Category: Politics

Bank of America death-watch
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/08/09/bank_america/index.html

I found this an interesting article because it might become a proximal trigger event for the apocalypse.  Presuming the authorities ignore the situation (as the author supposes), when the shit does hit the fan it …

The very definition of a police state:

With CIA help, NYPD moves covertly in Muslim areas
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2011/08/24/us_sept_11_nypd_intelligence/index.html

Now, when it gets expanded beyond NY civil ‘liberties’ will exist only for people who have not (yet) popped up on the radar …

The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School School districts hire special investigators to follow kids home in order to verify their true residences.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903285704576557610352019804.html

“Only in a world where irony is dead could people not marvel …

The Petraeus projection: The CIA director’s record since the surge
Hero worship hides the military failures of the CIA director’s “global killing machine”
http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/03/petraeus_projection/singleton/

This is a very interesting article that lays out pretty well what I personally feel is …

The national police state isn’t on its way, it is already here…

So much evidence, there’s no need to show it
http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/03/awlaki_7/singleton/

So easy for everyone to ignore ‘just this one case’ until they start to add up the number …

A proposed demand for Occupy Wall Street
Let’s tackle the debt that actually matters
http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/05/a_proposed_demand_for_occupy_wall_street/singleton/

Yes, the ‘moral hazard’ is still there, but as the author points out, how is that one tiny bit different than Goldman Sachs reporting record …

Rather than the govt being actually involved in the 911 attacks, this is about the cover-up afterward when it seems the CIA not only knew that a couple of the terrorists were in the US, but actively worked to keep …

And I bet I don’t get any benefit from it either…

Student loan debts crush an entire generation
Hyped like subprime mortgages, school loans now run to hundreds of billions with no relief in sight
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/20/student_loan_debts_crush_an_entire_generation/singleton/

I have been out …

The right to live in America isn’t for sale
Wall Street, not homeowners, would benefit from Schumer and Lee’s plan to let foreigners buy U.S. homes
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/25/the_right_to_live_in_america_isnt_for_sale/singleton/

As mentioned in the article Canada basically allows the same thing (except I …

Red-light traffic camera deals under scrutiny
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-10-26/red-light-camera-deals/50943554/1

I think I am starting to grok the core problem with our government. When you have governments that award lucrative contracts (i.e., outsource something) you get corruption that is nearly impossible to remove.  …