The United States will suffer a catastrophic collapse. This much is certain now. No … the rest of the world won’t suffer as much misery as the US will, but it will be dragged along in a protracted crisis (which will probably be worse than the 1930s crisis). A collapse of the CONUS will be…
If the 99% were any more smart
Maybe,,,
… If you atare too much in to the Abyss of the future, you might stare back from the Abyss of the future at yourself.
Consumer-centered selection mechanisms in medical care
There is this premise that you can not challenge the notion of free market selection mechanisms in medical care. It is regarded as unacceptable to to do. The competitive element of market is widely regarded sacrosanct, to the point that any intervention the government is regarded as deeply undesirable. Even when the medical-industrial complex clearly…
Koch – Traitor and Liar, Inc.
Leak exposes how Heartland Institute works to undermine climate science Radical Corporate/NeoConservative thinktank keeps prominent sceptics on its payroll and relies on millions in funding from carbon industry, papers suggest The inner workings of a libertarian thinktank working to discredit the established science on climate change have been exposed by a leak of confidential documents…
New Rules for Radicals: 10 Ways To Spark Change in a Post-Occupy World
The world is changing quickly, and we need to help steer it according to our shared values — our vision of what might be. 1 The first rule is this: The world is different now. The rules have changed. Since Occupy, we all understand this. Nothing works now the way it did even just a…
2 Billion Jobs Gone By 2030
When I brought up the idea of 2 billion jobs disappearing (roughly 50% of all the jobs on the planet) it wasn’t intended as a doom and gloom outlook. Rather, it was intended as a wakeup call, letting the world know how quickly things are about to change, and letting academia know that much of…
Brace Yourself! The American Empire Is Over & The Descent Is Going To Be Horrifying.
The New American Fascism
This can not be explained in any other terms than an outdated strategy by old, “out-of-touch” cynical powerhungry psychopaths who are desperate about seeing their ultraconservative societal paradigm utterly fail. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Today Occupy, Tomorrow HYDRA
Michael Klare on Oil
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Rest in Peace Will
Letter from a slave to former master
Dayton, Ohio, August 7, 1865 To My Old Master, Colonel P.H. Anderson, Big Spring, Tennessee Sir: I got your letter, and was glad to find that you had not forgotten Jourdon, and that you wanted me to come back and live with you again, promising to do better for me than anybody else can. I…
Zombie Debtor
(Noun) – a debtor (possibly a consumer) that is only able to pay interest over debts.
More howling mad police violence
Can someone email me at khannea.suntzu@gmail.com with the names and badge numbers of these three cops? Home adresses? Let’s ruin their lives really badly. I’ll re-print all verifiable details right here. * http://bangordailynews.com/2011/10/31/news/nation/google-refuses-to-remove-police-brutality-videos/ * http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/01/25/reporters_without_borders_press_freedom_index_slams_us_for_occupy_wall_street_arrests.html * http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38561251/ns/technology_and_science-security/t/police-agencies-admit-saving-body-scan-images/ * http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/28/travel/tsa-vipr-passenger-train-searches/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 * http://www.kfiam640.com/pages/NEWS.html?article=9653697 * http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/nxu96/obama_signs_ndaa_with_signing_statement/ * http://wonkette.com/456282/surprise-homeland-security-coordinates-ows-crackdowns-nationwide * http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-12-03/police-occupy-LA/51606342/1 * http://www.politicalfailblog.com/2011/12/police-are-using-sound-weapons-designed.html * http://i.imgur.com/VI488.jpg * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bytMNoKNeRA&feature=share * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLgmtZjEJo&feature=uploademail…
Rachel on Sing Weblog
My 15 seconds of reverberative fame. Wish I could have attended Future Fest, but hey, LA. It’s kinda far away. . . Original link.
Dearest Politicians
I understand you have a country to run, and I understand the Netherlands are succumbing to a global crisis, largely caused by systemic reasons not directly attributable to policies or wrongs enacted by anyone locally. We have now inherited a systemic crisis, largely because of the thoughtlessness, the corruption, the short-term mindset or sheer incompetence…
My heart bleeds because we didn’t
687,000 U.S. High-Tech Jobs Lost in a Decade
A new study released by the National Science Board (NSB) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) raises concerns about the global leadership of the U.S. in Science and Technology investments. The report also highlights massive job losses in high-tech. According to the NSB, the U.S. lost about 687,000 jobs in high-tech since their peak of…
The Art of War
If you have any comments please email me Check out my Disparity SCOOP.IT, respectively my Oil Versus SSPS SCOOT.IT.
After watching “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”…
…I think it’s time to make Neuromancer. We have a Mollie. Noomi Rapace would do nicely too, incidentally. If you have any comments please email me Check out my Disparity SCOOP.IT, respectively my Oil Versus SSPS SCOOT.IT.
WSJ: Man vs. Machine, a Jobless Recovery
(thanks James) U.S. Companies Are Spending to Upgrade Factories but Hiring Lags; Robots Pump Out Sunny Delight (link) Each month when the labor department figures are released in the US I also check this table for the Labor Force Participation figure. This month there is great news for the re-election of Obama that the jobless…
I so hope
8 and then 50 Fire rises hot and bright from the Wood beneath the sacrificial caldron: The Superior Person positions himself correctly within the flow of Cosmic forces. Supreme Accomplishment. “Tip over the caldron and get rid of its stagnant contents once and for all.” If you have any comments please email me Check out…
The Rise of the Praetorian Class
By Pete Kofod Much attention has been paid to the “disappearing middle class” and the “vanishing American Dream.” While the observations are largely accurate, they are also misleading. The traditional three-tier model of the upper, middle and lower class broadly categorizes people according to income and net worth. One significant problem with this model is…
I Laugh at your SOPA
(Reprinted from Gwyn) PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. While discussing SOPA with Moon Adamant, after reading this nice article from the WordPress gang, we came to the following conclusion: are legislators so stupid as not to foresee that all this will backfire? Imagine that I’m ruthless…