public Education

Just one of an interesting and stimulating series of animated lectures, this one covers the public education system. Worth a watch if you're into this kinda thing (felt like breaking up the usual political news with some engaging thought).



If, like me, you're dissatisfied with your current job, you might want to watch this one too.



There's a whole bunch of these, of which I've only watched a handful. So far, though, I've been very impressed with the ones I've watched.Some of the ones on capitalism and the US political system seem like facinating watches that I haven't gotten around to yet.

One day after Tripoli falls

The Oil grab begins, and NATO countries are already fighting for the spoils of war.





If you want an alternative (non-NATO) version of what's going on in Libya right now, RT (the original, not the American version) is giving the issue a lot of coverage.