Safety authority orders inspections of gondola towers across B.C. - CBC News Reactive safety. And rushed at that, making sure it is a fiasco.
Homeless woman's body found burning in shopping cart in Vancouver - CBC News The mongrels of society. Read the comments.
'I am dying to show how innocent I am': Illinois governor - CBC News People have already made up their minds.
Police assault 12-year-old girl after mistaking her for a prostitute - Raw Story WTF? Have we all gone insane?
D.C. officer pleads guilty to unprovoked assault on protester - Raw Story The police are there to help you.
Bush: auto plan only way to stave off collapse - Reuters "We have ended up with an agreement open to interpretation, that eliminates the sense of crisis, where taxpayer dollars are expended and we are left to hope that the next administration has the will to enforce the tough concessions necessary to make these companies viable for the long term," Sen. Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican said. Interpretation? Sense of crisis? Enforce? Tough concessions? We did what we could, good luck.
LBJ accused Nixon of treason
Watch this video about the bailout 'money trail' http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1417423198/bctid5293862001
GOP targets auto union
Military to be on high alert for inauguration - Chicago Tribune NorthCOM to operate during inauguration. Military in the streets?
Obama Picks Arne Duncan for Education Post - NY Times Blog "When to shutter failing schools" More here
Predatory Employment in Higher Ed
Children forced into cell-like school seclusion rooms - CNN News Teach them young
Higher Ed: Free For All
Winter medical myths 'debunked' - BBC News So drink, be merry, eat late, feed the kids sugar, don't wear your hat, eat the poinsettia if you want and don't think that there are more suicides at Christmas.
Prominent neoconservative: 4,000 Americans 'had to die' - Raw Story The attack was a go even without WMDs
Book: Tenet drunkenly mocked Bush neocons, right-wing Israelis - Raw Story Truth serum doing its work
Obama and the new Latin America - Asia Times Is Obama the 'hope' that everyone wants him to be?
Flaherty appoints economic advisory council - CBC News Canadian finance minister to seek advice from 'prominent business leaders' - Now how can running government according to corporate advice help the country?
Bush ‘Worried’ About Potential for ‘Disorderly’ Auto Bankruptcy - Bloomberg “I’m worried about a disorderly bankruptcy and what it would do to the psychology of the markets,” - Bush Do I even have to comment on this? We have already been taught that bankruptcy is bad; the shame.
Children under 6 shouldn't get cough and cold medicines: Health Canada - CBC News DUH
A Most Desperate Move by the Fed - Global Research Get ready for the bubble to burst.
U.S. Stocks Fall on Concern Fed Is Running Out of Ammunition - Blacklisted News Interest rate limbo - how low can it go. The see-saw of the markets
Goldman Sachs cuts taxes to one percent by moving profits offshore - Blacklisted News At least someone is making money. Wait that's our money.
Why investors don't care about Madoff - CNN Money Lots of things to keep you busy, what's another $50 billion?
Judge orders CSIS to stop listening to calls between terror suspects and lawyers - CBC News For 'your safety' we will take away the rights. Do you think the 'spy' agency will do it?
People 'still willing to torture' - BBC News This just in: people are lemmings.
The Bill Nobody Noticed: National DNA Databank - Blacklisted News We WILL know everything about you - for your safety of course.
Simulated training urged for new wars - Blacklisted News Simulate the new wars? Planning a few of them are we?
Iran Forms Spy Network In GCC States - Blacklisted News Iran spies, Canada spies, U. S. spies; we all spy.
Ariz. police say they are prepared as War College warns military must prep for unrest; IMF warns of economic riots - Blacklisted News Yup, we're ready for the civil unrest. There may be a revolution afterall. Yeah right, if people get off the couch.
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA - Blacklisted News That's the sound of someone with their fingers in their ears making noise so they don't have to listen to the person talking in front of them.
Gates Foundation to help libraries be better free 'net cafes - Story 'free' Internet that further locks one into Microsoft products.
Has anyone seen Steve Jobs lately? - Story More 'idol' worship. Note how shares can 'fall' because of one man's health.
Panasonic Makes Formal Offer for Sanyo - Story And big companies get huge.
Bush to Provide Emergency Loans to Big 3 - Washington Post First paragraph:
"The troubled U.S. auto industry will receive emergency loans of $13.4 billion from the federal government in return for an extensive restructuring of its outstanding debt and labor costs over the coming year, according to administration officials."
Could the debt be related to pensions and the labor costs be to screw the workers even more? More here
Secrecy surrounds those receiving benefits of Federal Reserve’s trillions - Blacklisted News More secret democracy
This video is from MSNBC's Countdown, broadcast Dec. 18, 2008. Raw Story
Gun collector jailed for selling weapons to criminals - Story "unemployed sickness beneficiary was motivated simply by greed." - What kind of statement is that? Watch out for gun runners with colostomy bags. I think that this a warning to gun owners.
Rough year ahead but governments can help: Bank of Canada - CBC News Keep consuming and it will all be OK
Bankers: FDIC rules will ban new banks - Blacklisted News With the aquisition of banks from the larger players during this melt-down, does one think that 'normal' competition will return?
Iraqi Security Officials Detained - Washington Post Now that we are 'freed' by the U.S., we shall control who can become a political party.
Argentina renationalises airline - BBC News Good news for Argentinians, don't worry about the 'scared off investors'.
Chrysler closing all 30 manufacturing plants for 1 month - CBC News Time to start squeezing workers.
TPC: In Praise Of Muntather Al Zaidi - By Layla Anwar I love this: "President of the United Asses" - there could be no truer statement.
Elderly "Pickpocket Terrorist" Arrested Again - Story "Pickpocket Terrorist"? What the hell is that and why is it even in print? This is simply to de-sensitize the public. If the word 'terrorist' is used enough, it will not be questioned. Therefore, one could have an indefinate 'war on terror' and it doesn't get questioned.
Council Is Set to Approve Higher Hotel and Property Taxes - NY Times Cuts in government (not his) and raising taxes; he's going to be very popular. More here
Woman, 89, arrested for keeping football - Story “My son paid for the ball with his own money.” "The football, valued at $15" - I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
2009 to witness global agri-commodity shortage - Story Prices falling? I guess that when prices raise about 80%, that it is easier to state that they are falling.
U.S. Consumer, Fear Thyself - Forbes "Consumer spending accounts for roughly two-thirds of American economic activity, so shoppers who fear for their livelihood can bring about a recession by curtailing their purchases." - Shop the economy back to health
Oil prices hover near 4½-year low - CBC News They love to mention the 4 1/2 year low but don't mention the high price of gasoline. The fact is that gas nearly doubled 2001 - 2003. That it costs more for individual contractors to operate a business is not news.
California: U.S. Marines to Staff Vehicle Checkpoint Along with Law Enforcement - Blacklisted News Getting you used to military at home.
Change We Can Believe In: Obama Chooses Monsanto Creature, Tom Vilsack, for Secretary of Agriculture - Article Are we surprised?
N.B. coroner calls inquiry into Bathurst van tragedy - CBC News Our 'blame society' just can't let the dead rest is peace. Notice the picture of the happy boys playing basketball.
Obama Eager To Disclose Blagojevich Contacts - Story And the circus continues
CJO: Sarah Palin is the Future of Conservatism - By John Brown So let me get this right; The voters are not going to get wiser, but dumber.
Iraqi journalist 'sorry for shoe-throwing' - Story Denied bail for 'his safety' - and faces 15 years in jail for shoe terrorism, 5 years if just attempted aggression - I wonder if that is per shoe More here
Greek Protesters, Police Clash for 13th Day - Story Funny how this is not on the main pages of the big media. Must not want other nations masses to get any ideas.
"If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves."-- Howard Zinn, historian and author
NYT writer: History will view 9/11 as 'a fluke' - Raw Story A fluke? Why not a coincidence?
IMF chief issues stark warning on economic crisis - Blacklisted News Pump that money in, we know what we're talking about.
Shoe-thrower expected to appear before Iraqi judge - Story Criminal court for throwing shoes? I guess the broken ribs and all were not enough.
S. Calif. residents trade guns for groceries - MSNBC
General Electric wins three bln dlr Iraqi power deal - Raw Story This must be FOR the Iraqi people.
Bush: Sacrifice Free Market To Save Economy - Blacklisted Just won't admit that 'Free Market' sucks.
VIDEO: Ron Paul & Peter Schiff on our economic collapse
Japanese billboards are watching back - Blacklisted News Do you get the feeling that you are being watched?
U.N.: Militaries can pursue Somali pirates on land - Blacklisted News The 'hot pusuit' excuse again.
Bush trumpets security record - Story Do you feel any more secure?
NY gov proposes tax on drinks, downloaded music - Story A tax for everything; bringing the U.S. to Canada's level
Iraq shoe-thrower inspires Bush-bashing Web game - Reuters We play games while the reporter is still in jail, faces criminal charges and has been beaten severely.
Iraqi doctor jailed for life for failed car bombings - Story Look at the wording - "He said Abdulla's anger at the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 could not justify his actions, which were those of an educated and well-paid medical professional." - If you are educated and well paid, DON"T COMPLAIN
Peter Schiff - Bailout and Economic Collapse!
Steven Liebe & Peter Schiff on Your Money CNN - Liebe talks: Baernes states that the treasury are going to make money. Brings up national security, China, Iran, Russia, Zimbabwe. I wrote a book first. House prices are not too high. No bailout would be disastrous. He is interruptive and won't let Peter Schiff talk. The CNN host says "When your child fire to your curtains, do you lecture the child or put out the fire." After the break there is another CNN woman to help the gang-up on Schiff. Telling Schiff that he doesn't care about the financial media. That people are going to have to save instead of spend is yesterdays news. Free enterprise won the second world war. Those that don't want the bailout are saying that it is socialist in nature. I want to show how contradictory Peter's comments are. This is a despicable attack to discredit Schiff and to brainwash the public into the bailout.
Bush Administration created executive pay loophole - Raw Story Bending the tax payer over and over and over.
Americans rich and poor pawn more to pay bills - Blacklisted News People are pawning their tools, diamonds and guns for bills, business and boobs.
Another blow to NATO's supplies - Asia Times Interesting how I did not see this in the mainstream western media. I guess they don't want to advertise the set backs too much.
Pakistani lorry drivers supplying Nato troops in Afghanistan go on strike - Times Online Go figure
US accuses Britain over military failings in Afghanistan - Times Online Send in more kids (soldiers).
Tim Minchin - The Guilt Song (Fuck the Poor)
Union Busters - Suburban Guerrilla Maybe someone should say that the current 'crisis' is being used to bust the unions.
What not to wear at job interviews - Article Choc full of 'training' material for you.
Capitalism Hits the Fan - Lecture by Professor Rick Wolff, Department of Economics at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst on October 7, 2008.
World's first refrigerated BEACH to be built next to luxury hotel in Dubai - Story The world food prices keep rising, more people are hungry but wait; the rich are still rich to obscene excesses.
VIDEO: Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ‘So What?’ - Blacklisted News No surprise that Bush doesn't care anymore if we all know that it was an illegal war.
VIDEO: Cheney admits authorizing detainee's torture - Blacklisted News And Cheney is bound to get a pardon.
NY Governor Paterson Proposes Soft Drink ‘Obesity Tax’ - Blacklisted News Instead of banning the crap that is not good for your health, the hypocrites instead tax you to bleed you even more.
Shoe thrower 'beaten in custody' - BBC News This is how they treat 'shoe terrorists'
Madoff millions vanish into thin air - BBC News Is he a scapegoat? Sacrificing few to protect the many? I wonder what trail they are trying to throw us off of.
Serious security flaw found in IE - BBC News "Users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer are being urged by experts to switch to a rival until a serious security flaw has been fixed." - I LOVE THIS - The browser that is built into your crappy operating system (Windoze) has great big holes in it, please use another until we fix it. Get a real browser here Make the switch to Linux now (try before you install).
Ecuador May Hit ‘True Monsters’ Harder Than Argentina - Blacklisted News Rafael Correa says NO MORE - now if only the rest of the population would follow suit
Legal Hurdle in Blagojevich Case: A Crime, or Just Talk? - NY Times So what is going on? Remember this?
Something fishy going on here. And now impeachment - Notice the speed that a lot of things are happening around us today?
Nearly 600,000 Canadian jobs would be lost with collapse of Big Three: report - CBC News First comment I read - from Beaconsfield Ray - "Even more reason to ban all unions." Amazing how the public can be programmed to hate unions.
Talks about 'supervision', the 'oil rich nations' being quieted and that the greatest thing that Margaret Thatcher did was 'reign in' the unions.
Banks and consumers brace for new credit card rules - Blacklisted News "They are expected to prohibit credit card companies from increasing rates at will, with some exceptions such as those that apply to people who fail to pay a bill within 30 days." - So once again the poor are going to be penalized.
After dangerous lull, war on climate change faces crunch year - Story Another 'war' to numb the senses.
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Paralyses 12-Year-Old Girl - Blacklisted News Still think that these 'vaccines' are to protect the children? No need for animal testing, the population is the test ground.
'Top-level' panel to pick new truth commission head: lawyer - CBC News More propaganda from CBC. Note the name of the commission, then in the first line there must be the mention of the $60 million. Don't you feel warm and fuzzy knowing that they are spending that much to get to the 'truth' - "The [selection] process has been agreed upon," - by whom and why is it smaller than should be?
Iran says has proof of U.S.-UK backed terror group - Blacklisted News U.S. and U.K. terrorists? Good that they hve some proof, too bad it will get discredited by the respective propaganda units.
Mumbai terror: truth unfolding - Blacklisted News Gee, you think that blaming Pakistan within 24 hours was hasty? The media sure pushed it though.
Bush hails Afghan 'hopeful gains' - BBC News More mind numbing propaganda about the 'assimilation' project - "Afghanistan is a dramatically different country than it was eight years ago," he added. "It's in our interest that Afghanistan's democracy flourishes."
Sold as 'non-lethal,' Tasers killed 400 since 2001 - Raw Story Doesn't sound very 'non-lethal' to me. What if it had been 400 dead from lead paint? How would the public react then? Just because it is cops, they let it go.
Aide: Blagojevich won't resign - Raw Story He has not been 'charged' yet with anything but the public is already finding him guilty. Notice the 'crisis' thing again.
'Prophet': Obama won't make it to the White House - Raw Story This is very possible with Bush using his 'continuance of government' to remain in power. But hey, that is a worse case.
Comment on Thomas Paine's Corner by John Hankson 12 Oct 2007 at 9:29 pm
Letter to Editor
Basically, the human race is divided into crooks, suckers, and lazy cowards. Lately, we have been assaulted by some of the most relentless crooks in history. Like every other con artist, they have learned how to make us feel special, since they know that “feeling special” is always the key to our wallet and our identity. Some feel special because they are white or related to pioneers. Others feel special because they are black and related to slaves. Some feel special because they warmed a chair in college, while others feel special because they wear a uniform, worship God, or have a baby. Republicans feel special because they belong to the business class. Democrats feel special because they belong to the working class.
Crooks feel special because they are puppet masters, and if they are lucky they can produce a whole class of suckers to work for them. The Bush crime family and the Republicans fall into this category. The Clintons and the Democrats are about the same. They are just puppets and puppet masters. And, the puppet masters keep their control by reminding their puppets that they are special. Phony politics is all fraternal stuff to make the politically active feel special.
On the other hand, real politics is always about hatred. It is a blood sport. Republicans hate Democrats and unions because they are afraid that they might lose their special right to steal. Democrats hate Republicans because they know that Republicans want to keep them ripe for the next harvest. The next harvest is usually a war, which makes every real American feel special.
The prison industry in the United States: big business or a new form of slavery? - Article Hey if we are to compete, we need our sweatshops. At least they're not children.
Does Capitalism work?
Pact targets Pakistan terror link - BBC News Brown is taking the 'bush' role in the 'war on terror'. "wherever there was terrorism, it had to be fought" - sounds a lot like Bush.
Envy Driven Society - Aleksandar Dimishkovski This is a common thought amongst people. That envy and competition are human nature. "It is present in culture: no theater performance group or troupe of opera singers would exist had they known that they can't be recognized as the best in at least one respect, one area, or one country." The poor brainwashed fool. Acceptance is why we are where we are today.
Defining Terrorism - by Dr. Steven Best Great essay Do we really know what it means? 'Terrorism' is very convenient to the M.I.C.
How to Save Detroit From Itself - Story Bill Gates model? What is that? Getting a monopoly, squeezing out or buying competition, advocating false 'standards', making inferiour products because you have the monopoly? This is such a terrible propaganda piece.
Canada in the week since the Conservatives’ constitutional coup - Article What has been happening in Canada since the 'ruler' stopped democracy.
Executive Order: Exclusions from the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program - White House Bush just made a whole bunch of government departments 'protected' by declaring that their primary functions are 'intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work'; makes them exempted from coverage under the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program.
Dr. Michael Parenti: "Terrorism, Globalism and Conspiracy"
An assortment of things that go through my mind; media input and reading between the lines. Every day we are bombarded by 'programming'; can you spot it? Updated randomly throughout the day.
The Zeitgeist Movement: Orientation Presentation - MUST WATCH!
