Archive for the 'Elite' Category
And Now… ‘Super Congress’
July 24th, 2011You’ll love this. Via: Huffington Post: Debt ceiling negotiators think they’ve hit on a solution to address the debt ceiling impasse and the public’s unwillingness to let go of benefits such as Medicare and Social Security that have been earned over a lifetime of work: Create a new Congress. This “Super Congress,” composed of members […]
Norway: Attack on Government Buildings in Oslo and Youth Camp on Utøya Island
July 22nd, 2011Breivik’s 1,500 Page Manifesto, Video and Pastebin Dump Manifesto: 2083+-+A+European+Declaration+of+Independence Video: (Mirror) Pastebin: Pastebin: Personal facts: Name: Andrew Berwick Nationality: Norwegian Born: February 1979 Height: 183 cm Weight: 80 kg Ethnicity: Nordic/Norwegian Address: Oslo ,Norway Personality: Optimistic, pragmatic, ambitious, creative, hard working Political view: Cultural conservative, revolutionary conservative, Vienna school of thought, economically liberal Religion: […]
Did the USDA Just Deregulate All New Genetically Modified Crops?
July 18th, 2011Via: Mother Jones: In a surprise move, the agency green-lights Roundup Ready lawn grass—and perhaps much, much more. It’s a hoary bureaucratic trick, making a controversial announcement on the Friday afternoon before a long weekend, when most people are daydreaming about what beer to buy on the way home from work, or are checking movie […]
Problem, Reaction, Solution: Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops, “To Encourage Good Habits”
July 18th, 2011I like to think (and the sooner the better!) of a cybernetic meadow where mammals and computers live together in mutually programming harmony like pure water touching clear sky. I like to think (right now please!) of a cybernetic forest filled with pines and electronics where deer stroll peacefully past computers as if they were […]
Mass Psychosis in the U.S. – How Big Pharma Got Americans Hooked on Anti-Psychotic Drugs
July 18th, 2011Via: Al Jazeera: Has America become a nation of psychotics? You would certainly think so, based on the explosion in the use of antipsychotic medications. In 2008, with over $14 billion in sales, antipsychotics became the single top-selling therapeutic class of prescription drugs in the United States, surpassing drugs used to treat high cholesterol and […]
Japan’s ‘Throwaway’ Nuclear Workers
July 18th, 2011Via: Reuters: A decade and a half before it blew apart in a hydrogen blast that punctuated the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant was the scene of an earlier safety crisis. Then, as now, a small army of transient workers was put to work to […]
Billionaire’s Son and Girlfriend Die Within Days of Each Other; Girlfriend’s Bound and Naked Body Found Hanging from Mansion’s Balcony
July 18th, 2011Update: Death of Rebecca Zahau Officially Declared a Suicide Via: Los Angeles Times: Rebecca Zahau, the girlfriend of pharmaceutical executive Jonah Shacknai who committed suicide at his Coronado mansion, was distraught over injuries his son suffered in her care and that is apparently why she decided to hang herself, authorities said Friday. Zahau’s nude body […]
Fukushima Cleanup Recruits ‘Nuclear Gypsies’ from Across Japan
July 14th, 2011Nuclear Ginza (1995) Part 1 Part 2 Via: Guardian: Four months on from the start of the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl, this hot-spring resort in north-east Japan has been transformed into a dormitory for 2,000 men who have travelled from across the country to take part in the clean-up effort 30 miles away […]
Ron Paul to Ben Bernanke: Is Gold Money?
July 14th, 2011Via: CSPAN Clip on YouTube:
The “War On Drugs” Is A $2.5 Trillion Racket: How Big Banks, Private Military Companies And The Prison Industry Cash In
July 14th, 2011Via: AmpedStatus: Anyone who researches the “War on Drugs” already knows that it has been a very costly disaster. As the Global Commission on Drug Policy recently reported: “The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world…. Vast expenditures on criminalization and repressive measures directed at producers, […]
