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Internal Exile Oct 08, 2016

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In “News From The Onion,” New Study Finds Most Of Earth’s Landmass Will Be Phoenix Suburb By 2050.

Mintpress details how the cozy relationship between current presidential campaigns and Booz Allen Hamilton reveal the deep and enduring ties between the Security State and private contractors.

Tony Butka rips corporations and “Mandatory Arbitration” a new asshole. And correctly so.

Truly, our health care system is as out-of-control as the rest of the corporate world: A woman had a baby. Then her hospital charged her $39.35 to hold it.

Over at The Intercept: Excerpts of Hillary Clinton’s Paid Speeches to Goldman Sachs Finally Leaked.

The Insanity of The War Party is laid bare, in A terrible warning from US Generals.

The Utter and Complete Insanity of The War Party.

And, as if anyone doubted it, more proof that the Propaganda Industrial Complex is 100% behind Her Nibs.

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Your Weekend of Weekends.

UnkaWillbur - May 26, 2017

Here' some links to nosh on, to start of your weekend. I hope everyone's weekend is great; me, myself, I'm planning on jumping out of a perfectly…

Stephanie

Am I my first this time? :^)
- Unkawillbur
  
  Winner, winner, Chicken Dinner!
  
  😉
  - Stephanie
    
    * chuckle* Yay ;^)
- Edwin
  
  Hurray for Stephanie. My hero!!
  - Stephanie
    
    Hi Edwin :^)
- SmotPoker
  
  This abomination shall not stand.
  - Stephanie
    
    Looks for a big stick….lol. Morning Smotty :^)
Unkawillbur

Your Song of the Day…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssd3U_zicAI
panem et circenses

I was inspired by the “Don’t grab my pussy” Gadsden flag:

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/eba2ba34499b2d2baa246143f7239d8953cb20c2a35d91f344fc2d9c62a1da1b.png
towerofbabel

Wakey, Wakey. Here is Gymnopédie to start you up in the right mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xm7s9eGxU
- Unkawillbur
  
  Wonderful music. But it’s too relaxing for me: I barely got out of bed as it was this morning. LOL.
  - Stephanie
    
    For some reason this one has caught my fancy today.
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AzqiPvGrkTo
    - Unkawillbur
      
      Good choice, too.
  - towerofbabel
    
    I wanted to see if I could influence the tenor of the debate. And, no I couldn’t. Everybody here is irascible and incorrigible. 😉
    - Edwin
      
      I find some are also inscrutable and obstreperous.
    - Unkawillbur
      
      We’re a basket of incorrigibles.
17

.. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b694fe93ea524850754237cc512b4c494c2a77353329cb630467425d0d1ad755.jpg
- Stephanie
  
  Morning 17 :^)
  - 17
    
    Mornin’ Steph 😉
- Edwin
  
  Good morning, 17.
  
  Good morning, Unka.
  
  Good morning, Stephanie.
  
  Good morning, Tower.
  
  Good morning, panem.
  - Unkawillbur
    
    Heya, Eddie old buddy!
    - Edwin
      
      Hey, Unka.
      
      It’s Sunday here now. I was sleeping already, but I woke up so here I be.
    - Edwin
      
      That Edwardian Farm series I posted is done by 2 archaeologists and a historian. I binge watched it. Now I’m watching Wartime Farm and next will be Tudor farm. They are way more interesting than they sound.
Edwin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSgP3IU-ZJo .
- Stephanie
  
  I love this guy.
SmotPoker

The harvest is over, and now the time has come for me to put in the scientific research, and personal sacrifice to determine if cannabis can kill a human being. Wish me luck fellow travelers…..
- 17
  
  Takes guts.
- Shaykayvah
  
  Wish I were there to support you.
towerofbabel

I’m going to put out a SteinSign today.
- SmotPoker
  
  Psssst….
  
  Wanna buy a hat?
  
  https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8c7110a5fa452a2cb840e7fee4e21f5069b16bb6ca82a29ca46789db48bb2434.jpg
  - panem et circenses
    
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1502456eeeef743cad400ba64a4909defa70ee05d2b24a1e372c3bdaa23861d5.jpg
panem et circenses

Nothing’s more urgent than capitalism:

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d74453e95a2dc8ab83d83c9c99044da70218d3f03e79e297bbe4483dd5b43adb.png
- panem et circenses
  
  “Hello, you’ve reached your 911 Co. operator. Please tell us about your emergency after this short message from our sponsors.”
  - 17
    
    “While we review your account.”
SmotPoker

Bobby D has had enough….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q-ZyW9bz5c
- cathyx
  
  I’m waiting for his other statement denouncing hillary too.
  - SmotPoker
    
    Could be a while. GOTV passed on this video with the claim that it was too partisan despite him never even mentioning another party or person. Weird.
  - towerofbabel
    
    I’m though listening to people trash Trump without acknowledging the appalling fact that Clinton is the other choice, and this was foisted on the voters. To play along with the lesser evil argument is to tacitly approve of what has transpired. This election is illegitimate and irrelevant.
- Unkawillbur
  
  https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/eb88f76ab7039075bcfa5ea36d46be9c5966c1bce7c244cce0bfe80e250cece3.png
  - SmotPoker
    
    I dunno, I bet Bobby D would punch Trump right in the face…..
SmotPoker

Take note that even in his condemnation Pence tried to diminish the remarks by stating that they were made 11 years ago when his master was just a youth of 59…..

https://twitter.com/mike_pence/status/784799653547999234
kreskin

450 people killed & injured after reported Saudi-led airstrike hits funeral in Yemen https://www.rt.com/news/362037-yemen-blast-strike-killed/
- kreskin
  
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  - towerofbabel
    
    Is that the Nobel Peace Prize medallion on O’s neck?
    
    My Palestinian taxicab driver in Chicago last week was smart. I asked him where he was educated and he said Rush Street University. He made the case that the weapons we turn over to Saudi Arabia and others are “last years models” that the Defense Department wants to unload so that taxpayers can pay for new equipment. Without a big war recently, the MIC is afraid they might go hungry. So these weapons are in exchange for managing the oil prices and they create the market for new implements of war. Made sense.
- Unkawillbur
  
  grr
- Edwin
  
  🙁
17

Police Caught Whitewashing DPS Racial Profiling Stats

Whitewashing tricks the system by padding the stats. Instead of reducing profiling stops, they play the system by altering the numbers. Show more of those profiling stops as a white person no matter what race or
ethnicity they are. It’s subtraction by addition. Subtract the Hispanic and black numbers by adding them to the white numbers.

http://www.copblock.org/166962/police-whitewashing-dps-racial-profiling-stats/
17

From Toledo to Standing Rock

The recent decision to call up the National Guard at Standing Rock conjured up images of Guard–led repression throughout US history.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/10/standing-rock-dakota-access-pipeline-toledo-auto-lite-strike/
17

BTW…Fuck Israel.
- all_hail_the_hypno_toad
  
  Yes
kreskin

” A terrible warning from US Generals. ”

On a scale not seen since Korea ? Seriously ? If there’s a full scale war between the major powers it will make Korea look like a snowball fight . WTF is with all of this war talk ? These people are insane !
- all_hail_the_hypno_toad
  
  You’re just not seeing the upside to a nuclear war /s fuck them.
  - kreskin
    
    Guess not .
- Unkawillbur
  
  I think the far more relevant quote from that is, “A conventional conflict in the near future will be extremely lethal and fast, and we will not own the stopwatch.”
Stephanie

Hope everybody had a good Saturday. Here’s a segment from Redacted Tonight.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j2CcK8cRaVc
- SpiffyTheValiant
  
  Hey Stephanie 🙂
  - Stephanie
    
    Spiffy! :^) What’s up?
- Shohanna
  
  Ty, I am surprised he didn’t annoy me at all in this clip, he even made me laugh. LOL That’s a first!
  - Stephanie
    
    I’m curious what annoys you about him? I watch Lee Camp because I think he speaks truth, I don’t particularly find him that funny.
    - Shohanna
      
      I am not sure.. He just gets on my last nerve usually. His jokes aren’t funny, and I hate the way he delivers the news. It’s annoying.
panem et circenses

Hypocrite. I haven’t touched the site in months so idk, but did they ever rescind the “no calling people Hillbots or Bernie bros” policy at RS? I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that they partially rescinded it.

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/70f9b1db4241972cc793aadc24a8a72c11169beb694e8a637218eb25dd246613.png
- cathyx
  
  That site has so much shit attached to it, it’s a total joke.
  - panem et circenses
    
    If you’d have just read her facebook page like I accidentally did because I happen to follow Katie, you’d probably be pretty nauseous. I recommend staying far away, just like her own friends apparently do. It’s pretty much a ghost town where she has to tag people to come argue with her.
- Edwin
  
  ??
  
  I guess that’s the infamous Roxanne. Not sure what’s going on tho’.
  - SpiffyTheValiant
    
    It’s against the site rules to call someone a Berniebot or Hillarybot or any variation. Of course, Roxy doesn’t need to follow the rules herself.
    - Unkawillbur
      
      She doesn’t practice what she preaches because she’s not one of the people she’s preaching at. 🙁
      - SpiffyTheValiant
        
        Yep. Thus a Hillary supporter.
    - Edwin
      
      I see. It’s like at C&L you’re not supposed to make personal attacks, but it’s OK if it’s “site team” against guests.
  - Unkawillbur
    
    Roxanne: She actually enjoys putting out the Red Light.
    - Edwin
      
      Tee hee. I only know the name and have heard a few tales. I guess she’s other people’s Karoli.
- SpiffyTheValiant
  
  But that’s okay, for her to do it. :))
Unkawillbur

Could be just about any DNC Veal-Pen web log out there, right about now…

Can You Believe Donald Trump Did That Thing?My God, can you believe Donald Trump did that thing?! It was despicable! It was offensive! I am furious! I am saddened! I could barely stand to watch the video. But I did watch it… about 400 times (So many pre-roll ads for antacid!) getting more and more outraged with each successive viewing.
SmotPoker

Happy Birthday John, you are sorely missed. Cheers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOgFZfRVaww
Unkawillbur

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