New Figures Detail Depth Of Unemployment Misery, Lower Earnings For All But Super Wealthy (VIDEO)

I wonder if the champions of capitalism rich and poor alike, (which has solidly failed the American people twice now in but 80 years) are ready to concede that it may not be all it has been cracked up to be?

The immediate response to this (if any) will be through Ad Hominem from those who see the world in only two contrasting colors with the ever popular shield that surely I must be talking about taking our country communistic, socialistic or some other "istic"...failing to see that perhaps a mix of the tried and untrue economic models might be the way to go for us. Or something new entirely.

But surely, I'm just dreaming in print, because our economic and social futures are already designed and set for us all (globally) by the wealthiest and most powerful; who amassed said wealth and power through nurturing the system(s) we live under to the detriment of the vast majority of Americans whose misfortune can be seen growing daily.

I wouldn't want to be a person of grade school age today, anywhere in the western (or eastern) world and have the next 80 years of being treated like a farm animal... to look forward to.

This is the result of short sighted greed and rampant capitalism with no consideration toward it's workability for the people or the possibility of adapting it when it's failure showed itself evident.

This is the legacy we leave our children.

And our "children's, children's, children".
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Sean Bielat Compares Gays To Short People

I'm scratching my head over here... What's the issue?

Knowing the sort of military conflicts and righteousness in pursing them that we have witnessed over the last decade, why in the world would anyone actually want to join or fight for the right to join the military in the first place.

Sure, maybe some college opportunity. Perhaps a little financial security and a shot at a veteren's loan or two.

But you can join Blackwater/XE and do better in these areas if that's what you're willing to sell your soul over.

This whole argument of who can and who can't be in the military and what must or shouldn't be disclosed (although there's hardly ever a secret to it in the first place in the foxhole) simply goes right over my head.

Now I know some people will say most things do go over my head...but let me help you out...this one item really does and I won't even bother to dispute that with them.
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Will Republicans Take Control Of Congress In Midterm Elections? Michael Steele, Tim Kaine Debate GOP 'Wave'

GOP...DEM, what's the difference?

The same party wins every time regardless of what they publicly call themselves or use to make it appear that there's actually a chasm between them.

To muddy the waters further, these two (supposedly individual) entities hold an open exchange regularly and reverse their personae like a good cop/bad cop routine.

Give yourself a pop quiz. Pick 10 random, major issues of legislation or policy throughout our brief history then look up which party was responsible for them.

You'll find that contrary to the illusion presented today the GOP has often been "the people party" (abolishing slavery) and contrary-wise the DEMS have also played the role of champion for banking, business and war (Creation of the Fed Reserve, income tax, Viet Nam).

Of course, currently and within the last few generations, it would appear that these characteristics and concerns are once more being attributed in reverse order...but that's the illusion...that's the lulling effect of choosing the blue pill.

Do yourself a favor if you want to break the spell. Make and take the quiz.

Escape the matrix.
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FDIC Called On To Put Bank Of America Into Receivership

Hate to break this to anyone unaware of it, but if anyone thinks that we are going to resolve the banking problem in this country by going after one or more established banks at a time, you've got another think coming.

By all reports and opinions I've heard on the subject by "expert analysts" BOA should have been declared bankrupt and seized and foreclosed upon by the US government rather than included in the taxpayer bail out. So too, JP Morgan and possibly Sachs/Goldman.

They weren't but America was thrown the bones of Lehman and Bear Stearns as sacrificial lambs instead.

BOA came up golden and nothing is going to bring down the same banks that are providing buoyancy to BOA or the industry as it stands (with their hands out) today.

It's lose-lose for the American borrower and taxpayer.

These guys (banks) think nothing of biting the hands that feed it.

We're on our own, no matter how many stories like this come out to make it appear otherwise.
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Juan Williams FIRED: NPR Sacks Analyst Over Fox News Muslim Comments

The hypocrisy is this, if the majority of nationals in America were not equally "nervous" about this or any other people, why would we have allowed our government to erode our constitution under the guise of the Patriot Act and Homeland Security in an effort to single out and scrutinize certain "types" of people who don't conveniently fit the christian cookie cutting mold? Why are we in a ten year multiple invasion and funding covert operations in other primarily Muslim countries and churning out propaganda against others as yet uninvolved?

Since 9/11 this country has again and again taken steps (including the elimination of civilians in far greater numbers than what occurred on 9/11) for nothing more than being nervous about a particular people.

But Juan, mentioning his own trepidation is too brutally honest and out in the open for the squeamish or reluctant to speak what has been carried out through international policy by America (and the nations of NATO) for a decade??

Ask the people who have a problem with a mosque at "Ground Zero" if they're not nervous.

As a people and a nation our hypocrisies out shadow our feigned concern for these other people who justifiably or otherwise, America itself has shown itself to be nervous about.
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Obama: Ahmadinejad's UN Speech 'Offensive,' 'Hateful'

"Hateful" is a subjective and relative term...unless it's being used to inflame and create hate in someone for someone else...directly as it seems to be regularly in speeches and the press with regard to Iran. It's infinitely more hateful than anything said by A-Jad at the UN yesterday; no matter how much the feel good people wish to parade around in their their hypersensitivity in the 21st century.

If I wished to offend you I would hardly simply deny a holocaust or some point in history nearly 70 years ago

And until someone can explain how laws of science could have been suspended on 9/11 to permit a falling object the size of a skyscraper to fall at the same scientifically accepted velocity as an object in "free fall" A-Jad's opinion is no different than mine or yours on the subject and open for discussion without implying hate or intended offense of any kind.

If this was hate speech, what do you make of the ongoing barrage of talk in the press by US officials and their allies about the need to attack Iran because they are attempting to generate electricity with nuclear power plants once or twice a week?

Now that, without question is definitely and bluntly "hate speech". It's direct, beyond merely implicated and poses a genuine physical threat to the intended.

Where is everyone's compassionate sensitivity when these events happen?

Nowhere to be found.
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Does the Past Exist Yet? Evidence Suggests Your Past Isn't Set in Stone

"It's all happening, NOW."

Every possible permutation of every element be it physical or perceptual. Every possible outcome is laying out there active in every possible state, waiting for definition based on observation and observer...both individual or collectively.

Given enough "physical" elements that can be identified and agreed upon "conclusively" (IE the JFK incident) the material becomes locked into a common image model (or resultant outcome) to the exclusion of any other being available for sensory input at an already occupied moment of what we perceive as "time".

But that doesn't necessarily mean that the event is either not happening or resides in the past or the future. Just that it's not being currently observed or "recorded" as such.

The "current result" just becomes the mass root assumption and the belief in it by the observer(s) eliminates the need and ability to see any other spatial events occurring simultaneously.

Just as we have limited visual abilities and can only sense a small spectrum of the actual light, so to do we have a filtered version of the physical multi-verse and spatial time. Being human has it's limitations and pretending they don't exist and aren't distorted, no matter how clever we are with creating devices to expand our view of things does not ofer us a true and unobstructed view of reality.

Oh. Now I get it!

Great article once again, Dr. Lanza. Always entertaining to enjoy a little "out of the box" thinking over morning coffee.
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WikiLeaks Founder On Afghan War Diary: Evidence Of War Crimes In Leaked Documents

Someone (Huffington Post moderators) are really having a terrible time with this post of mine. Drop me an email mods and let me know why, OK?

It's just an opinion, similar to so many others here on this subject. Not inciteful, not profane...So what gives?



"When the prime objectives, which were never truly announced to the American people because of their distastefulness are considered, things like domination of the middle east, geo-political strategic placement and natural resources, no matter how much US leadership says policy will change in Iraq and Afghanistan, (regardless of who our leadership is) nothing does and nothing will change.

This path has been set without the blessing of the American people by the aristocracy that "represents" us and like a parent who believes they are doing what's best for their children....whether it is actually "best" or not they will continue the course that they have chosen long ago even if it will prove to be to the detriment of the this or any country involved.

This reality should, by now have taken the bloom from the rose of democracy (as we think we have it) that was only a coat of paint all along.

We're just now beginning to see just how many people can pick up on this glaring contradiction now that it is more than ever coming into the light."
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Obama's Speech: Not The Turning Point He Had In Mind

Did Obama's speech really fail?

I think it was as good as any speech could have been compared to a magic wand under this country's current circumstances.

Whether you like this president personally or politically or not...I think people should take a step back, draw a deep breath and realize that he is not the Wizard of Oz.

When presented with problems of the scope of where this country stands now his job is to pull together the necessary data from his professionals and academics and promote what he feels is our best opportunity to resolve them as they arise. There is no bag of brick-a-brack to offer the woodsmen, the tinman, the lion or Dorothy that will make it all better before he leaves for Kansas or the end of his term, whichever might come first.

Neither is he our "sin eater" who will partake of food from the chest of a deceased loved one (America) and make all the sins of our past administrations and congresses be forgiven.

This government has been run poorly for a long. long time.

Obama is perhaps one of the last few presidents this union will have that will be lucky if he can simply hang on to this country that's spiralling out of control and not have it implode completely.

It's foolish to think we can ask any more from one mortal man.

But more than a small handful of people surely are doing just that.
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The War Is Making You Poor Act

There are a sad few pieces of legislation introduced on the floor and made Congressional record that are as important as this.

When someone decides to see which Congressmen are attempting to meet the needs and real issues of this country in this day and age, head on, w/out the BS, Grayson's name is sure to be found at the top of the list.

This video is a must see.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-alan-grayson/the-war-is-making-you-poo_b_585343.html
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Woman Tries To Shut Down Large Hadron Collider Over Apocalypse Fears

Rather than applaud the fact that this woman saw a cause and went about addressing it within the limits of the law, people label her a "woowoo".

Had she presented her arguments by blazing a trail of glory by opening fire on a few guards at the facility, those same people would have labeled her a "woowoo".

In either case, anyone who thinks any person could close down a multi-billion dollar establishment scientific research field of study like this one has got to be at least a little "woowoo" whether they be right or wrong about it.

The inequity in it becomes apparent in that given the same requirements to continue this study as this woman had in trying to stop it, the science community involved could do no better than she, to give a coherent account of how results of the creation or collection of this "God particle" would play out.

The science community has never seen one. Neither have they any factual knowledge of the actual effect of isolating one and what it effect that would have on the existing natural universe...any more substantially than this woman could "give a coherent account of how her fears would come about."
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Reform Déjà Vu: Democrats Follow Failed Health Care Strategy and Preemptively Surrender on Consumer Financial Protection Agency

Why bother implementing new reforms if they reform little to nothing, and take months and years to debate things that still fall short of adequate?

We are behind on so much legislatively in America and instead of taking the time and making the arguments needed to establish real progress on issues needed we spend the same amount of valuable time simply presenting one watered down, band aid fix for this country and it's people after another.

This is no way to provide this nation with the dynamic democracy that is necessary to have it remain vibrant and responsive to the changing times and demands that a government for the size of the country we live in needs to survive and prosper.

Rather than provide America with the legislation needed, this Congress, as well as so many before it are allowing us to remain stagnant and static in an ever changing world and as such, they are all but guaranteeing our decay.

This is the wrong biosphere in which to think that on any level, any static endeavor, entity or political system can survive.
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CHILE EARTHQUAKE: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Chile

“Despite all rationale to the contrary there has been a noticeable increase in the frequency of event's such as this, that stimulate a larger than usual "problem, reaction, solution" scenario in the world community.

The "why" (or who) has to come to people on their own terms and in their own time.

But there is an increased frequency of these occurrences of quakes, tsunamis, erratic weather patterns and uncommon and extreme levels and locations of precipitation and/or drought all over the planet.

Call it nothing or call it what you will, but it's happening. No matter what the cause(s) it may be time to ask ourselves in any event, how can we dare to be wrong?”
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Missile Defense Agency Logo Upsets Right: Comparisons To Obama Campaign, Islamic Crescent

When a simple little agency symbol amounting to no more than a letterhead, which wouldn't even be used for mass public consumption can create such negative buzz as to have interest groups wring their hands over its perceived similarities to 1000 other 3 color insignias in common use, is there any wonder why America is 50 years behind itself in so many of the real and crucial issues that actually matter to daily life and gov't in this country???

The dollars alone that will be spent on the design and redesign of this sort of thing and the time spent in salaries for staff meetings over it is further indicative of how out of touch with our real financial issues people remain and what sort of priorities our elected and appointed officials spend their time deliberating on while "Rome" reaches its flash point.
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Gibbs: The Public Plan Doesn't Have The Votes

"...the president doesn't think the votes are there to get a public option passed through reconciliation..."



When did this become a matter of whether or not it was popular within Congress?

Everyone I know was educated in public or private schools to believe that Congress was supposed to vote according to the will of the people.

We were told we were represented.

Sure, I wouldn't expect a landslide...but I certainly would expect that the majority of Americans would like a public option, in leiu of single pay if that's too much to ask.

But no matter how many letters, phone calls or emails are sent or how many more reps one side of the aisle has over the other...this Congress again and again decides not to represent the people.

And the White House, in spite of the the "Yes we can!" campaigning now says "No we can't.".

Adding insult to injury, Iraq and Afghanistan continue, without the support of the majority of Americans, leaving us without representation on those issues as well. And don't get me started on the TARPs and bailouts for Wall St.

What a lack luster cluster fugg this representative republic/democracy has turned out to be. And in only a little over a relatively short 300 years. Some bragging rights there, my compatriots!

"I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United Snakes of America..." because I have no other choice.
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Iranian Opposition Demoralized After Failed Protests At Revolution's Anniversary

You can revolt against a monarchy. There's a tangible target for discontent over inequality.

But you can't very well succeed with a revolution against a gov't that is set up as a democracy or a representative republic.

By it's very structure, it is veiled as being based on freedom and the will of the people, whether (in reality) it is or not. Look around. What countries have a democracy that follows the literal meaning of the word?

"Democracy" in essense, as it is presented in any country today is little more than voluntary imprisonment within a very tightly controlled political frame of reference, limiting social conduct while wrapped in the illusion of freedom.

Iran is no different than the US to this extent.

And that's why "democracy" as we know it today is the most popular and sought after political facade preferred by those who wish to create government for the purpose of controlling the freedom of the people and the course of their nation without fear of being concerned about any possibility of a successful revolution.
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Austin Plane Crash: Office Building Hit In Northwestern Austin, Texas (VIDEO)

It's unfortunate that people are driven to such desperation that they will endanger others and end their own lives to make a statement.

Sadder still is the fact that due to this act, very few willl see what truth there is in the message he left behind even though on places like this and other comment forums, it can be seen everyday and many Americans agree with his sentiments and frustration.

His actions are reprehensible but his message is not so far off in pointing out that our system of gov't is (perhaps) irreparably broken and the American people are being farmed for capital and property. This is all done with the indoctrination that Americans have equal rights when it has become more and more obvious that the elite have a set of rights that far exceed that of the common person of Main street. Our input to the process of gov't is pretty much limited to voting for one candidate or another who has been hand picked by the keepers of the status quo and a media owned by the elite who wish to retain the unequal rights they are privileged to and the continuation of the same.

Say what you will about his methods and his maddness and the endangerment that he wreclessly exercised with his actions, but his message is valid in many aspects.

It's a wake up call for all of us to consider what works in today's America, what doesn't and what hasn't for sometime.
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Amy Bishop ARRESTED: University of Alabama Huntsville Shooting Suspect Is Biology Professor, Harvard-Trained

As soon as a society or culture begins to make killing other people conditionally acceptable behaviour through justifications such as land, resources, political differences, power, expansion of borders or profit for their military industrial complex, you can hardly expect the participants of that society to not begin to feel that they too are entitled to create conditionally acceptable justifications at their own level in said culture to also take another's life for their own immediate gain and/or self satisfaction.

Throughout the course of our history as a nation, we in the US have been inundated with a near constant paradox declaring murder a social taboo, while our laws and history show it to be a perfectly acceptable solution for gov't to resolve it's issues with other people, other countries and even it's own citizens.

How long did anyone hope that in time, this erradic and psychotic hypocrisy would be able to remain prominent in our culture without our culture becoming exactly that which has been exemplified through repeated example?

We may never see a better living representation of "you reap what you sow" than what this country and its more than 17,000 indcidents of domestic homicide per year (11,000 of which where guns are used) has become in the 21st century.
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Anything Beyond The Universe? New Theory Changes Our Destiny

There is a spectrum of realities based on and assigned to specific vibratory rates which, as with light and sound we are only capable of sensing a minute portion of, while encased in these physical forms we believe to be solid matter.

Just as a radio or television transmission doesn't cease to exist when we change the channel/station or turn off the receiver, neither does the multiverse with all of it's alternate realities and it's infinite potential for possibilities Those frequencies are still being broadcasted whether we are aware of those transmissions or not.

In times of severe trauma, while in the dream state, a deep meditative state or under a "mind altering" hallucinogenic experience we can temporarily find a resonance with some of these other, vibratory frequencies which are in close proximity to our own creating a temporary harmony which allows us to experience some of those properties that are generally hidden to us due to our limited sensory capabilities or the limited strength of our receiving equipment with regard to a larger section of the spectrum.

This is what I personally believe...this time around.

I also think this was a very good article and well worth the read.
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Senate Jobs Bill Stalled

Since when is the Senate's inability to agree and pass a much needed bill that would directly benefit the people of America (rather than Corporate America) "news"?

I can't help reading about these things everyday without hearing the words room Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" going round and round in my head.

The constant and repetitive news of this order is beginning to feel as if the real message is for the people of America to become desensitised to the plight of this country and simply accept things the way they are. Because expecting them to change for the better is totally unrealistic. We are being programmed to become numb.

After a few decades of this stuff, you can find yourself ready to accept almost anything from rampant incompetence from the gov't or soldiers in the strreet rounding up you and your neighbors for a camp somewhere.

"Hello, Is anybody out there?...

...I have become "comfortably numb."
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