Things I Read Today 08-06-09

In The World And In Ourselves - Feeling Fed Up With Humanity - DailyOM
I have to come back to the good.

Things I Read Today 02-06-09

What If...We Connected? - by Keith Farnish
A what if I can live with.

Things I Read Today 19-05-09

A Gathering of the Tribe - by Charles Eisenstein
What can I say but a very timely piece.

Things I Read Today 18-05-09

Forgiveness - The Path to Inner Freedom - by Michael B. Ross
"Resentment has been compared to holding on to a burning ember with the intention of throwing it at another, all the while burning yourself."

Things I Read Today 17-05-09

The Ascent of Humanity - by Charles Eisenstein - Chapter I: The Triumph of Technology - From Boredom to Anxiety
Anxiety of life instead of living.

The Ascent of Humanity - by Charles Eisenstein - Chapter II: The Origins of Separation - The Biological Origins of Self
"love being nothing other than a release of the boundaries that separate us from another being. "

The Ascent of Humanity - by Charles Eisenstein - Chapter II: The Origins of Separation - Fire and Stone
As fire burns the path for separation.

Things I Read Today 16-05-09

The Ascent of Humanity - by Charles Eisenstein - Chapter I: The Triumph of Technology - Utopia Postponed
Where is the 'future' that was promised?

The Ascent of Humanity - by Charles Eisenstein - Chapter I: The Triumph of Technology - The Addiction to Control
Using technology to control nature is bound to fail.

The Ascent of Humanity - by Charles Eisenstein - Chapter I: The Triumph of Technology - From Separation to Boredom
"The underlying assumption is that pain is something that need not be felt." - nice
And another - "In everyday human life, happiness and security come from strong connections—to family, community, nature, place, spirit, and self—and not from "independence" whether psychological or financial."

Things I Read Today 15-05-09

Burn Out and Taking Care of Ourselves - Transition Culture
On helping yourself through the transition.

The New Enlightenment - By Chuck Burr
There is some 'wisdom' in the world, let us stop trying to fight it.

When Facing Reality is not “Negative Thinking” - By Carolyn Baker
It is not negative to see the truths but stay positive.

Things I Read Today 14-05-09

The Waking Up Syndrome - By Sarah Anne Edwards and Linda Buzzell
I feel the pains.

Controlling Behavior: Allowing Others To Be - DailyOm
Nice little article.

Blind interpreter detained at Philly airport says he has nightmares from arrest - Story
For your safety.

The Answer to Anger & Aggression is Patience - By Pema Chödrön
Patience does not mean denial.

Things I Read Today 12-05-09

The Ascent of Humanity - by Charles Eisenstein - Introduction
The book I am reading on-line.

The Ascent of Humanity - by Charles Eisenstein - Chapter I: The Triumph of Technology - Gee Whiz—The Future!
The hope of technology; the separation from nature.

Things I Read Today 11-05-09

From Fear to Truth - by Dr. Gregory Damato
What 'controls' us.

Feingold Bill Gives ALL US Water To The Feds! - Inform Yourself
For sale: LIFE

Things I Read Today 09-05-09

Stimulus Package for Relationships - by Wendy Strgar
What I had blocked out of my life while pushing people away.

The Problem With...Hope - by Keith Farnish
the hope that leads to inactivity.

Things I Read Today 08-05-09

Wood, Metal, and the Story of the World - by Charles Eisenstein
The separation from our natural selves cannot go on forever.

Mutiny of the Soul - by Charles Eisenstein
Your participation is what keeps the system alive.

Things I Read Today 03-05-09

Invisible Paths - by Charles Eisenstein
Probably the best thing I have ever read.

A Break

Things I Read Today will be taking a break for reflection.

Feel free to go through all the posts, there is a lot of interesting information here.

Things I Read Today 23-04-09

VIDEO: Taxpayers, Where Is Your Money Going?
Tax dollars are allocated to financing the war and the "bank bailout" - by Michel Chossudovsky


Obama proposes US loan $100 billion to International Monetary Fund - Blacklisted News
More power and funds for the IMF.

Big Brother Is Listening - by James Bamford
What list are you on?

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega lashes out at a century of what he called terroristic U.S. aggression in Central America - Blacklisted News
"It was 50 minutes long. That's what I thought" said The Weasel (Harper). - note the very poor reporting done by Fox News.

Rent-A-Cops: Cash-Strapped Cities Using Private Armed Guards Instead of Police - Blacklisted News
Nice to know that armed guards are 'cheaper' and 'lack adequate training and background checks' - What an eye opener.

West Is Told to Expect Water Shortfalls - Blacklisted News
Domestic water wars coming your way?

Robots are narrowing the gap with humans - Blacklisted News
The robots ARE coming.
See this for how it may affect you

Obama Campaign's Multi-Million Dollar Propaganda Firm Deployed in Iraq to Advise on "New Media" - Blacklisted News
Obama's 'Propaganda Road Trip'.

TPC: Shit Happens: - A Narrative by Frank Joseph Smecker
A tale of shit.

Strong sales boost for McDonald's - BBC News
Better 'value' from cooking yourself.

Why New York Is No Place to Try Somali Pirates - Time
The joke of a 'Pirate trial'.

What Are We Afraid Of? - Story
Programmed fears - A much better version here

Your credit is no good here - By David Weidner, MarketWatch
If they aren't lending, where is the money?

Obama announces plan to lease federal waters for clean energy - CNN News
The selling off of natural resources.

‘Morning After’ Pill Cleared for 17-Year-Olds - NY Times
It just gets better and better.

Things I read today 22-04-09

HB 2380 - A Special Bill For Special People - Checkpoint USA
So the 'peace officers' can't be filmed while beating you.

VIDEO: Man Sticks Up For His Constitutional Rights At An Internal Checkpoint In The U.S.

Know your rights and fight for them - listen to the customs officers - 'suspicion of hiding something', 'you're causing a safety violation' - then they are condescending to the driver - gotta love "mere suspicion" and "anything outside the norm is suspicious" - his is outside the norm because he won't allow a search. Then he is told that "there will be a penalty here". The agent says "I'm pretty sure you're a terrorist". Funny to see the agents on the phone asking someone what to do as they only know their intimidation role. The driver is asked if he got the idea to do this from checkpointusa.org and refused to answer. Then he goes into "just trying to make conversation" - that "through a proxy you are employing us and we just try to do the best job possible".
They tried intimidation, fear, threats, shame, and other coercion techniques; they tried to play nice and friendly, they tried to raise their voices - all to make the driver submit to the next check. In the end he is free to go. "That we have better things to do than to play this game with you" - ordered by superiors. Told that he was free to go but officers wouldn't move, finally he is free.
STAND UP FOR YOUR FREEDOMS!

This, could also happen
Baptist pastor beaten + tazed by Border patrol - 11 stitches

Don't let fear make you give up your rights.

Slumdog star Rubina Ali's father facing fresh allegations - Story
Ah money and what it can lead to.

Told you so, Harper says as Iran stirs UN uproar - Story
Canada = Arrogant - sounds more and more American - "Our government is leading the world, not following it," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.

Meltdown losses of '$4 trillion' - BBC News
Where is all the money going?

Report: Hackers break into Pentagon's fighter jet project - Story
Very suspect indeed - propaganda alert; we need a big enemy.
More here

‘Superweed’ explosion threatens Monsanto heartlands - Story
Revenge of nature; go back to conventional crops.

Bank bailout may hurt taxpayers, be open to fraud - Blacklisted News
The greatest swindle of the century.

Canada more lax than U.S. about whom it lets in, Napolitano says - CBC News
For those that don't believe 9/11 was an inside job - blame Canada. What a stupid story designed to make Canadians accept further roles and spending in military and 'security' through shame and guilt.

How Canadian-trained Jamaican commandos foiled hijacking - CBC News
Remember this as a good thing as you think of the 'training' in Afghanistan and such.

RCMP apologizes for inaccuracies in statements on Dziekanski's death - CBC News
The lies don't get punished if you are a cop.

Somalian piracy suspect to be tried as adult, judge rules - CBC News
Welcome to the US, here are the laws you have broken.

Teen to U.S. Supreme Court: I was stripped of dignity by school - Story
Strip searching teens in the name of the 'war on drugs'.

New $5.5bn lifeline for US car makers - Blacklisted News
The government sanctioned layoffs will continue.

Police investigating death of Freddie Mac chief financial officer - Blacklisted News
Will there be another pile of dead bankers?

Things I read today 21-04-09

Working With Fear - Dharma
If you can release the fears, you can do anything.

HR20-New Mother's Mandated Mental Health Test-JUST PASSED HOUSE! - Story
Are you mentally fit to take your newborn home?

Tons of released drugs taint US water - Story
Might explain the lethargy.

Ancient microbes discovered alive beneath Antarctic glacier - Blacklisted News
Cool.

Susan Boyle: America, what's your problem? - Story
Yet another badly written article that people will read. How many days has this lady been top news now? HOPE! Even for the ugly.

Montreal man offers $5,000 to find him work - CTV News
Will this be the new trend, pay for someone to find you work?

Alleged Maersk pirate arrives in New York - CNN News
So they take him half way around the world to 'try' him. Gotta love - "Pirate defendant".

Treasury Pressures Chrysler, Fiat in Meetings - Story
Not worth saving? Maybe just need to get rid of 'toxic debt' (pensions and health care) like GM

FBI Police Officers Accused of Using a Security Camera to Watch Girls Dressing Room - Blacklisted News
Must have been 'protecting and serving'.

Study: Video-game-playing kids showing addiction symptoms - Story
And a great big DUH; thank you Captain Obvious.

White House bars prosecution of Bush officials who authorized torture - By Patrick Martin
Protecting the 'rich' interests of the country.

We're the Government -- and You're Not

This is AWESOME!

Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate to 0.25% - CBC News
Any of this familiar to anyone? 'The recession is deeper than anticipated' - nice.

Banks Take Billions From TARP, but Give Fewer Loans - ABC News
Where is all that money going?

Things I read today 20-04-09

'Pakistan to split into warlord-run fiefdoms' - Blacklisted News
Wasn't that the plan in the first place?

Boeing: Raygun dreadnoughts will rule the oceans by 2019 - Blacklisted News
The only thing we seem to see for the 'future' is war and weapons.

Weapons found in Marine's baggage - Story
This is bizarre - "charged with possession of an infernal machine and possession of a concealed weapon in a secure area of an airport" - he wasn't carrying the weapon and what is 'infernal machine'?

Obama to gather Cabinet, seeking $100 million in cuts - CNN
Doing some common sense cutting but beware the jobs and services.

Planner of 9/11 attacks waterboarded 183 times-NYT - Reuters
And it "raises questions about effectiveness" - too funny.

New pirate attack thwarted in Gulf of Aden - CNN
Still filling the mind with Pirates and how effective NATO is. The word "NATO" appears 11 times on this page.

Jamaican Gunman Releases Airplane Passengers - Story
2 stories about airport events; do you think some new airport measures are coming soon? Maybe a 'crackdown' on small nation airports.

IMF approves loan for Mexico - Blacklisted News
I wonder about the SAPs and other conditions for this loan.

As many 'Lost Canadians' gain citizenship, others are left in limbo - CBC News
We should be afraid to leave the country for too long.

Jackie Chan: Freedom may be unnecessary, Chinese people need to be firmly ‘controlled’ - Blacklisted News
I think that it is about 'so much for democracy', we don't need it. See how it angers businessmen.

The anti-terror law used on litterbugs - BBC News
Litterbugs, snitches and spies; oh my!

Obama Supports an Inter-American Arms Treaty - Blacklisted News
Gun control for a North American Union?

88% of Canada's CEOs say pension funding crisis looms: poll - CBC News
Make sure to read this one
Anyone see where my pension went?

Unique noiseless grenade launcher designed to fight pirates - Blacklisted News
Weapons development to fight 'Pirates'.

Reality TV star Susan Boyle gets dream offer - CBC News
"Boyle is "a role model for everyone who has a dream." - keep dreaming and you could win the lottery too.

Things I read today 19-04-09

Harper, Obama pledge to boost credit in Americas - CBC News
Pledge to get others into debt? What is this that we are believing?
Yep, brainwashing here:

However, he said Canada has not "turned a blind eye to the fact that Cuba is a communist dictatorship," adding that his government wants to see progress made on freedom, democracy and human rights, as well as economic matters.

Cocaine Highways: Post-NAFTA, Most Drugs Cross U.S. Borders in Trucks - Blacklisted News
One way for continuation of 'the war on drugs'; like job creation.

Obama Appointee Suggests Radical Bail Out Newspaper Plan For Creating Licenses To Govern News Operations - Blacklisted News
"[I] can't imagine anything more dangerous than a society in which the news industry has more or less collapsed," - is there a difference between collapsed and corporate owned?

Dutch Marines Free Yemeni Crew as Pirates Seize Belgian Tanker - Bloomberg
Arrrgghh matey, are we ready to attack yet?

Things I read today 18-04-09

TPC: You Can’t Ignore the Class War (By Saying You’re Not Into Politics) - By Vi Ransel
Again, excellent,

WSWS: Germany: Union demands auto workers give up wage rise - By Dietmar Henning
As usual the 'worker' gets

Quebec offers $120M loan to AbitibiBowater - CBC News
I can smell a bailout.

Economic survivalists take root - Story
Are you ready?

IMF: Recession Will Be Unusually Long Lasting - Blacklisted News
Might be a long one.

Barack Obama discloses Bush 'torture' methods including use of insects - Story
And make sure to see this: Obama Exempts CIA Torture Staff from Prosecution

Texas Bill Requires You to Identify Yourself At All Times - Blacklisted News
Where are your papers?

Pirate hostage captain gets small town welcome - AP
We all love 'heroes'.

Pirate Bay prosecution could spawn flurry of lawsuits - Story
Precedent set to jail 'file sharers'.

Canadian warship will escort aid boat through pirate-infested waters - CBC News
Pirates, pirates, pirates - until the masses 'demand action'.

Nunavut man who jumped from plane showed signs of depression: police - CBC News
Make sure to 'take care' of those with signs of 'depression'.

Chrysler, CAW spar over costs - CBC News
Claiming to want to save "good-paying jobs" and "the economic health of communities".

Toronto man charged with trying to export nuclear technology to Iran - CBC News
Thousands of uses but the headline reads 'nuclear technology'. Be afraid of Iran.

Obama offers Cuba talks as summit gets under way - AP
For "free speech and democratic reform".

Obama says he'll cut dozens of wasteful programs - Reuters
'Technology and budget experts' - to replace human government workers with technology.

Things I read today 17-04-09

TPC: Instrument of Power - By Vi Ransel
Excellent!!

P.W. Singer: Military robots and the future of war


Area 51 Is Declassified, And Its Project Leads Speak Out - Blacklisted News
Still too many secrets.

1,500 farmers commit mass suicide in India - Blacklisted News
This is what our current monetary system creates.

Secretive U.S. Prison Units Used to House Muslim, Animal Rights and Environmental Activists - Blacklisted News
Secret prisons; scary.

Emily Levine: A trickster's theory of everything

Great video

Today, over 25,000 children died around the world - by Anup Shah
This should be in the headlines everyday. We simply CHOOSE to let this happen.

Inequality is the scourge of modern societies - The Evidence
The Remedies
Now that we know, let's do something about it.

4 convicted in Pirate Bay file-sharing trial - CBC News
With all the 'pirate' buzz, this 'feels' like a 'victory'.
More here

Obama includes Buffalo in high-speed train match - Story
Funny how 'free markets' are supposed to provide 'incentive' but here it is the government funds that provide the incentive to move forward.

Things I read today 16-04-09

TPC: “Experts Say” - The Rest Of You Are Morons - by Sylvain Lamoureux
My latest rant.

The Design Of Practical Space Stations


Obama pledges more bank bailouts, cuts in social programs - By Tom Eley
Read and THINK; you're being shafted.

Science and Religion ... and Smarty Jones - by Emily Levine
Nice read on the conformity of 'winning'.

Somalia: You Are Being Lied to About Pirates - by Johann Hari
Great article. KNOW what's going on.

Ten High-Tech Weapons to Repel Pirates - Fox
Fox's guide to repelling 'piartes' - guess the pirates are supposed to be on the brain in order to 'establish' democracy in Somalia.

Shai Agassi: A bold plan for mass adoption of electric cars

Well said - let's move FORWARD!

German guns to be kept under ‘fingerprint’ locks - Blacklisted News
I wonder if a company like Siemans would be producing some of this 'security'.

The Bush Six to Be Indicted - Story
Let's see what happens, shall we?

Conquest Vacations shuts down tour operations - CBC News
Credit card policies and credit blamed. Was just too small I guess. Still large enough to effect a lot of people; livelihoods gone.

TPC: ECONOMIC SABOTAGE - By John Zerzan
Will it have to come to violence?

Sikh boy guilty of assault with ceremonial hairpin - CBC News
Eventually the schools will be like airports; it's for the children. Read the comments.

CAW says no to more Chrysler concessions - CBC News
Making sure that in your mind, the unions are just as culpable as the rest.

U.S. army officials say war concussions overdiagnosed - CBC News
This is how they love their soldiers - because of "soft criteria" - nice.

Things I read today 04-15-09

Revolution OS


Open Source, Open Mind, Open Life! (P.1) - Forest of Thought
Being honest and truthful goes a long way.

TPC: THE MOTHER OF ALL PARADOXES: THE AMERICAN SOCIAL MODEL - By Gaither Stewart / With Patrice Greanville
Great read. Learn something about ourselves.

UK: Council spends £60,000 snooping through bins on early morning raids - Blacklisted News
Testing people's acceptance of their 'rights'.

UK police stage 'pre-emptive raids' on climate activists - Blacklisted News
The UK seems to be the police state amongst us. Intimidating the public into conformity.

Fiji's military have been given permission to shoot civilians without fear of being prosecuted - Blacklisted News
I once asked a US military person if they could shoot their own citizens if the government asked, he said 'yes'.

'Innocent explanation' for RCMP inaccuracies, Taser inquiry hears - CBC News
Getting away with murder in the Canadian justice system. Poor recollections of "a fast-paced, stressful situation." (please feels empathy for the officers as they were under 'stress')

White House pushing GM toward bankruptcy - By Jerry White
Obama the 'saviour' to save the 'good' parts of GM and get rid of the 'bad' (such as health care and retirement). Note that Obama fired the CEO which opposed this and installed an 'idea' receptive one. Sounds like the many years of experience installing puppet regimes is paying off.

Germany Bans Cultivation of GM Corn - Story
"She stressed that the ban should be understood as an "individual case" and not as a statement of principle regarding future policy relating to genetic engineering." - leaves the door wide open. Will Monsanto sue Germany under free trade agreement laws? Let's wait and see.

A Truly Global Currency [with Gold included?] - by Julian D. W. Phillips
A global currency and more IMF power, just what the world needs ... NOT!

Swiss bank UBS to cut 8,700 jobs - BBC News
More jobs by the town-load go, but hey as long as it doesn't affect 'me'.
Note the CBC headline - Switzerland's largest bank reports Q1 loss of close to $1.75B US - all about profits.

Air France-KLM to cut 3,000 jobs - BBC News
Through "natural attrition" - gotta make it sound natural and normal.

Satistfaction Guaranteed (or Your Money Back) - by Emily Levine
Funny and insightful.

LA school board votes to lay off 5,400 employees - Story
Cuts to education must be the way to go.

Things I read today 14-04-09

TPC: The Stink of Privilege - By John Steppling
Brilliant article. This of this as the system moves toward a 'service' economy.

Bouncers hired by UK schools as 'crowd control' - Blacklisted News
Like everything else, they try to intimidate people into conformity. When are we going to move forward from the 'punishment' model?
Love this quote - "It is about crowd control and childminding,"

For Official Use Only: Department of Homeland Security Document Predicts Violence in Response to New Gun Restrictions - Blacklisted News
Are you sure you're not a terrorist?

Predator Drones are Due to Fly Over Detroit - by William Crockerham
For all our 'safety'; the eyes are in the sky.

Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet - Blacklisted News
That is a lot of power. For 'cybersecurity' and all our 'safety'.

Homeland Security on guard for 'right-wing extremists' - Blacklisted News
"war veterans as particular threats" - a lot of 'talk' of 'local' strife possibilities, as of late.

Gordon Brown's plan to introduce compulsory community service would be included in Labour's next general election manifesto - Blacklisted News
Seems to be a growing trend. Maybe the MIC is strategizing child rearing.

Things I read today 04-13-09

VIDEO: More IMF "Economic Medicine" Is Not the Solution - G-20 Proposals will exacerbate the Global Economic Crisis - by Michel Chossudovsky


What Are Lifestyles Like In A Different Society? - Venus Project
The same old questions, why are we so limited by our life experiences?

Microchip that tells the doctor if you’ve taken your pills - Blacklisted News
This is how you convince a public which is afraid of death to accept being micro-chipped.

EU trains a new diplomatic corps - without waiting for Lisbon Treaty - Story
Jumping the gun for they feel that nothing can stop them.

100,000+ in London march against Tamil genocide - Raw Story
I wonder if one protests against wiping out a 'terrorist' organization, (as the Tamil Tigers have been labeled by Canada) Does it make one a terrorist?

Soldiers open fire on Thai protesters - CBC News
"The emergency decree bans gatherings of more than five people, forbids news reports that threaten public order and allows the government to call up military troops to quell unrest." - will it happen here?
CNN declares that the protest is 'bad for business'.

The Great Geithner Coverup - Watch the video!

Mexican ambassador: US should take marijuana legalization seriously - Raw Story
Legalize it to bring down demand.

I Like to Watch - By Heather Havrilesky
An interesting look into the TV culture that we have become.

NATO denies air strike killed Afghan civilians - CBC News
Justification: "as many as eight militants were killed in the strike"
Read the comments.

U.S. tourists could flood Cuba if law changes - CBC News
How will it affect 'me'? Note the ridiculous writing style of the CBC continues. Thanks Irena.

Savvy celebrity businesswomen - CBC News
Recession aside, the 'idol' worship continues.

Privacy trickles away as Canadians embrace technology - Story
The acceptance of the privacy for technology trade off.

Things I read today 12-04-09

When healthy eating turns into a disease - Article
Such a badly written piece, there to influence the way you think about food and those that may search for healthy alternatives.

Deeper Digital Penetration - Article
The rise of the naked body scanners.

Federal Reserve tells banks to not reveal results of 'stress test' - Blacklisted News
There sure are a lot of 'secrets' these days - all the better to screw us with.

When credit card firms adjust the interest, limits - Story
Note in this article that your 'credit score' seems to be of utmost importance.

Crime in Venezuela: Opposition Weapon or Serious Problem? - by Tamara Pearson
Great article. Don't believe the propaganda.

2 males stabbed in separate attacks on Calgary buses - CBC News
Be afraid and help in the call for more 'security'.

Web-based tactics publicly embarrass tax cheats - Story
This seems to be a significant statement - "It's evident that doing the right thing is not enough of a motivation" - providing you with what doesn't work as motivation.

Defense cuts could spell job losses - Miami Herald
Sounds like a war lobby article.

Scientists abandon global warming 'lie' - 650 to dissent at U.N. climate change conference - Global Research
There does seem to be a lot of 'convenient' explanations.

Things I read today 11-04-09

TPC: Prayer for the Dying: The Thing Worse than Rebellion - by Jason Miller
Conversing with those of no thought.

TPC: Trinkets of Jollification and the Banality of Evil: - by Frank Joseph Smecker
A joyous romp through Toys-R-Us. Great read.

The Vertical Farm Essay I - By Dickson Despommier
Shortage of space? Grow it upwards. Great way to look forward.

B.C. gives naturopaths right to prescribe drugs - CBC News
Certification to 'prescribe' vitamins? This is a step in classifying vitamins as 'drugs'.

Pratt & Whitney cutting 500 jobs - CBC News
More jobs, more lives; more to come.

Pentagon Preps for Economic Warfare - Blacklisted News
Further 'tying' the economic system with national 'security'.

Russia test fires intercontinental missile - Blacklisted News
Nothing like an arms race to spur the economy.

Throngs of Thai protesters storm Asia leadership summit - Raw Story
Victory for the protestors.
Note the very different propaganda style writing from the CBC article

HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) Cybernetic Suit - Article
Ready or not, cybernetics is coming.

Things I read today 10-04-09

Geothermal Power Could Meet World’s Annual Energy Needs 250,000 Times Over - Article
So why are funds not being directed there?

Reality TV's latest wheeze: make US workers compete to keep jobs - Blacklisted News
As long as it isn't 'me'.

Jobless rate climbs to 7-year high of 8% - CBC News
That's just the 'official' number as they don't count 'part-time'.

Trash search doesn't violate privacy rights, says top court - CBC News
Police can go through your garbage.

Glenn Beck Fails Miserably To Debunk Facts On FEMA Camp Infrastructure - Article
People will refuse to believe it until they are put into them.

AYN RAND -TV INTERVIEW - MIKE WALLACE 1959
Isn't this the direction we took? Everyone for themselves.

Filling the Skies with Robot Assassins: The Drone Wars Have Begun - by Tom Engelhardt
Great article on UAVs, war and the 9 to 5 of war that is developing. What will the future hold?

Things I read today 09-04-09

Video shows London police assaulting man just before his death at G20 protest - Raw Story
Serving and protecting. - Video here

FACT CHECK: Do smokers cost society money? - Article
So right and so wrong. This is the type of mentality - "We were actually quite surprised by the finding because we were pretty sure that smokers were getting cross-subsidized by everybody else"

Traces of explosives in 9/11 dust, scientists say - Story
Still holding onto the dream?

Fusion center declares nation's oldest universities possible terror threat - Blacklisted News
Are they watching you?

Bill Lets Obama Turn Off the Internet - Blacklisted News
Where did my Internet go?

German car scrap scheme expands - BBC News
Auto bailout German style.

Who Should Resist, and Who Will Become Serfs? - By Chris Hedges
Are you ready to fight for your freedoms?

Cyberspies Penetrate U.S. Electrical Grid, Leave Software That Could Disrupt System - Blacklisted News
Then it must be a good thing that 'saviour' Obama can protect us by switching off the Internet to protect us from those Chinese or Russian spies.

Obama Looks at Climate Engineering - Article
Because that is what we need, to 'engineer' the planet's weather systems.

Ex-FDA official calls for harmonized food-safety strategy - Blacklisted News
We have another 'crisis' - food safety. Get ready for more pro corporate laws.

Moore downplays reports of broadcast bailout - CBC News
Must have clued into the fact that the public figured out it was a 'bailout'.

Alleged Iranian Nuke Smuggling Plot Involving New York City Banks Uncovered - Fox
Fox aides in the war mongering effort against Iran. Be afraid.

Moldova: Romania to blame for Twitter riots - CNN News
The 'fight' against 'communism'.

The Wrap: Quick resigns over counter-terrorism blunder - Story
And the people focus on the lapse in 'security' and 'secrecy'.

Things I read today 08-04-09

Credit card debt could be next crisis, experts say - Story
Thank you Captain Obvious.

Earthquakes remain unpredictable disasters, experts say - Story
The Italian government was right to ignore the prediction says experts.

Experts say anyone can be target of clever con artists - Story
Maybe people won't take it too bad when they discover that this is all a con.

B.C. cops shut down Facebook group - Story
Because 'we' deem them 'terrorists' - the Internet seems like a great place to get 'caught'.

Quebec dad sued by daughter after grounding loses his appeal - CBC News
Division of family, parental 'rights' and enough stupidity to last a lifetime.

Toxic debts could reach $4 trillion, IMF to warn - Story
Who is all this money owed to? Enough money to save the world.

Hundreds of Thousands of Unemployed Run Out of Benefits - Blacklisted News
What will happen if they get 'hungry'?

Cities Collapsing throughout the USA - Blacklisted News
As the US dies it will be sold for pennies on the dollar.

OPRAH SCHOOL LOCKED UP STUDENTS - Blacklisted News
The Oprah in-school suspension method. Teaching them young to fear non-conformity.

Growing threat from cyber attacks: US general - Raw Story
Watch the loss of the Internet as we know it. Fear and laws coming your way.

Tories mull $150M in aid for private TV broadcasters - CBC News
Bailout alert. Must support the propaganda industry.

DougCo Hopes Texting Will Make Schools Safer - Story
Molding the kids to spot non-conformist behavior.

The Meter Is Running - Article
It was because of their own poor planning that you have to pay more. Nice thing about free market, the consumer always pays in the end.

Things I read today 07-04-09

On Technology And Poverty




Earth: Urban Farms Grow Up - Discovery
Feeding the masses locally.

Lawyers face jail sentence for writing letter to Obama detailing their client's allegations of torture - Blacklisted News
Ask for information and go to jail?

1,800 workers face summer closure of Rio Tinto Quebec subsidiary - CBC News
And it will only be for the summer because that's when the economy will bounce back.

Canada's outlook grows gloomier: think tank - CBC News
It's like a yo-yo.

Following Bush lead, Obama moves to block challenge to wiretapping program - Raw Story
Obama still protecting Bush policies and staffers.

Italy muzzled scientist who foresaw quake - Reuters
This man was a scientist and seeing as "there is no way to predict earthquakes" we should just stop trying and close the door on that chapter of science.
More here

A.P. Seeks to Rein in Sites Using Its Content - Blacklisted News
It's not news. it's profit.

Cash-Strapped Auto Owners Illegally Ditch Cars - Story
Don't get caught. Don't forget that the 'crisis' that we are in at the moment is in itself 'criminal'.

45 arrested at UQÀM sit-in - Story
Charges of "trespassing provoking assault" - does this mean that they can be charged for being beaten by police? Making sure to fear the populous into conformity. Rebellion will get you into trouble.

Spray for 'six times longer' sex - BBC News
All praise, big pharma has done it again. Bad sex no more. Distraction.

Expert: Parents kill kids to 'protect them' - Story
This is good to get people to watch their 'friends'. Look for 'signs'.

Scientists say Obama gets it, and Canada doesn't - Story
When those 'in charge' can't think.

Reducing dependence on foreign oil will not happen overnight, experts say - Story
Take a phrase that sounds logical and place experts at the end. Saying that alternative energy is in its 'infant' stage is not accurate.

Things I read today 06-04-09

Expose the Crooks. Take This Viral - By Rowan Wolf
Make sure to watch the videos.
More here

TPC: The Worsening U.S. Failure - By Emily Spence
Nice article on the things to come.

Washington state man suspected of killing 5 children - CBC News
I love the headline. The 'suspect' is also dead but this gives us the impression that our 'justice' goes beyond the grave.

Obama Praises Ataturk for Putting Turkey on ‘Path to Democracy’ - Bloomberg
More lies about 'democracy' - capitalism is not democratic.

Active Thermitic Material Discovered in Dust from the 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe - Global Research
Still wonder why they rushed away all the evidence? Stop living in denial.

Montreal West enacts new measures to crack down on graffiti - Story
A 'law' against carrying paint cans or markers and forcing those that like the graffiti (building owners) to clean it. They should paint the entire city in graffiti.

EU Creating 60,000-strong joint EU military reaction force to police the world's trouble-spots - Blacklisted News
The EU police force? For trouble spots? World police EU?

TPC: Collapse Psychosis: Navigating The Madness - By Carolyn Baker
Great article - know what the madness is about as it continues to increase.

WSWS: Three more mass shootings in the US - By David Walsh
As the madness continues - what a weekend.

Galloway a victim of Canada's baffling approach to fighting terror - By Robert Fisk
Canada a control state.

Net firms start storing user data - BBC News
The surveillance society grows.

Earthquake Warning Was Removed From Internet - Article
Removed for 'spreading alarm'.

Tech consumers frustrated by Canadian roadblocks - CBC News
As the sheeple continually line up for their next 'product'.

Things I read today 05-04-09

TPC: A Society Of B.S. (Bad Science) - by Sylvain Lamoureux
My latest blurb.

On Laws, Science And War


Robot Theorizes, Proves Own Scientific Discoveries - Story
The robots are coming.

NATO: the Imperial Pitbull - by Prof. Edward S. Herman
Brilliant article on global militarization and NATO.

Marijuana helps in battle against cancer: study - Blacklisted News
Fighting cancer the good one.

Reps Paul, Frank introduce bill to legalize industrial hemp - Blacklisted News
Why is the most versatile plant illegal?

Obama’s “Path to Viability for GM & Chrysler”: The ruthless language of Wall Street - By Barry Grey
Read this to understand what is really going on in the auto 'crisis'.

Canada to take action against EU over seal product ban - CBC News
Canada to tell EU what to import.

OECD names and shames tax havens - BBC News
Expanding shame and control.

New York Times Co. threatens to close Boston Globe, wants big cuts - CBC News
The fine art of killing unions.

Geithner: Worst Not Over For Jobless, GM Is Here To Stay - Story
It's going to get worse before it gets better.

Gunman in Binghamton, N.Y., complained about being jobless - CBC News
Worry about those jobless people.

Developing agenda wins at G20 - BBC News
Who are they kidding?

Things I read today 04-04-09

Demonstration Of Memory Metals


TPC: Open Your Eyes - By Immortal Technique
There is no 'free' market and it fosters waste, not efficiency.

WSWS: Germany: Union collaborates in job cuts at steelmaker ThyssenKrupp - By Elizabeth Zimmermann
As the unions facilitate in the dissemination of workers.

Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law - TED
Common sense is lost, laws are always tied to money.

WSWS: Wall Street celebrates accounting rule changes designed to hide losses - By Andre Damon
Some 'creative accounting' for a system based on lies.

Fools and their Money Metaphors - by Venkat
An interesting analysis of money and life. How does one break through to truly imagine a world without the constraints of money?

Unplug the phone - by John Higham
Sometimes you just need a break.

Suspected drug traffickers have ties to organized crime: police - Story
Making sure to associate marijuana with organized crime. And what the heck is "Montreal police morality, alcohol and drug squad"? - The morality police?

Disney Says 1,900 Jobs Eliminated at U.S. Theme Parks - Bloomberg
1900 people no longer work for the Mickey Mouse operation.

US Envoy: N. Korean Missile Test 'Requires Consequences' - Story
The 'retired diplomat' and 'academic' sounds like the 'punisher'. Must punish and control.

Revealed: 90 immigrants have died in US custody in last 5 1/2 years - Raw Story
That's one way to secure the borders.

This is the truth on drugs ... any questions? - By David Sirota
Love this - don't smoke pot because - "marijuana is dangerous because it makes people zone out on their couches and diminishes video gaming skills".

In Tough Times, A Monument To Greed - NY Post
Nice article about bad timing.

No special measures for laid-off Bombardier workers: province - CBC News
Money for bail-outs and R&D but none for the citizen.

Obama in terror warning to NATO allies - Raw Story
The lie of security.

G20 summit: US and Europe paper over divisions - By Chris Marsden and Bill Van Auken
For the real scoop on the G20 meeting.

Things I read today 03-04-09

The Sad Saga of Silicon Graphics: The Final Chapter - Story
A couple of notes in this one - that they sold for millions instead of billions seems to be pushed home - the statement "they ran out of future".

A Very Strange 'Big Deal': the Sale of German Submarines to Israel - Article
As the world keeps arming Israel.

Bombardier Aerospace to cut 3,000 jobs - CBC News
As the cuts keep coming even with profits.

Stunning 82-year-old hospital patient with Taser was justified: report - CBC News
They were just 'protecting and serving'.

Deal part of 'unprecedented' response to crisis: Harper - CBC News
Making sure to drive home that 'protectionism is bad'.
More here - note the 'regulator relaxes accounting rules for banks'.

Chavez to seek Arab backing for `petro-currency' - Story
Go Chavez go!

WSWS: IMF and World Bank reports predict bleak future for Africa - By Trevor Johnson
The poor are going to be hard hit.

Flint, Michigan: Government Considering Abandoning Parts of City, Cutting Off Police and Fire Service - Blacklisted News
"Get the kids into better neighborhoods".

NYPD Seeks Expansion Of Big Brother Grid - Blacklisted News
Do you feel watched?

Mexico's president given George Orwell's 1984 by the Queen - Blacklisted News
A sign of things to come?

Manpackable Laser Weapons on the Way for U.S. Military's Future Soldiers? - Blacklisted News
We always need more ways to kill.

300 protesters detained ahead of NATO summit - CBC News
Can be 'detained' for 48 hours without charge.

CSIS official clarifies comments on agency's use of torture - CBC News
"only do so if lives are at stake" - sound familiar anyone? THINK!

Water wars leave northern Colo. farmers dry - Blacklisted News
Of ownership and water.

I.B.M. Reportedly Will Buy Rival Sun for $7 Billion - NY Times
As the huge get bigger. This will mean layoffs of redundant people.
Don't forget the IBM layoffs here

Amber Alert called off, mother could face charges - Story
Are we back to the colorful alert system? THINK!

IBM And Sun: There Will Be Blood - Forbes
As many as 10,000 layoffs possible.

Recession a 'relatively mild' challenge for Canada: Flaherty - CBC News
As Canada gets cocky it holds onto the "as long as it doesn't affect me" attitude.

Canadian stranded in Sudan deemed security risk, denied passport - CBC News
Are you a possible 'national security' risk? We are sounding more and more like the U.S.

G20 supports IMF's plan to sell 403 tons of gold - Story
And the robber barons will get the loot.

Things I read today 02-04-09

Talking Points with Jacque Fresco


Multi-disciplinarian


Ego and the contagiousness and importance of consciousness


CAE to launch $714 million R&D program - Story
Don't look in Canada, no bail-outs here - I like the comment - “CAE in particular has repaid pretty well all of the money it’s received over the years” - not all, and when hundreds of millions are involved, how much is 'pretty well'?

Report: Chinese Develop Special "Kill Weapon" to Destroy U.S. Aircraft Carriers - Story
Note the source. We must all just perpetually manufacture weapons for everyone's safety.

Understanding Employee Motivation - Article
Interesting but the fact that a person MUST get a job is a de-motivating factor in itself.

Parts shortage prompts shutdown at Chrysler minivan plant - CBC News
Comment of note: marksi21 wrote:Posted 2009/04/01 at 6:38 PM ET

yea, and i bet they were all sent home with their grossly inflated 70,000 salary still being paid out... ahh the joys of union labour.
p.s caw union supporters are greedy arrgoant bastards (especially the ones who "protested" by hijacking a building which resulted in NO negative reprocussions.

Cancer survivors may fall behind in school: study - CBC News
As Fresco would say - this is B.S. - Bad Science.

Teen charged with taking tips - Story
Be vigilant. Don't ever make mistakes.

Distress centres brace for suicide calls amid recession - CBC News
It's not over yet.

Toronto TV host charged after St. John's air rage incident - CBC News
Comply!

U.S. private sector axes 742,000 jobs in March - Blacklisted News
The numbers are in.

Things I read today 01-04-09

Jacques Fresco on the problem of superstitious ignorance


Jacques Fresco True Renaissance Man - Article
Great post. Tribute to a great man.

Jacques Fresco 1974 - Logical thought at work. So what happened to us? - Watch and LEARN!


The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind - by Gustave Le Bon
A very interesting read on the psychology of the masses.

Welcome to Thanet Earth: The biggest greenhouse in Britain unveiled - Story
We CAN feed the masses, we CHOOSE not to.

U.S. plans to ease GM into bankruptcy: report - Reuters
How does this affect you?

Honda offering buyouts, cutting pay, production in North America - CBC News
All the talk of cutting production but no mention of how this will affect jobs.

Criminals may still get high-security airport access: auditor general - CBC News
And your first response is supposed to be - "well that's not good. We need to tighten security. We need to persecute people longer for mistakes [sic] they may have made in the past. Let no criminal record hold a good job." - getting it yet?

WSWS: OECD paints bleak picture of global economy - By Peter Symonds
The worst is yet to come.

WSWS: Media backs Obama’s assault on US auto workers - by Jerry White
What's really happening with GM and Unions.

Police stop armoured car in London - BBC News
Note the wording - "Police questioned a group of suspected protesters who drove into London in a customised armoured car." - note the term "suspected protesters"

'Act with a sense of urgency,' Obama urges ahead of G20 meetings - CBC News
Sounds like the land lady trying to do renovations quickly in order to bypass permits. Be suspicious. The money system has failed, time to move on.

AFP: Riot hits London as G20 leaders meet - Raw Story
As far as "sticking their heads in the sand", I think that by clinging to the monetary system, that is what we are doing.

Things I read today 31-03-09

Flashback 1993 - Remember WACO? - Fine examples of 'protecting and serving', of cultivating fear derived from differences and demonstrating the ruthlessness of government.

WACO: The Big Lie - remember this?


WACO: The Rules of Engagement (1/2)


WACO: The Rules of Engagement (2/2)


Canada's financial system good example for world to follow: Carney - CBC News
Keep telling us that 'our' system is better than others.

Thug Cop Tazers a Woman with Pleasure


Galloway begins Canadian lecture tour via live video link from N.Y. - CBC News
Anyone else notice the change in 'control' during your lifetime?

Police take advantage of a Drunk Girl


Workers denounce union for imposing concessions - By Carl Bronski

Bad Cop caught on tape!


Obama to Automakers: It's My Way or the Highway - Reuters
Obama taking a 'tough stance'; hmmm whom is he convincing?

Iran Critical of U.S. Troop Buildup in Afghanistan - Washington Post
All the better to back Israel with.

Things I read today 30-03-09

The Venus Project - Chic Magazine

THE FUTURE AND BEYOND - By Jacque Fresco
Read and imagine a future without boundaries.

Canadian research uncovers cyber espionage network - CBC News
They are going to kill the Internet as we know it, for your own security.
More on SecDev

The railroading will be televised - Raw Story
Ridiculing those that don't agree.

Pentagon exploring robot killers that can fire on their own - Blacklisted News
Is it any wonder that people have a fear of machines.

Obama administration wants Cuba to play ball with the IMF and World Bank before lifting embargo - Blacklisted News
Biden let's us know that it is the 'Cuban' people which are suffering 'economically'. Playing ball with IMF and World Bank means getting in debt and servitude.

Gunmen Storm Police Training Compound in Pakistan - Story
Should be justification for team USA and their incursions with UAVs.

Food giants may be secretly adding toxic nanoparticles to your groceries - Blacklisted News
In a world of too many secrets, now it is about the things we eat.

Is my food still safe after the 'best before' date? - CBC News
Helping you 'get by' in dire times.

Denim Deadly for Some Turkish Workers - Article
Suffering for style and profit.

Person tased for getting out license too slowly

Things I read today 29-03-09

The Venus Project - News Report
Why is logic and practicality deemed as idealistic?

Lessig: i-9/11

More here

TPC: A Quiet Revolution Grows in the Muslim World - By Robin Wright
A different view of the Muslim Revolutionary.

Stimulus to pay for anti-suicide fence - Blacklisted News
Are these the jobs that are being 'created' or 'saved'?

UK Government: Torture Saves Lives - Blacklisted News
Sounds in line with the US.

U.N. 'Climate Change' Plan Would Likely Shift Trillions to Form New World Economy - Blacklisted News
The UN stills backing a monetary system. Global banking has its backer.

Canada defends ban on British anti-war MP - By Keith Jones
A good run down of Canada's 'terrorist' labels.

New York Times publishes “persecuted” AIG executive’s resignation letter - By Tom Eley
Read between the lines in the mainstream media.

UK Police identify 200 children as potential terrorists - Blacklisted News
Conform early in life. This kind of thing also serves to make the parents 'aware' and to 'teach' the kids not to be 'noticable'.

Geithner: Be optimistic about economic future - Story
Hold on to that 'hope'. Don't think of 'change'.