Super-rich Seattle entrepreneur Nick Hanauer has been raising the hackles of his fellow 1-percenters, espousing the contrarian argument that rich people don't actually create jobs. The position is controversial — so much so that TED is refusing to post a talk that Hanauer gave on the subject.
Apart from being a nice park one of the advantages of the running path around the park's lake is that it's exactly 1.8 kilometres and so it's easy to keep a track of distance. That's not me in the promo but I did meet him once.
Lauryn Hill was the only female in the last 20 years that pulled off being a lyrical non gimmick artist and not showing her cooch off. Re-listening to this album I couldn't help but feel how stupid I've been to pay so little attention to the toxic creep of talentless slebsluts in mainstream music and media. It's just for kids I used to think but instead I should have been protesting 'what about the kids'. We blithely poisoned their minds by not paying attention. Lauryn had something to say about the music industry darkness that tried to control her creative direction and output. She didn't sell out and paid a price for it.
“For the past several years, I have remained what others would consider underground. I did this in order to build a community of people, like-minded in their desire for freedom and the right to pursue their goals and lives without being manipulated and controlled by a media protected military industrial complex with a completely different agenda. Having put the lives and needs of other people before my own for multiple years, and having made hundreds of millions of dollars for certain institutions, under complex and sometimes severe circumstances, I began to require growth and more equitable treatment, but was met with resistance. I entered into my craft full of optimism (which I still possess), but immediately saw the suppressive force with which the system attempts to maintain it’s control over a given paradigm. I’ve seen people promote addiction, use sabotage, black listing, media bullying and any other coercion technique they could, to prevent artists from knowing their true value, or exercising their full power. These devices of control, no matter how well intentioned (or not), can have a devastating outcome on the lives of people, especially creative types who must grow and exist within a certain environment and according to a certain pace, in order to live and create optimally.
I kept my life relatively simple, even after huge successes, but it became increasingly obvious that certain indulgences and privileges were expected to come at the expense of my free soul, free mind, and therefore my health and integrity. So I left a more mainstream and public life, in order to wean both myself, and my family, away from a lifestyle that required distortion and compromise as a means for maintaining it. During this critical healing time, there were very few people accessible to me who had not already been seduced or affected by this machine, and therefore who could be trusted to not try and influence or coerce me back into a dynamic of compromise. Individual growth was expected to take place unnaturally, or stagnated outright, subject to marketing and politics. Addressing critical issues like pop culture cannibalism or its manipulation of the young at the expense of everything, was frowned upon and discouraged by limiting funding, or denying it outright. When one has a prolific creative output like I did/do, and is then forced to stop, the effects can be dangerous both emotionally and psychologically, both for the artist and those in need of that resource. It was critically important that I find a suitable pathway within which to exist, without being distorted or economically strong-armed.
During this period of crisis, much was said about me, both slanted and inaccurate, by those who had become dependent on my creative force, yet unwilling to fully acknowledge the importance of my contribution, nor compensate me equitably for it. This was done in an effort to smear my public image, in order to directly affect my ability to earn independently of this system. It took a long time to locate and nurture a community of people strong enough to resist the incredibly unhealthy tide, and more importantly see through it. If I had not been able to make contact with, and establish this community, my life, safety and freedom, would have been directly affected as well as the lives, safety and freedom of my family. Failure to create a non toxic, non exploitative environment was not an option.
As my potential to work, and therefore earn freely, was being threatened, I did whatever needed to be done in order to insulate my family from the climate of hostility, false entitlement, manipulation, racial prejudice, sexism and ageism that I was surrounded by. This was absolutely critical while trying to find and establish a new and very necessary community of healthy people, and also heal and detoxify myself and my family while raising my young children.
There were no exotic trips, no fleet of cars, just an all out war for safety, integrity, wholeness and health, without mistreatment denial, and/or exploitation. In order to liberate myself from those who found it ok to oppose my wholeness, free speech and integral growth by inflicting different forms of punitive action against it, I used my resources to sustain our safety and survival until I was able to restore my ability to earn outside of it!
When artists experience danger and crisis under the effects of this kind of insidious manipulation, everyone easily accepts that there was something either dysfunctional or defective with the artist, rather than look at, and fully examine, the system and its means and policies of exploiting/’doing business’. Not only is this unrealistic, it is very dark in its motivation, conveniently targeting the object of their hero worship by removing any evidence that they ‘needed’ or celebrated this very same resource just years, months or moments before. Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process.
It was this schism and the hypocrisy, violence and social cannibalism it enabled, that I wanted and needed to be freed from, not from art or music, but the suppression/repression and reduction of that art and music to a bottom line alone, without regard for anything else. Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I Love making art, I Love making music, these are as natural and necessary for me almost as breathing or talking. To be denied the right to pursue it according to my ability, as well as be properly acknowledged and compensated for it, in an attempt to control, is manipulation directed at my most basic rights! These forms of expression, along with others, effectively comprise my free speech! Defending, preserving, and protecting these rights are critically important, especially in a paradigm where veiled racism, sexism, ageism, nepotism, and deliberate economic control are still blatant realities!!!
Learning from the past, insulating friends and family from the influence of external manipulation and corruption, is far more important to me than being misunderstood for a season! I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities, but I did however put my safety, health and freedom and the freedom, safety and health of my family first over all other material concerns! I also embraced my right to resist a system intentionally opposing my right to whole and integral survival.
I conveyed all of this when questioned as to why I did not file taxes during this time period. Obviously, the danger I faced was not accepted as reasonable grounds for deferring my tax payments, as authorities, who despite being told all of this, still chose to pursue action against me, as opposed to finding an alternative solution.
My intention has always been to get this situation rectified. When I was working consistently without being affected by the interferences mentioned above, I filed and paid my taxes. This only stopped when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family.
As this, and other areas of issue are resolved and set straight, I am able to get back to doing what I should be doing, the way it should be done. This is part of that process. To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.”
I wasn't aware that United Nations Resolution 1973 was cooked up and then redacted so we couldn't see the evidence for invading Libya. It's clear Hillary Clinton joins George W. Bush and Tony Blair as a war criminal defendant in court. I look forward to her witticisms. Anyone still sceptical that Hillary has completely lost her way should read this piece on her recent visit to Laos. What happened to the woman who once felt Kissinger was a war criminal and has now become one herself.
I'm going through my CD collection before I sell it or give it away. These posts are more a reminder for me or others in the future of great albums I've always loved but no longer need a physical copy of. I've also been going through all the movies I thought I might want to see again so I'll be blogging about the highlights of that process too. A little bit of nostalgia before letting go.
You'd be mad to hand your guns over to the Feds in the US with the police completely out of control like this. The whole Dark Knight episode is designed to push forward anti gun laws going through the UN right now just as the US is beginning to descend into the long predicted chaos we've been ringing an alarm bell over for years.
Police firing rubber bullets and unleashing dogs into women and children. These are pigs. Thugs with the finest pension scheme and benefits on the planet and a media that barely chastises the most egregious of crimes. Of course they can get away with murder. They're a law unto themselves and are there to protect the interests of the elite.
Currently I'm selling all my CDs because the more I unload the more free and mobile I feel. It's also pointless having material possessions for books and music when I've got two lifetimes of reading books on my hard drive and as much online music as I'll ever need. I had a pleasant time yesterday listening to Blondie's Autoamerican. Nostalgia.
Greek for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by the yearn to return - Milan Kundera
There will always be a handful of die hard flag wavers who cannot process that the very people meant to be protecting them are responsible for false flag terror.
Those people will never have the intellectual courage to look at officially documented facts and evidence.
However for the open minded but sceptical contingent I offer you a brief blast of concrete evidence that the Batman Shooting has more false flag fingerprints over it than a mud dipped kid in a photographers' studio white room.
And now ladies and gentleman, the decision really is down to you as I've done my job.
It's important not to turn criticism into hate speech or divisive racial attacks. I criticize wrong doing wherever I see it and so currently that includes the US, UK, Israel, NATO, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain.
However with Israel because of their history of persecution, care must be taken to ensure that the issues are criticized because the greatest fear of the Israeli Jews is that they will be subject to what they have imposed on others once again. This is a cycle of violence that needs to be broken and so I don't endorse any words or actions that foster fear against anybody.
The video above is extremely hard hitting but unlike many anti Israel productions it doesn't wander into sly hate speech. For that reason I'm comfortable posting it and will continue to attack the US, UK, Israel, NATO, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain governments for propping up a world order that is based on petrodollars, greed and iniquity.
Once that changes there's no need for hate speech or revenge. Let's solve the problem not create another round of problems.
Comment "These guys are not some of, BUT...ARE the? most underated perfomers in Rock & Roll History. I have thousands of Albums at home. Have been involved with the indestry for over 45 years. Have heard it all. And out of all of it Flo & Eddie, including The Turtles pop sound, are THE most Underated Top Artist of their generation. I've only seen these guys 3 times. With all the great musicians they choose to back them, they sound almost exactly,like anyone of their generation."
Former Head of the IMF tells Tim Geithner His Fave Rape Joke
I don't agree with all of this writer but it's worth reposting for some gems of expression:
Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away, and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any farther obedience.
- John Locke
When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humour.
- John Lennon
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
- Jimi Hendrix
Go Back to Sleep
Most of you that are taking the time to read this have already experienced some level of “waking up” over the past several years or longer. Most of you have also probably felt from time to time that the knowledge you possess is a burden and have fully appreciated the meaning of “ignorance is bliss.” I know this because I have felt these very same emotions at times. The most important thing to remember; however, is that we are just awake individuals within a wave or cycle of awakening. There were those that came before us and there will be many, many more to come after us. Last Thursday, I was at Freedom Fest in Vegas for a brief stint and I had the honour to meet and break bread with some of the most influential minds in the Liberty Movement. As I sat there at the table at Delmonico’s, thoroughly impressed with the intellect, commitment and total sense of purpose of the people around me I became more sure than ever that TPTB don’t stand a chance. The problem for those control freak clowns is that ten years ago they had at least 95% of the American populace completely asleep. I would estimate that number at the moment to be around 75%. If I am anywhere close to being right, that means that 25% of the population is at least somewhat aware that things aren't as they appear to be. They are asking serious questions and looking for serious answers. Breaking it down even further, I would say that 5% of the population can be described as fully awake and somewhat committed to fully committed. This is something like 15 million Americans and is more than enough. Most importantly, once you are truly awakened you never go back to sleep. In my five years or so in this adventure I have seen the transformational process of many, many people within my personal circle of friends and contacts. Not ONE, I repeat not ONE of them has ever fallen back into the matrix mindset. It just doesn't happen and it reminds me of quotes about truth and lies. As Mark Twain said “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” Then there is the counter quote from I can’t remember who that “lies require commitment.” Believe me, they are committed! That said, too much is coming out now and what TPTB are doing in the markets is desperately manipulating everything so that another wave does not wake up. There are terrified that this next wave of people will be the tipping point for their control structure. They are correct but it is coming soon to smack them in the face no matter what they do.
Obama’s Executive Orders…Connecting the Dots
While we all know about the NDAA, which Obama signed into law late last year that opens the door to the incarceration of American citizens without a trial, what is a little less known are a series of Executive Orders signed by our Noble Peace prize winning Assassinator in Chief. Of particular interest to me are Executive Order 13603, or “The National Defense Resources Preparedness,” and Executive Order 13618, “The Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions.” You don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes to get what these EO’s are all about. The first one basically gives government control of any and all resources it needs (and seemingly the ability to nullify or suspend existing private agreements) “if” there is a national emergency, while the second one does the same for communications. So essentially our wonderful government that cares about us so very much is setting the stage to take total control (natural resources and the means of communication) whenever this national emergency that they seem to be fully anticipating comes to fruition. A good summary of all the EO’s can be foundhere. They expect the sheeple to be in such a catatonic state of fear and shock that they will beg for daddy government to take away all their rights and ignore the Constitution so that their EBT cards work. Why else do you think the government is desperately trying to get as many Americans on food stamps as possible? See my post“The Government is Encouraging More Food Stamp Usage, Calling it “Stimulus”.
Obama Tells Americans “Your Success Wasn’t Yours”
Regular readers understand that I do not believe there is “free market capitalism” in America today. Sure there are remnants of it left, but increasingly there is simply crony capitalism in which the Federal government partners with large corporate interests to allow them to grow bigger, more powerful and importantly, more dependent on the government itself for its profits and influence. This is deliberate, just as it is a deliberate plan to get more people on food stamps. It is all about power and control. That said, there are still many small businesses and also large business owners that got to where they are through their own blood, sweat, tears as well as intellect and vision. While the 0.01% financial oligarchs and crony capitalists all over America should be exposed and called out for the traitorous parasites that they are, this should not mean we just lump all successful people into this category. Yet, this is exactly what our pathological liar President did in his most recent demonstration of verbal diarrhoea. I am sure everyone has already seen this clip, but I am mentioning it nonetheless because it is so significant. He stated:
Look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something — there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there…If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.
I mean every time I think this guy can’t hit a new low he manages to achieve one within a week. No mention of the fact that a top campaign contributor to him, Jon Corzine, is a thieving crook. Nah, nothing to see here folks. Meanwhile, if you read between the lines of his little tirade (look how angry he looks in the video), it is clear what he is trying to say. You are a nobody. You are nothing without the state and without the good graces of the political elite. We own you. If the political leaders in Washington D.C. that produce absolutely nothing but hot air and then steal from you left and right say that you do not even own your own success, then indeed you own nothing. This fits in perfectly with the Executive Orders I referred to earlier. The game plan and meme here is obvious. You are cattle. The government owns your land and its resources, your success and ultimately your mind. Are we going to let them have them?
Peace and wisdom,
Mike
I left a comment as follows:
I live in Bangkok where Tim Geithner’s father was friends with my former landlady back in the 70′s. “Oh Timmy” she would exclaim in her perfect English accent when I mentioned the former Goldman’s treasury secretary who imposed IMF restrictions on Indonesia that nearly created a follow up civil war after the first one the CIA triggered when installing their man Suharto to take over democratically elected Sukarno in the 60′s (Let’s just say it was a one sided massacre)
Timmy’s father worked for the CIA fronted The Ford Foundation. I mention that because a level of awareness only fully flowers when one factors in Obama’s mother’s friendship with Tim Geithner’s father and her role doing similar CIA fronted work in Indonesia. Both Geithner and Dunam worked in microfinance which is one of those jobs a person can claim to be lending money or setting up a loan shark business and with the CIA it’s the latter.
I only mention this because all of Obama’s biographies skate over Obama’s work for Business International in New York another CIA fronted company. As P.W. Bridgeman once declared “A coincidence is what you have left over from a poorly formed theory”.
So while this post is an excellent start it seems to miss the most important chunks about the President and so you can see I’m the last to defend him for ideological reasons. But it seems to me that to obsess over what a politician says is somewhat trivial. Mitt will gut and fillet and Obama will do the same in his own way.
Awareness is a journey. Not a destination. I’m still trying to figure it out but I don’t ignore the fundamentals. I try and factor them in and it’s not easy.
Update: Somebody feels exactly as I do and highlights the data points that a sentient person must take into consideration.
Former Governor Bill Richardson is the go-to man for North Korean trips but he's a complete elite insider whose name pops up from time to time when researching or poking around the dirty corners of the net. Here he is asked about kiddie sex and male prostitutes at Bohemian Grove by the only journalist still asking questions in the United States, and breaks out in a ferocious sweat at the questions and later feigns ignorance he was ever asked. As usual the corporate whore media failed to notice the smoking gun in front of their pupils.
The visual above is an Iranian couple before the Islamic revolution. That revolution would never have happened if the CIA hadn't toppled the democratically elected Mosaddegh government in 1954. Time and again the US interferes with foreign countries and uses the division and turbulence to spend more on its military and sell arms to the enemies of its enemies.
It's not a great speech but it is good and compares the Arab spring to the European revolutions of 1848.
I ignored the G4S Olympic security story until just now because the only people who will interview undercover journalist Ben Fellows was one of my long time alternative media news sources Red Ice Creations from Gothenberg in Sweden and hosted by Henrik Palmgren.
Well, listening to this story and then realising the outrage over Nick Buckles getting the 57 million management fee for screwing up the Olympics security I thought I'd do a Google News search on Ben Fellows AKA Lee Hazledean the independent undercover journalist superstar that scooped the story.
You have to laugh. It's a complete news blackout on his name even though there is reasonable evidence that preparations for a false flag event at the Olympics are a real possibility.
We now know that the 7/7 bombings were run by the MI5/MI6 yet because many rely on the mainstream media to be informed they are one google search from proving to themselves once and for all that they are being treated like a mushroom. Kept in the dark and fed manure. It's time to toss the TV out and use that search engine to read alternative views on what you've been spoon fed to date.
Please note it will be standard for the corporate media to smear Ben Fellows name. So don't be a chump. A conspiracy theorist is someone who doesn't trust known liars. The more mainstream you go, the less you know.
The protest against Tony Blair to be tried for war crimes continues. We're a small, vocal and active group of people and we don't give up. We care about what sort of country the United Kingdom is and put values above trivial distractions like sport and constructed reality TV.
