Is Google Guilty Of Genocide ???

Here is the definition of genocide:

Genocide is defined in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948) as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."

Source - http://www.un.org/ar/preventgenocide/adviser/pdf/osapg_analysis_framework.pdf

Here are some claims about what Google has been doing in this regard:

https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-google-wipes-palestine-off-the-map/5658503

I would argue Google is "disappearing" the Palestinian people in a way not foreseen when the Genocide Convention was written, but in an effective manner nonetheless.

Do their acts and omissions constitute "genocide"? I guess it boils down to "intent". WHY is Google doing this?

What do you think?

What Happens If The Democrats Win ???

Here is some informed speculation from Kurt Nimmo:

The Democrat party is the more energetic of the two establishment parties when it comes to war. Democrat administrations started every major war of the 20th Century - WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.

Finally, this is the strategy Democrats will use if they take back Congress next week. They will denounce their political opponents as violent racists and move to shut down venues such as Gab and other social media and internet platforms not mimicking state propaganda and either supporting or ignoring the endless wars grotesquely spun into humanitarian interventions.

You can read the rest @
https://kurtnimmo.blog/2018/10/30/howard-dean-facilitator-of-mass-murder/

Heaven help us if such a thing happens.

Gen Z All Stressed Out ???

Snowflake trigger alert !!!

Many members of Generation Z -- young people between 15 and 21 -- have taken more active roles in political activism this year, and a new survey indicates that the state of the nation is to blame for this generation's stress levels.

As gun violence, sexual assault claims and immigration dominate the 2018 news cycle, the American Psychological Association's annual Stress in America survey says that such issues are the main cause of stress among young adults.

The survey, released Tuesday, was conducted among 3,459 people 18 and older, and it included interviews with 300 teenagers ages 15 to 17. It measures attitudes and perception of stress to identify the leading sources of stress among the general public.

School safety is a top concern

Gun violence is the top source of stress across all generations, the survey said. About 75% of Gen Z reported mass shootings as a significant source of stress, and 72% said the same about school shootings.

About 56% of those who are in school say they experience stress when considering the possibility of a school shooting, the survey says.

School shootings are also a top concern for parents, the survey says, as 74% fear one or the possibility of one.

You can read the rest @
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/health/generation-z-stress-report-trnd/index.html

I would argue that the news cycle itself, and NOT any realistic assessment of the ACTUAL risks, is what causes this stress.

Back in my day, we faced similar threats (e.g., the very real threat of nuclear annihilation), but we were not bombarded with constant messages about them via the MSM and social media.

We are proving the axiom "we have nothing to fear except fear itself". And unlike the nonsense that it is President Trump who is stoking such fears, any truthful assessment of where we stand would agree it is the Trump haters who are the cause of this fear and resulting stress.

Yemen's October Surprise

Apparently, the people of Yemen are not dying fast enough to satisfy the House of Saud:

The Saudi-led invasion of the vital Yemen aid port of Hodeidah has been slow going, and that’s fueled a lot of complaints from aid groups about the disastrous consequences of them taking the city. This has the coalition planning a major escalation.

Official are now saying that more than 10,000 additional troops will be sent against Hodeidah, both trying to shore up parts of the province already captured, and starting a new offensive against the city itself “within days.”

This new force is going to be heavily built around the Sudanese military, which has just recently dispatched thousands of troops to join the war. Sudan was part of the Saudi-led coalition from the start, but this is their first major involvement in the ground war in Yemen.

You can read the rest @
https://news.antiwar.com/2018/10/30/saudi-led-force-sends-over-10000-troops-against-yemens-hodeidah-port/

Tell me again - why are we still supporting this catastrophe? Because the arms merchants need the money?

And don't give me any "Trump" crap. This would be happening no matter who was in the White House.

Are We Finished ???

The only reason for Washington to withdraw from the [INF] treaty is to be able to place intermediate range nuclear missiles on Russia’s borders that would substantially increase the likelihood of success of a US first strike against Russia.

This apparently is not clear to the American people, media, and Congress, but it is clear to the Russians.

Source - https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/10/30/is-america-finished/

If we continue down this road, we ARE finished.

Is Mass Media The Enemy Of The People ???

Here is an impassioned plea which argues that they are:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50532.htm

I like this part the best:

Q: What's the difference between Jake Tapper and a prostitute?
A: One gets paid handfuls of cash to do shameful and degrading things which tear apart the fabric of society, the other makes an honest living as a sex worker.

We DO NOT have a free press in the US, other than the small organizations which Facebook and their ilk are blacklisting and shutting down for their own twisted reasons.

Who Killed Whitey Bulger ???

You can read about it here:

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-30/notorious-mob-boss-whitey-bulger-killed-prison

Deteriorating health? I would think that in prison EVERYONE's health deteriorates. My guess is he was moved to make it easier to bump him off.

In his heyday, Whitey was the darling of the FBI. Apparently he knew too many secrets for them to let him live.

Is Mueller A Rapist ???

According to this report, former FBI Director Mueller is a rapist:

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-30/mueller-says-women-were-offered-money-make-false-claims-against-him

Hmmm ... according to several victims, so is former President Bill Clinton.

And Hillary makes racist jokes about black people:

http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/they-all-look-the-same-hillary-cracks-racist-joke-after-booker-holder-mix-up_10302018

Will the people of this stupid country PLEASE stop giving these morons a free pass over and over again.

PLEASE !!!

No More Anchor Babies ???

What do you think about President Trump's latest pronouncement on the issue of "birthright citizenship"?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-end-birthright-citizenship-us-111625767.html

This should make an interesting case when it gets to the Supreme Court.

Here is my two cents - Ultimately, "no borders" and "no one is illegal" mean "no nation-state". Before you approve such a thing you ought to know what it really means.

The Truth About Gun Violence In America

Here is a map of gun-related deaths in the US:

Source - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/there-have-been-47220-gun-incidents-in-the-us-in-2018-and-here-they-all-are-on-one-map-2018-10-27

As you may know, President Trump is being blamed for them.

But is he really responsible?

Take a look at these two maps of people who voted for Hillary and people who voted for Trump:

Source - https://www.inverse.com/article/25635-map-remakes-us-trumpland-clinton-archipelago

It looks to me like the highest concentration of gun deaths is in areas populated by Hillary voters and NOT by Trump voters.

What do you think?

Here We Go Again With The Propaganda

Here is a picture of Brazil's president-elect. Is he really this weird looking?

Source - https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/739296/brazil-far-right-Jair-Bolsonaro-invade-venezuela-nicolas-maduro

First they tried to kill him.

Now they brand him as Brazil's version of Trump.

And pay attention to the pictures they use to smear him, just like Trump is continually smeared.

To me this is an indication of why elections are pointless. Even if the people succeed in electing someone they think is their friend, it cannot do any good. The rich make certain of that.

And that is why money MUST be excluded from the electoral process.

Yet ANOTHER Liberal False Statement

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy posted and later deleted a tweet last week that suggested three Jewish, billionaire Democratic donors were attempting to "buy" the 2018 midterm elections.

"We cannot allow Soros, Steyer, and Bloomberg to BUY this election! Get out and vote Republican November 6th. #MAGA," McCarthy wrote in the tweet posted Tuesday and deleted a day later, a reference to top donors to Democratic causes George Soros and Tom Steyer and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

You can read the rest @
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/28/politics/tom-steyer-mccarthy-tweet/index.html

Rep. McCarthy's statement made no reference to whether or not these three men are Jewish.

And their religion (if any) has nothing to do with the veracity of McCarthy's tweet.

It is a FACT that American oligarchs are buying our elections. And it appears that Bloomberg, Soros, and Steyer are chief among them. Is it now improper or illegal to state FACTS which the left does not like ???

An Epidemic Of Food Alleriges

A report about food allergies suggests this sole possible cause:

Sicherer, who is author of "Food Allergies: A Complete Guide for Eating When Your Life Depends on It," said that one possible cause is "the cleanliness theory," which suggests kids aren't being exposed to the germs that help build up immunity.

"The thought is we just have such clean living now" that kids are on computers and not in playgrounds, he said.

As a result, "our immune system may be getting misdirected and attacking things that it doesn't need to, because our immune system is the part of the body that's supposed to protect us from germs," he added. "But for allergies, it attacks the foods and makes us sick."

You can read the rest @
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/26/why-peanut-food-allergies-have-become-almost-epidemic.html

Really? Is that the best you can do?

Here are some other possible causes:

• Newborns are not receiving colostrum from their mothers as they did in previous generations;
• The aggressive vaccination regimen to which our kids are subjected may be "misdirecting" their immune systems;
• The foods we eat are laced with microplastics and other toxins; and
• The foods we eat contain GMOs which previous generations did not eat.

Since no one is allowed to criticize the wisdom of multiple early vaccinations, is it likely anyone will conduct meaningful research into whether they have something to do with this "epidemic"? Probably not.

How much more will our children have to suffer before we demand the medical profession abandon political correctness and start to solve such issues?

Time To Blexit ???

Kanye West has designed T-shirts encouraging black people to exit  - or “Blexit”  - the Democratic Party.

West’s designs debuted Saturday at Turning Point USA’s Young Black Leadership Summit, a meeting of young black conservatives in Washington. West didn’t attend the conference, but was there “in spirit,” according to TPUSA’s Communications Director Candace Owens.

“Blexit is a renaissance and I am blessed to say that this logo, these colors, were created by my dear friend and fellow superhero Kanye West,” said Owens, 29.

She gushed that West “has taken one of the boldest steps in America to open a conversation we have needed to have.”

You can read the rest @
https://pagesix.com/2018/10/27/kanye-west-designed-t-shirts-urging-black-people-to-bail-on-democrats/

Works for me.

Think about it - what did Obama ad-Dajjal and the Democrats do for blacks? NOTHING. His presidency was all for show, promising "hope" as Wall Street and the bankers fleeced the country for trillions of dollars.

Should Churches Be Armed ???

The mayor of Pittsburgh doesn't agree that places of worship should be armed:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pittsburgh-mayor-opposes-trumps-call-arm-synagogues-153259200.html

Dear Mr. Mayor - The ushers at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston have been armed for years. You can read about it here:

https://www.inquisitr.com/2213077/pastor-joel-osteen-was-heckled-but-guns-in-the-church-prevented-a-tragedy/

Maybe you should reconsider.

Liberal False Statement Of The Day - 10/28/2018

Here it is:

"[Roger] Ailes was a student of Hitler propagandist Leni Riefenstahl."

Source - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/opinion/sunday/donald-trump-fear.html

Ms. Dowd's statement implies that Ailes studied under Ms. Riefenstahl (i.e., was her student). Such a thing never happened.

And as far as Democrat fear mongers go:

• Harry Truman used fear to sell the National Security State and the Cold War;
• John Kennedy used a non-existent "missile gap" to win the White House;
• LBJ used the fear of nuclear war to defeat Barry Goldwater; and
• He also used the "domino theory" to sell the Vietnam War.

I'm sure there are other examples.

But Ms. Dowd writes OPINION PIECES, which do not have to be factual. Keep that in mind when reading her stuff.

The Kind Of World We Live In

Some rich person paid $432,000 for a painting created by AI:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ai-generated-portrait-sells-whopping-073813487.html

And as far as we know, the money may have come from weapons sold to Saudi Arabia to ensure the children of Yemen starve to death:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/millions-yemenis-could-face-famine-after-two-years-war-un-295207069

All I can say is ... I hope you enjoy your damn painting.

Is The Caravan A Public Health Crisis ???

Watch this video and decide for yourself:

https://youtu.be/EDM26NST5qQ

No one should be allowed to enter the US without a health screening.

NO ONE !!!

Thoughts For 10/27/2018

"We're all neighbors on our tiny globe. The poor and the rich and everyone in between."

Source - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/10/07/654492288/stunning-photos-depict-migrants-as-theyd-rather-be-seen

I am in complete agreement.

But consider this - what kind of "neighbors" are the rich to the poor? They don't intermarry, they don't interact, and I think most of the rich consider most of the poor to be little more than insects. Wouldn't you agree?

And to me that is one of the major flaws in the NPR approach - they preach a gospel which is total BS. Kanye West has a better handle on reality than they do.

The Political News Cycle

Here is commentary from Charlie Warzel:

It’s become routine these days to hear people describe the churning cycle of politics and news, tossed back and forth between Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, comments sections, and television, as “broken.” You can feel the nation’s blood pressure rising as the election approaches, and the specter of political violence gets closer and closer. But this isn’t a broken system: There’s order to the madness. In fact, what feels broken is the product of a well-oiled machine in which all participants seem to know their specific roles.

The end result is a near-perfect union of many of the darkest forces in American culture — the collision of toxic hyperpartisanship, sensationalized media, and a mature online ecosystem that seems to incentivize and accelerate the worst impulses and behaviors. And if the past is any indication of future performance, it will only get worse. The machine is not broken, it’s firing on all cylinders.

You can read the rest @
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/false-flags-mail-bombs-media-trump-internet

I think that if we had true "freedom of the press", there would be a lot more variation in what is presented as the news. Don't you? Instead, we seem to be getting an "official version" from just about all the major sources, and (if you bother to look for it) a "minority report" from the rest.

Would you call that "a well-oiled machine" or collusion?

Some Doubts About The Latest Bombing

Here are four rational observers asking legitimate questions about the latest bombing incident:

https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/10/27/the-latest-bomb-scare/

https://stephenlendman.org/2018/10/harmless-mail-bomb-scare-suspect-arrested/

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/cesar-sayoc-package-bomber-the-pieces-that-dont-fit

https://youtu.be/QJbP3gfqIUc

And to the sources who claim the suspect found "a father" in Trump, you have got to be kidding. Did he actually say this, or are you merely trying to score political points?

Obama's People Above The Law ???

Obama ad-Dajjal bragged that no one in his administration got indicted:

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/413447-obama-takes-jab-at-trump-nobody-in-my-administration-got

Their impunity is an astonishing fact, considering how it appears that SEVERAL of them broke our laws. It says more to the unevenness of our "justice" (sic) system than it does to the innocence of his people.

Buying Votes With Campaign Contributions

Here is a US Senator who was handsomely rewarded for her vote:

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/473ab0fe-3763-3e6a-b5e3-e948748c5344/heidi-heitkamp-raised-%2412.5.html

Would you consider this to have been a bribe?

As I said before, our political system is an abomination:

https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2018/10/our-political-abomination.html

Russia Preparing For War

Andrei Belousov, deputy head of the Department of Nonproliferation and Arms Control at the Russian Foreign Minister, raised concerns over potential future conflict between the US and Russia, stating that Moscow will defend its territorial integrity and principles in response to US aggression.

Mr. Belousov made his remarks after the First Committee of the UN General Assembly voted against a draft resolution to the INF proposed by Russia in support of the treaty.

He said: “Here recently at the meeting, the United States said that Russia is preparing for war.

“Yes, Russia is preparing for war, I have confirmed it.

“We are preparing to defend our homeland, our territorial integrity, our principles, our values, our people - we are preparing for such a war.”

However, Mr. Belousov underlined that Russia was merely defending itself against increasing threats, and accused the US of being the catalyst of aggression.

He said: “Linguistically, this difference is in just one word, both in Russian and in English; Russia is preparing for war, and the US is preparing a war.

“Otherwise, why would the United States withdraw from the treaty, build up its nuclear potential and adopt a new nuclear doctrine?”

You can read the rest @
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1037059/Russia-INF-treaty-world-war-3-Donald-Trump-Vladimir-Putin-Mikhail-Gorbachev-US-violence

And this war apparently will happen no matter who is in the White House.

The Class Struggle From Above

Here is wisdom from Professor James Petras:

Bankers, agro-business elites, commercial mega owners, manufacturing, real estate and insurance bosses and their financial advisers, elite members of the ‘ruling class’, have launched a full-scale attack on private and public wage and salary workers, and small and medium size entrepreneurs (the members of the ‘popular classes’). The attack has targeted income, pensions, medical plans, workplace conditions, job security, rents, mortgages, educational costs, taxation, undermining family and household cohesion.

Big business has weakened or abolished political and social organizations which challenge the distribution of income and profits and influence the rates of workplace output. In brief the ruling classes have intensified exploitation and oppression through the ‘class struggle’ from above.

We will proceed by identifying the means, methods and socio-political conditions which have advanced the class struggle from above and, conversely, reversed and weakened the class struggle from below.

You can read the rest @
http://www.unz.com/jpetras/big-business-strikes-back-the-class-struggle-from-above/

And in case you hadn't noticed, the rich bastards are winning.

Beto's Cultural Appropriation

As you may know, many persons have been criticized for the crime of "cultural appropriation". Here are some examples:

https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/g22363821/cultural-appropriation-examples-celebrities/

I'd like to know why "Beto" O'Rourke has not faced similar criticism. There is nothing in his background to suggest a Hispanic heritage befitting of the "Beto" nickname:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beto_O%27Rourke

In fact, the only thing I see in his background is oodles of "white privilege", but I don't see anyone criticizing him for that, either.

If such labels are not applied equally to all potential "violators", then as far as I am concerned they are BS.

Walls - Trump Vs. Hadrian

Few people still approve of Trump's Wall, which according to this report is finally going up:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/immigration-wall-border-trump-dedication-fence

When the Roman Emperor Hadrian built his wall, did he face similar political opposition?

Hadrian's Wall was probably planned before Hadrian's visit to Britain in AD 122. According to restored sandstone fragments found in Jarrow which date from 118 or 119, it was Hadrian's wish to keep "intact the empire", which had been imposed on him via "divine instruction".

Although Hadrian's biographer wrote "[Hadrian] was the first to build a wall 80 miles long to separate the Romans from the barbarians", reasons for the construction of the wall vary, and no recording of an exact explanation survives. Theories have been presented by historians, mostly of an expression of Roman power and Hadrian's policy of defence before expansion. On his accession to the throne in 117, there was unrest and rebellion in Roman Britain and from the peoples of various conquered lands across the Empire, including Egypt, Judea, Libya and Mauritania.

These troubles may have influenced Hadrian's plan to construct the wall as well as his construction of limites in other areas of the Empire, but to what extent is unknown. Scholars disagree over how much of a threat the inhabitants of northern Britain really presented and whether there was any economic advantage in defending and garrisoning a fixed line of defences like the Wall, rather than conquering and annexing what has become the Scottish Lowlands and defending the territory with a loose arrangement of forts.

The limites of Rome were never expected to stop tribes from migrating or armies from invading, and while a frontier protected by a palisade or stone wall would help curb cattle-raiders and the incursions of other small groups, the economic viability of constructing and keeping guarded a wall 72 miles (116 km) long along a sparsely populated border to stop small-scale raiding is dubious.

Another possible explanation for the wall is the degree of control it would have provided over immigration, smuggling and customs. Limites did not strictly mark the boundaries of the empire: Roman power and influence often extended beyond the walls. People within and beyond the limites traveled through it each day when conducting business, and organised check-points like those offered by Hadrian's Wall provided good opportunities for taxation. With watch towers only a short distance from gateways in the limites, patrolling legionaries could have kept track of entering and exiting natives and Roman citizens alike, charging customs dues and checking for smuggling.[citation needed] Another theory is of a simpler variety - that Hadrian's Wall was partly constructed to reflect the power of Rome and was used as a political point by Hadrian. Once its construction was finished, it is thought to have been covered in plaster and then whitewashed: its shining surface reflected the sunlight and was visible for miles around.

Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Wall#Purpose_of_construction

Realistically ... Trump's wall will never be built. There is neither the money nor the will to do so. And if the Democrats succeed in coming back to power, they may even tear down the border altogether.

Thought For 10/26/2018

Globalization has offered up the shoddy baubles of cheap goods at Walmart and Amazon at the cost of hollowing out local economies everywhere. Those urban areas that specialize in globalized distribution, software, design and data attract mountains of global capital that then distort the cost structure to the point that only the already-wealthy can afford to live there.

Source - http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2018/10/globalization-has-hollowed-out-rural.html

The REAL Reason MbS Has To Go

Once again, a small news organization (MintPress) has scooped the big infotainment peddlers (e.g., CNN):

Amid a chorus of condemnation directed against his leadership following the slaying of controversial journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – popularly known by the moniker MBS – condemned Khashoggi’s murder in no uncertain terms on Wednesday, calling the deed a “heinous crime that cannot be justified” and promising “justice” for those who killed him. MBS’ statement came after dozens of media reports, the majority of which had cited anonymous sources from within the Turkish and U.S. governments, revealed the grisly details of the journalist’s final moments and the subsequent attempt by his killers to cover their tracks.

Yet, while MBS may expect the international calls for his ouster to lessen following his recent admission and apparent behind the scenes deal-making, he is likely mistaken. Indeed, much of the outrage directed at MBS for his alleged role in Khashoggi’s death has little to do with the murder itself, which is being used as a pretext to justify replacing MBS with a more “reliable” tyrant to serve as Saudi crown prince.

This is because the real reason the knives have come out for MBS is not a single extrajudicial killing – a practice the Saudis have long used with impunity – but instead the fact that, in the six weeks prior to Khashoggi’s sordid fate, MBS not only managed to anger the entire U.S. military-industrial complex, he also enraged the world’s most powerful financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs and CitiGroup.

In a recent report on the Khashoggi affair, MintPress detailed how MBS had endangered the $110 billion weapons deal with the United States that Trump has often touted as proof that he is creating jobs and is a proven “deal maker.” However, far from a signed contract, the “deal” was instead a collection of letters of interest and letters of intent. Over a year since the deal was first announced, it has since become clear that MBS no longer intends to purchase all $110 billion, as shown by his decision to let the deadline pass on the purchase of the $15 billion Lockheed Martin THAAD missile system. The Saudis let that deadline come and go on September 30, just two days before Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and never came out.

However, it turns out that — a few weeks before the Lockheed deadline had come and gone — MBS had endangered another lucrative deal, one that was valued in the trillions and seems to have been a major factor in his rapid ascent to the powerful position of crown prince.

You can read the rest @
https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-real-reason-the-knives-are-out-for-mohammed-bin-salman/251051/

Makes sense to me. Even a "crown prince" cannot screw with the true powers that be and get away with it.

Our Political Abomination

Here is a perfect example of what is wrong with our political system:

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/26/democrats-tackle-scott-walker-942428

Representatives are elected by the people in their districts. Senators represent their states, as do Governors. Mobs of people and bags of money from OUTSIDE those jurisdictions should NOT be allowed to influence such elections.

The fact they can and do is an indication of how much our alleged "democracy" has degenerated into an oligarchy.

It is therefore no wonder the rich get richer while the poor get poorer:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/oct/26/worlds-billionaires-became-20-richer-in-2017-report-reveals

A Little Noticed Aspect Of The Bomb Scare

Here is some interesting speculation from the World Socialist Web Site:

The timing of the suspected mail bombs and the consequent media uproar is remarkable. Less than two weeks before the election, all other issues have been virtually banished from public attention: Trump’s witch-hunt against immigrants, the US complicity with the savage murder of a Saudi dissident by that country’s medieval monarchy, the convulsions rocking the US and world financial system, the steady worsening of social and economic inequality.

A little noted aspect of Wednesday’s lockdown of midtown Manhattan, after the mail bomb was found at CNN, was the first real world activation of the police takeover of the cellphone system, with a text alert blasted out to anyone located (based on their cellphone GPS) within a certain radius of the Time Warner headquarters building. The National Wireless Emergency Alert System was first tested exactly three weeks before, on October 3.

The massive mobilization of local, state and federal police, as well as the intelligence agencies, and the all-out hysteria in the media, raise the following question: if such an incident took place on the eve of the election, or on Election Day itself, would the Trump administration invoke emergency powers to postpone voting in certain areas, or entire states, or even cancel the election altogether? And would the Democratic Party and the corporate media rally around the White House?

You can read the rest @
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/26/pers-o26.html

This is suggestive of what happened after the Boston Marathon bombing, and it is totally consistent with Rahm Emanuel's principle "never let a good crisis go to waste".

Or were these two crises MANUFACTURED so that the resulting government power grabs could take place? If they were, my first suspicions would fall on the Cheney-Rumsfeld cabal and their continuity of government machinations. And I would find it hard to believe Trump had anything to do with those particular clowns, other than to be the patsy du jour.

Hmmm ...

Silly Statement Of The Day - 10/25/2018

"There is a total and complete lack of understanding at the White House about the seriousness of their continued attacks on the media. The president, and especially the White House press secretary, should understand their words matter. Thus far, they have shown no comprehension of that."

Jeff Zucker

Yes, words DO matter. And that is why CNN and its fellow infotainment organizations have bashed, contradicted, and insulted President Trump on a nearly 24/7 basis for the past two years. They have become "Super PAC"-like entities which seemingly circumvent campaign finance regulations to blatantly push the agenda of the left into all corners of US political discourse.

Is Trump responsible for today's pseudo-violence (i.e., note that no one ACTUALLY was injured)? Is Mr. Zucker? I have no idea.

But in my opinion neither party has been acting with the maturity one would expect in persons of their stature.

The State Of America

Here is some political commentary from https://truepublica.org.uk/

The headline for this piece was: “We asked people what they thought the state of the country was ... their answers may surprise you.”

And the result of the state of America in five words ... in no particular order:

• hostile
• contentious
• opinionated
• divided
• bewildered 

I’m not sure about you, but this did indeed surprise me. I am encouraged that there is, what looks like, a high degree of awareness by Americans of how America is currently performing both domestically and internationally.

You can read the rest @
https://truepublica.org.uk/united-states/the-state-of-america-as-described-by-americans/

Prior to this time, the so-call free press and MSM would accept the results of our elections and work with the new government to maintain social order and cohesion.

But no more. Now they have decided to undermine our government at every turn, even to the point of openly advocating insurrection.

Make no mistake - the same people who foment "regime change" abroad are now working to destroy our nation, too. Why? For power and profit ... THEIR power and profit.

SnapCrap

The city of San Francisco now has a new app that allows users to report poop in public places. The city, under complete totalitarian leftist control, has a large homeless population thanks to unaffordable housing and the high costs of living in the city.

You can read the rest @
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/san-franciscos-new-app-snapcrap-lets-users-report-public-feces_10242018

So, the city can't find work for these people but can afford to pay contractors big bucks to clean up the mess? You may have thought the Soviet system was bad, but at least everyone had a job to do, a place to live, and a meal to eat.

Living In Kafka-Land

In the land of the free, you must ask permission from government before you modify your own property. If you do not first ask for permission and pay them, you can face heavy fines and, or imprisonment. Two brothers in Michigan are learning this the hard way after they cut down trees on their own property. Now the state is telling them to pay up - a half million dollars.

Gary and Matt Percy have been told by their local rulers that because they failed to obtain the proper permit before cutting down 1,400 trees - on their own property - that they now owe $225-$450 per tree.

You can read the rest @
https://www.activistpost.com/2018/10/brothers-face-450000-in-fines-for-cutting-trees-on-their-own-property-without-asking-govt-first.html

I would have thought this provision of the US Constitution would overrule such "fines":

5th Amendment
No person shall ... be deprived of ... property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

But I guess it does not. Environmental protection laws are cleverly crafted to override both the constitution and even common sense.

No more freedom for you. The only real "freedom" left in the US belongs to corporations, who are free to spy on us and to trick us into giving up our valuable property (e.g., data) in return for meaningless gewgaws (e.g., "free" social media accounts).

Nukes In Space

Here is another horrendous idea from the Trump administration:

The 1967 Outer Space Treaty, of which the United States is a signatory, strictly forbids the positioning of nuclear weapons anywhere in outer space. With the Trump Administration’s rush to militarize space, however, that may be a temporary deal.

Vice President Mike Pence said that the US has flexibility on its military activities in outer space, and refused to rule out the idea that the US would position nuclear weapons there in the future, saying it would “advance the principle that peace comes through strength.”

Pence further said that the question of nuclear weapons is “the president’s determination,” and that while it’s in the interest of every nation to keep nukes out of space for now, at some point this may prove to be an way to show more “strength.”

You can read the rest @
https://news.antiwar.com/2018/10/23/pence-wont-rule-out-nukes-in-space/

Please don't do this. Peace does not come from stupidity.

Vandalizing The GOP

Once again, a member of Congress who is a Republican has become the target of an attack:

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-23/vandals-heave-giant-boulder-through-office-window-rep-mccarthys-headquarters

I have yet to hear of someone from the "far right" attacking a member of Congress who is a Democrat. Have you?

In spite of all the half-truths and outright lies being slung at President Trump, it is the Democrats and the left who are turning the US into a new Nazi Germany, complete with street riots between Reds and Fascists.

I never thought I'd see this day. Did you?

Guns Yes, Butter No

According to this discussion, it is likely Congress will cut funding for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid to make more money available to be flushed down the toilet of militarism:

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/23/elec-o23.html

Could anything be more irresponsible and insane?

There no longer is any meaningful social contract in the US, other than the obvious fact We the People have become de facto chattel slaves of the rich.

AFM - Doctors Let Us Down

Medical doctors now are "bracing" for a surge in cases of acute flaccid myelitis:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-investigating-more-cases-polio-syndrome-n923041

It has been at least FOUR YEARS since initial awareness of AFM. Why was next to nothing done?

Frankly, you can forget any possibility that potential links to vaccines or migrants will be investigated. But it came from SOMEWHERE ... it didn't just spring up out of the ground, did it?

As far as I am concerned, the CDC and the entire medical profession have let us and our children down. Some still claim the US health care system is the best in the world. I say BS on that. While it's true that rich people can afford to have some of the best doctors in the world care for them here, We the People have been left to die in what has essentially become a pathogen-infected swamp.

Did this happen by accident, or is it part of the plan to cull the herd ... starting at the "useless eater" end of the totem pole?

It's Still ALL About Him

When it comes to narcissism, Obama ad-Dajjal equals or exceeds anything Trump has done:

http://www.theamericanmirror.com/i-got-a-lot-to-say-obama-refers-to-himself-92-times-during-38-minute-nv-speech/

And heaven forbid Nancy Pelosi ever again becomes Speaker of the House:

I hope "holding a cell phone to your head" is not THE essential qualification for office in DC.

Whichever side of the aisle you are on, I think you'll agree that DC has never been more creepy than it is today.

Our Very Own Camp Of The Saints

How many of you have read The Camp of the Saints by Jean Raspail? I have, and it's actually pretty cool.

What the book describes is quite similar to the journey of the "caravan" which is inching its way towards us from Mexico and Central America:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/21/listen-pat-buchanan-migrant-caravan-is-trumps-chance-to-stop-third-world-invasion-of-the-west/

If real life events imitate Raspail's story, the caravan will break through the border and encounter only token resistance. The US as we knew it, on the other hand, will cease to exist.

And that, I believe, is exactly what the promoters of this caravan want to happen. In spite of their lies to the contrary, they HATE the US and they HATE our freedoms.

Our REAL enemy has been here in our midst all along, and it's not Muslim extremists or a caravan of refugees. It's our own politicians and their ultra-rich sponsors.

The Pot Vs. The Kettle

A has-been formerly known as Carl Bernstein claims President Trump will try to delegitimize the results of the 2018 election:

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-22/sloppy-carl-bernstein-says-trump-declare-midterms-illegitimate-if-gop-loses-power

Dear Carl - Isn't that exactly what Hillary Clinton and her coterie tried, with some success, following the 2016 election? Among other things, that was the entire basis for Russiagate.

You and your ilk are such damn phonies you make me want to vomit.

Pensions, Or Stock Buybacks ???

A number of corporations are spending far more on stock buybacks than on pension funding:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-companies-that-spent-lavishly-on-stock-buybacks-while-pension-funding-lagged-2018-10-20

And as I previously suggested, workers are being blamed for the pension shortfall, when corporations and the US government are the true culprits:

https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2018/10/poverty-in-retirement.html

Yes there is some "fake news" behind all this, and it did not come from US workers or union members.

Quote For 10/22/2018

"The poor and the underclass are growing. Racial justice and human rights are nonexistent. They have created a repressive society and we are their unwitting accomplices. Their intention to rule rests with the annihilation of consciousness. We have been lulled into a trance. They have made us indifferent to ourselves, to others. We are focused only on our own gain."

John Carpenter

Source - https://www.activistpost.com/2018/10/has-america-become-a-dictatorship-disguised-as-a-democracy.html

And yes, this applies both to Republicans and Democrats. Our entire political system serves only the rich and their collaborators.

Major Forces Shaping The Global Economy

You can visualize them here:

http://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-8-major-forces-shaping-the-future-of-the-global-economy/

And I would say there is not a single one that We the People can influence, let alone control.

Corporations Are Richer Than Governments

You can read all about it here:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50477.htm

And most of them either pay no taxes, or strive to pay as little tax as possible.

That is a recipe for global financial disaster.