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ancianita's JournalBefore Climate Change, All Politics Is Yokel For The Biggest Polluter In Human History
Leonardo DiCaprio turns the celebrity of Hollywood and Washington toward asking the US people to remove their political screens to see the larger picture of their children's children's future, to see the Earth's degenerating sickness for what it has become.
This airs on the National Geographic Channel on October 30.
Can we change our course in time? The whole world is watching.
If You Want To Help The Sioux: Military Check Points on North Dakota's Route 1806
Various videos show how National Guard persons randomly let some and not other supporters through to the First Nations protest.
This guy.
Then there's Unicorn Riot's video site, where the loading is slow but the explanations are important.
http://www.unicornriot.ninja/?p=8584
These show a bit of classic troop counterinsurgency model -- attacking civilians -- used in Indian war days: cut off supplies and help, intimidate "insurgents" with arrest and animal attack, wait them out through privation and upcoming bad weather, then go in and round them up. Maybe take them to Forts Yates or Rice, who knows. Keep surrounding populations in the dark about it all.
Our Indigenous are "insurgents" in this legally designated "battleground" (NDAA 2013) country where land base control of resources is stolen and sold.
FINALLY: An Indigenous Peoples' History Of The United States
This is not a rant. It's a reminder of how much we need to keep informing ourselves of our history. One example.
Sitting Bull on American money. Laughable if it didn't so sickeningly reveal the complete erasure of Indigenous history that descendants of any ethnicity have been unaware of. The erasure of Indigenous history for this country is the erasure of the true Anglo historical legacy of America.
Sitting Bull on American money. Think on that. Has anyone checked with the Sioux or Cheyenne Nations over this so-called question? I seriously doubt it. Some not-for-profit has simply put out an okey-doke on the social networks.
No Indians have wanted to be associated with money. Indians were set up by economic hit men: the basis of our Treasury wealth until after the OK land rush was Indian land, stolen, then sold, after Indians were stalked by white militia "rangers" made of Ulster-Irish poor who brought THE SCALPING PRACTICE from the English-Irish wars -- England. All this for 100 years before plantation owners settled down on stolen Indian land to torture and rape their African "property."
ALL U.S. military history and current military jargon come from our military's Indian wars -- "Rangers" is enshrined in the 2nd Amendment as "militias," "In Country" is the euphemism of "Indian Country," which all military use even today to call all hostile lands they're based in. This book exposes much of the military's malingering mindset of the U.S.'s Indian wars.
So no. No Indians on American money. This white lady believes that Techumseh, Little Turtle, Blue Jacket, Black Elk, Chief Joseph, Little Crow, Little Wolf, Old Lady Horse, Crazy Horse, Dragging Canoe, Goyathley (Geronimo), as courageous protectors of their land base, would never want to be associated with the Indian killers that America has already put on its money -- Jefferson, Washington, Jackson, Grant, T. Roosevelt, and yes, Abraham Lincoln. Other Indian killer presidents never made the cut, like Polk or A. Johnson.
Not even the decision to put Harriet Tubman's portrait on our money got adequate discussion. To indulge in any unconscious fetishizing on money of the genocidally murdered is to further erase and humiliate this country's Indians who presently suffer and resist corporate invasions of their lands, water and other resources.
Non-indigenous people of this country -- US -- finally -- FINALLY -- have the best researched, comprehensive history of our genocidal Doctrine of Discovery with its bloody "terranullism" that Indian killer presidents have participated in, passively, "legally" or no.
As Howard Zinn once said, civil disobedience is not our problem; it's civil obedience. I consider this history an inspiration to stay true to those who taught us how to survive and live on the land we call the United States.
To return land base control to our Indigenous people -- e.g., Standing Rock Sioux and their protest of DAPL -- is to help save our environment from corporate slash and burn mining and forestry destruction of ALL our water and food sources. As we sleep, fossil fuels are run through our non-Indian lands right under our noses.
As for what we stand for in DU, I cannot recommend this book enough.
'State of Surveillance' with Edward Snowden and Shane Smith (full episode)
This important video is about our presidency, not our presidents.If our biggest intelligence organizations can't prevent terrorism on our land, a tough talking president, if s/he's honest, will acknowledge s/he is helpless to make Americans safe from terrorists attacks through mass surveillance.
Shown in May, this year, this HBO'S VICE episode shows that police departments continue a "culture of surveillance" worldwide using IMSI catchers, previously tested in the "war zone" of Yemen, now masquerading in the US and worldwide as cell phone towers to track anyone without warrants.
It claims that, to suppress government opposition anywhere, our third party government still can install spyware on any phone to turn on its microphone, camera, log all typing, record all calls, essentially commandeer complete surveillance through our phones. I know that Android and Samsung are chipped at points of import by the NSA.
All this "golden age of technology" is feloniously lied about by the CIA's Brennan and Clapper to our elected officials on more than one occasion, backed by our secret FISA court.
Beyond his tips about avoiding such surveillance, Edward Snowden's most important point is to flat out deny what Trump will still lie to America about -- that he will make us safe again.
Snowden says Trump cannot. But Trump can turn our technology against us.
The final scene:
A: "...I was working at the NSA during the Boston Marathon bombings investigation. And as it was playing on the news, myself and my colleagues were sitting in the cafeteria, and we turned to each other and said, 'I'll bet you anything we already knew about these guys in the database.
And in Paris I'm certain that the same conversation happened. And this is really the legacy of mass surveillance, is the fact that when you're watching everyone, you know who these individuals are, they're in the banks, you had the information you needed to stop, to prevent even the worst atrocities. But the problem is when you cast the net too wide, when you're collecting everything, you understand nothing.
The White House appointed two independent commissions in the wake of my disclosures in 2013, to review mass surveillance programs and go, alright, do these have value, should they be changed, should they be reformed. They looked at the evidence -- classified evidence -- and they found, wow, despite the fact that this has been going on since 2001, it had never stopped a single terrorist attack in the United States. And that's after monitoring the phone calls of everyone in the country...
Both of these commissions found that these programs should be ended, with 42 points for reform to restrict the use of these power. ... the president only adopted three... because it would restrict executive powers...and when there is a future terrorist attack... of course their political opponents will blame them...even if you trust the government today, what happens when it changes...everyone is vulnerable to this new individual...who says, let's flip this switch to use the full tech capabilities....
Jeremy Scahill, May, 2016: The Assassination Complex
Scahill's Seattle speech from last month, a video paraphrasing of this latest book of the same name. Click into the 10 minute point if your time is tight.
He reviews Vietnam protest history, pre-digital age, of the Berrigan brothers, their fight against the "good order" of militarism which has been the preview of our current global police state. Scahill mentions the
weak arguments against the acceptable militarist "enemy" philosophical framework of invasion and killing policies or debates.
Good ideas: " ... If we are just tethered to our electronic devices...then how are we actually going to confront any of the ills facing our society...Obama being surrounded by white guy frat boys like Ben Rhoades who have his ear on American foreign policy...all our candidates are in favor of a kill list..."
About halfway:
We have the burden of living in The Empire…in the most powerful nation on Earth… For us to decide that we just want to sort of veg out, and let it be on cruise control, or check our conscience at the door of every four years’ election -- it means that we’re a part of this problem.
If we don’t start paying attention to what’s being done in our name around the world; if we don’t take real interest in it, if we don’t defend the people that blow the whistle on it, if we don’t have the time of day to get away from our machines and our computers and our daily grind life to do a little something to try to raise these questions in society, then we’re a major part of the problem.
The moment you cede any portion of your conscience to a politician is the moment you stop participating in the struggle for any kind of democratic values…
Bernie Sanders supported regime change in Iraq…voted for the Iraq Liberation Act in 1998, authored by the neocons…supported the sanctions on Iraq…supported the longest sustained bombing campaign since Vietnam under Bill Clinton, bombing Iraq every three days, saying ‘we’re protecting the Shia and the Kurds and ended up killing more of both than Saddam’s people…
Then he says Hillary loves regime change. Okay, Bernie, I agree with you... But what’s your answer about your record in supporting regime change in Iraq before it became cool among the Republicans. You were there vocally supporting that. Now that’s not the same as voting for the invasion of Iraq, but the invasion of Iraq couldn’t have happened on a legislative level had they not passed that bill in 1998 that codified regime change as the law of the land.
Now some people blast anyone who criticizes their particular messiah. Hillary’s people are very vicious on social media and come after you, nd; anyone who criticizes Hillary becomes a sexist immediately, like BernieBros… but then when you criticize Bernie Sanders…you’ve done some vile act by pointing out facts.
Journalists are supposed to present information with no regard to who the politician is. We’re supposed to hold the politician accountable whether they’re Bernie Sanders, George W. Bush or Dick Cheney. Our job isn’t to be partisan warriors for any particular cause. And if we’re not a grown up enough society to deal with the facts and realize that our messiahs are actually not messiahs, what business do we have calling ourself a democracy or a democratic Republic. We don’t have any business doing that…
We all have to take a humility pill about where we are in this country, the state of empire, our impact in the world, the perception of our country, because of all of these wars, because the Nobel Prize winner and … Dick Cheney … ended up on the same page when it came to the legitimizing and normalizing assassination as a central component of our national identity.
Not just our national security policy, but our national identity, we have become a nation of assassins because we don’t say anything about it. We veg out. Rachel Maddow makes us all feel good. Bernie Sanders says we’re part of the revolution. That stuff is plastic. What’s real is actually assessing who you are in the country you live in and what you’re doing to change it or alter that path…”
Well worth your time from one of the best journalists we have.
Timeline of Orlando Nightclub Shooting
Eighteen photos give 'feel' to official news.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/12/us/orlando-shooting-timeline/
Orlando terror attack live updates:Omar Mateen had been on terrorist watch list, bought guns recent
Source: L.A. Times
What we know:
The gunman has been identified as 29-year-old Omar Mateen, an American citizen who was born in New York.
Dozens of victims remain hospitalized, many in critical condition .
He was killed by law enforcement after he took hostages during an hours-long siege.
He used a legally purchased assault rifle and handgun , which he had bought in the last 12 days. He also had another "device" but it's not clear what that was.
Mateen lived in the area of Fort Pierce, Fla., about 120 miles south of Orlando, and worked as a private security officer .
Investigators are operating under the theory that the attack was inspired by Islamic State .
Mateen had been interviewed by the FBI twice and had once been on a terrorist watch list .
President Obama called the shooting an act of terror that was an attack on all Americans.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-live-updates-htmlstory.html
Lifting The Veil Of The Co-optation of Social Movements
I will never be a Republican. I never value anything they value. I'm an atheist. I'm for people's movements and this is why I think this discussion on co-optation is worth watching.
It doesn't mean that frustrations and failures won't always be with humans. It doesn't mean that the Democrats are evil.
This Democratic Underground forum should accept that issues of national concern should justify constructive criticism of the party's leaders, not to mention the unregulated capitalist government they want to run.
Such parties serve the interests of world oligarchs, some of whom even criticize the morality of party priorities they benefit from. Such parties diffuse movements, negatively 'brand' them in their TV media, continue to ignore and resist the economic aspirations of people who want political democracy to be more than an "experiment" for America.
Through their Enemy Industrial Complex they distract The People with fear.
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/lifting-the-veil/
Bill Maher: Let's Not Romanticize Socialism The Way Conservatives Romanticize Capitalism
The new generation and Santaism...
Clinton May Take The Nomination But Sanders Has Won The Debate
Harvard researchers found that Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 have actually become more progressive over the course of the campaign. Sanders hasn’t merely won a seat at the table, he’s started a sea change in Democratic politics that the party will have to adjust to.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/clinton-may-take-the-nomination-but-sanders-has-won-the-debate/2016/06/07/15d59474-2c1b-11e6-b5db-e9bc84a2c8e4_story.html?postshare=3011465301295580&tid=ss_mail
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