REPUBLICANS, LETHAL VIRUSES, THE FBI AND OTHERS THINGS TO BE AFRIAD OF.

Ignoring the defeat they suffered in 2012, Republicans are doubling down on stupid, in direct defiance of Louisiana governor, Bobby Jindal's plea to stop doing just that. Ironically, Jindal has also failed to head his own words as his state is passing some of the dumbest laws on Earth while also electing some of the least intelligent people they can.

This year they have proposed a school voucher program that was already found to be unconstitutional (teaches Christian beliefs only), cost taxpayers money with idiotic tax breaks for rich people, closed public schools because of said idiotic tax breaks (like Chicago as well), and done everything they can to throw poor people under the bus, especially their children.

The school textbooks being promoted by the voucher program use Christianity as a base, claim the Loch Ness Monster is real (it isn't), the KKK are morally upstanding people (really?), black people can't read because commies run the government (WTF?) and Bill Clinton was elected only because the media lied about his opponent (that's not even possible). This is why our children are stupid and thank God the courts found this reprehensible as well. It also turned out that the referendum wasn't even properly ratified in the first place, only getting 51 votes and not the 53 needed, shades of the 16th amendment all over again. Jindal has stated the program will continue if lawmakers overrule the State Supreme Court's ruling, which it just might as these brainpowers have passed some really idiotic laws lately.

The state legislature recently passed a bill that would allow creationism to be taught in schools, in science classes nonetheless. To demonstrate how worthless these bozos are in critical thinking, state senator, and of Republican of course, Mike Walsworth asked a science teacher during a hearing about the matter about evolutionary experiment. When she talked about an experiment where students can watch e-coli evolve, Wadsworth asked if that experiment could evolve into a human. He actually said that, showing a complete lack of scientific knowledge that would make a six year old blush.

Not to be out done on the whole race to the bottom on abortion rights debate, their legislature have tried to pass many laws that infringe on a woman's reproductive rights, such as having a doctor present to use the morning after pill, forcing clinics to post signage that make women aware of others alternatives to abortion, criminalizing the procedure in direct violation of the Constitution and an idiotic idea to have patients Mirandized before getting the procedure done. Here's a quote from Jindal, "When officers arrest criminals today, they are read their rights. Now if we're giving criminals their basic rights and they have to be informed of those rights, it seems to me only common sense we also have to do the same thing for women before they make the choice about whether to get an abortion." Yeah no stupidity there, Jindal. One state senator, John LaBruzzo, proposed a "feticide" bill that would not only make it illegal to get an abortion, but would sentence women who have had one to 15 years hard labor. Unbelievable.

Jindal himself has become a one man party of stupid when he proposed getting rid of all income and corporate taxes and instead offered to raise sales and cigarette taxes which studies show would adversely affect poor people harder than anyone else. As a matter of fact, the Institute of Taxation and Economic policy said the measure would raise taxes by a huge amount for 80% of all people in the state. But notice the rich and corporations would have even more money which is all they are trying to do. The idea failed as no one liked it. Shocker.

And let us not forget the LGBT community, one of the few minorities left on Earth that some feel is okay to discriminate against still, which it isn't. Alan Seabaugh (R), proposed a law that prohibit gay people from obtaining any protection against workplace discrimination while punishing any who would have the balls to try.

Louisiana is not alone however. In Pennsylvania recently, the Governor Tom Corbett explained why his state is 49th in job creation. "Many employers say, "We're looking for people, but we can't find anyone that has passed a drug test." Nevermind the fact that 90% of these tests find traces of pot which can last in the system for months after use, but as drugs go,are far less harmful than cigarettes or alcohol, especially on health or workplace productivity. Corbett's approval rating is down to 38% in surprise to no one.

Then there is Steve Stockman (R-TX) whose election campaign had this bumper sticker "If babies had guns, they wouldn't be aborted." That's too stupid to even comment on. Louie Gohmert is another real winner here when he recently told a House subcommittee that Al Qaeda had set up radical Islamist camps on the the Mexican side of the border. He claimed the Mexican drug gangs are teaching Muslim radicals how to cross the border and how to act like Mexicans. Nevermind the fact that there is zero proof for any of this.

The worst of the bunch is Eric Cantor who can't be voted out of office soon enough. Anyone still voting for this moron has to immediately register with the Nazi party and wear the outfit 24/7 because if your going to vote for fascism, at least have the decency to wear the uniform.

This ass recently tried to pass a bill that would eliminate overtime for millions of people, like any of us are getting paid enough as it is. In the bill, "comp time" would be replacing overtime pay that could be used to take days off. Now this might not be such a bad idea except nowhere in the bill does it say your boss has to give you the time off you want of even any time at all. The boss could claim he needs you to work overtime for the next year and you can use your comp time sometime after. You know that tomorrow that never arrives. This bill could force people to work many many hours with no payoff whatsoever echoing forced slavery.This is yet another attempt by the fascist right to destroy everything FDR put into place.

While all this is going on are two really scary stories that no one is talking about. The first has to do with the FBI or Fucking Bunch of Idiots, whose story about the death of a Russian, Ibragim Todashev 27, is already leaking holes. As I have said the past, I really dislike the FBI as their investigative skills constantly run somewhere between Inspector Closueau, Johnny English and a brain damaged, spastic monkey. Supposedly while questioning this man late last night about the murder of three MA men in a drug deal gone bad (and possibly connected to the dead Boston Bomber) and about to confess, he grabbed a kitchen knife and the agents had to protect themselves. First, if he had a knife, why shoot to kill? It's not like a knife has bullets. And why such a late visit as it supposedly happened around midnight? Officials have already back tracked off the story and have had no further word on what really happened. As the FBI is notorious for killing innocent people, I suspect this story is vastly different than what they are telling us.

And then there is this story about a mysterious virus that killed two people in Alabama. The fact that tests show one of the victims had H1N1 in his system and, possibly, a new strain AH3. The two deaths were both healthy people in their thirties signifying a possible outbreak threat. The flu that swept the world in 1918 killed up to 30% of the world's population. Imagine what a flu like that would be like now. Worse, it is only a matter of time before it does happen again and it may be rearing it's ugly head now. Deaths from a new strain have killed 130 in China but so far, we haven't seen an outbreak yet and this Alabama strain may be nothing. What bothers doctors is that flu season is over and young people don't usually die from any strain of the flu. Of the twelve infected, two died, five more admitted to the hospital and the rest sent home. This is troubling and bears further watching. Just like the Republican party.

 

IQ RATES DROPPING WORLD WIDE. REPUBLICANS PROVE SLIDE ACROSS ALL RACIAL LINES.

Many years ago a book came out called the Bell Curve that pissed a lot of people off. In it, the authors used meticulous research to show that depending on your race, your IQ may be lower than another's, regardless of social status. Blacks and Hispanics scored lowest, whites in the middle and Asians the highest. Is that really so surprising? Many called the book a racist bit of nonsense that echoed Hitler. It also was true.

Now let me make this clear before some of you out there start calling me names as well. I am not saying that any individual cannot be smart, regardless of race. Neil Degrasse Tyson is black and brilliant, as are many, many others who are black or Hispanic, and vice versa, there are some truly stupid white and Asians out there. What the study does show is that if you are black or Hispanic, you may have to try harder than your Asian or white counterparts. Now what the Bell Curve hypothesized was that these IQ numbers where completely biological in nature, thus the social status part. I would disagree with that as culture does play a part, especially when a lot of black culture today seems to focus on not being seen as white, or in this case "smart." When intelligence is linked to "acting white" you have a serious problem on your hands.

However, the biological nature cannot be totally ruled out, especially blacks who are descendants from slaves. Slaves were bred for being stronger and faster, not smarter. Thus, it stands to reason that their offspring would have the same traits and intelligence would not by one of the genetic markers. Again, this doesn't mean all descendants of slaves will be less intelligent, but a majority will be. That is how genetics work.

Recently, this has come up again after Harvard Professor Jason Richwine was fired for his paper on why Hispanics have lower IQ's than whites. Richwine had read Charles's Murray's The Bell Curve, which I hate to break it to everyone, is well researched and just comes up with a conclusion many wish wasn't true, and decided to see if anything had changed decades later. Turns out, he got the same facts. Just because you don't like the result doesn't mean you ignore them. That is what the Tea Party does.

Now many have criticized the work, which I admit I have not read (unlike the Bell Curve which I read in college), and they point out flaws in his linking various Hispanic groups, but depending on how these groups are linked, this may be nothing more than nitpcking to change the results. Many also did the same to the Bell Curve which was anything but flawed, except in the fact that they felt genetics was the whole shebang, something I disagreed then and now. But just because your theory is wrong, doesn't mean the facts of the case are as well.

Another study on IQ tests show that environmental factors play a huge role in IQ. Tests done on twins raised in different status levels show poor environments produce lower IQ rates than those raised in higher ones. But again, in a larger pool across all racial and economic factors, blacks and Hispanics test lower than whites and whites test lower than Asians. But I firmly believe that BOTH environment and genetics play a part in lower IQ rather than just one or the other. Let us look at the facts in this. Blacks and Hispanics are more likely than whites to be poor and whites are more likely to be poor than Asians. There are not a whole lot of projects populated by gangs of poor Asians out there.

The most disturbing thing about all this isn't the results but the facts that Harvard fired this guy over this. In the reasoning why they said in a letter that even if the results have merit, the conclusions are too disturbing to publish. So rather than seek an unpopular truth, Harvard would instead sweep such research under the table. That is how societies fail. Hundreds of students have signed a petition to bring him back, as they see progress more important than hurt feelings, signalling some small hope for mankind.


The fact that IQ tests for everyone in this world have dropped 14 points show the entire planet getting dumber. Just watch Fox News for ten minutes and try not to believe that fact. Intellect is being shunned by all races, especially the religious morons out there still desperately clinging to the idea of an Earth 6000 years old or one in which evolution doesn't exist. There is some low level IQ's.

Now the reason for this drop is simple: stupid people are having more children while the smarter or us, myself included, have decided against children. I have neither the money, nor the patience to deal with a toddler and bringing up any child in today's diseased world seems like a stretch. As long as this trend continues, IQ levels will continue to drop across all racial lines and a world right out of Idiosyncracy is possible where Tracy Morgan is President and Gatorade is used to water our lawns with predictably bad results.

To stop this slide the most important thing we can do is to learn everything we can. I know we are being worked to death and stress levels are off the chart but we have to do better. We have to BE better, regardless of race. I have met many people from the worst neighborhoods in CT who are far from stupid. They may not be book smart but I would also guess if I gave them an IQ test, they would perform very well. Just because you are poor and a minority doesn't mean you are NOT smart. It means you may have to work harder, and trust me, those that I know trying to escape the hood without being a statistic or dealing drugs to get ahead, are smarter than a lot of people I know rich, white and with a MBA. Race does not define you or how smart you are. How you use it does.

TORNADO AID, QUESTIONABLE POLLS AND OTHER TALES FROM THE DERANGED RIGHT

This is starting to be like a broken record. Every day the right wingers come up with some new, off the wall notion that they claim to be "science," but hardly ever is. Take this gem: ultra-wing and Birther site WND, claims that a recent poll by Wenzler Strategies shows that 50% of this country wants Obama impeached. This flies in the face of numerous other polls that say most of America don't care about any of this and the best show no change to Obama's approval ratings. This is just more shit hitting the fan from the right using rigged polls to alter the outcome of reality. We saw it in full force during the election where the right used altered polls to show their candidate ahead, even though he was way behind as the more accurate polls demonstrated.


Unfortunately for all of us, the one scandal that actually is upsetting, the bugging of reporters, is the one getting the least amount of coverage. The other two bullshit ones, Benghazi and the IRS, are pointless and time consuming. Benghazi stone throwers have yet to prove what this mythical scandal is they keep beating that dead horse over and the IRS targeting Tea Party groups, for which none were denied tax-exempt status, is more horse manure from that same dead horse. The bigger scandal is that recent documents show Apple paying no taxes anywhere on Earth due to the resources they have access to and, even by own governments standards, no laws were broken. The other scandal is all these non-profit groups that are not supposed to be political in nature for tax exempt status, which then turn around and spend 49% of their money on political ads, are just skirting the law as well. Where's the outrage over that?

Fox news is capitalising on these fake stories as their ratings have gone up as MSNBC and CNN have dropped. In Fox's defense, at least they have news on their channel, as fake as some of it might be, rather than MSNBC's zillionth episode of "To Catch A Predator," or CNN butchering news on a near daily basis. The fact that CNN hired Jeff Zucker to run the network, who previously ran NBC into the ground, is equally disturbing.


As for impeachment, I would support that if, and only if, 99% of Congress goes with him, including all the Republicans. They have been a treasonous group of vipers who are destroying this country in ways Barack Obama wouldn't dream of. If Obama a great president? Hardly. Have the Republicans been even worse? God yes. The GOP has actively tried to kill Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, overtime pay, worker safety and even the defense of this country. That is what anyone on the right is voting for and it has to stop.

Take Oklahoma for example. These past few days have seen a dramatic increase in dangerous tornadoes that have killed at least 24 people so far, seven of which drowned in their basement. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has said he will not support any aid to these families who lost everything unless cuts are made to offset the balance. As one of those who also voted against help for Hurricane Sandy victims, I have to admit, at least he isn't a hypocrite. I could call him a fool who lacks a basic understanding of how government works and a guy who doesn't care about the suffering of others, but at least he has principles.

Representatives from NY and NJ on the other hand have taken the higher road and, rather than punish Oklahoma citizens for the actions of their politicians, have signaled they will vote to give aid to the disaster victims. That is class and something I don't know if I would have been so quick to join with. But that's why I type here and not run for office, which would never happen as all the skeletons in my closet would clog the airwaves stat. When you been arrested a few times (falsely both times but still), that will come back to haunt you.

While all this nonsense is going on, a war is heating up between Syria and Israel with both sides shelling the other. Iran is using proxy warriors to turn the tide against the Syrian rebels, and many claim a massacre is right around the corner. The US, Europe, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have all seemed to have abandoned the rebels and not without cause. Many of the rebels seem to be Muslim Extremists who want another country to call theirs in what can only be described at this point as dangerous. If Muslim extremists take over the Middle East, oil will be used as blackmail and war, a massive one, will be in our future. As some countries like Pakistan have nukes, should they fall, the world is in real danger.

But instead of focusing on either external or internal threats, we are still talking about Benghazi and the IRS, which mean less than nothing. Benghazi was caused by mistakes by all and the IRS wasn't targeting any group in particular for retribution as none were denied tax exempt status. Until we start talking about things that matter (jobs, the failing economy) nothing will ever get better. As a matter of fact, they will get far, far worse.

UMBRELLAGATE, BENGHAZI, THE FARM BILL AND OTHER SIGNS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS LOST THEIR MINDS

After weeks of mock indignation over pseudo-scandals, the right has finally lost any grip they had on reality and have resorted to baseless claims that border on insanity. The biggest of these is Umbrellagate, after the right went into a tailspin over a white Marine holding an umbrella for the President during a recent press conference with Turkish PM, Tayyip Erdogan. Sarah Palin, that battalion of all known wisdom, tweeted this gem shortly afterward: "Scandalous Hat Trick. Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas. Speaking of coverage, glad you finally called in the Marines… shame it was just to hold your umbrella " The right went ballistic over it, looking like the racists they really are. Palin and the other mouth breathers seem to have conveniently missed the infinite pictures of past presidents having umbrellas held for them for the past century. They also seem to have missed that history lesson where William Henry Harrison did not have someone hold an umbrella for him during his inauguration, which lead to pneumonia and death thirty days later. Ironically, there are many pictures of Sarah Palin having someone hold an umbrella for her as well during her failed attempt at VP so she can't even remember her own history accurately.

All this as new polls shows the President's approval rating hasn't budged meaning these scandals are not quite as damaging as previous polls stated. Polls are more or less worthless in today's "fix the results" standards. Remember those right wing polls that showed Romney with a commanding lead in the Electoral College? Those turned out to be totally wrong as the right just fixed the data to suit their hypothesis, as they do all the time from political polls to basic knowledge of science like the age of the Earth and evolution. Anyone not believing in the latter two must be lumped in with the same groups like The Flat Earth Society and the Klu Klux Klan for following beliefs that are wrong on every level.

Here's some other quotes from brainpowers like Sean Hannity: “They were protecting him and maybe in this case he should have been protecting them and the people in Libya." Or this from Eric Bolling: “Wouldn’t it be nice if he had them (Benghazi) covered the way they have him covered?” Is there nothing these blowhards can not turn into a mock scandal with some tie to Benghazi? Michael Moore had a great quote this weekend where he said the issue wasn't the IRS targeting Tea Party groups but NOT targeting companies like GE and Exxon that pay no taxes. Funny how the right missed that part as they are too busy going after President Blackenstein.

Just to prove that the GOP is only interested in sticking to the little guy, a House committee, chaired and run by Republicans, recently passed a much needed farm bill that would keep prices from exploding and affecting everyone. But celebrations were short lived as it was also revealed that in the bill is an amendment that would strip SNAP benefits from two million people and end free lunches for needy students. Democrats have signaled they won't vote for the bill and some ultra-rightwingers have joined in as the bill doesn't cut enough. Wow. This the modern GOP: a party hell bent on destroying this country by making us all work for slave wages, with no overtime, benefits or safety net. This is what anyone voting Republican is doing right now and it has to stop, unless living like a slave is what you want.

Companies are finally getting some push back on all this with places like JC Penny, Sears and WalMart barely hanging on. Their numbers are dropping and many are saying they are boycotting these places due to low wages which their sales confirm as real and accurate. Some think Walmart may go bust within the next twenty years if current sales keep dropping at an exponential pace. Corporations have to realize we have hit bottom when it comes to cutting things for employees and we are not going to take it anymore. This is why we have a second amendment and if the government is unwilling to help us make more money, expect some to take matters into their own hands. The gravy train is over and it is time to give the public more money. You can't claim poverty as a reason to cut people's wages while giving the executives millions dollar raises. Sooner or later, that will come to literally bite them in the ass as the fed up public takes giant chunks out of their behinds.

The right is lost, the left is corrupted and the middle no longer exists. Unless we stand up and start demanding more from our elected officials, and from the idiots voting the dumbest humans on earth into office, nothing will ever change, except for the worse. Don't let it.

DOUCHEBAG OF THE WEEK: REPUBLICANS

Never in the history of this country have we spent so much time on things that mean absolutely nothing while much more important decisions are being ignored by both sides, but let's face facts that the GOP is chiefly to blame. Let's see those runner ups.

1)Fast Food Owners- It's bad enough that these jobs pay shit wages, but a recent study showed that 84% of workers are being cheated out the meager wages they are making. This is an abomination and it has to stop. If the courts are unwilling to do anything about it I would suggest some tar and feathers for a start. Workers in Brooklyn are demanding a raise to $15 an hour and a chance to form unions without intimidation. This is why we need unions because businesses of all sorts are raping us blind while the government ignores the problem. The GOP is too busy trying to make it legal to do this practice nationwide and morons in this country are voting for it. These workers are being cheated on overtime, given fraudulent work sheets and use children against labor laws. Where does this madness end? With a guillotine if it keeps up. The AG in New York is investigating, but I will be really surprised if anything comes of it. Our government is rapidly leaving most of us behind.

2)The US Prison system- For a country that brands itself "The home of the free and the brave," we certainly have failed to live up to the ideal. We now incarcerate more people than anyone else, 7.1 million and growing, on Earth. The rise of private prisons have made the public a commodity that needs draconian laws to keep this places full. The end result is a massive loss of tax dollars and freedoms that shows no signs of abating. We build more prisons, and spend more on, than schools. We ship all of our jobs overseas and leave the crumbs for the rest of us. The reason drugs are still illegal is because they want a steady flow of mostly minority people to fill up these gulags, while giving them no hope of doing anything else but to get out of the hood. When you see the local drug dealers making more money than anyone else, wouldn't you also be tempted to do the same thing? Especially when those that do get good grades and go to college, leave with no prospects and wind up doing the same things anyways? We have got to start demanding more from our politicians because the end result is getting to be something you would see in The Hunger Games.

3)TSA- Yes it's been a while since these douchebags have wound up on my list but a recent study shows how much damage these idiots have been doing. According to a 2012 report by Human Events, the nation lost billions in lost revenue as foreign travelers have stopped coming. Yes part of it is because of the Depression raging across Europe, but when questioned, a majority said the main reason for not returning to the states was not money issues, but the TSA and Border Patrol. Government numbers said foreign travel was way up, but closer inspection realizes that all the gains were from places like Canada and Mexico which don't require the same kind of scrutiny that plane travel does today. People hate the grope and touch so much they are not coming. Worse, people in this country have also stopped traveling by plane costing taxpayers $1.2 billion in road way repairs. A recent story told of a 14 year old girl being taken into back room, WITHOUT A PARENT, and molested. They didn't report it because they figured why bother as what good would it do. This is why people need to stand up and start demanding more and if we don't get it, people will take matters into their own hands and that will be bad for everyone. These reports are everywhere, as the TSA doesn't bother with background checks. If I was a child molester, I would be all over this. Why do you think the priesthood is overrun by these monsters? Easy access. This is a serious problem that is literally destroying this country. Start demanding more. For God's sake.

4)Gene Patents- Because of the recent news of Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy and how she discovered it, we are becoming more aware that the firm that did this wants to patent the process and our individual genes as well. How does a corporation patent was is ultimately mine? This has scary potential and hopefully will not be a precedent for future patents on our own bodies.

5)Youtube- I have love/hate thing with this site. I love how anyone can get a video out there that is funny or interesting. I don't love the fact that a lot of videos get pulled down for less than savory reasons. I understand if it is pornographic or has swearing in it, but lately they have gone into censorship territory. Take the above story about Jolie and the patent process. Any video talking about why this shouldn't be allowed is being pulled down by the site. Why? In the past, similar topics that delve into corporate malfeasance have also been eliminated making me wonder how free a country we really are and how much like North Korea we are becoming.

6)Democrats- I can't go this week without mentioning these assholes as well who have been caught in several real scandals (the AP scandal, the fixing of the COMEX) but all we have heard about are the ones that don't matter (Benghazi, the IRS) from the idiot right. Obama has had a bad week and his use of the press has been stunningly awful. His "I found out about it when you did," seem trite and unreal. If he really didn't know about some of this, he needs to get his head out of ass and start seeing the forest for the trees. We have major problems coming down the pike and we need to get ahead of it. It doesn't help that they have spent an inordinate amount of time defending themselves from the most ridiculous accusations from the most unhinged senators (ie Republicans). But can we please start fixing things like job losses and decreasing wages, which people really want answers to, and forget about the rest for right now.

7)The Justice Department/Eric Holder- It's nice to see some from the left finally jump on the bandwagon and call out Holder for the giant douche that he is. This AP scandal is a terrible action that happened on his watch and he should be called out on it. Spying on the press for any reason is illegal and unwarranted, literally. The stupid Patriot Act was used here and should be repealed immediately. It won't, but it should. If Obama has any integrity left, Holder should be shown the same door as the current IRS chief and given the quit or be fired speech.

8)Republicans- It's been another stellar week for the GOP. Darryl Issa has gone on a witch hunt over Benghazi, which is turning into more and more of a circus with every passing day. Issa says there is a major difference between "terrorism," and "acts of terror," which there isn't. Some are calling for impeachment hearings which is odd as no one has been accused of anything illegal yet, no matter how much they scream about it. The worst news for them is that it also appears the GOP has altered emails from the White House to further their cause. CBS news noticed stark differences between emails the GOP gave them and ones from the White House, State Department and the NSA. One might be a error but several spell out a pattern of abuse that shows that the right has nothing and are now making shit up to verify their bull. Here's a list of some of the emails and how they were altered:

The GOP version of Rhodes' comment, according to CBS News: "We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don't want to undermine the FBI investigation."

The White House email: "We need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation."

The GOP version of Nuland's comment, according to CBS News: The penultimate point is a paragraph talking about all the previous warnings provided by the Agency (CIA) about al-Qaeda's presence and activities of al-Qaeda."

The White House email: "The penultimate point could be abused by members to beat the State Department for not paying attention to Agency warnings."

These drastically change the tone of the statements to give credence to the Republicans theory. If there was ever a case for impeachment, this would be it and it's not Obama that I am looking at.

On top of this, they also tried to repeal Obamacare AGAIN, blocked any voting for seating the head of the EPA and have used the filibuster to destroy any legislation that isn't from their draconian brethren. Keep voting for this assholes and see what kind of country we have left. So congratulations republicans nationwide for you are indeed douchebags of the week.

CAPITALISM APPEARS ULTIMATELY DOOMED. WHAT SHOULD WE DO NEXT?

We are rapidly approaching what is known in science as a "singularity." It is a momentous occasion that happens very rarely in a species' evolution in which a huge leap forward will be made that will change everything. We are seeing just the beginning of these changes and they signify both great and horrifying potentials. All new inventions can be used for good or evil and lately, the latter is winning.

Take 3D printing, which is a terrible name. A better one would be 3D replicating or something like that. Anyways, 3D printing will eventually allow anyone to make things at home. Screwdrivers, hammers, guns, doorknobs, just about anything. Larger ones may be able to eventually replicate cars and, once an edible based product can be synthesized, food. This will have major implications as tens of millions of people will lose their jobs as a lot of product companies will be made obsolete. This is not that far off into the future. Once that happens, a capitalistic, consumer based economy will grind to a halt. There simply won't be enough jobs to go around if the entire country no longer needs many goods and services and a massive amount of poverty will simply swamp the system until it crashes completely.

Another issue is the emergence of many medical breakthroughs that could extend life to near immortality. Scientists have discovered ways to not only allow humans to live to be 250 years old, they may have also figured out a way to reverse aging. Think of what that would mean: an overcrowded planet running out of resources fast as an elite group controls all, especially any sort of immortality ability which they would strictly control. Even if it made it out into the general public, they may have a slave based class which literally has to work forever with no chance of advancement. That sounds like hell. This is huge step forward and one that has chilling potentials.

Lastly, we have achieved giant steps forward in robotics where and android that thinks like a human is not that far off. Depending on how they are built, mankind could be exterminated if they become self aware and destroy us like in Terminator. That is not out of the question, unless Issac Assimov's three rules of robotics are used, which mankind should heed greatly.

At some point soon, these three steps forward could make or break us depending on how we react to it. Considering we have a rabid populace who is somehow de-evolving (which they of course don't believe in), I don't have much hope.

So what can be done? We have to start looking at a new economic policy. Communism, Fascism and Socialism are all dismal failures in some way or another, although all of them have some truth buried among the bullshit, just like the Bible. Peel away the garbage and start to see things as they were intended.

Money is destroying us and we need to get away from ambition for coin and start developing ambition for progress. That will be hard as the right keeps using the word PROGRESSIVE as an insult which is terribly ironic because then they are the opposite which is RETARDED. Progress is the only that will save us, not some trumped up ideal from a fictional past which exists only in their minds.

I would prefer something along the lines of this method. Every single person in this country is guaranteed a place to live in a safe neighborhood, three meals a day and a job. If they prove to be incapable of one job, another will be given to them. Eventually, he either sinks or swims. Sink, and you go to a boot camp where you will work doing something. Swim and you get farther ahead and better benefits. By this method, merit is rewarded over cronyism and inheritance. If you are happy being a middle manager, and you do a good job, you could stay there your whole life. If you want more, the companies you work for will give you a chance to rise. If you are good a specific skill, that is what the government will let you do. If you suck at near everything, the government will find a place for you. By this method, everyone at least starts at the same point. In today's world, the rich start a marathon one inch from the finish line while, for the rest of us, it might as well end on the moon.

We cannot continue down this same path because it is coming to an end. One way or another, whether we like it or not, things have to change and drastically. In one future, we can realize everything Star Trek told us was possible, and still is; the other is a dystopian, Matrix-like future where we will be little more than batteries for the elite's economic engine.

AS THE RIGHT THROWS A FIT OVER BENGHAZI AND THE IRS, TWO ACTUAL SCANDALS ARE HAPPENING.

You know something is wrong when a group of individuals starts jumping up and down, frothing at the mouth over a whole lot of nothing (as shown in my last post) while two scandals that actually matter are going on. One, the AP scandal, is a gift horse/mouth set up that could bring down Holder and give a huge metaphorical black eye to the Obama administration. The other, a gold scandal which I have been reporting on for months has finally hit in some MSM sites, and shows how fragile and illusionary our economy really is. Mind you, the right would NEVER touch that scandal with a ten foot pole as they are just as guilty as everyone else in power right now of manipulating the system to make trillions while the rest of us starve.

Let's start with the one scandal everyone is familiar with. The Justice Department was after a leak over a report last year about a failed bomb plot that was stopped by the CIA which was not supposed to be public knowledge. Holder and the CIA had a fit calling on that old chestnut, "national security," and went about bugging AP offices, homes and cell phones of reporters to discover the leak for at least two months. Now Holder, in his usual slimy way (I really hate this guy), passed the buck onto two lower level operatives, which I find unlikely that he knew nothing about this. This is so wrong on so many levels I don't know where to begin. First, it is a slap in the face to rapidly disintegrating Constitution. I hate to sound like some rabid Tea Party idiot, but they aren't wrong about everything (just most things) and on this we on the same page.

Second, the reason we have the first Amendment is to stop practices like this where whistleblowers are discovered and retaliated against. This action will lead many not to trust the AP to protect their information if they are constantly being watched by a Big Brother government. This is a crime of the highest nature and Eric Holder should be fucking fired already. What does this dick have to do to get the heave ho? Fast and Furious was a giant fuck up and something the Republicans actually had a reason to bitch about but as they have ruined their reputation with Birther garbage, trying to end Medicare and Social Security and now Benghazi.

Speaking of the public, recent polls do not suggest the GOP is doing themselves any favors outside their base. Some 70% of the non-Republican responders think Benghazi is a political stunt. 39% of Republicans think it is the greatest scandal in American History which means 39% of the GOP must have an IQ below 90 because that is just stupid. Worse than Watergate? Hardly. Worse than the Gulf Of Tonkin lie? Unless 56,000 people died in Benghazi, I wouldn't classify it as a speedbump. As a matter of fact, as way of scandals go I would put it somewhere between Bill Clinton's impeachment nonsense and Brad Pitt leaving Jen Aniston for Angelina Jolie. It also doesn't help the right's cause when 39% of those who though Benghazi was the worst scandal of all times, couldn't find it on a map. Sigh. In their defense though, there were plenty of liberals who couldn't find it either, proving what a bunch of dumb asses we have become.

Obama is not clean of any of this either, by the way. While I see very little to connect him to any of these scandals, except two no one is talking about. The first is that Obama has prosecuted more people under the espionage than all other presidents combined. He has used it six times, while it had only been used three times from its passage as law in 1917. Obama has it out for whistleblowers like poor Bradley Manning who is still being rail roaded for exposing massacres that took place in Iraq and Afghanistan. Years ago, the government would have feigned horror and demanded answers to why such atrocities took place, like Mai Lai, Vietnam. Now we bury the info and destroy the person leaking it. Shameful. If Bush was the one doing this, the left would be screaming bloody murder. But for some reason, the right is looking the other way too while the left secretly condones it. This is everything wrong with politics today and people backing one side or the other for all issues, no matter if they disagree with it or not.

The second scandal you will not hear on MSM. The government will certainly not tell you. It has to do with the stock market and gold sales, something I write about for a living. The stock market has gone a whopping 177 days without a minimum 5% correction, something not seen since right before the 1987 crash. Every expert out there is warning people of a dangerous bubble, and when it pops, it could plummet out of sight if panic sets in. A minimum of a ten percent correction will happen at some point soon. Nothing goes up forever, not even a rigged market.

Last month, there was a sudden appearance of a very unusual short sale of 400 tons of gold on the COMEX, which I wrote about here. Experts agree that it was a manipulation designed solely to prop up the dollar through QE infinity. Here's the rub: the seller had no gold to sell on this naked short bid. COMEX reported having a gold supply equal to half of the short sales in it's vault, and not all of that was available for delivery if needed. Only the FED, or a too big to fail bank, could have ordered such a quantity and not raise eyebrows. My sources led it right to JP Morgan's doorstep. This is from Globalresearch.com

The price of bullion is not set in the physical market where individuals take delivery of bullion purchases. It is set in the paper futures market where short selling can drive down the price even if the demand for physical possession is rising. The paper gold market is also the market in which people speculate and leverage their positions, place stop-loss orders, and are subject to margin calls.
When the enormous naked shorts hit the COMEX, stop-loss orders were triggered adding to the sales, and margin calls forced more sales. Investors who were not in on the manipulation lost a lot of money.

The sales of GLD shares are accumulated by the banksters in 100,000 lots and presented to GLD for redemption in gold acquired at the driven down price.

The short sale is leveraged by the stop-loss triggers and margin calls, and results in a profit for the banksters who placed the short sell order. The banksters then profit again as they sell the released gold into the physical market, especially in Asia, where demand has been stimulated by the sharp drop in bullion price and by the loss of confidence in fiat currency. Asian prices are usually at a higher premium above the spot prices in New York-London.

Some readers have said “don’t bet against the Federal Reserve; the manipulation can go on forever.” But can it? As the ETFs such as GLD are drained of gold, their ability to cover any of their obligations to investors diminishes. In my opinion, these ETFs are like a fractional reserve banking system. The claims on gold exceed the amount of gold in the trusts. When the ETFs are looted of their gold by the banksters, the gold price will explode, as the claims on gold will greatly exceed the supply.

Kranzler reports that the current June futures contracts are 12.5 times the amount of deliverable gold. If more than 8 percent of these trades were to demand delivery, COMEX would default. That such a situation is possible indicates the total failure of federal financial regulation.

What the Federal Reserve has done in order to maintain its short-run policy of protecting the “banks too big too fail” is to make the inevitable reckoning more costly for the US economy.

Since the EU was faltered, European banks have demanded gold back that we once stored for them to prop up their failing institutions. China and Japan has done likewise. We still have no idea how much, if any gold, is in Ft. Knox as they haven't been audited since the 70's. The whole country may be being run on illusionary prosperity and all we have is the right going mad over nothing while the left looks at Obama and says squat. Sooner or later, this whole house of cards if going to come down and the people at the bottom are the ones who are going to covered in debris.