Things I read today 13-12-08

OK, maybe a wee bit of brainwashing here


Assimilation and Accommodation
This is the home site of the image. Note the domain name.

How to Assimilate the American Culture - By expertelement
And maybe some here.

Canada.com Lifestyle
And just a whole bunch of it here. This is lemming central.

Pentagon mixed propaganda with PR, report finds - Blacklisted News
And some more here. We tell you the truth we want you to hear.

Michael Parenti - Is Bush A Failure?


Pakistan's military takes a big hit - Asia Times
There shall be no resistance to the 'Free Market System', all others are terrorists

Fed Refuses to Disclose Recipients of $2 Trillion - Blacklisted News
A 'secret' society must have its secrets. How can there be 'secret democracy?

Foucault Discipline and Punish quotes - by Neal Andrew
Go to jail, go directly to jail do not pass go, do not collect $200.

World 5.0 - Time for a reboot


Bank Of America Plans 35K Job Cuts - Blacklisted News
The layoffs continue, there goes another small city population.

1 dead after sacked employee opens fire at Vancouver Christmas party - CBC News
Love the wording of the Canadian propaganda machine: 'opened fire' - one man was killed. He went in and killed the one he intended.

Foes warned off 'testing' Obama - BBC News
Anyone spot that 'change' yet?

Ecuador defaults on foreign debt - BBC News
Go Ecuador, go. Go tell the World Bank to go F$%k themselves.

Investors reel at '$50bn fraud' - BBC News
Ha, ha, ha, ha and ha. Put the old man in jail, I wonder what is happening behind the scapegoat. This is funny as the banks with their 'credit crunch' was also about funds that were never really there. They also were involved in pyramid type of schemes and they got bailed out.

Russian hopes to cash in on ;-) - BBC News
Patents still making life ridiculous.

Militants torch 25 vehicles ferrying supplies to NATO forces - Times of India
Ah, some good news finally. Note the use of the word 'militant' - 4 times in the story and upon my reading ws 4 more in other links; 8 times on one page with a short story. Nope, no brainwashing here from India's propaganda machine.

Obama picks HUD secretary, encourages home ownership for poor - Raw Story
Love this:
"He knows that we can put the dream of owning a home within reach for more families, so long as we're making loans in the right way, and so long as those who buy a home are prepared for the responsibilities of homeownership," added the president-elect.

DoJ blocking Obama team from docs on torture, wiretapping - Raw Story
The 'secret democracy' denies the president elect.

Scientist dropped from climate delegation to save money: Prentice - CBC News
And yet more bull from CBC. Note the financial justification though as this will set precedents.

Evidence shows Khadr couldn't have thrown grenade in firefight: lawyer - CBC News
Read the comments and view the brain-dead Canadian thought pattern.

Things I read today 12-12-08

Nope, no brainwashing here.


Firecrackers trigger police lockdown at Montreal university - CBC News
As the public gets used to 'lock-down' it will become 'normal'. Be afraid.
More from CTV

Large airports infiltrated by crime groups, says RCMP report - CBC News
Be very afraid.

It was accident, says father of 2 girls who froze to death - CBC News
You WILL adhere to our way of life. Canada loves their witch hunts. Read the comments to get a sense of the average Canadian.

Gender-bending chemicals putting our future at risk - Blacklisted News
Maybe we will do something when the 'rulers' develop breasts.

World Bank warns of Great Depression II - Blacklisted News
Let it all crumble and fall; maybe we can make something out of the ashes. The sky is falling.

NY Times: The Big Three for ‘Wall St.’s New World Order’ - Blacklisted News
The taxpayer bankrolls the New World Order

Iran Captures CIA Terrorists - Blacklisted News
I always knew that the CIA was a terrorist group

Babylon's History Swept Away In U.S. Army Sandbags - Blacklisted News
History? Who cares, there's oil there. What a sad time we live in.

We've been in 'recession for 13 years:' native leaders tell Strahl - CBC News
And they've been getting F$%ked for even longer. Read comments.

U.S. automaker bailout package dies in Senate - CBC News
Fell through because the workers would not agree to their wage cuts. Read the comments, I love how they blame the workers.

More blame of the workers

This auto worker thing is nothing but an excuse to union bust

Alcatel-Lucent to cut 1,000 jobs; to reduce 5,000 contractors - Story
And more people loses their livelyhoods

Dell battles HP to trash Mother Earth - The Register
Check out the pictures of how these companies are shipping in huge boxes

Dr. Steven Best banned from the U.K.

Something light


Critics blast Harper's Senate stacking - Canoe News
And what's the 'Weasel' doing in the background?

Americans are 'financially illiterate' - survey - CNN Money
Debt is a product of your ignorance.

Engineers counter company's claim CBC Taser tests flawed - CBC News
Have to bring in their own 'experts' and we all know that 'engineer' is a buzz word. Gee, no lobbying here. Brainwashing? you decide.

Senate to Middle Class: Drop Dead ...a message from Michael Moore - mailing list

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Friends,

They could have given the loan on the condition that the automakers start building only cars and mass transit that reduce our dependency on oil.

They could have given the loan on the condition that the automakers build cars that reduce global warming.

They could have given the loan on the condition that the automakers withdraw their many lawsuits against state governments in their attempts to not comply with our environmental laws.

They could have given the loan on the condition that the management team which drove these once-great manufacturers into the ground resign and be replaced with a team who understands the transportation needs of the 21st century.

Yes, they could have given the loan for any of these reasons because, in the end, to lose our manufacturing infrastructure and throw 3 million people out of work would be a catastrophe.

But instead, the Senate said, we'll give you the loan only if the factory workers take a $20 an hour cut in wages, pension and health care. That's right. After giving BILLIONS to Wall Street hucksters and criminal investment bankers -- billions with no strings attached and, as we have since learned, no oversight whatsoever -- the Senate decided it is more important to break a union, more important to throw middle class wage earners into the ranks of the working poor than to prevent the total collapse of industrial America.

We have a little more than a month to go of this madness. As I sit here in Michigan today, tens of thousands of hard working, honest, decent Americans do not believe they can make it to January 20th. The malaise here is astounding. Why must they suffer because of the mistakes of every CEO from Roger Smith to Rick Wagoner? Make management and the boards of directors and the shareholders pay for this.

Of course that is heresy to the 31 Republicans who decided to blame the poor, miserable autoworkers for this mess. And our wonderful media complied with their spin on the morning news shows: "UAW Refuses to Give Concessions Killing Auto Bailout Bill." In fact the UAW has given concession after concession, reduced their benefits, agreed to get rid of the Jobs Bank and agreed to make it harder for their retirees to live from week to week. Yes! That's what we need to do! It's the Jobs Bank and the old people who have led the nation to economic ruin!

But even doing all that wasn't enough to satisfy the bastard Republicans. These Senate vampires wanted blood. Blue collar blood. You see, they weren't opposed to the bailout because they believed in the free market or capitalism. No, they were opposed to the bailout because they're opposed to workers making a decent wage. In their rage, they were driven to destroy the backbone of this country, not because the UAW hadn't given back enough, but because the UAW hadn't given up.

It appears that the sitting President has been looking for a way to end his reign by one magnanimous act, just like a warlord on his feast day. He will put his finger in the dyke, and the fragile mess of an auto industry will eke through the next few months.

That will give the Senate enough time to demand that the bankers and investment sharks who've already swiped nearly half of the $700 billion gift a chance to make the offer of cutting their pay.

Fat chance.

Yours,
Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com

Things I read today 11-12-08

GLOBAL: More hungrier this year, maybe even more in 2009 - Story
But who would know with the 'financial crisis' and all.

India calls for UN ban on Pakistan charity over Mumbai - Story
There shall be no 'cause' without approval.

Air Force Seeks (Non Lethal) City Stopper - Blacklisted News
EMPs will rule. Electricity is life.

EU carbon trading system brings windfalls for some, with little benefit to climate - Blacklisted News
The carbon trading scam

Top court to rule on how $54B EI surplus is spent - CBC News
Harder to collect employment insurance; that's ok, there is no money left. Canada steals worker money.

BCE purchase declared dead - CBC News
They will privatize this company

Rats show the perils of sugar addiction, researchers say - CBC News
Sugar has no nutritional value; energy can be better aquired.

B.C. recall of pre-2006 Tasers based on 'flawed data': company - CBC News
Company: "Let us show you how to test these things"

Sit-In at Factory Ends With 2 Loan Agreements - NY Times
Funny how Bank of America is JPMorgan are at the center of this.

City gets 'crime-detecting' CCTV - BBC News
Fighting "Anti-social behaviour"

India announces security overhaul - BBC News
In "response to the public outcry", we shall take away liberties.

Indian court urged to 'ban Google Earth' - The Register
The 'reactionary' world at work. Be afraid.

Angela Merkel turns her back on green dream of EU - Story
But we just can't 'afford' to save the envirnment right now.

Government had right to spend EI surplus on programs, deficit: top court - CBC News
In making the collection of such needed assistance, the surplus was inevitable. The theft is now within the law. Canada, what will you put up with?

Tech industry asks Ottawa for $60B stimulus package - CBC News
Step right up ... get your 'package' here. Of course everyone could use a bailout. It should have happened from the bottom up, not top down.

Risk of 'substantial' rise in home foreclosures: Bank of Canada - CBC News
The sub-primes may not affect us but ... Anyone worried yet?

Carbon Dioxide (No S.U.V.’s) Detected on Distant Planet - NY Times
Ridiculing the 'climate crisis'; hope you get it.

Things I read today 10-12-08

VIDEO: Former ISI Chief: Mumbai and 9-11 Were Both Inside Jobs


World Bank predicts global gloom - BBc News
There's that 'growth' again.

Greek capital hit by major strike - BBC News
Nice to see the Greeks don't take any shite.
"Opposition Socialist leader George Papandreou has called for early elections, saying the government had lost the confidence of the people and could not handle the crisis."
Maybe they can prorogue parliament.

Israeli experts help India prepare commando raids into Pakistan - Blacklisted News
We can see where this is going.

Corruption Hangover Follows Election Night High - ABC News
And the circus continues ... it's all in the timing.

“Father of the Amero” Herbert Grubel speaks about a common North American currency - Blacklisted News
Interesting videos. Telling the people that there is no conspiracy; to keep politicians out of central banks (basically that money (life) is out of the hands of the people).

Rio Tinto to cut 14,000 jobs to cope with slump - CBC News
More cuts in people's lives.
More on Rio Tinto

Police taser man in diabetic shock - Raw Story
Cops are using tasers way too much. Be afraid.

Pakistan: We're ready for war with India - Blacklisted News
Ready for war but we don't want it.

Nortel eyes possible bankruptcy protection: report - CBC News
More fears of layoffs.

Government's employment bill bad for workers - Maori - Story
Canada did this years ago.

World Bank’s ‘Wrong Advice’ Left Silos Empty in Poor Countries - Blacklisted News
What everyone should know about the World Bank

The Purpose Behind The Financial Crisis - Article
These thought had already crossed my mind.

Office Depot to Close 112 North American Stores, Cut 2200 Jobs - Bloomberg
And more crappy jobs go.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Marks 60th Anniversary - Story
60 years of nothing

Things I read today 09-12-08

Capitalism


F-18 Crashes Into San Diego Neighborhood - Fox
F-18 crashed but why was the school put on 'lock-down'? Sure are training these kids to accept 'lock-down' situations a lot these days.

Big pharma pushing Adderall and Ritalin as productivity boosters for humans - Blacklisted News
Ritilin; not just to keep your kids quiet anymore. Making zombies out of the entire population.

Wasted Energies - My blog

Budget 101: where's my money going? - CBC News
It's not the system that's wrong, it's the way 'you' live. Notice all the 'money management' training manuals. Accept, learn; there will never be change.

Clothing with a brain: 'Smart fabrics' that monitor health - Story
Opening the way for clothes that can track and disable you. Oops, sorry, it's for your health.

Greek rioters smash windows, torch buildings, burn huge Christmas tree - CBC News
"The general anti-capitalist, anti-establishment principles of the anarchist movement still attract youth to the group today." - At least the youth are not the 'zombies' that they are here.

White House cool on car bail-out - BBC News
"Conditions not strict enough"? "No blank cheque"?- are they trying to make the public forget that there were NO conditions on the bank bailouts?

Sony to cut plants and 8,000 jobs - BBC News
More job losses. Anyone keeping tabs? 16,000 according to Bloomberg
Note the "since the credit crunch drove the world into a recession" comment. Don't think, this is what happened.

Financial Times: “And Now for a World Government” - Blacklisted News
"First, it is increasingly clear that the most difficult issues facing national governments are international in nature: there is global warming, a global financial crisis and a “global war on terror”." - now here is something for their 'global government' push. But looki at it, two out of 3 are definite shams.
NWO. coming soon to a country near you.

German interior minister presses for new repressive police laws - By Andreas Kunstmann
The loss of privacy and civil liberties continues.

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Suspends State Business with Bank of America and Is Then Promptly Arrested by the FBI on Corruption Charges - Story
I knew there was something fishy about his arrest.
More here

Things I read today 08-12-08

The plot to shift taxes from wealthy and on the wage earners. - Story
Listen and learn. Will the masses revolt once they know statistics?

VIDEO: Former drug officer launches 'KopBusters' TV show - Blacklisted News
This is awesome. The following is too funny a statement; "the dark side"? A little too much Star Wars there? I also like how they tried to demonize Barry with the 'money' statement.
“It outrages me personally as I’m sure it does any officer that has sworn an oath to uphold the laws of this state, and nation,” Sanders said. “It is clear that his whole deal is to make money and he has found some sort of scheme, but for him to go to the dark side and do this is infuriating.” - source

Bratz loses battle of the dolls - BBC News
Sounds like the same kind of contract that everyone uses yet no one reads. Don't allow your employers to own you.

Overseas trips by MPs, senators exceed $1 million in 2008 - CBC News
Wasteful polititians? Baffeling you with numbers while the crooks get the billions. But hey, what's a few billion anyways?

Pre-trial begins for 9/11 suspects - CBC News
Supposed 9/11 planner (architect)going on pre-trial

Pakistan arrests suspected Mumbai planner: source - Reuters
Suspected Mumbai planner caught? Convenient

Watch the video - How news should be.

Israeli general: Forces ready for Iran attack - Blacklisted News
Ready to start WWIII

Study Finds Joy To Be Contagious - Story
Happiness is a social network? Another in the long line of useless studies.

Let's Not Spend Cash Which We Don't Have - The Namibian
This is a very interesting statement - "we are, like the US, heading for an uncontrollable debt-driven society."

Empire Vs. Democracy - Michael Parenti 2005

Informative and entertaining

Drones To Patrol U.S./Canada Border - Story
The beauty of borders and control.

Men really are the weaker sex, say scientists - Story
Chemicals taking away our manhood?

Things I read today 07-12-08

"It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into."
A quote I found but I know not from whom.

Will 9/11 become this generations's Pearl Harbor? - Article
The inside job in history. Nope no brainwashing here.

Swat Team conducts food raid in rural Ohio - Article
Control.

More than 160 US, NATO vehicles burned in Pakistan - CBC News
And some good news, maybe it's time to rethink invading other's lands. This is also to justify an invasion in Pakistan. Goes with the Mumbai/Pakistan 'link'.

Divide and Deceive - By Rowan Wolf
The ongoing struggle of 'thought'. Who is controlling yours?

India sets sights on Pakistani camps - Asia Times
A couple on nuclear powers about to duke it out?

The God That Failed: The 30-Year Lie of the Market Cult - By Chris Floyd
Read and think. It is time to take back humanity.

Opposition damns Chavez vote bid - BBC News
Calls it un-democratic for Hugo Chavez to seek to stay in office as long as he keeps winning elections. - How is that un-democratic?

Schooling of a mountain jihadist - Story
"Front organisation"?
No support for freedom fighters. Nope, no brainwashing here.

Canada’s “constitutional coup” and the corporate media - By Keith Jones
A great commentary on the 'political crisis' in Canada. Stephen Harper is a fine example of un-democratic practice, not Hugo Chavez.

The Canadian auto “bailout”: CAW to impose sweeping concessions - By Carl Bronski
Please bend over, this might sting a bit.

Buyer beware! Obama named “Marketer of the Year” - By Tom Eley
'Brand Obama'; get your action figures now.

Angry Laid-Off Workers Occupy Factory in Chicago - Blacklisted News
Forced not to pay by Bank of America?

OPEC: Get set for oil shock and awe - Blacklisted News
Should we buy oil?

Poor Children's Brain Activity Resembles That Of Stroke Victims, EEG Shows - Blacklisted News
I think the title says it all.

Chinese property hunters to raid US - Blacklisted News
Cheap property at other people's loss.

Retail giants cash in on Kevin Rudd's $10.4bn handout - Story
No go out and be good little consumers.