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September 28 2011
The Onion -- Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions
'According to the historians, by looking at things that have already happened, Americans can learn a lot about which actions made things better versus which actions made things worse, and can then plan their own actions accordingly. While the new strategy, known as "Look Back Before You Act," has raised concerns among people worried they will have to remember lots of events from long ago, the historians have assured Americans they won't be required to read all the way through thick books or memorize anything.'May 19 2011
The Onion -- Nation Down To Last Hundred Grown-Ups
'According to recent data, the grown-up population has plummeted dramatically since 1950, when a Census count found that more than 24 million Americans could both admit when they were wrong and respect a viewpoint other than their own. Today, only one in three million citizens can provide thoughtful advice to a fellow human being instead of immediately shifting the topic to their own personal issues or what they had for lunch. "It may seem odd to the rest of us, but for mature adults, occasionally putting the greater good ahead of their own interests or remaining calm when something doesn't go their way is commonplace." "Imagine confronting a problem directly instead of pointing a finger, cowering in fear, or pretending it just isn't happening," Ambler added. "This is how these people actually live, if you can believe that."'May 04 2011
The Daily Bell -- How Global Elites Steal Resources & Technology by James Jaeger
'Media is the science of handling the masses. The very word "HANDLING" is used constantly, not only in PR firms, but in major corporations and governments. "How are we going to HANDLE these people?" "We are going to have to HANDLE the public reaction" are sentences that are endlessly spewed all over the New York mass media, the Hollywood-based "entertainment" studios and the Federal Government in Washington DC. Handle, handle, handle. That's what the power-elite, ponzi artists are concerned with in their daily lives. So, they figure, the best way to "handle" all this is to consolidate the media down to less than 10 multinational corporations (done); take controlling ownership of each (done); and then promulgate an endless spew of false reality to the general population. Now the public can be HANDLED because they have been pre-programmed to act in "politically correct" ways. Part of this handling is done by people known as "PUNDITS" those puking, round faces and blond bimboes...'Partial Objects -- Bin Laden is Dead and the Youth are Still Pessimistic
'You may recall that right after Sept. 11th, there was a drove of 18-22 year old fresh highschool grads who ran out to join the military service. They are now 30 year old veterans. But if you looked at the pictures of those celebrating in front of the white house, you probably noticed they were all almost undergraduates (several had frat letters on their shirt for instance). How old were these kids when Sept 11th happened? In case you forgot math, the low end would be 7 and the high end would be 18. For lack of a better term, where were the “olds” during this event? Now, put your facebook feed in that context.'December 30 2010
NaturalNews.tv -- Black Friday madness reveals animalistic behavior of modern people
'What will happen when food disruptions occur, the currency collapses or social chaos breaks out in U.S. cities? This video answers that question by revealing how everyday people can transform into crazed animals who trample other human beings in order to get what they want. A shocking video that reveals a part of human nature that society tries to keep caged.'December 08 2010
YouTube -- AlexJones TV: Max Keiser: The Buy Silver Campaign Round 2
"Alex, you live in a penal colony called the United States of America. You've got all these Americans stampeding on themselves to go shopping on Black Friday, killing themselves to be a spectacle for Network TV, who have utter contempt for Americans and treat them like performing stunt pigs. It's a joke!"
"Alex, you live in a penal colony called the United States of America. You've got all these Americans stampeding on themselves to go shopping on Black Friday, killing themselves to be a spectacle for Network TV, who have utter contempt for Americans and treat them like performing stunt pigs. It's a joke!"
October 31 2010
YouTube -- InflationUS: End of Liberty
"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion – when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you – when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice – you may know that your society is doomed." -- Ayn Rand
"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion – when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you – when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice – you may know that your society is doomed." -- Ayn Rand
September 01 2010
HIPSTER RUNOFF -- Fox News writes ‘hipster bashing’ article. Did they ‘nail it’? [via cultural commentary]
'From what I have heard, ‘backwards conservatives who hate brown ppl’ watch Fox News and ‘effing liberals who have white guilt’ watch CNN. Then there is some weirdo segment of people who watch ‘The Daily Show’/'The Colbert Report’ and think they are ‘smarter + more globablly aware’ than any1 else cuz they are able 2 ‘LOL @the_news’. -- The Article is titled “The Trouble With Hipsters.” Might start headlining every blog post ‘The Trouble With _____’ 2 let every1 know that I am about to ‘drop some mutha fuckin truth bombs’ [via opinion puff pieces]. Is ‘Al Qaeda’ a buzzband? Is this ‘the greatest Hipster Bashing piece of all time’? Do u watch Fox News, CNN, or just ur local news?'July 22 2010
ABC News -- Jessi Slaughter Has No Plans to Log Off Internet Despite Death Threats
Video: '"I'm going to continue making my videos, I'm going to continue updating my Twitter and going on Stickam and stuff -- just going to be a little more careful with who sees what I'm doing," the girl told ABCNews.com. "I just want it to kind of like turn positive," she said. "And I kind of do like the attention but I don't like so much negative attention."'July 20 2010
July 17 2010
YouTube -- Warren Pollock: Generational Stress Cracks
'While 45-65+Year olds are getting hit hard; 15-25+ Year olds have a unique culture, expectation and outlook which is not realistic given the context they are inheriting. I would want people in the younger age group to be more awake as they are demographically positioned as "revolutionaries" while older folks are simply too tired. ...the 15-25+ generation who would rather be rock stars, saving that they want a good job within the system that pays top money, they aspire to be executives at Goldman. They were told they were great by teachers and parents and they were special as they were driven around to a controlled agenda of activities. Only positive reinforcement was used and they were raised in group think, to work together. This is a large disappointment because rather than having a revolution we will have a group of people that are very vulnerable to government co-option thus they are expendable containers or batteries that will be herded and depleted in a slaughter situation.'
'While 45-65+Year olds are getting hit hard; 15-25+ Year olds have a unique culture, expectation and outlook which is not realistic given the context they are inheriting. I would want people in the younger age group to be more awake as they are demographically positioned as "revolutionaries" while older folks are simply too tired. ...the 15-25+ generation who would rather be rock stars, saving that they want a good job within the system that pays top money, they aspire to be executives at Goldman. They were told they were great by teachers and parents and they were special as they were driven around to a controlled agenda of activities. Only positive reinforcement was used and they were raised in group think, to work together. This is a large disappointment because rather than having a revolution we will have a group of people that are very vulnerable to government co-option thus they are expendable containers or batteries that will be herded and depleted in a slaughter situation.'
June 28 2010
YouTube -- Alex Jones TV: Children "Lobotomized" via 'Fluoridated' Bottled Water 1/2
'Alex breaks down just how dumb down the typical american family is when it comes to drinking 'fluoridated water', that they now openly put it in baby's and children's bottled water at the grocery store!' -- "Why do I even do this show??"
'Alex breaks down just how dumb down the typical american family is when it comes to drinking 'fluoridated water', that they now openly put it in baby's and children's bottled water at the grocery store!' -- "Why do I even do this show??"
April 24 2010
Raph’s Website -- Facebook rebrands the Internet
'#Step one: Facebook is going to make the whole Internet a community space. #Step two: Facebook is going to be your identity card for the Internet. #Step three: Facebook will aggregate this data into a new type of search. #Step four: Facebook will be your virtual wallet. #Step five: Facebook will push this into the real world, and become your id card for reality. -- But I left out the part where people create Facebook identity skimmers and stand in front of the movie theater; where your history of likes gets analyzed by a third party and turned into direct marketing spam; where there’s a data breach and your credits get taken; where you lose a job because you once liked the wrong kind of site; where companies start paying people to form fake social graphs (“friend me and get free stuff!”) in order to push astroturfing influence into social recommendations; where Facebook bans you because you got rowdy, and now you have no virtual identity. Welcome to a crazy new world.'April 05 2010
WikiLeaks -- Collateral Murder
'WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad—including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-site, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers. Two young children involved in the rescue were also seriously wounded. The military did not reveal how the Reuters staff were killed, and stated that they did not know how the children were injured. After demands by Reuters, the incident was investigated and the U.S. military concluded that the actions of the soldiers were in accordance with the law of armed conflict and its own "Rules of Engagement".' -- Sir, the particular individual was posing as a journalist w/camera when the particular individual walked into the sights of my camera w/gun.March 05 2010
March 03 2010
The Last Psychiatrist -- Wrong About Obama II
'After the election—and anyone who didn't vote for Obama will know exactly what I'm talking about—you didn't dare say a negative thing about Obama in public. Certainly not a flippant slander, the kind that are common when discussing Presidents. If you were in a restaurant, before you said anything about Obama you took a serious look around to see who else was near you, and only if it was safe (read: white) could you quickly whisper some veiled comment. You weren't even allowed to be pessimistic about Obama. That was the climate. Again, if you didn't vote for Obama you will know what I mean, if you did you'll think I'm exaggerating. I'm not. Fast forward to last week. This is what I heard a guy announce in a crowded downtown restaurant, and I'm quoting: "Fuck him. Fuck Obama, fuck him, and fuck his horsefaced wife. I'm sick of his shit." That man doesn't hate Obama, he hates Obama supporters.' -- Corollary: He hates self-pwning idiocy, Obama supporters being the most depressing example.February 28 2010
YouTube -- Huxley talking about "Brave New World" and "1984"
"Dear Mr Orwell, The nightmare of 1984 is destined to modulate into the nightmare of A Brave New World. The change will be brought about as a result of a felt need for increased efficiency. Yours sincerely, Aldous Huxley."
"Dear Mr Orwell, The nightmare of 1984 is destined to modulate into the nightmare of A Brave New World. The change will be brought about as a result of a felt need for increased efficiency. Yours sincerely, Aldous Huxley."
G4tv.com -- DICE 2010: "Design Outside the Box" Presentation Videos
"We live in a bubble of fake bullshit." -- Ergo we must build an even bigger bubble of authentic bullshit.
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January 27 2010
The Onion -- Science Channel Refuses To Dumb Down Science Any Further |
'"At this point, having the word 'how' in a show's title is about as close to scientific investigation as we get," Myers said. "In fact, I don't even know how we can justify airing a show like Mantracker at all. A cowboy hunts contestants down using his trailing skills? I guess you could say it makes the audience use 'observation' by watching what happens on screen." "Observation is a part of science, right?" Myers added. "Jesus Christ."'January 08 2010
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'Journalist Chris Hedges discusses his recent book Empire of Illusion: the End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. In it, he charts the dramatic rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy, and illusion. Hedges argues we now live in two societies: one, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world and can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth; the other, a growing majority, is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic where serious film and theater, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins.' -- "Things become so grim that there's a retreat into self delusion." -- Excellent summary of progress already made along the road to serfdom, also an urgent warning of the rise of utopian christian fascism. It's a shame he calls for an equally utopian "militant" socialism to fight against it. Violence is violence is violence. Neither the left fist nor right fist can justify it.