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TPP: A Post-Mortem.

Sanders’ Indigenous Adviser Kept In Dog Kennel At Dakota Access Pipeline Protest.

Rates of Hothouse Gas Accumulation Continue to Spike as the Amazon Rainforest Bleeds Carbon.

Second Chinese Firm in a Week Found Hiding Backdoor in Firmware of Android Devices.

The Story Behind Jared Kushner’s Curious Acceptance into Harvard.

U.S. manufacturing economy fails employers and workers.

An Astrolinguist Explains How to Talk to Aliens.

Let’s not forget how far we’ve come: Postcards from the American Dark Ages of Smog.

Some 120,000 Households Left Without Electricity in France. Could disrupt voting.

 

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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…

  • Hope everyone has a great Sunday. I’ll be doing a bit of camping, on Tue/Wed. so watch out for missing posts! 😀

    Your Song of the Day…

    https://youtu.be/6Z66wVo7uNw

    • towerofbabel

      Nice. Relayed it to my daughter.

    • towerofbabel

      Dance all the way to the knacker’s yard!

    • Chunga

      I miss Curtis.

  • 17
  • EdgarHF

    “Let’s not forget how far we’ve come: Postcards from the American Dark Ages of Smog.”
    I am old enough to remember smog covered American cities. We have since outsourced our smog. That’s the neat thing about neo-liberalism all the pollution and de facto slavery is out of sight out of mind.

  • 17

    Records Supervisor Claims Albuquerque Cops Illegally Altered, Deleted Shooting Videos

    The former records supervisor of the Albuquerque police department is claiming in a sworn affidavit that officers illegally deleted and altered videos of shootings and other controversial incidents.

    According to the nine page affidavit, created by Reynaldo Chavez, one of the incidents in question involved
    the deadly April 2014 shooting of 19-year-old Mary Hawkes, who was suspected of stealing a car. Chavez said that three body camera videos that recorded what occurred were, at least, partially deleted.

    http://www.copblock.org/168578/records-supervisor-claims-albuquerque-cops-illegally-altered-deleted-shooting-videos/

  • 17

    Prosecutors Attempt to Keep Homan Square Detention Facility Out of Gang Trial

    Chicago PD’s shady Homan Square facility yet again exemplifies its moniker as “a black site”. The detention compound, unveiled last year by the Guardian newspaper, is now involved in a gang trial. Interestingly,
    federal prosecutors are attempting to block a former police commander from being questioned regarding his role at Homan Square.

    http://www.copblock.org/168444/prosecutors-attemp-to-keep-homan-square-dention-facility-out-of-gang-trial/

  • 17

    Trump Nominates Avid Drug Warrior for Attorney General Who Wants to Reverse Legal Pot

    President-elect Trump announced his first wave of nominations for top positions in his administration, and things are not looking good for advocates of freedom and civil rights.

    http://anotherdayintheempire.com/trump-nominates-avid-drug-warrior-attorney-general-wants-reverse-legal-pot/

  • 17

    Class Confrontation in Chicago

    The Chicago Teachers Union is confronting Chicago’s elite. Let’s hope their model of unionism spreads further.

    https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/11/chicago-ctu-charters-emanuel-closures/

  • 17

    “The world is watching”: Why conservatives need to oppose a Trump presidency

    It’s fair to say that tolerance of Trump’s behavior from here on out can only be seen as an endorsement of it. So when there’s a KKK rally in North Carolina to celebrate the election of the candidate they support, they no longer have any excuse not to condemn it with the same uncompromising vigor that they condemned Clinton. Let’s see the memes. Let’s see the Facebook posts. Let’s see the outrage.

    http://qz.com/837737/why-conservatives-need-to-oppose-a-trump-presidency/

  • 17

    Will Trump Tear Up the Nuclear Deal with Iran?

    In Tehran they are calmly waiting to see how the American president-elect’s foreign policy unfolds. In the end, snippets from Trump’s campaign speeches are more useful for showing how he thinks than for predicting his future political decisions. In any event, from Iran’s perspective, Donald Trump is a more promising figure than Hillary Clinton. His refusal to focus on deposing Assad in Syria at the expense of fighting the Islamic State (IS), his promise to destroy IS, his call for Saudi Arabia to provide ground forces in the battle against terrorism, his acknowledgment of US responsibility for the lack of stability in Iraq, his desire to normalize relations with Russia – all this is significantly different from what Clinton had promised.

    http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/11/20/will-trump-tear-up-nuclear-deal-with-iran.html

  • 17

    Syrian Rebels Fret Over Trump’s Plan To Cancel Funding

    President-elect Donald Trump is planning a major overhaul to US policy in Syria, and that’s got the putative “moderate” rebels that have been getting US funds and weapons fretting, as the CIA program responsible for smuggling that gear in is set to be cancelled.

    **Better run this idea through Bibi, Don. I don’t think it’ll fly.**

    http://theantimedia.org/syrian-rebels-fret-funding/

  • 17

    Netanyahu: New German submarines needed to ‘ensure Israel’s survival’

    The reason that these subs are ‘needed for Israel’s survival’ is because they will be used first as instruments of nuclear blackmail against all nations of the world who are forced to give over their treasure to the Jewish state in the form of ‘aid’ and ‘reparations’ as well as using them for reasons of perpetrating false flag attacks in order to get wars started, such as the current war in the Middle East that began immediately after 9/11.

    https://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2016/11/20/netanyahu-new-german-submarines-needed-to-ensure-israels-survival/#more-162148

  • 17

    NYT Advocates Internet Censorship

    The New York Times wants a system of censorship for the Internet to block what it calls “fake news,” but the Times ignores its own record of publishing “fake news,” reports Robert Parry.

    https://consortiumnews.com/2016/11/20/nyt-advocates-internet-censorship/

  • 17

    War Crimes Accusations: Guess Who’s Talking

    As the voices demanding to bring the sitting US administration to justice are getting louder, Washington is literally in panic, since it may soon be held responsible for hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths. These concerns have recently been intensified by Hillary Clinton’s electoral defeat, since it was obvious for the members of the Obama administration that would have been covering up those influential criminals along with the crimes they’ve committed. Since Hillary herself was heavily involved in the destruction of Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, she’s has a deep personal interest in obstructing justice.

    http://journal-neo.org/2016/11/20/war-crimes-accusations-guess-whos-talking/

    • towerofbabel

      If only. I think the elite will protect each other. They all wanna be war criminals.

  • 17

    Donald Trump & Alec Baldwin in Twitter feud over latest SNL sketch

    Donald Trump is continuing his attack on performance art, this time having a go at NBC’s Saturday Night Live (SNL), saying their latest portrayal of him was unfunny and biased.

    https://www.rt.com/viral/367577-trump-baldwin-snl-twitter/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUWSLlz0Fdo

    • towerofbabel

      I don’t know 17. Making fun of Trump as a stupid guy seems like a waste of time. He beat the DNC. SNL hasn’t made me laugh in years.

      • 17

        I watch the cold opens as I get ready for bed, and try to stay up for the “Weekend Update”, but it gets hard.

  • towerofbabel

    At first, I wasn’t sure about where this piece by ANDREW O’HEHIR was going. But the article was published in May and seems remarkably prescient about Hillary’s problem. And one other thing: Hillary’s saber-rattling and all of the red-baiting probably played a role in the election results. That, and the ballooning ACA costs, of course.

    No, Hillary Clinton isn’t a Republican — but the resemblance is striking
    http://www.salon.com/2016/05/15/no_hillary_clinton_isnt_a_republican_but_the_resemblance_is_striking/

  • 17

    US police spend millions on social media monitoring tools, study finds

    A new study has found law enforcement agencies spent $4.75 million on social media monitoring tools between 2013 and 2016 to surveil the public and investigate possible crimes, although this sum is “massively
    understated,” according to researchers.

    **Fuck the Police**

    https://www.rt.com/usa/367524-us-police-social-media-monitoring/

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  • towerofbabel

    I came across this site through Naked Capitalism. Looks interesting.

    Defending Democracy
    http://www.defenddemocracy.press

  • towerofbabel

    From Neoliberalism to Self-Management
    By Sam Ben-Meir

    “So what is the alternative? The fact is that we are currently facing a bankruptcy of ideas. There is an overload of negative critique of capitalism; and relatively little positive critique. To begin with, we should take a hint from CUNY economics professor David Harvey, and look inside the factory system itself for potential solutions.

    Observe, for example, how corporations today manage and direct: they have a command-and-control system back through their supply chain. Their operations are centrally planned in a highly sophisticated and efficient way. One can easily imagine adopting that methodology and directing it to a social purpose other than merely enhancing bottom lines.”

    Edit: Sam is a bit sanguine about self management and democratizing the workplace. These are important objectives but not sufficient. There needs to be leadership and standards of performance. This could be democratized in some way but there will not be an easy solution. It will take effort to do both.

    http://www.defenddemocracy.press/neoliberalism-self-management/

  • Water protectors at Standing Rock are blockading a bridge to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. It has been reported by Kevin, the livestreamer, that police are attacking them with tear gas, water cannons, noise cannons and rubber bullets.

    https://www.facebook.com/kevin.happychappy/videos/1806777989594705/

    • MeanValueTheorem

      They’re doing this because investors have begun to pull out. It’s a matter of time before the pigs start killing people.

  • towerofbabel

    Trump victory comes with a silver lining for the world’s progressive

    https://theconversation.com/trump-victory-comes-with-a-silver-lining-for-the-worlds-progressives-68523

  • towerofbabel

    Gaza Trip: A Collaboration of Israeli Musicians, Palestinian Parkour Athletes and Just Humans

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwyeGZnKqVU

  • Annaleigh

    #NoDAPL seems to be going bad… 🙁
    https://www.facebook.com/kevin.happychappy

  • Annaleigh

    Water cannon being fired on the protectors…it’s 26 degrees out there….

    (P.S., despite the livestreamer’s British accent, he’s actually there at Standing Rock)

  • SmotPoker

    I normally don’t cotton to people hitting on women, but fucking A, I’ll, make an exception for Jeanine Pirro, as I wish someone would repeatedly blast that kunt right in the face with a piece of lumber.

    First Amendment judge, you may have read about it…..

    https://www.facebook.com/judgejeaninepirro/videos/10154785099408760/

    Dumb bitch.

    OK, back to your regularly scheduled misogynist free SmotPoker programming.

    • Edwin

      How would like to be cornered by a drunk Pirro at a cocktail party? “And another thing…blah blah blah.”

      • SmotPoker

        I’d love it, because then I could give her a quick body shot to the gut. Just got to be careful about getting out of the way as the vomit streams out of her, don’t want any on my shoes.

  • SmotPoker

    Obama Tells Dems Not To Behave Like The GOP With Obstruction….

    Oh fuck off dude, you piece of shit. Fucking Neo-Liberal dog.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcGAxBL-jQA

    • all_hail_the_hypno_toad

      Gotta get all the GOP legislation through you know.

      • SmotPoker

        He’s such a fucking toady. He’s carried their water since day one.

        Look forward not back….

        Fuck off.

        • MeanValueTheorem

          Looking forward resulted in us seeing fucking Bush regime torture experts and neocon war hawks ascending to power once again.

          Who’da thunk looking forward would be like looking back!

          Obama’s failures are only beginning to cost us dearly.

          • SmotPoker

            Yeah, but thank the gods that Wall St recovered nicely with their bail out….

            I can’t stand the man, and it has nothing to do with his skin color, and everything to do with his lack of backbone, and his neo-liberal bullshit.

          • MeanValueTheorem

            Same.

            One person did say something the other day that struck me. The first black president was bound to be pro-establishment. The first one in any field tends to be that kinda yes man. They don’t let the rowdy ones in until much later if ever.

            Radicals on the left, regardless of race, are categorically prohibited from gaining power. It’s a deeply biased system, as right-wing radicals are given free reign to run every goddamned aspect of our society. We’ve gearing up to experience 4 years of transformative radical right wing change.

            If the Democrats don’t get it together, I expect it’ll be 8 years.

            Stock up on booze now. At lease cheeba won big. More states than HRC I’m told.

    • MeanValueTheorem

      He can go fuck himself with that request.

      • SmotPoker

        Twice….

      • Edwin

        My comments are on youtube– barely scratched the surface

    • panem et circenses
      • SmotPoker

        Now for some frogs in a hot tub pot wanting to turn up the heat….

  • SmotPoker

    Obama thinks Pelosi is a fine leader.

    That explains why his legacy is about to be torn to shreds, dude isn’t as smart as we thought.

    • all_hail_the_hypno_toad

      She’s a fine leader at passing GOP legislation. Both parties are working for the same masters.

    • MeanValueTheorem

      The fucking manchurian president if ever there was one.

      • Edwin

        If you see some of his speeches when he was campaigning the guy is fricking amazing. To hear them now is shocking. No wonder everyone got swept up.

        It was all just an act. He’s a good actor.

        • MeanValueTheorem

          The guy should get a fucking Oscar. If the Academy had any sense whatsoever he’d be a fucking shoe in.

    • kreskin

      The high society wind bag thinks she’s royalty .Meaningful changes ? Not as long as these entrenched career politicians hold leadership positions .

  • Annaleigh

    167 people injured (including 3 elders), no fatalities. There were rumors that one of the elders who was shot by a rubber bullet went into cardiac arrest but I haven’t seen anything more on that.

    • all_hail_the_hypno_toad

      🙁

      • Annaleigh

        Yup. 🙁

  • Annaleigh

    They’re using the LRAD now…

  • panem et circenses

    Still from NoDAPL a couple hours ago of the pigs use water cannons on indigenous protesters in subfreezing temperatures.

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/796202528564692bc2c919bbb2b54483430d8a5b40f842aac8b2578282cbd0a1.jpg

    • Annaleigh

      They’re still using the water cannons…

    • panem et circenses

      Or to use the Orientalist language US newspapers would use if this were happening in an “enemy” country: Obama Regime Forces Use Icy Water In Attempt To Drive Peaceful Protesters Away From Their Tribal Land.

    • Edwin

      Are those the kind spiked with chemicals to burn the skin?

  • Annaleigh

    Unicorn Riot just reported that not one but two people have gone into cardiac arrest:
    https://livestream.com/unicornriot/events/6668525?t=1479709359347

  • Edwin

  • Monday and Tuesday’s thread has dropped early. Enjoy! I’m off to spend some time freezing in communing with nature.

    • Edwin

      Have a good trip. See you when you get back.

    • Ann Watson

      Is nature quite ready for this ‘communing’? ; )

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