The Straight Talk Express Has Derailed.

My only problem is that Obama is crazier than this guy.

Ventura on Hannity & Colmes

Dark Secrets Inside Bohemian Grove

I just finished the Bohemian Grove documentary by Alex Jones. This is some creepy shit and be be honest not really sure what to say about it all. There is plenty of plausible denialability here, but we do know that the Bushes have been there as well as Regan, Nixon, the Rockefellers, Cheney and Clinton. There are some heavy hitters as well.

Cops Clubbing Tibetan Protesters in New York

Just one more post today. Some Tibetan buddhist get the crap kicked out of them by the NYPD for peacefully demonstrating at the UN Building in New York. Yes this is the United States. I guess we can say goodbye to the 1st Amendment too.

Boston Police Go Door to Door Looking For Guns

Say goodbye to the 2nd Amendment and the 4th Amendment I guess we don’t really need them anymore. The cops are just going to ask you a question and you will need to comply, sorry YOU WILL COMPLY. It is scary to me that Jeanine Pirro goes after the Pepperdine guy like he loves drug dealers and hates their parents. She obviously has never looked at the Constitution of the United States or used her brain in a while.

[sarcastic] I mean what are the parents of hardened criminals in the hood supposed to do if their children have weapons of mass destruction and drugs in their room? Obviously, the only real solution is to wait until the cops get around to coming to their house randomly to look for contraband. I feel sorry for them that in between being shitty parents and Dancing with the Stars they couldn’t learn how to dial 911 for assistance. [/sarcastic]

But all joking aside, are parents like this really going to feel comfortable letting uniformed and surely armed cops come into their home without a warrant? Or better yet are they really so stupid as to rat out their own kid. My guess is that the neighborhoods where they are actually going to be starting this (yes starting, just because you live in the burbs doesn’t mean they aren’t coming after you next) don’t trust the “po po” as far as they can throw them.

I have also heard that they are doing this in Arizona and Texas so don’t answer the door in your town.

Woman Says TSA Forced Piercings Removal

A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation.

— Greg Risling AP

If this wasn’t so disturbing then it might be funny. I am still trying to figure out how one would take down an entire commercial airliner with two nipple rings? Just one more example of the man keeping us down. How dare we want to travel and keep our privates… umm well private.I guess that this could be just a couple idiots that work in Lubbock (God knows they have their share), but then that begs the question, are these the kinda of people who could even recognize a terrorist if they saw one? As long as they weren’t wearing nipple piercings they should be ok.

No End In Sight

I watched No End In Sight last night, and I have to say I was blown away by how potent this movie was. There is an obvious bias that the movie take, but in reality it might be the same bias that the facts take (thank you Rob Courdry via The Daily Show). After seeing this movie I am left with two thoughts. Either the planners of this war are retardedly incompetent or they wanted the reconstruction of Iraq to be a complete failure. It is hard to find sources that you can take seriously and/or honestly about the Iraq war and I think this documentary is has achieved both.

One side note, the proponents of this war in Iraq have always hammed up the idea that if you are against the war then you somehow are against the troops. I think one of the most successful parts of No End In Sight is its ability to show empathy for so many involved and yet still be able to ask the tough questions. In thinking about the troops and the Iraqi citizens I will leave you with the lyrics of Bob Dylan’s “Only a Pawn in Their Game.”

But it ain’t him to blame
He’s only a pawn in their game.

Whistleblower: Voting Machine Company Lied to Election Officials About Reliability of Machines

“A former technician who worked for Hart InterCivic — a voting machine company based in Texas — has alleged that his company lied to election officials about the accuracy, testing, reliability and security of its voting machines. The whistleblower says the company did so because it was eager to obtain some of the approximately $4 billion in federal funds that Congress allocated to states in 2002 to purchase new voting equipment under the Help America Vote Act (aka HAVA).”

— Kim Zetter @ Wired

So, here is just one (or two) more reasons to use paper ballots for all elections. Read the whole article though, if the whistle-blower is telling the truth this just adds more fuel to the fire.

Telcos Spent $10K Per Telecom Amnesty Vote, Sunshine Group Says

More from Wired today, don’t worry they didn’t tap your phone lines everything is ok. The Telecom companies just love Congress so much they wanted to tip them.

“Political action committees for telecoms being sued for privacy violations gave more than $10,000 on average to each Congress member who voted to give amnesty to telecoms being sued for illegally helping the government spy on Americans, according to an analysis done by MapLight.org, an organization devoted to using new technology to show the influence of money on government.”

— By Ryan Singel @ Wired Magazine

S.F. Activists Use Twitter, Pirate Radio to Manage Anti-War Protesters

Wired has a nice article on a group called called Direct Action to Stop the War, a San Francisco anti-war protesters, marking the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq are using the micro-blogging service Twitter to coordinate their movements throughout the day. Join the fight to stop the war by checking out their site and their Twitter feed.

My Twitter feed is here.

[Source: Wired Magazine Online]