Watching the country die as others watch a meaningless election
The blood of our country is symbolically flowing on to the ground in North Dakota and related places. The bison and the eagle have come forth to show us where our roots are but who is caring?
If you can still find meaning in this election I pity you. Big oil is telling you who is boss in no uncertain terms.
The indigenous people are fight for their lives once more. We watch and say all the right things yet we seem to not grasp that they are fighting for our lives as well.
Many of us mock the Trump supporters. Yet deep inside me I feel like we have a very crazy bond in our opposition to this sick system. When you are dying you don't always have the ability to articulate what you feel so deeply inside.
The water that sustains all life is being taken away everywhere. No one can escape this death blow. To stand by and watch is to march to the inevitable death that awaits you like a zombie.
I am too old and infirm to travel yet I still have the urge to spend my last days fighting. I can not imagine how. Even my USMC training did not prepare me for what those people are going through.
The ugly face of the oligarchy is being displayed with no shame now. They are telling you to sit quietly and vote and then to shut up unless you are going to speak out in the usual meaningless ways.
The game is just about over. They soon will have irreversibly destroyed everything. But by all means vote and you will feel better.
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This might cheer you up
a little bit. . . The MSM calling for Clinton to resign.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-hillary-clinton-em...
From the Light House.
Finally!
Hooray for the Chicago Tribune! Please, please let this be the start of the MSM waking the fuck up. I am almost breathless - I am afraid to hope still.
Please make this a posting
This needs to be broadcast and cheered along. Is it the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning? Thank you for linking this!
my failure to communicate saddens me more
If you find meaning in that BS we are surely lost
An idea is not responsible for who happens to be carrying it at the time. It stands or it falls on its own merits.
No politician in this country at the national level with any
sort of following will acknowledge that global monopoly capital, with its imperative to grow profits at the expense of the earth, its diverse species, and human population is not only obsolete but is a death trap. Even many climate scientists who know better won't admit this.
System change not climate change.
The existential issue facing humanity is being ignored because enormous sums of money and great power are being brought to bear to keep the truth of the matter from the people. (It doesn't sell advertising, which figures, because advertising is one of capitalism's most prominent wastes.)
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
From The Trib, It Means A Lot
It was the Chicago Tribune which let Nixon know that the end was high, and he should just go away quietly. Ford's pardon was the reward for doing so.
Vowing To Oppose Everything Trump Attempts.
Can't we just say STOP it all
And call for a do-over? I mean this election is a cruel joke and why the heck should we stand for it? Get rid of Trump, Hillary, Pence, and Kaine all at once - because I don't think any of them would make it through the process again (unless the primaries were held on TOS).
The race is a TOS-up?
It certainly has become what Brits call a cock-up.
I read the comments on the Chicago tribune article
Most of them don't give a rat's ass about the emails or that she used a private server.
I think she should be prosecuted for mishandling classified information because as Comey said, Anyone else who did or does what she did will be prosecuted. I also think that the reason why she used the private server was so that she could hide the actions she took with the Clinton foundation during her time as SOS.
But what concerns me most about her becoming president is her serious threat to humanity.
The no fly zone won't just see more Syrian people get killed, it will bring us closer to a war with Russia and possibly WWWIII. And for what God damned reason?
The reason why those countries want Assad to be overthrown is so they can get the Syrian resources. Period.
That is why over 250,000 Syrians are dead and thousands more are homeless.
Saudi Arabia's leaders told Kerry that if the USA supplied the troops and weapons for the so called moderate terrorists to overthrow him then they would pay for the war.
The other reason why Assad needs to go is so a puppet president can be installed who will do our government's bidding, open up the country to outside corporations and to remove another threat to Israel. Israel and AIPAC have been controlling our foreign policy for decades.
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?
Snoopydog, check out this! Holy shizit!
You are so adept and knowledgeable about this stuff. Please read it and tell me what you think.
http://www.eutimes.net/2016/10/russia-asks-cia-why-did-hillary-clinton-j...
There's also a link that Alex posted not so benign, but malware advertising sits in wait there, so he suggests ad blocking software. You can find it, if you feel safe, via my comments, and look for malware in subject (from today - last Sunday of October), then work your way up. Has Catholic in the site name.
Deja, I am not sure what to make of the article
I read it and also did a Google search for it. There are other links to the article, but the original article that wrote it up according to Snopes says it false.
I clicked on the link about Soros telling Hillary to install the Albania mafia boss Ramos as the leader and it went to a wilileaks email confirming it.
http://www.hangthebankers.com/leaked-emails-george-soros-puppet-master-h...
I read the links and other articles and decided that we have no idea what behind the scenes our government is doing in other countries. Especially the ones that have a NGO or USAID groups in them.
Those groups are behind a lot of regime changes and economic policies that add huge debts to countries by the IMF which when they call in the loans the only way to pay for them is to privatize many government run services and install austerity measures like what happened in Greece and Puerto Rico.
Damn, if our government doesn't do outright regime changes, invade countries on false pretenses like Iraq, Libya and Syria which are the recent ones, they fuck with country's leaders.
There is so much shit our government does behind our backs and without our knowledge.
US hegemony and exceptionalism at its finest.
I wonder how many lives our government has ruined?
Edit to add.
There have been rumors that all of our government agencies have spent hundreds of billions buying hollow point bullets. Homeland I could understand, but SS, the FDA and other agencies that don't even have a reason to have them.
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?
I feel the earth every day, it is strong but weak.
Needs the right help. Well-planned better than random acts. Let someone else lead, if you are a novice, unless you understand how to do rapid experiments. But the global clock ticks down, too many confusing threads.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
The country IS dying.
It's time for a new one.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
The musical “Hair” sang of this, way back in 1968
yes I remember.....we are so much closer now
An idea is not responsible for who happens to be carrying it at the time. It stands or it falls on its own merits.
Yea, I keep wishing VT would secede.
The country needs to be split up
Joel Garreau was right. We'd likely be less dangerous.
And far more responsive to smaller groups
of local citizens.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
I would hope so
My hope would be that states would adopt more distinct political views, that would in turn encourage people to move to states whose policies align more with their own views. Maybe I'm naive.
We could be naive together.
We could have a whole state of naivete! I'm thinking it's right here in southeastern Arizona.
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Sounds good
I think I'd enjoy that, Bisbo.
I cast a vote for Jill Stein,
I cast a vote for Jill Stein, in the hopes that maybe, something might be doable, but yes, with what is happening in North Dakota for the Big Oil Companies to do as they please, that they own the governor as they do our Federal gov't, saddens me as well. Meanwhile the MSM keeps using the "Punch-n-Judy" shows of barbs between the two main candidates to quell us all?
Pattern I see is they let things gets worse so that they can profit off of making necessities into commodities. Droughts will force people to migrate in hopes of better places, but that makes things worse for the areas they crowd into. Oil is scarcer now, water is scarcer, yet used like it always has been.
Wars for what is left of the Fossil Pie, then the Water wars will also heat up. Wars for farm;lands will sour them as wars generally do. Human mismanagement of our resources, population overload that impacts the mismanaged resources, religions going for BIG families in times when infant mortality is at a low, so many factors I see landing on the camels' back, and it won't be long before that camel collapses.
Basically,,,we were not told by our "masters" to get to work on fixing things, it has been a major party like it's 1999 until the time to pay the piper comes up, well he is walking towards us, looking to get that pay. (sorry about the metaphors, but some folks do adjust to those).
We needed to be working on climate change and changing our ways way back in the 1980's or the 1970's to get things done. Sadly, Humanity is set to worry about immediate dangers as opposed to long term problems as the CO2 issue today stems from 40yrs ago. Things stay on the biosphere a Long time folks, and yes that piper's bill is due. We doubtfully can afford to dither for another four years or more.
It feels at times like yelling fire in a house of deaf and blind people who will only realize the danger once they are getting cooked by the flames.
So long, and thanks for all the fish
Right on! THIS ↑^^^^^^^^^
You are so spot on, I cannot add anything.
Perfect!
Or in other words...
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HELP
For less than 30 bucks you can send a package through the U.S. Postal service with dried foods of every kind, berries, and coats and socks and long underwear. You can send money. Shame on us if we do nothing. They are our brothers and sisters: they stand for us. and the corporation has a private army that is writing numbers on their arms and stowing them in kennels. The "powers that be" are NAZI FASCISTS, and this will determine OUR future as well. Do something besides carp: provide, give material aid, and write every person in power you know.
These people are on the side of right: and the corporation is DELIBERATELY going through drinking water as they have tried to do in so many places: these folks are fighting planned genocide.
Where is a good place to send
Supplies? And what is needed? Seems like we have a plethora of coats and sweaters. How do we find the right place?
Web site is standingrock.org
There is a donate to the DAPL protest button at the top of the page.
I donated money to the legal defense fund
all I can do right now, but I will be doing it again soon.
Only a fool lets someone else tell him who his enemy is. Assata Shakur
If it gets to bad
The earth will do us in. I spent most of my life living on the edge of a vast national park. A park I know by the back of my hand because I spent most of my free time there. I was also raised by a Haida grandmother while my mom worked. We spent summers hiking the mountains collecting her herbs. She instilled upon me the idea that nature was smarter than we are. 30 years later with all I have seen I have come to believe it true.
Any one who has been through an earthquake knows we are tiny. The earth can do us in at any moment. We are no more a match for the earths power than an ant to a human foot.
The thing the weighs most heavily on my mind is North Dakota. I see a masacre coming they are setting up their PR for just that right now. If that happens the reaction in the west will be very bad. Even many progressives I know hate on the government these days. Zombie apocalypse anyone?
This comment was from another article on this
"When we pray, dance and chant we are in our element of our church. Out in the air that our great spirit has provided to us for it also is like water. . We do not share the belief that worship can only be done within the confinement of a dwelling or structure. If we are arrested while dancing and praying we are being denied our choice of the right to worship or the denial of freedom of religion. We are being brutaly attacked while praying to our God, who we call the great spirit. And the very government who protects all other faiths from being invaded and placed in jail. . Something is terribly wrong. . . They call it hate crimes.. . It's a jail sentence. . Yet no one seems to care. So how is it that the government can allow this to happen to its American citizens. I am asking the church leaders of all faiths and religious to step forward and stop these hate crimes from continuing. .. . Would it be acceptable to raid a mosk and remove the worshippers while in prayer?. . No it is not. . If our country allows this then the Muslims will blow up synagogues and Christian churches. We are peacefully in prayer asking our great spirit for guidance to and help us keep our hearts in peace. . Why is this so wrong. .we are not scheming to blow things up. . We are not advocating hate of others. . We are not attempting and planning acts of Terrorism. We are not your enemy. . We are only trying to save ourselves. . We are trying to protect our waters from further contamination. . We are protecting all future generations so that our children and your children can have a future with good clean water. . Is that so wrong? We believe that our buried and dead should be left in peace and our mothers brothers fathers and sisters are placed in the mother earth just as yours is. . Why are we wrong for not wanting our ancestors from being disturbed? . My God what kind of nation have we become. . Many of our people bravely fought in foreign lands to protect this nation. . So I call upon all veterans to step forward along with the various religious leaders and put a stop to these condoned government acts. . If we don't stop how can we ever tell other nations that they are not within the guidelines of human rights. . When in the heart of America human rights violations are being conducted in broad daylight and it seems nobody cares. . Common people step forward and show that this cannot be condoned in the great America that is the home of freedom and democracy. . Also please be reminded that this dapl is a foreign nation. . It's not even American. . Also lets remind Americans that the bill for these police services are being paid for by Americans to harm Americans. We are not leading a revolution. . That's not our goal. . My God are we wrong because we want what ever red blooded human wants good safe drinking water. . Is that so wrong? So let's call it what it is. . Hate crimes condoned by American government against American citizens. . That's right hate crimes while our religious leaders do nothing and our veterans do nothing and the people who call themselves Christians, Jews, and Muslims do nothing but sit and care of nothing but their selfs. No wonder why their gods are angry with them for there conduct is in no way what it supposed to be. . No wonder they think that the end of times is coming. . They are not conducting themselves as taught and it seems as if they have forsaken their gods and sit ready for their wraths to fall upon them. So all faiths redeem yourselfs as a start and show us some of that love, compassion and consideration "
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?
Foreign cos using tax pd cops 2 violate human rights, EXACTLY!
Maybe this money shot will create some ripples? I certainly hope so!
Maybe a dumb question on my part, but
why are some people referring to DAPL as foreign? Isn’t the company behind it based in Texas? Or is it just that it’s intended to transport stuff from Canada?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Transfer_Partners
Well, Hawaiians have been protesting for decades
the military’s use of Makua Valley on Oahu as a live-fire training range.
http://www.dmzhawaii.org/?page_id=174
http://earthjustice.org/features/down-to-earth-david-henkin-on-oahu-s-ma...
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/makua.htm
Community wants to know what blew up at Makua Valley – April 7, 2015
I feel ya, don.
I really do. I'm thirty years younger so I get to witness a lot of the bad shit when and as it happens. Providing her don't launch a nuke or three(thousand). And I don't get hit by a bus tomorrow. I'm not worried about climate chaos 'cause I think a nuclear winter is a real possibility with this one. Dumbdamentalists want the holocaust to come and they staff the highest levels at the pentagram. Her wants to beat Russia to show how 'tough' she is. The orange pukestain is, well, a pukestain. We're well and truly fucked, sir, but you knew that.
peace
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
My thoughts on this comment
The pipeline was initially going to go through a different place but the people there fought against it because they didn't want to take the chance that their water would be contaminated if it broke, so it was moved to where it is now being built.
Just like there isn't huge piles of the tailings from the Koch brother's plant in rich areas in Chicago but in the south side of it where the poor people live.
Good question, but this is what this country has always been. One set of rules for the rich people and a different set for the poor people. It has been this way since this country was founded.
The police have always been to protect the elites but what is happening in ND shows how true this is.
100's of police in riot gear with their MRAPS which had 2-5 snipers on top of them and pointing weapons at unarmed protesters.
The use of the LRAD machine being used on them is something I heard about but didn't expect to see used against peaceful protesters. How long until they use that microwave device that can heat people's skins, burn their skin or fry their brains?
As the person wrote in my comment above, we are paying the salaries of those cops to beat, taser, shoot rubber bullets and use the LRAD device.
And as usual, Obama is silent on this issue. Just as he has been on the BLM.
The way those cops gleefully sprayed pepper spray on them was sadistic as was the way they took down the tents and scattered people's belongings.
Look at this picture. Is what this woman is doing need to be met with those police in all of their riot gear?
I think not.
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?
Heh, that's not riot gear...
THIS is riot gear:
(Seattle 1999)
I Totally Expected the LRAD & Pain Ray to Be Used on Protesters
Just Watch this video from back in the day. It opens, as many good stories do, with a solid bit of foreshadowing:
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmuyLIrSjxI]
This shit freaked me out when I saw it on the corporate News about a year before I cut the cord.
“Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” ~ Sun Tzu
Oh good lord! It's designed for ENEMY COMBATANTS!
"The active denial system has 3 great characteristics ch
First it's safe, second it's effective and third it has a tremendous range compared to the other non lethal weapons that today's War fighters have.
The first time this is deployed on American citizens then we know that the PTB do see us as enemy combatants and that means that the Bill of Rights isn't worth the paper it's printed on.
The only amendment that seems to be still intact is the second.
1,3,4,5 have been under attack long before the war on terror started.
3/4 were destroyed by the war on drugs.
The Castle doctrine hoes out the window when a SWAT team can bust into homes during a no knock warrant. Hear a bunch of men break into your home and not knowing who they are and try to defend yourself and your family and you are shot dead. Along with any pets that do what pets do and protect their families.
Wrong address? Oops, their bad.
And too damned many people are okay with these actions.
I have no idea what it is going to take to wake people up and realize that we live in a police state.
But mention that to some people and they will deny it because you have the right to say that.
But try to peacefully assemble to protest our government's actions or in this case a foreign company that is financed by foreign banks which has illegally used eminent domain and the 1st Amendment goes out the window.
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?