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#676. To: All (#0) Republicans rape themselves. will they now abort themselves. And will they be legitimate Republicans once they do. BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA......8D mcgowanjm posted on 2012-08-20 21:39:10 ET
www.economic-undertow.com...s/2012/08/CBL-0818121.png To sum up: emissions have dropped in the U.S., thanks to a form of energy that’s ultimately not much cleaner than coal, and which has stalled conversion to truly clean energy. Meanwhile, worldwide emissions are still growing, putting CO2 into the atmosphere as though it were some sort of global Roach Motel where molecules can check in, but they can’t check out. This may make some experts optimistic. It doesn’t do a lot for me. www.climatecentral.org/bl...ead-the-fine-print-14832/ Google CO2 AP
neven1.typepad.com/ There are several scientific organisations that keep an eye on the Arctic sea ice cover and put out graphs to inform us of the amount of ice that is left. You can see most, if not all, of them on the ASI Graphs webpage. I expect the record on most of these graphs to be broken in weeks to come. After Uni Bremen sea ice extent and Arctic ROOS sea ice area another big domino has fallen with Cryosphere Today sea ice area:
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Just what the Zionists that are running and ruining this nation want and need, another empty-headed, no questions asked full blown supporter of Apartheid Israel’s malevolent policies. Todd Akin’s rape remark has GOP fretting BTW, Todd old boy, just what in the hell is ‘legitimate rape?’ Is that what happens anytime a rep from AIPAC comes into your office and you get down on your hands and knees?
The AP, USAToday and the WSJ have yet to connect this Heat Wave/Drought to Climate Change. Not one mention. STUDY: TV Media Ignore Climate Change In Coverage Of Record ... mediamatters.org/research....climate-change.../189366 6 days ago – Climate Change Largely Absent From Media Reports On Extreme Heat ... But the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today mentioned it ... Only 8% Of Coverage Pointed Out That Human Activities Are Driving ...
Why would Akin leave the GOP. What's the difference? " It was bad enough that Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin made his comments on "legitimate rape" in the first place. The comments are offensive in the cruelest way. It was worse from Romney's perspective that his vice presidential candidate has a close affiliation with Akin on a bill before the House that gives full rights of personhood to eggs upon fertilization (Turn out the lights, the party's over) Now this! Mr. Akin’s comments, made in an interview Sunday with a St. Louis television station, were not the only factor propelling abortion prominently into the national political dialogue. Meeting in Tampa, Fla., ahead of next week’s National Republican Convention, the party’s platform committee on Tuesday adopted a policy statement calling for a ban on abortion without an exception for rape. The Democratic National Committee immediately labeled that “the Akin Plank” as they tried to create a gender gap in both the presidential and Congressional races. Akin Says He Is Staying in Senate Race, Defying G.O.P., New York Times, August 21"
What's the difference? Ain't that the truth. He's their poster boy.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
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You don't get it. And the POTUS will have about 45 sec to make the call....;) What is happening to the Empire is, ironically, a process I would call of "Israelization": a dynamic in which it is rather obvious that the world's elites dare not speak against it, but the rest of the planet hates and despises it. We can think of "Israelization" as the inevitable backlash resulting from a systematic disregard for international law combined with an equally systematic use of violence or threat thereof (which is, of course, a form of violence in itself). Of course, the imperial rulers are far too ignorant of history, to full of hubris and racist arrogance and, frankly, too stupid to realize how dangerous this process is for them. They will "get it" only by the time it is way too late to stop it. "
Living in the Conspiracy "Living in the Middle Ages" "Todd Akin: The man who said too much" "'Rape can't cause pregnancy': A brief history of Todd Akin's bogus theory" Akin was surprised by the reaction, as he naturally assumed the people he was talking to would see nothing controversial in what he was saying. His mistake was that this type of comment is supposed to be limited to discussions with the like-minded, and not on a television interview that anybody can see. Being a Republican is like being a habitual liar: it is damn hard to keep your stories straight.
I joined LP right before KAtrina. Happy Anniversary!!!!!!! ;}
* Re: Isaac Forecast Lounge Less Praying, More Generators, Water, Boats.... See any similarities? www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2005/KATRINA_graphics.shtml Friday, August 26, 2005 At 1:00 AM EDT, maximum sustained winds had decreased to 70 mph (110 km/h) and Katrina was again downgraded to a tropical storm. At 5:00 AM EDT, the eye of Hurricane Katrina was located just offshore of southwestern Florida over the Gulf of Mexico about 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of Key West, Florida. Maximum sustained winds had again increased to 75 mph (121 km/h) and Katrina was upgraded again to a Category 1 hurricane. By 8:00 AM CDT (1300 UTC), in New Orleans, water was seen rising on both sides of the Industrial Canal. At approximately 8:14 AM CDT (1314 UTC), the New Orleans office of the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for Orleans Parish and St Bernard Parish, citing a levee breach at the Industrial Canal. The National Weather Service predicted three to eight feet of water and advised people in the warning area to "move to higher ground immediately."[14] By 9:00 AM CDT (2100 UTC), there was 6–8 feet of water in the Lower Ninth Ward.[15][16] Many of the new ground based wind measurements were published on the New Orleans National Weather Service web site on Friday, October 7, in their post-storm report on Katrina. The highest sustained winds measured at any ground-based site were 90 mph on Lake Pontchartrain. The highest gust measured on the ground was 135 mph in Poplarville, MS. Many wind measurement sites failed during the storm, so we will have to rely on aircraft and Doppler radar to arrive at the true wind speeds of Katrina at landfall. Here's a few highlights of the highest winds measured at the ground during Katrina, before instrument failure: New Orleans Lakefront Airport: sustained winds of 69 mph, gusting to 86 mph. Biloxi's Keesler Air Force Base: sustained winds of 54 mph, gusting to 90 mph. Gulfport airport: 46 mph, gusting to 58 mph. Lake Ponchartrain mid-lake buoy: 90 mph, gusting to 114 mph. Many of us heard that Category 5 winds were measured by the National Weather Service in Katrina. These rumors were aired as fact by television stations and other media outlets during the storm. However, as the post-storm report above outlines, these were just rumors, and no such winds were measured. If you listened to NPR last night, you also might have heard the story of how television stations in Baton Rouge were reporting a huge crime wave in Baton Rouge after the hurricane, and that an armed gang had even taken over the Mayor's office. These reports, later found out to be completely untrue, led to four-hour waits to buy guns at local gun stores in Baton Rouge. According to NPR, there was no increase in crime in Baton Rouge after the hurricane. The media, at times, did a poor job in separting fact from fiction during the storm, and there were in reality no sustatined winds above Category 1 measured on the ground during Katrina. Obviously, a demotion of Katrina to Category 3 status would have political consequences. classic.wunderground.com/...comment.html?entrynum=182 All we need are shots of Cantore, the Angel of Doom, on the River Walk, with oblivious tourists walking along Jackson Square. And the $15 Billiion figure being thrown around is just about as accurate as the Amount of $$$ that got to Haiti from their Earthquake relief fund. O and the ContraFlow? That's where the Inbound Lanes are reserved for Emergency Personnel, nothing more.
Friday, August 26, 2005 At 1:00 AM EDT, maximum sustained winds had decreased to 70 mph (110 km/h) and Katrina was again downgraded to a tropical storm. At 5:00 AM EDT, the eye of Hurricane Katrina was located just offshore of southwestern Florida over the Gulf of Mexico about 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of Key West, Florida. Maximum sustained winds had again increased to 75 mph (121 km/h) and Katrina was upgraded again to a Category 1 hurricane. Sound familiar?....;}
Re: Isaac Forecast Lounge [Re: TXEB] #93764 - Mon Aug 27 2012 08:26 AM E We're about to find out via rapid intensification or not, Quote: Hurricane forecast models (the same ones that were used to predict Katrina’s path) indicate a tendency for more intense (but not overall more frequent) hurricanes when they are run for climate change scenarios (Fig. 1). Figure 1. Model Simulation of Trend in Hurricanes (from Knutson et al, 2004) In the particular simulation shown above, the frequency of the strongest (category 5) hurricanes roughly triples in the anthropogenic climate change scenario relative to the control. This suggests that hurricanes may indeed become more destructive (1) as tropical SSTs warm due to anthropogenic impacts. http://www.realclimate.org/index...canes-and-global-warming/ As far as I can tell, Katrina and Isaac are almost Identical at this point. corrections Always welcomed. The NHC Still has very little in the way of Intensity predictions. and the only thing that's changed in NO, is that it's 7 inches lower in elevation and the GOM is at least 3 inches higher.
One more difference. The Superdome and Airpirt will be guarded against people seeking shelter.....8D Why would it be any other way?
Good Morning to All. The NO Mayor Landrieu said on NBC last nite that if you haven't left by 11 PM, then it's too late and Shelter in Place. I don't know why he said that. But at least a 1/4 million will now be living below sea level. That's an eye. And according to Shortwave the Circulation Symmetry looks perfect. www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/ECMWF_0z/ecmwfloop.html Dvorak: North Half fills in and it's a Cat 2 + at landfall. Watching for reduced forward speed now.
#4. To: Skip Intro, nolu chan, all (#3) Arkansas had a drought. We needed water. That NO has to go thru this for us to get it is just the way the planet works. This is a watershed moment....8D From an LSU sports site: GhostofJackson Tulane Fan Member since Nov 2009 1792 posts Online re: Hurricane Isaac Tracking Thread (Updated...80mph, 970mb at 6am CT) (Posted on 8/29/12 at 6:15 a.m. to Smalls) quote: This is a beast. Yeah I'd like to find all the guys making fun of this thing yesterday and have them come clean up the damage in this area. They were laughing about playing golf yesterday...... mcgowanjm posted on 2012-08-29 7:42:27 ET
I post some other sites. Right now Isaac's not even registering. As Obama will be defined by Isaac. expect that the WH is getting the Bad News now with an 8 hour news embargo or as long as they can hold it.
Obama will be speaking live to the Nation today. The Only question is when.
e The Good News: This is the First Beneficial Event to happen in the MS River Estuary since the USSAbpEcocide....;} New Orleans is your future. the Worst possible scenario unfolding. radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php Guy Laigast, director of the parish's emergency preparedness, says that an 18-mile stretch of the parish east bank back levees might be overtopped from Braithwaite to White Ditch and that some points might be seeing 110 miles per hour winds. There are many varying reports of wind speeds, generally ranging between 80 and 110 miles per hour. "The devastation of my house is worse than Katrina aand the flooding in Woodlawn is worse than Katrina, so those things tell me that the damage on the east bank is worse than Katrina," Nungesser said this morning. Probably at about 8 o clock tonight Wow, amazing projections were off by nearly 12 hours, this thing is just sitting there
WWL TV: Rescues in Plaq Parish using facebook while in the boat to rescue folks. As bad or worse than Katrina. "We can not believe how fast the water rose."
mcgowanjm * Profile * Private message User avatar VIP VIP Posts: 5057 Joined: Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:23 am Post Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:55 am by mcgowanjm Re: PEAK OIL, TOTAL COLLAPSE, AND THE ROAD TO THE OLDUVAI Post Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:55 am by mcgowanjm A,lot of this post was deleted. Inappropriate the Mod said... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :roll: :? 8-) Re: Isaac Forecast Lounge [Re: ralphfl] #93762 - Mon Aug 27 2012 07:14 AM Edit post Edit Reply to this post Reply Reply to this post Quote Quick Reply Quick Reply Less Praying, More Generators, Water, Boats.... See any similarities? www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2005/KA ... hics.shtml Friday, August 26, 2005 By 8:00 AM CDT (1300 UTC), in New Orleans, water was seen rising on both sides of the Industrial Canal. At approximately 8:14 AM CDT (1314 UTC), the New Orleans office of the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for Orleans Parish and St Bernard Parish, citing a levee breach at the Industrial Canal. The National Weather Service predicted three to eight feet of water and advised people in the warning area to "move to higher ground immediately."[14] By 9:00 AM CDT (2100 UTC), there was 6–8 feet of water in the Lower Ninth Ward.[15][16] Many of the new ground based wind measurements were published on the New Orleans National Weather Service web site on Friday, October 7, in their post-storm report on Katrina. The highest sustained winds measured at any ground-based site were 90 mph on Lake Pontchartrain. The highest gust measured on the ground was 135 mph in Poplarville, MS. Many wind measurement sites failed during the storm, so we will have to rely on aircraft and Doppler radar to arrive at the true wind speeds of Katrina at landfall. Here's a few highlights of the highest winds measured at the ground during Katrina, before instrument failure: New Orleans Lakefront Airport: sustained winds of 69 mph, gusting to 86 mph. Biloxi's Keesler Air Force Base: sustained winds of 54 mph, gusting to 90 mph. Gulfport airport: 46 mph, gusting to 58 mph. Lake Ponchartrain mid-lake buoy: 90 mph, gusting to 114 mph. Many of us heard that Category 5 winds were measured by the National Weather Service in Katrina. These rumors were aired as fact by television stations and other media outlets during the storm. However, as the post-storm report above outlines, these were just rumors, and no such winds were measured. If you listened to NPR last night, you also might have heard the story of how television stations in Baton Rouge were reporting a huge crime wave in Baton Rouge after the hurricane, and that an armed gang had even taken over the Mayor's office. These reports, later found out to be completely untrue, led to four-hour waits to buy guns at local gun stores in Baton Rouge. According to NPR, there was no increase in crime in Baton Rouge after the hurricane. The media, at times, did a poor job in separting fact from fiction during the storm, and there were in reality no sustatined winds above Category 1 measured on the ground during Katrina. Obviously, a demotion of Katrina to Category 3 status would have political consequences. classic.wunderground.com/blog/Je ... trynum=182 (Off-topic material removed - this really belongs in the Hurricane History Forum.) Edited by Ed Dunham (Mon Aug 27 2012 04:25 PM) Cantore Canal St Downtown NO: Sustained winds: 46 mph. Gusts common: 93 mph. Isaac still 60 miles SSW.
Cantore Canal St Downtown NO: Sustained winds: 46 mph. Gusts common: 93 mph. Isaac still 60 miles SSW. mcgowanjm posted on 2012-08-29 10:30:51 ET Reply Trace Private Reply #692. To: All (#0) Isaac's here. Right over the Most Extensive Drought in AR. Amazing. All the way from Africa. mcgowanjm posted on 2012-08-31 9:05:09 ET
"We dodged a bullet." No. No, we did not. We took the bullet. Shattered the femur. Gangrene setting in. "About half of Louisiana was without power on Aug. 30 as Tropical Storm Isaac moved inland. The Public Service Commission said 903,000 homes and businesses around the state — about 47 percent of all customers — were without power. A word from our sponsor: Sponsored by: Sullivan Group. Click here for more info. As the market turns, what is the broker's role? About half of Louisiana was without power on Aug. 30 as Tropical Storm Isaac moved inland. The Public Service Commission said 903,000 homes and businesses around the state — about 47 percent of all customers — were without power. A word from our sponsor: Sponsored by: Sullivan Group. Click here for more info. As the market turns, what is the broker's role? The soft market is turning... If carriers decide they must raise prices, will customers pay them? As the market turns, what role should brokers play? Sullivan gives his views. Click Here to Watch Now. Entergy says that included about 686,000 of its customers. Another 87,000 were customers of Cleco Corp. Nearly all customers were without power in Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. John the Baptist parishes, while at least three-quarters of homes and businesses had power outages in Iberville, East Feliciana, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, St. Charles, St. James, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne and West Feliciana parishes. The soft market is turning... If carriers decide they must raise prices, will customers pay them? As the market turns, what role should brokers play? Sullivan gives his views. Click Here to Watch Now. Entergy says that included about 686,000 of its customers. Another 87,000 were customers of Cleco Corp. Nearly all customers were without power in Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. John the Baptist parishes, while at least three-quarters of homes and businesses had power outages in Iberville, East Feliciana, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, St. Charles, St. James, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne and West Feliciana parishes." The Good News is that Amerika can't here from those who don't have electricity...;} mcgowanjm posted on 2012-09-01 9:01:59 ET
Read the USSA Version. CBS: Twin suicide Wardak, Numerous Amerikan injuries..... WRH: Scores of American invaders killed in twin mortar attack; helicopter shot down Zabihullah Mujahid E-mail Print PDF Saturday, 14 Syawal 1433 Saturday, 01 September 2012 14:31 WARDAK, Sept. 01 - The first blast was conducted by Ahmad, a brave martyr-seeking Mujahid on foot hitting a US invaders military base in Syed Abad, Wardak on early Saturday morning which eliminated almost all of the security checks and barriers followed by a massive explosion from a truck bomb by another Mujahid that destroyed much of the base facility allowing Mujahideen to get into the base compound and unleashed a face to face fighting with the American terrorist soldiers within the base, a Mujahideen’s official said. Several dozens of the invading terrorists were killed and wounded in the resulting fighting, setting the base facility on fire and a number of the military vehicles and tanks were destroyed in the blast and fighting, whereas an attack helicopter among many hovering overhead which, in turn, were bombing and targeting Mujahideen combatants, got shot down by Mujahideen during the fight. Meantime, enemy’s spying balloons were destroyed and the center of district got badly damaged as a result of the successful operation increasing the death and injury toll. According the recent reports, more than 30 puppet soldiers were retrieved from beneath the rubble by the bulldozers and the dead and the wounded were being carried by about 30 ambulances, whereas the ambulance helicopters were busy carrying the dead and wounding. According to the witnesses to the scene, more than 10 government buildings were unbelievingly flattened and became piles of rubble. mcgowanjm posted on 2012-09-01 21:31:52 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit #697. To: All (#696) Note to Imperial Defense Command: To successfully prosecute a Colonial War, the First Item on the Agenda is to make sure the Insurgency in the Colony can't get their version of events out to the world as fast as you want to get yours..... 2: The Colonial War ain't over til the Insurgents say it is. mcgowanjm posted on 2012-09-01 21:37:52 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit #698. To: All (#0) Two Suicide Near NATO Base in Afghanistan Kill Over a Dozen The glaring failure that is the war in Afghanistan is being almost completely omitted from the political debate by John Glaser, September 01, 2012 Print This | Share This Two suicide bombings in central Afghanistan carried out by the Taliban have killed at least nine civilians and four Afghan policemen, in the latest illustration of an unhindered insurgency and burgeoning chaos in America’s near-forgotten war zone. mcgowanjm posted on 2012-09-01 21:57:37 ET
" Faced with defeat on all fronts, Washington planners, nonetheless, continue to uphold the delusional dream of an indefinite US stay in Afghanistan. Imperial dreams die hard." In lieu, then, of discussing Afghanistan and US militarism more broadly, the presidential campaign devolves into spectacle and triviality. Substance, where it is to be found, is limited to squabbles over who promises to cut the most from the already gutted American social safety net. The fact that the Pentagon appropriates over half the US budget (52 percent in 2011, according to the War Resisters League) in order to conduct campaigns of misery and terror abroad, leaving the hollow mantra of “shared sacrifice” in its wake at home, is beyond debate-beyond the pale. US militarism is simply an unquestionable pillar of the American way of life. Something the people of the world (from Vietnam to Afghanistan, from Iraq to Korea and beyond) have come to learn firsthand." We're getting our ass handed to us. And Clint Eastwood is our model. Pack up the band...it's now all over. Waiting for the False Flag that will project us into the Post 9/11 Shock Doctrine.
It's going to be 100 F today... And tomorrow. It will cool off to 97 by Wed. No one has to tell me, I don't have to google to know this is a Record....... It used to cost one barrel of oil to get about 100 barrels of oil out of the ground. These days one barrel only gets us 10 barrels back, and declining. And that means it's not cheap anymore.
So far, 48 NATO troops – including the three Australians killed on Wednesday – have died in 31 separate attacks. This month, during Ramadan, 11 US soldiers were killed in nine days. The high number represents 14 per cent of all combat fatalities this year and though it is still only August, the figure is already significantly higher than last year, when 31 troops died. The numbers are so high that some analysts claim they may represent the highest incidence of intentional friendly fire attacks in recorded military history...
When San Diego does this to you, you need to take the hint: ""Go ahead, nurse. Make my bed." A man's got to know his limitations and Clint Eastwood's performance at the Republican National Convention earned him notices the likes of which he hasn't received since City Heat. "Clint, my hero, is coming across as sad and pathetic. He didn't need to do this to himself. It's unworthy of him." - Roger Ebert "That was the weirdest thing I've ever seen at a political convention in my entire life." - MSNBC's Rachel Maddow "Tremendous!" - Academy Award-Winner, Jon Voight Eastwood began his career talking to trees and now he's addressing a chair. It's like watching the dummy without Paul Winchell.
I like that review best.
I like that review best. A twofer.....;}
Rachel Maddow. You are quoting a sex pervert. I think she would look good with her head removed by a sharp sword.
I think she would look good with her head removed by a sharp sword. YOu sound like Al Qaeda. But then AQ's Now our bestest buddies, huh. How do you square that?
And THIS is what I get replies to? Not the Afghans. Not Market Manipulation. Not Climate Change. HEat Records still falling today. Not Peak Oil. But Clint Fucking Eastwood losing an arguement to a chair. Election 2012 and the media: a vast rightwing conspiracy of stupid By Glenn Greenwald 31paul-ryan-with-his-wife-j-008.jpg Paul Ryan's address to the RNC contained a number of notably dubious claims, yet CNN's Wolf Blitzer chiefly admired 'his beautiful family'. Photograph: Andrew Gombert/EPA
The GOP Campaign Motto: Vote in November for Legitimate Rape.
In other words, conspiracy theories sometimes are fact. If opportunity, motive, and means are evident, don’t rule out conspiracy merely because you’ll be labeled a conspiracy theorist. English philosopher Bertrand Russell put his own spin on the horrors of uncovering the truth via thought: Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth, more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man. Small wonder, then, most refuse to think. Thinking is hard, so the majority of Americans prefer television instead. Swimming against a profoundly strong cultural current is nearly impossible, especially when the resulting discomfort threatens our own privilege. And conspiracy theories certainly threaten the ill-founded notion of American exceptionalism.
And speaking of Conspiracy. CNN for some reason thought they need to talk about the Suicide Bombing against the US Consulate 'workers' this AM. Maybe they shoulda just stayed quiet. But then they've got So Much Shite they have to stay quiet about, that it just kinda overflowed their Toilet Bowl, so: Mon Sep 3, 2012 6:17AM GMT A bomb blast near the US Consulate in the city of Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least two Americans, and has injured two others. Since late 2009, there has been a surge in militant attacks in Pakistan and thousands more have been displaced by the wave of violence and militancy sweeping across the country. Thousands of Pakistanis have lost their lives in bombings and other militant attacks since 2001, when Pakistan entered an alliance with the US in the so-called war on terrorism. AO/HJL
It's the supreme propaganda orgy, devoted to aggressively reinforcing the claim to American exceptionalism: the belief that even when things look grim, America will forever be that special God-favored land of freedom, opportunity, and prosperity, and all citizens should therefore be deeply grateful – quietly and passively so – for the privilege of residing in such a land, no matter how wretched are their circumstances and how pervasive is the corruption. It's what inculcates many Americans to believe that they enjoy vibrant political debate and stark democratic choice, even as so many of the policies that are most consequential and destructive for their lives – the "war on drugs", the supremacy of the covert national security and surveillance states, vast inequalities in the justice system, crony capitalism that rapidly bolsters the oligarchy that owns the political process – are steadfastly ignored because both parties on those matters have exactly the same position and serve the same interests.
And conspiracy theories certainly threaten the ill-founded notion of American exceptionalism. False-flag terror attacks? Check. American government agencies buying enough ammunition to kill every citizen five times? Check. U.S. Supreme Court collaborating with the executive branch to increase corporate power? Check, since 1971 (at least). Goldman Sachs defrauding its clients with the knowledge of the Securities and Exchange Commission? Check. Civilian deaths from drones covered up? Check. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is dead, though most Americans refuse to acknowledge that truth. But the former U.S. Marine arrested for patriotic posts on Facebook knows. After his relatively innocuous posts, he was placed in a Stalin-like mental ward. Displaying the “wrong” political view warrants the same treatment. Apparently questioning 9/11 — an obvious inside job, as anybody paying the slightest attention has known for years — makes one crazy. Or a terrorist. Or both. And if you think 9/11 wasn’t an inside job — the evidence for which is overwhelming and physically undeniable — then you believe in coincidence but not the Laws of Thermodynamics. When will your silence be met with incarceration, then torture, then early death? These United States are well down the road of tyranny, regardless the mantra of the mainstream.
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