INTERNET: The inet exposed the mainstream media as “propaganda organs” of the elite

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/02/fred-reed/breaking-official-storyline/

Willie Nelson Comes to Jocotepec: The Internet and Social Fragmentation
By Fred Reed
February 12, 2016

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The aggregate effect was a manufactured unanimity or the appearance of one. In the post-war prosperity, Americans bought washing machines and tract houses and were content. Television was wholesome, sterile, and not very informative. Superman jumped out of window to promote truth, justice, and the American way, then thought to be related.

Came the internet. Fairly suddenly, every point of view became available to everybody: The KKK, the Black Panthers, communists, fascists, feminists, loon left and loon right, the-earth-is-flatters. The social media and comment sections allowed lateral communication with a vengeance.

A consequence was that the major media became known for what they were, propaganda organs of those who ran the country. Stories that the fossil media would have liked to ignore flew instantly to hundreds of thousands of inboxes, appeared on countless blogs and websites—often with cell-cam video.

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I think this is an astute observation. That and the aspect of “lateral communication”.

“Lateral thinking” has been around for awhile and helps one “see” missed choices and find missed solutions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thinking

The Free State Project https://freestateproject.org/about/101-reasons-move-new-hampshire would have been virtually impossible without the inet.

In my own profession of computer engineering, the inet has exposed that most large corporations have NO disaster recovery. Sure they can put files in the cloud, but can they restart their business after a data center is wiped out. Timing is everything. But the leadership wants to play “ostrich” and waste money believing their IT executives. Interesting that this big bluff has yet to be “called” yet.

What else has the inet silently revolutionized without being realized?

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MONEY: “Honesty” in banking — really?

Monday, February 15, 2016

http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/15/monopoly-money-is-no-more-in-the-new-ultimate-banking-edition/

Monopoly money is no more in the new Ultimate Banking edition
How will older siblings ever cheat you out of your real estate fortune now?
Andrew Tarantola 

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Hasbro has released a new edition of Monopoly called Ultimate Banking, that should help keep familial infighting to a minimum. Instead of paper money, which can easily be laundered or stolen when you aren’t looking, this new edition uses debit cards. It also does away with the easily-corrupted Banker position, replacing the human with an electronic card reader (aka an ATM).

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Hey, finally some “honesty” in banking.

Can we replace Wall Street.

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TECHNOLOGY: Einstein Theory Proven Correct

Monday, February 15, 2016

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/02/11/major-einstein-theory-proven-correct-and-theorist-says-the-discovery-is-as-important-as-galileos-telescope/

Major Einstein Theory Proven Correct — and Theorist Says the Discovery Is as Important as Galileo’s Telescope
Feb. 11, 2016 10:50am
Associated Press

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say they have finally detected gravitational waves – the ripples in the fabric of space-time that Einstein predicted a century ago.

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Now we need to hear what this really means.

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RANT: Good systems and Customer service?

Sunday, February 14, 2016
Request Update
 

Hello AnnaMarie,

This is regarding your order 87A21EA7AE from  The Walking Dead Store.

We’re sorry your order hasn’t shipped yet. Due to a technical error on our end, your order is held from being shipped. Sadly, we are unable to fix the error. We wish we could’ve informed you sooner, but we just found out about this recently.

Since we can no longer fulfill your order, your order will be automatically cancelled. Please note that we have not charged you for the order yet as we only charge payments once an order ships out.

Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. 

Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Sincerely,
Dianne
MyPlay Direct
How is our Customer Service?
 

 

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TECHNOLOGY: Driverless anything will dramatically disrupt the economy

Saturday, February 13, 2016

http://observer.com/2016/02/why-driverless-cars-will-screech-to-a-halt/

OPINION
Why Driverless Cars Will Screech to a Halt
The liability and regulatory issues involved in letting a 3000 pound death machine steer itself with no human at the controls remain huge
By Steven Hill • 02/09/16 8:42am

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Elon Musk’s Tesla recently became the latest big shot company to enter the self-driving car sweepstakes. Mr. Musk recently announced the hiring of software architecture veteran Jim Keller, who previously had played key roles at Apple and AMD, to lead its Autopilot Engineering team. Tesla’s move follows the recently announced partnership between General Motors and Lyft, in which the automaker is investing $500 million in the ridesharing company as part of a joint venture to develop self-driving cars.

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I wouldn’t mind having a “driverless car”. 

I don’t think it will happen in my lifetime.

It will hugely disrupt the economy. Hard to imagine all the impacts.

Great for the senior citizens who should no longer be driving.

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Elon Musk’s Tesla recently became the latest big shot company to enter the self-driving car sweepstakes. Mr. Musk recently announced the hiring of software architecture veteran Jim Keller, who previously had played key roles at Apple and AMD, to lead its Autopilot Engineering team. Tesla’s move follows the recently announced partnership between General Motors and Lyft, in which the automaker is investing $500 million in the ridesharing company as part of a joint venture to develop self-driving cars.

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TECHNOLOGY: Airlander 10 originally developed as part of a US Army project

Friday, February 12, 2016

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3438477/World-s-largest-aircraft-gets-ready-300ft-long-Airlander-10-final-preparations-ahead-month-s-flight.html

World’s largest aircraft gets ready for take-off: 300ft-long Airlander 10 is put through its final preparations ahead of next month’s flight

  • Airlander 10 was originally developed as part of a US Army project which was then abandoned in 2012
  • A British company is now converting the aircraft – a cross between an airship and an aeroplane – into civilian use
  • It recently took off inside its hangar in Bedfordshire for the first time so engineers could add the finishing touches
  • Engines and fins are being fitted this week and the 300-ft (93 metre) craft will make its debut test flight next month 

By VICTORIA WOOLLASTON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 05:10 EST, 9 February 2016 | UPDATED: 05:54 EST, 9 February 2016

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Three years since work began on the Airlander 10, engineers are putting the final touches on the giant aircraft described as ‘part plane, part helicopter.’

The 300ft-long (93 metres) Airlander was originally developed as part of a US Army project but was scrapped by military bosses. It is now being converted to provide business and leisure flights in a hangar in Cardington, Bedfordshire.

The vessel was filled with 1.3million cubic feet of helium – enough to fill 15 Olympic-sized swimming pools -in a test run last October and now the engines and fins are being fitted ahead of next month’s flight.

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Wow, some beautiful piece of work!

Speechless.

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LIBERTY: Will the he CIA’s “Phoenix Program” come home to roost?

Thursday, February 11, 2016

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/02/no_author/cia-assassinations-vietnam/

The CIA’s “Phoenix Program” in Vietnam and the “War on Terror”
Review of Doug Valentine’s Book
By Hugo Turner
GlobalResearch.ca
February 8, 2016

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The Phoenix Program in Vietnam in many ways provides a blue print for our own times. Assassinations and torture are the essence of the war on terror. As are death squads and false flag terror attacks. As are mass surveillance of the populace.

Thanks to the work of Douglas Valentine in his classic book “The Phoenix Program” we have an extremely detailed account of the Phoenix Program exposing a classic example of the brutality of the CIA’s counter insurgency wars. By studying the Phoenix program one can gain a great deal of insight into the wars in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq.

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The past is prolog.

Anyone, who does NOT thing that the Gooferment is immoral, ineffective, and inefficient — as well as untrustworthy — need only read this summary.

And, anyone, who thinks it’s not still going on, is delusional.

Argh!

“We, The Sheeple” should be ashamed of these abuses.

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POLITICAL: “We, The Sheeple” should not be paying for other’s “defense”

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

http://www.cato.org/blog/europeans-not-americans-should-spend-more-europes-defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2016 9:08AM
Europeans, not Americans, Should Spend More on Europe’s Defense
By DOUG BANDOW 

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The U.S. plans on filling Eastern Europe with thousands of troops along with vehicles and weapons to equip an armored combat brigade. That will require a special budget request of $3.4 billion for next year.

An unnamed administration official told the New York Times, that the step “fulfills promises we’ve made to NATO” and “also shows our commitment and resolve.” Moreover, said another anonymous aide: “This reflects a new situation, where Russia has become a more difficult actor.”

However, the basic question remains unanswered: Why is the U.S. defending Europe? The need for America to play an overwhelming role disappeared as the continent recovered and the Cold War ended.

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Clearly, this should be a top priority of any new President. “We, The Sheeple” should not be paying for Europe’s, Japan’s, South Korea’s, or anyone else’s!

Don’t forget “We, The Sheeple” “have” the current 18T+ national debt and the guesstimated 200T+ in unfunded liabilities that our posterity will have to deal with!

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RANT: The “Law” needs a couple of “fixes”

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/02/william-norman-grigg/stolen-lives-protected-criminals/

Stolen Lives, Protected Criminals: The Wrongful Imprisonment of Christopher Tapp
By William Norman Grigg
Pro Libertate Blog
February 6, 2016

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There are abundant reasons to be grateful that we do not live under the Old Testament “lex talonis” legal covenant, and one compelling reason to lament that this is so: Under the system of justice described in the Book of Deuteronomy, a lying police officer and corrupt prosecutor who falsely convicted an innocent man would be required to suffer the punishment intended for their victim.

Under that legal principle, former Idaho Falls Police Detective Jared Fuhriman and former Bonneville County District Attorney Kip Manwaring would be serving a sentence of 30 years to life for the wrongful murder conviction of Christopher Conley Tapp.

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Well, not only do we need to call the politicians and bureaucrats to “fix” the concept of “sovereign immunity” that protects the police and prosecutors from their abuses. Some of the stuff that gets reported is absolutely inexcusable. We’re not talking about a minor mistake or flub; these stories document prosecutorial or police criminal abuse.

Also, the courts need to be open to ANY appeal that could prove one’s innocence. I don’t care if it was evidence available at the time of trial, new DNA capabilities, or ineffective counsel / abusive prosecutorial conduct. The door should be always OPEN for proof of innocence. If I was President, I’d take these cases under advisement. 

Better a hundred guilty go free, than one innocent is in jail.

Just think, the unlucky stiff in jail could be YOU!

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GUNS: The Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee doesn’t tolerate guns

Monday, February 8, 2016

http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/actor-faces-5-years-in-prison-for-using-pellet-gun-on-movie-set/

Actor Faces 5 Years In Prison For Using Pellet Gun On Movie Set
Written by: Daniel Jennings  Current Events February 4, 2016

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Bellario is hardly the first law-abiding citizen to run afoul of the Garden State’s draconian gun control regime. In November 2014, Gordon van Gilder, a 72-year-old retired school teacher, faced a similar sentence for carrying an unloaded 250-year-old antique pistol in his car. Chargers were later dropped.

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Yup that sure makes sense.

Not like there is any gun violence in the Pepuls Republic of Nu Jerzee.

Argh!

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RANT: Enjoy your bread and circuses today

Sunday, February 7, 2016

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/02/bionic-mosquito/mainstream-media-lost-control/

Mainstream Media has Lost Control: Let the Whining Begin
By Bionic Mosquito
February 6, 2016

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I guess we should ignore a leading German journalist who says he was bribed by the CIA; Operation Mockingbird, which never happened and even if it did no one would do such a thing today; pro-war media pundits who are on the payroll of defense contractors and others who benefit from international conflict; the official 911 investigation team was fed lies.

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“Move along, people. Nothing to see here. Go home, you kooky-loos.”
— Officer Barbrady’s Catch Phrase South Park

Today, “We, The Sheeple” are given the “Super Bowl”. 

It distracts them to watch MP4B (“Millionaires Playing For Billionaires”) while BHO44 fiddles and the world burns.

Maybe it’s better that the folks on this modern day Titanic don’t consider what happens when they hit one of the many “icebergs” in their path — the debt, the deficit, the current 20T+ national debt and the guesstimated 300T+ in unfunded liabilities that our posterity will have to deal with, the abortion genocide, and unstable world political arrangement.

No, keep your eye on the football, citizen, since that is ALL that really matters.

Argh!

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RANT: Is this one of the “few enumerated powers”?

Saturday, February 6, 2016

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/02/06/california-based-beauty-school-to-close-all-55-campuses.html?intcmp=hplnws

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. –  A Beverly Hills-based beauty school says it’s closing all 56 of its campuses in five states after losing federal funding over allegations of misconduct.

Marinello Schools of Beauty has been in business for over a century. It shut facilities this week in California, Nevada, Utah, Kansas and Connecticut.

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My question is why is the Federal Gooferment involved in “student loans”?

Where in the Constitution is this one of the “few enumerated powers”?

It may be a State regulatory concern — are the students being defrauded — but why is the Federal Gooferment doing anything?

Argh!

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POLITICAL: ELIMINATE the draft and all those cushy patronage jobs?

Friday, February 5, 2016

http://www.wsj.com/articles/lawmakers-introduce-bill-requiring-women-register-for-draft-1454627151

Lawmakers Introduce Bill Requiring Women to Register for Draft
Republican representatives look to spur national debate
By FELICIA SCHWARTZ
Feb. 4, 2016 6:05 p.m. ET

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WASHINGTON—Two Republican lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday that would require women to register for the draft in a step meant to advance a national debate about the Pentagon’s decision in December to open all military combat positions to women.

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How about we save some money and ELIMINATE the draft and all those cushy patronage jobs?

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MONEY: Stealing what’s left of your wealth

Thursday, February 4, 2016

http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/so-the-seizure-begins-bloomberg-op-ed-calls-for-an-end-of-cash/

So The Seizure Begins: Bloomberg Op-Ed Calls For An End Of Cash
by ZeroHedge • February 1, 2016

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In a moment of curious serendipity, a little over 90 minutes after we showed what a dystopian, centrally-planned, cashless society unleashed in a negative interest rate world would look like (“by forcing people and companies to convert their paper money into bank deposits, the hope is that they can be persuaded (coerced?) to spend that money rather than save it because those deposits will carry considerable costs”), and briefly after we laid out the countless recent warnings from “very serious people” that cash is evil and should be banned:

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This is all about stealing what little wealth the people have left.

The “powers that be” keep figuring out ways to force people to support the fat cat businesses.

Argh!

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GUNS: The antigun movement wants to control everyone

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/01/no_author/ultimate-goal-anti-gunners/

The Ultimate Goal of the Antigun Movement
By Roger J. Katz AmmoLand.com
January 29, 2016

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Realization of the movement’s goal amounts to de facto repeal of the fundamental right of the people to keep and bear arms – a right expressed clearly and cogently, succinctly and indelibly, in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Yet, if there exist any residual doubt as to the import of that right, the U.S. Supreme Court laid such doubt to rest in the 2008 Heller and 2010 McDonald decisions.

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When any of the “anti-gun” on the Left, OR the Right, talk, then we need to be very afraid.

It takes a Gooferment to commit genocide.

Just remember, the politicians and bureaucrats are restricted to what the can do to “minorities”! (AND we are all some kind of “minority”.) 

I don’t understand why this is not as obvious to everyone as it is to me.

Has anyone remember what Stalin, PolPot, or Mao did. (By comparison, Hitler was a piker!)

And, I get enraged when folks say “it can’t happen here”. Remember the Japanese Americans, the American Indians, or any “minority”?

Molon labe.

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TECHNOLOGY: Worried about remote overrides to stop stolen car?

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/01/31/tech-q-saving-money-on-internet-finding-wi-fi-dead-spots.html?intcmp=hpff

TECHTech Q&A: Saving money on Internet, finding Wi-Fi dead spots
By Kim Komando  Published January 31, 2016  The Kim Komando Show

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Q. I love the technology coming out in high-end cars. When do you think I’ll get it in an affordable car?

A. You can expect high-end features like autopilot, “driver overrides” that take control before a crash, and remote overrides to stop stolen cars, in most cars by 2020. However, add-ons like heads-up-displays, fingerprint key fobs and dash cams should be available sooner, and you can even find some now. Learn more about car tech you’ll see soon that will keep you safe.

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Well, they better improve security before they do this. 

I can see the bad guys following a pretty young girl until they come to an “opportune location” and hitting the “remote override stop”. Instant victim.

Yes, maybe I’m paranoid who sees monsters behind every turn.

“Just because you’re not paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” — Andy Grove

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GOLDBUG: Germany Repatriate 200 Tons

Monday, February 1, 2016

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/01/no_author/germans-mistrust-fed/

Uncertain Times Sees Germany Repatriate 200 Tonnes Of Gold Bullion
By Mark O’Byrne
GoldCore
January 29, 2016

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The Bundesbank’s repatriation of 200 tonnes of gold bullion reaffirms the fact that central banks today still view gold as a vital safe haven reserve currency and monetary asset. It also indicates a lack of trust between central banks and specifically with the Federal Reserve, whose gold reserves have not been audited in over 50 years and many have doubts about the integrity of those reserves.

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I got my gold. Do you?

Do you trust the Gooferment, politicians, or bureaucrats?

I don’t!

Why do you?

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RANT: CDC Cover-Up

Sunday, January 31, 2016

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/01/dr-david-brownstein/cdc-cover/

CDC Cover-Up of Autism and Vaccine Link Continues
By Dr. David Brownstein
Dr. Brownstein’s Blog
January 29, 2016

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However, the very same U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has refused to call a hearing about another health crisis—whether or not childhood vaccines cause autism.

In August, 2014, a senior CDC researcher, Dr. William Thompson came forward and sought whistleblower status by claiming that an important 2004 paper from the CDC—which found no correlation with the MMR vaccine and autism–was fraudulent. According to Dr. Thompson, the CDC researchers actually found that the MMR vaccine, when given before 36 months of age (it is presently recommended at 12-15 months and again at five years) was significantly correlated with the development of autism. However, the CDC, in a closed-door meeting, altered the data to hide their findings. Furthermore, the authors of this 2004 paper were told, by their bosses at the CDC, to throw out and not disclose any information that showed a correlation of the MMR vaccine with autism.

I have written to about this travesty many times.

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My problems is that there is no “honesty” in Gooferment.

I am more firmly convinced that the Gooferment is immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy.

The politicians and bureaucrats have indemnified Big Pharma by the “vaccine harm fund”. SO there is no way to make them pay for their mistakes.

And, of course, a cover up is usually worse than the crime.

I hope whomever is the new President can “clean house”.

But, I fear, that’s too much to hope for.

Argh!

I don’t envy the decision any parent has to make. And, the fact that there are no “facts” to guide them makes it even worse. At least, the old tribal witch doctor didn’t have a conflict of interest. Too many bad results and he’d be sacrificed to appease the gods. Maybe we should try that approach?

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RANT: H-1B replacing American workers at Disney / ABC

Saturday, January 30, 2016

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3027640/it-outsourcing/laid-off-it-workers-muzzled-as-h-1b-debate-heats-up.html

Laid-off IT workers muzzled as H-1B debate heats up
By Patrick Thibodeau  
Computerworld | Jan 28, 2016 2:01 PM PT 

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In November, Blumenthal co-sponsored new H-1B legislation by longtime program critics, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), designed to prevent the replacement of U.S. workers by H-1B visa holders.

Nonetheless, Blumenthal remains a co-sponsor of the I-Squared Act, which raised questions among those laid off about his intentions.

“He is still co-sponsoring everything,” one former Connecticut utility worker said about Blumenthal. The worker asked not to be identified because of severance package limitations. “He is totally unbelievable.” Blumenthal was not immediately available for comment.

Leo Perrero, an IT worker at Disney who was laid off after training his foreign replacement, says non-disparagement agreements hinder the debate over the H-1B visa. Without such agreements, “you would have a lot more people speaking out – real human beings with real stories, not just anonymous persons speaking out,” said Perrero.

“Their freedom of speech is being taken away from them with the non-disparagement agreements,” he said.

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Sorry, but I have to urge folks NOT to go to Mickey Mouse land.

Disney / ABC must be made to understand that us in the bourgeoisie or the  proletariat will not fund our own demise!

If I was the AFL / CIO, I’d be unionizing all the white collar workers.

And, we should be hammering all the politicians and bureaucrats about this abuse.

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MONEY: Manipulating “We, The Sheeple” by pretending that the value of money is a constant

Friday, January 29, 2016

 

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/01/no_author/inflation-banknotes/

Inflation And Banknotes: The War on Money
By Paul-Martin Foss 
Carl Menger Center
January 28, 2016

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In practice, however, the Treasury has not printed notes above $100 since 1945, and the Federal Reserve has not issued notes above $100 since 1969. The ostensible discontinuation of those notes was due to lack of use. However, now that inflation has eroded the value of Federal Reserve notes it makes more sense than ever to issue larger denomination notes. The $20 Federal Reserve Notes that we receive at ATMs today buys the equivalent of what $3 would have purchased in 1969. And the $100 bill in 1969 would buy the equivalent of $646 today. It would make a lot of sense to begin printing $500 and $1000 bills again.

But due to the war on drugs and the war on cash, US authorities don’t want to issue bills larger than $100, as they claim it would only facilitate money laundering. By maintaining its policy of not printing notes larger than $100 and by increasing the reporting requirements on cash transactions, the Treasury has pushed more and more financial transactions into the electronic arena, where they are easier to monitor and control. The desire for control is ultimately driving factor behind the war on cash in the United States and in Europe. That’s why it’s so refreshing to see Argentina’s new government immediately enacting policies that respond to consumer demands for cash. Let’s hope that President Macri is able to bring the central bank under control so that Argentina won’t need to issue any larger banknotes in the future.

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Note the effect of inflation on your wealth.

You can’t “save” in cash!

See if you use your “card”, then everything you do can be tracked.

And, it’s not just the porn buyers who have to worry. Make a contribution to the “wrong” candidate or cause and your name is on a list somewhere.

When do “they” come to load you on the train to the “reeducation camp”?

Hell, you send your children to the Gooferment Skrules everyday which is nothing more than a “reeducation camp”!

Oh yeah, it can’t happen here. Tell that to the American Citizens of Japanese Ancestry!

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ECONOMICS: The FED is very political and left-leaning

Thursday, January 28, 2016

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/01/no_author/fed-pricks-bubble/

Market Tanking After Fed Pricked Their Own Bubble
By Samuel Bryan 
SchiffGold.com
January 26, 2016

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“I think [Yellen] wants to elect Hillary Clinton. She doesn’t want to hand the White House over to Republicans or Donald Trump. I think she doesn’t want to have happen to Hillary what happened to John McCain. When the wheels came off the bus in the last year of the Bush administration, a Republican had no chance. Obama’s whole claim to fame is that he inherited a disaster and now everything is great. The truth is he inherited a disaster and now it’s a bigger disaster…

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It’s a shame because if we had a “true told standard”, the politicians could not mess with the “money” or the interest rate.

The boom ’n’ bust cycle is caused by the mistakes (what the Austrian School of Economics calls “malinvestment”) of entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate executives. Look at the empty cities that the Chinese have built for bad decisions.

When an entrepreneur, using his own capital, makes a bad decision, they bear the damage.

When the politicians and bureaucrats make a bad decision, it’s the taxpayers and Joe-Sixpack who are hurt.

Look at TARP which was passed to by distressed mortgages and allow Joe-Sixpack to stay in his home and work it out. Instead, it “magically” was transformed into a bailout for Wall Street and the Big Banks. They paid out big bonuses to their executives and, together with those executive, made big contributions to the politicians, their PACs, and their parties — both of them!

Argh! And, you wonder why I am cynical about all of them?

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RANT: Wow, truth-tellers get in trouble and the babies parts sellers off scott free

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/25/grand-jury-indicts-leader-behind-planned-parenthood-videos.html?intcmp=hpbt1

Grand jury in Texas indicts activists behind Planned Parenthood videos
Published January 25, 2016  
FoxNews.com

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“It is a sad day in America when those who harvest the body parts of aborted babies escape consequences for their actions, while the courageous truth-tellers who expose their misdeeds are handed down a politically motivated indictment instead,” she said. 

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I’m speechless.

There is no justice!

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POLITICAL: The politicians and bureaucrats will always get outmaneuvered

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-25/wal-mart-it-came-it-conquered-now-it-s-packing-up-and-leaving

Wal-Mart: It Came, It Conquered, Now It’s Packing Up and Leaving 
Shannon Pettypiece 
January 25, 2016 — 5:00 AM EST

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The Town’n Country grocery in Oriental, North Carolina, a local fixture for 44 years, closed its doors in October after a Wal-Mart store opened for business. Now, three months later — and less than two years after Wal-Mart arrived — the retail giant is pulling up stakes, leaving the community with no grocery store and no pharmacy.

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“I was devastated when I found out. We had a pharmacy and a perfectly satisfactory grocery store. Maybe Wal-Mart sold apples for a nickel less,” said Barb Venturi, mayor pro tem for Oriental, with a population of about 900. “If you take into account what no longer having a grocery store does to property values here, it is a significant impact for us.”

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I guess they should have made the building permit conditional on a time guaranty?

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“I was devastated when I found out. We had a pharmacy and a perfectly satisfactory grocery store. Maybe Wal-Mart sold apples for a nickel less,” said Barb Venturi, mayor pro tem for Oriental, with a population of about 900. “If you take into account what no longer having a grocery store does to property values here, it is a significant impact for us.”

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RANT: I must be getting old

Saturday, January 23, 2016

I’ve hunkered down due to the snow.

In my younger days, I’d be out and about.

I think these politicians are really obnoxious. “Travel bans”! It’s like they think they are Kings!

Argh!

It’s snow. If you go out and get stuck, that’s your problem.

All this does is empower the Nanny State to convince us that we are too stupid to take care of ourselves and make decisions about what we need to do and what risks we will take to get those important things done.

Argh!

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RANT: NFL conspiracy?

Friday, January 22, 2016

http://nypost.com/2016/01/21/the-nfl-conspiracy-theory-freaking-out-patriots-fans/

The NFL conspiracy theory freaking out Patriots fans
By Jonathan Lehman January 21, 2016 | 11:11am

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That fear picked up some fodder when the Boston Herald pointed out the Broncos are undefeated in games refereed by Hochuli. What’s more: The Patriots, despite their off-the-charts winning percentage this decade, are 3-4 in Hochuli games since 2010, and he was the ref who threw a crucial offensive pass interference flag against Rob Gronkowski in the Week 10 nail-biter against the Giants.

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Never bet on anything that talks and never doubt that EVERYTHING is fixed.

I bet the NFL brass would love to stick it to the PATS.

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INOVATION: Khan Academy is killing Gooferment Skrules

Thursday, January 21, 2016

http://www.garynorth.com/public/14715.cfm

We Have Passed the Tipping Point for American Liberalism
Gary North – January 11, 2016

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Then I got to thinking about the Khan Academy. In recent months, it has stated that it has over 26 million enrolled students. This is in 190 countries. So, I went to Alexa.com to see what percentage of the site’s traffic is from the United States. It is approximately 50%. Inside the United States, the site is ranked number 522. This is incredibly high.

I realize that some of their students are in public school settings. But I don’t think many of them are. A few selected schools use the Khan Academy. I am convinced the overwhelming majority of these enrolled students are homeschoolers.

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I’m not saying that we are winning this ideologically. I am saying that we are winning it institutionally and administratively.

The institutions are moving towards decentralization. This is anathema to the welfare-warfare statists. They are literally losing control, even if Salman Khan is not radically challenging the content of humanistic education. He is certainly no radical. He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School. His outlook and his teaching methods are going to shape the minds of tens of millions of students around the world. More important, they are going to shape the learning environments of these students. He is pulling them out of state-run classrooms.

The children who are coming up through the Khan Academy today go at their own pace. Nobody tells them what to do and when to do it. They take exams, and if they pass the exams, they go on to the next level. There is no one nagging them. There is no one telling them that class is over because a bell has rung. They are not being regimented.

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Remember the purpose of the Prussian education model: cannon fodder for the Army, willing morons for the factories, and useful idiots to vote for and be led by the elite!

I hope that the author is correct.

It can’t happen fast enough to get this country back on track.

Separation of Education and State will go a long way to restoring the American vigor.

Argh!

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