GOOD GUYS - BAD GUYS - ANGRY GUYS - CRAZY GUYS - GUNS
They all have one thing in common; killing people.
WASHINGTON — The FBI says the number of shootings in which a gunman opens fire on a crowd of people has increased in recent years.
The bureau released a report Wednesday analyzing 160 mass shootings between 2000 and 2013.
The report focuses on what the FBI calls “active shooter incidents,” or cases in which a gunman tries to kill multiple people in a confined space.
According to the report, an average of six shootings occurred in the first seven years that were studied. That average rose to 16 shootings in the last seven years of the study.
Examples of the killings studied include the 2012 deadly shootings at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado and at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Saturday, September 27, 2014
FEDS BEHAVE LIKE PROSTITUTES
Government agencies pandering to the people they regulate is business as usual and comes to light when someone blows the whistle.
In this case the Fed lays down to big banks; not because they are too big to fail but because these government employees look forward to retirement and a cushy deal working for the banks they regulate.
The Federal Reserve is among the most powerful institutions in the nation and also among the more private. But new audio tapes secretly recorded by a former employee provide a rare look into meetings involving officials from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
In them, you hear officials considering how to oversee Goldman Sachs, and specifically, they discuss a financial transaction that one official describes as "legal but shady."
In this case the Fed lays down to big banks; not because they are too big to fail but because these government employees look forward to retirement and a cushy deal working for the banks they regulate.
The Federal Reserve is among the most powerful institutions in the nation and also among the more private. But new audio tapes secretly recorded by a former employee provide a rare look into meetings involving officials from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
In them, you hear officials considering how to oversee Goldman Sachs, and specifically, they discuss a financial transaction that one official describes as "legal but shady."
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Football IS Domestic Violence
And it should come as no surprise that the violence goes where these clown go; on or off the field.
Americans spend billions of dollars and devote countless hours feeding their "blood lust" which get's passed off as entertainment.
Since when did scrambling peoples brains, breaking bones, and drawing blood become a form of entertainment?
So, why kid ourselves and stop with the surprise and shock reaction when see these gladiators in tights bludgeon a woman or beat a kid during off hours. These clowns are trained to be violent and are rewarded millions to be good at it. The nastier they are the more their fans love them.
The problem is, they just can't turn it off when they step off the field. What we see on the filed is what we get off the field.
Americans spend billions of dollars and devote countless hours feeding their "blood lust" which get's passed off as entertainment.
Since when did scrambling peoples brains, breaking bones, and drawing blood become a form of entertainment?
So, why kid ourselves and stop with the surprise and shock reaction when see these gladiators in tights bludgeon a woman or beat a kid during off hours. These clowns are trained to be violent and are rewarded millions to be good at it. The nastier they are the more their fans love them.
The problem is, they just can't turn it off when they step off the field. What we see on the filed is what we get off the field.
Maybe it's something to think about next time you grab a 6-pak and plant yourself in front of your flat screen and start screaming for blood.
Saturday, September 13, 2014
ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY 101
On remote Deer Isle, Maine, the movement for a more just and democratic economy won a major victory this summer. More than 60 employees of three retail businesses - Burnt Cove Market, V&S Variety and Pharmacy, and The Galley - banded together to buy the stores and create the largest worker cooperative in Maine and the second largest in New England.
Now the workers own and run the businesses together under one banner, known as the Island Employee Cooperative(IEC). This is the first time that multiple businesses of this size and scope have been merged and converted into one worker cooperative - making this a particularly groundbreaking achievement in advancing economic democracy.
Now the workers own and run the businesses together under one banner, known as the Island Employee Cooperative(IEC). This is the first time that multiple businesses of this size and scope have been merged and converted into one worker cooperative - making this a particularly groundbreaking achievement in advancing economic democracy.
THE DEBT TRAP
How Many Americans Have Unpaid Debts?
More than 35% of Americans have unpaid debts that have been turned over to debt collectors, according to a 2014 study by the Urban Institute. Most of these debts are from credit cards or hospital bills, but also include student loans, auto loans, and mortgages, which account for nearly $11.4 trillion USD in total American consumer debt. Based on records from September 2013, the average debt turned over to collection agencies was reported at $5,178 USD.
More about debt:
- American households average over $15,000 USD in credit card debt.
- More credit card companies are offering rewards cards, where cardholders earn points for using their cards and in turn get to use those points for rewards or cash back deals. However, rewards cards average an interest rate of 17.83% which is higher than non-rewards cards that average 15.48%.
- Between 2009 and 2011, 7.6 million American homes went into foreclosure.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
US ATTACKED BY SAUDI ARABIA ON 9/11
SAUDI ARABIA ATTACKS US ON 9/11 And the US responds by invading Iraq and Afghanistan?
So, how does that work?
Of the nineteen hijackers who attacked this nation on September 11, 2001, fifteen were Saudi Arabian. Moreover, each and every one of the nineteen hijackers was personally chosen and provided with training and financing by yet another Saudi native – Osama bin Laden. Yet from that day to this, in spite of these disturbing and incontrovertible facts, members of the Bush administration have glibly and incessantly insisted that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of our closest friends and allies in the War on Terror. Fifteen Saudis murdered nearly 3,000 Americans on live TV, all at the behest of one of the Kingdom’s prodigal sons. How can these basic facts about 9/11 possibly be mere trivia?
A Second Look at the Saudis
So, how does that work?
Of the nineteen hijackers who attacked this nation on September 11, 2001, fifteen were Saudi Arabian. Moreover, each and every one of the nineteen hijackers was personally chosen and provided with training and financing by yet another Saudi native – Osama bin Laden. Yet from that day to this, in spite of these disturbing and incontrovertible facts, members of the Bush administration have glibly and incessantly insisted that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of our closest friends and allies in the War on Terror. Fifteen Saudis murdered nearly 3,000 Americans on live TV, all at the behest of one of the Kingdom’s prodigal sons. How can these basic facts about 9/11 possibly be mere trivia?
A Second Look at the Saudis
Saturday, September 6, 2014
MOVERS and SHAKERS
Some good.......Some bad...............Some Bat-shit-crazy.......but all playing a part in creating this failed experiment we call civilization.
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