“When the final report on the risks of the US financial system is released in 2010 — and it is likely to cause a stir internationally — only one of the people in positions of responsibility today will still be in office: Ben Bernanke.”

I have to watch the election from a distance, the Potemkin village that is our political system is no longer funny or charming. Who the next President is, is largely irrelevant. Why such a negative disposition?

Because the IMF is going to subject the databases of major financial institutions in the USA to a stress test. Yeah, oh shit is right.  Read more 

Sorry, I couldn’t let it slide. I don’t even like Obama. But, the thunderous righteous indignation coupled with hypocritical silence is just too much. Sweetie? Really? You got your panties in a bunch because somebody called you sweetie? *@#&! Nobody said a mumbling word about Michelle Obama. For real, hands off.  Read more 

Perhaps it’s about time to start thinking about secession when the organs of government are arrayed against you. First the secret service – this one breaks my heart, reminiscent of a Chekist.

The message, about a missile striking an airplane in which Mr. Jackson and his wife were traveling, concludes, it “certainly wouldn’t be a great loss and it probably wouldn’t be an accident either.” Link  Read more 

First, I just wanted to give a shout out to Xan, the comments were a bit much and … well… just wanted to say hey, good to see ya.

Will Barack and Hillary be the political Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon  Read more 

Remember this?

It really is weird. Everywhere this guy goes shit implodes. I’ve been watching him for years and it’s fucking amazing. He’s like that guy in the Stephen King Movie “Needful Things.” I mean Barry really has a gift for projection.  Read more 

Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968
Assassinated by the United States of America

I don’t mean to be understated but … Houston we have a major fucking problem.

Women serving in the U.S. military are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire in Iraq.Numbers reported by the Department of Defense show a sickening pattern. In 2006, 2,947 sexual assaults were reported — 73% more than in 2004. The DOD’s newest report, released this month, indicates that 2,688 reports were made in 2007, but a recent shift from calendar-year reporting to fiscal-year reporting makes comparisons with data from previous years much more difficult.

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Americans constitute 5% of the world’s population but consume 24% of the world’s energy.

Segregation and poverty have created in the racial ghetto a destructive environment totally unknown to most white Americans. What white Americans have never fully understood but what the Negro can never forget—is that white society is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.  Read more 

“several Africans who had worked at the Laboratoire Medical de Stanleyville (LMS) during the 1950s. These witnesses reported that tissue culture had indeed been prepared at the LMS, that it had been prepared “mainly from chimpanzees”, and that moreover the head of the virology department, Paul Osterrieth, had been “making the polio vaccines” in his lab.”

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Earlier I mentioned the National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank in Britain they call it the PFI or private finance initiatives. It is a way to hasten feudalism and have the private sector loot the public commons. So what I need you to do is bend over and just relax.

Who the hell is Samuel Pierce?

We had to endure all these years of the Clinton Blackness bullshit. Finally, Dick Gregory dug Toni Morrison out of that deeeep hole. For those of you who missed the State of the Black Union.

What the fuck? What the hell kind of chicken shit outfit are they running in Dallas? This is one Kennedy analogy we really don’t need. If you don’t know how to properly secure a venue, call me. Jack Douglas of the Star Telegram:

Security details at Barack Obama’s rally Wednesday stopped screening people for weapons at the front gates more than an hour before the Democratic presidential candidate took the stage at Reunion Arena. The order to put down the metal detectors and stop checking purses and laptop bags came as a surprise to several Dallas police officers who said they believed it was a lapse in security.
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Come on protect the man!!

There is always something about Chicago that is, well, shall we say, a little gangster. There is strong arming, back biting, gun play, bribery and the classic double cross. Never has this been more evident than in the city’s efforts to deal with the plight of its urban poor and public housing. Chicago is arguably one of the most notorious havens for slum lords – one of which was Obama’s associate Tony Rezko. For now we’ll leave out George Soros, Austan Goolsbee, and Brzezinski. The neo-liberal capitalist have come to gentrify America .

City officials have the gall to claim that the Plan for Transformation will help public housing residents—by relocating them into mixed-income and racially diverse neighborhoods. But the evidence so far suggests that most families end up in other segregated and poor neighborhoods—only further away from the central city property that developers have their eyes on.  Read more 

It’s getting very foily out there.

TOLEDO, OH — Mayor Carty Finkbeiner on Friday ordered some 200 members of Company A, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines from Grand Rapids, Michigan, out of Toledo just before the unit was supposed to start a weekend of urban warfare training downtown.

The mayor’s spokesperson, Brian Schwartz said, “The mayor asked them to leave because they frighten people. He did not want them practicing and drilling in a highly visible area.”

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As I listen to the ranting about Obama I am convinced this guy is the shit. The psychotic departure from reality that ensues from the mere mention of his name can only be produced by a real pro. This guy is like fucking Elvis.

It’s a good thing I don’t drink kool aid.

I’ve been in “discussions” where teenagers and AARP Baby boomers have wept in furious frustration at the mere mention that Barack might not be ready for the prime time.  Read more 

Dear Senator Obama,

Will you meet the “folk” in New Orleans?

“See my website” is not an acceptable answer. Tavis asked you a question. Don’t. Please don’t ever disrespect that brother like that again.  Read more 

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He’s competing against Bill Clinton’s number 2. Who’s the man? Hillary or Michelle?

Since we’re talking about Obama. I couldn’t figure out why my spidey sense won’t let me accept this. I ask my self Xenophon, old boy, is this just hateration?? To which my self responds in true Chicago fashion, that motherfucker couldn’t beat Bobby Rush. And the number one law in Chicago is we can always take this shit to the streets. Capone, Daley, Washington, Hampton, Hoover, Fort, Jones, Rostenkowski, Emmanuelle all great Chicago politicians have a touch of the streets. Not Obama. Why couldn’t a Columbia, Harvard educated (He never mentions Charles Hamilton Houston, hmmm) law professor beat a mumble mouthed COINTELPRO refugee?  Read more 

This is no longer funny or entertaining. Something needs to be done before it ends up being tragic. I’ll say it – Postpartum Depression.

Britney Spears was being evaluated at a Los Angeles hospital early Friday after being taken from her home by paramedics following the latest twist to the troubled pop star’s custody battle. Spears was taken by stretcher from her home late Thursday following a stand-off which began when she reportedly refused to hand over her two children, Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1 to ex-husband Kevin Federline’s bodyguard. link  Read more 

Last night while I was watching CNN. One of the commentators made the statement that “African Americans were looking for a sign from whites that it is OK to support Obama.” Now this is jus the kind of shit you have to deal with being black in America. The problem is I think Obama believes it as well.

“Obama, through an unprecedented convergence of luck and skill, has never before faced serious attack delivered by a competent opponent,” Democratic strategist Dan Newman said. “He’s now earned the right to be mercilessly scrubbed and scrutinized. No one knows how he’ll respond to the challenge, and how voters will evaluate the criticism.” link  Read more 

Have we solved any of these problems? If not, then our discussion of which candidate – Obama, Paul, Clinton, Huckabee, Romney – doesn’t mean anything. Seriously, if this isn’t fixed what are we talking about? Just checking. I’m off to buy a yurt.