The Kleptocratic Empire

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Stealing us blind.

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http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17037
Haiti - The Rulers' Luck? - Bush and Clinton have shown extreme contempt for human life.
by Dr Ken Hildebrandt

containing a link to a
US Department of Defense document containing the following statement
by the Secretary of Defence William S Cohen in 1997:
There are some reports, for example, that some countries have been trying to construct something like an Ebola Virus, and that would be a very dangerous phenomenon, to say the least. Alvin Toeffler has written about this in terms of some scientists in their laboratories trying to devise certain types of pathogens that would be ethnic specific so that they could just eliminate certain ethnic groups and races; and others are designing some sort of engineering, some sort of insects that can destroy specific crops. Others are engaging even in an eco- type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves.

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2010/01/19/the-real-story-about...
Let’s flash back to hurricane Katrina quickly. The population in the area was largely African American, it took help quite a few days to show up and assist these people with some form of aid. Many were absolutely disgusted with how long it took for the US to send aid to ITS OWN COUNTRY. Flash forward, Haiti, again a black population, instead of waiting a long time to show up, they come right away to make people happy then do NOTHING to aid them. All they have done is set up a military that patrols the streets in tanks trying to hunt down them dangerous concrete blocks from getting away with the food. Very little aid has actually been brought to the Haitians at this point.

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"I'm not sure who might be left calling Obwami a socialist outside of a few illiterates."

Welcome to domionist krakkkerland... where they don't know the difference between "communism" "socialism" and "rheumatism," and don't particularly care.

'...have become non-partisan in their hatred for the government. Maybe it's just taking a bit longer for the midwest to get with the program."

No difference. They don't like the puppet show, so they get mad at the puppets. They yell directions out loud at the characters on the movie screen. (that's called "voting") Pretty soon, they'll be so ding-dang mad at "the government" they'll block all the exits and set the theater on fire. (that's called "revolution") Meanwhile, every year there are more "sports management" (because that's what they like) and "criminal justice" majors (job security). Our team- the "other" team... good guys- bad guys.

Because if YOU can't do it... they'll find somebody who can.

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While we wait patiently for news here is a short clip:

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Front row in the Paris couture shows, and the chit-chat seems to be as frothy as the creations on the catwalk – clouds of cream puffery and rose-tinted tulle, petals of embroidered silk and trails of pale lace.
By Justine Picardie 
Telegraph.co.uk 31 Jan 2010.

In a climate where financiers and bankers are regarded with a mixture of distrust and downright dislike, being seen to spend on obvious symbols of wealth is likely to attract even more hostility. Nevertheless, as the couture-clad wife of one Russian businessman remarked to me in Paris this week: "The rich are still rich enough to buy couture, but they don't want to be seen to be covered in logos."
Hence her enthusiasm at the Chanel collection, which showed an exquisite rainbow of sherbet-coloured chiffon and silks, yet with very little of the usual signifiers of traditional status and wealth. Karl Lagerfeld himself admitted: "It's the first time in my entire career I've done a collection without black or navy. There's not one gold button."
Lagerfeld's right-hand woman, Amanda Harlech, reiterated the message that conspicuous display was not necessarily the prime aim of the Chanel couture collection. "Real luxury is always discreet," she said. "A couture piece is as exquisite on the inside as it is on the outside – every seam is perfectly cantilevered and calibrated to the shape of your body, so it feels like the most wonderful protection you could ever have. Of course, it's an extreme and infinitely refined vision of how a woman can look beautiful, which touches on very rarefied desire – but this was also a collection that was serenely happy in its mood. Wearing it is like putting on a pair of wings."
These, therefore, are clothes that represent escapism – indeed, there was a silvery, romanticised space-age feel to some of the pieces at Chanel, and a not dissimilar mood at Armani Privé, where Giorgio Armani said he had been inspired by the moon: "I was thinking about something romantic and dreamy, far away from our everyday life – something less harsh."
This might sound like typical fashion-speak – so removed from daily reality that it can have no lasting impact – and yet its very escapism is perhaps a reflection of what luxury retailers have dubbed "frugal fatigue". After a year of austerity, and a long, cold winter that has left us longing for an upbeat spring, the super-rich are getting ready to spend their bonus money.

Me too, buying pastel lace instead of bare-rooted soft fruit. I decide to buy one and actually buy the other when I'm looking the other way.

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Great. Now that the distinction between classes has been established once again, we can return to those wonderful days of the Victorian period. The poor won't get to participate, but if you're rich, it'll be like you're living in a Jane Austen novel. The rest of us get Dickens.

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"...The rest of us get Dickens." HAW!! couldn't have said it better...

...unless we keep popping out of dust bins and jamming rusty screwdrivers through their fucking skulls...

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My vicar, when I went to church nearby, was a great grandson of the said Charles Dickens. He had been a marketing man before he took to the cloth. He is dead now. This country is the worst for libel, which is one of the many pressing reasons to remain silent, particularly since it has so long recently seemed as though the enemy was on the ascendent.

But I do confess I sense a sea change, as though the blinkers had loosened and light was getting in.

There is a sort of club that they all belong to, which I have no desire to deal with. When I moved into this house 22 years ago, we used the baby's pram to move everything. till the wheel fell off. That satisfies me, it is certainly good, because it still makes me smile.
And it still reminds me of Billy's Uncle Henry.

I hadn't seen barefoot children playing in the street until then. And have seen it again as recently as last September.

So I asked the Vicar what was his answer to the problems in our street.
"A good war."
That was his answer circa 1990, from his establishment stone steps sitting in the sun.

The magic skipped a generation there I would think, if it were not incumbent upon me to do otherwise.

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A Man Fights Back...

Rest in Peace Mr. Stack

Earlier today, a victim of the largest extortion racket in the world struck back, giving up his life in the process. The control freaks, and their propagandists who pretend to be “reporters,” will no doubt spend the next few weeks demonizing the man, or painting him as crazy. You can decide for yourself if this was the case. As best I can tell, today Joseph Stack burned down his house, and then crashed his plane into the Austin, Texas offices of the IRS. We don’t need to ponder the reason, because he told us why, in a suicide note, which can be read here.

I found reading the note very disturbing, mainly because Mr. Stack was obviously far more intelligent, and more in touch with reality, than the vast majority of Americans. In other words, compared to the deluded masses of conformists, Mr. Stack was the sane one. Several statements in his suicide note show that he had overcome the authoritarian statist indoctrination far more than most people ever will. Does the following sentiment sound familiar?

“We are all taught as children that without laws there would be no society, only anarchy. Sadly, starting at early ages we in this country have been brainwashed to believe that, in return for our dedication and service, our government stands for justice for all. We are further brainwashed to believe that there is freedom in this place … I have spent the total years of my adulthood unlearning that crap from only a few years of my childhood.” [Joseph Stack, 2/18/2010]

A lot of you will find aspects of Mr. Stack’s personal story disturbingly familiar. I see no need to parse every sentence of it, though I would urge everyone to read it all, carefully. What would drive a rational, intelligent man to do such a thing? Of course, the control freaks and their propagandists will paint Mr. Stack as a nutcase, and will claim that his actions, by themselves, prove that he was insane.

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3864

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Most decorated US Marine General: Purpose of all US wars is billions for insiders’ profits

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"Scrooge conversion." I like that. Is that in the DSM IV?

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Here's to the dumbshit lefties that still think the immigration issue has anything to do with race. I can't begin to tell you all how wrong this is on multiple levels. Not only are middle class jobs being sacrificed, but now--with the recent supreme court ruling--corporations don't even have to hide the fact that they're colluding with our representatives to push through their fucking feudalistic agendas. Or, could it be that all the following CEO's are just 'good people?'

With the left being as clueless as it is regarding this issue, it makes me want to join a fucking tea party.

NYC mayor, major CEOs lobby for immigration reform

NEW YORK (AP) -- Chief executives of several major corporations, including Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Disney and News Corp., are joining Mayor Michael Bloomberg to form a coalition advocating for immigration reform -- including a path to legal status for all undocumented immigrants now in the United States.

The group includes several other big-city mayors and calls itself the Partnership for a New American Economy. It seeks to reframe immigration reform as the solution to repairing and stimulating the economy.

The CEOs said Thursday in statements that their companies -- and the nation -- depend on immigrants.

"It's our great strength as a nation, and it's also critical for continued economic growth," Walt Disney Co. Chairman and CEO Robert Iger said in a statement. "To remain competitive in the 21st century, we need effective immigration reform that invites people to contribute to our shared success by building their own American dream."

The group says it intends to make its point to policymakers by "publishing studies, conducting polls, convening forums and paying for public education campaigns."

Public education campaigns???

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But......if their undocumented workers are legal then how are they going to hire them for pennies on the dollar?

Efforts to stem the tide of illegal immigration are completely backassward - don't build a fence, don't try to round up a few and ship them back - criminalize and severely penalize the employers - I think a million dollars and ten years for each offense would make an inpact.

And.....while we are at it.....how about making tax incentives for keeping jobs in the country? A US corporation - which enjoys the rights of an American citizen - should have their taxes skyrocket everytime they hire someone in India to do a job an trained engineer in the US should be doing.