March 2012
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Support Antifascists Arrested Protesting... →
servile-masses-arise:
NYC antifascists are fundraising bail money for a comrade who was arrested while fighting fascist scum. See link for details of how you can help. Thanks to aantianticapitalista for the link.
Off duty cop road-rages and shoots into a car full... →
A Cicero teenager filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging that a West Chicago police officer used excessive force earlier this month when he fired on a car filled with unarmed young people and struck the teen.
The suit was filed by Maria Ruiz on behalf of her son, Juan Carlos Ruiz, 17, and by the five other people who were with him during the Feb. 18 incident, which ended with the shooting on...
February 2012
Why does 76 percent of the Ron Paul's Super PAC... →
it should come as a shock and disappointment to his followers that Ron Paul’s single largest donor—his Sheldon Adelson, as it were—founded a controversial defense contractor, Palantir Technologies, that profits from government espionage work for the CIA, FBI and other agencies, and which last year was caught organizing an illegal spy ring targeting American political opponents of the US Chamber...
As Republicans Claim Wall Street Reform Is Killing... →
anticapitalist:
As House Republicans and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce team up for their latest assault on the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, specifically a rule reining in banks’ risky trading, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has released its latest Quarterly Banking Profile, which shows that GOP claims regarding Dodd-Frank killing America’s banks have little truth behind...
The Near Future: Peak Oil
ideasandopinions:
The United States national average gasoline price just hit $3.53. Earlier this month, a wikileaks cable stated that we’re about to hit 50% proven oil reserves in 5-10 years (and that was in 2009). Saudi oil production is and has been in decline:
All arrows point to a fast-approaching state of energy shock. Pretty soon your cars will be virtually useless. Interstate shipping...
A note for those who want to change the system...
akagoldfish:
If you want to be able to affect the direction of the system from within, you have to be absolutely amoral. Read The Prince. Memorize it. That’s your only ethical code now. Anything else is a liability.
Honesty is your enemy. Become a pathological liar as earlier as possible. The truth will never set you free. Always tell power what it wants to hear. You will be rewarded for your...
