week-end update 9-28-12

"Government is not the solution, it's the problem."

"I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves. . . . (T)hat's one of our sacred rights - to be stupid."

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

"Realize that the doctor's fight against socialized medicine is your fight. You can't socialize the doctors without socializing the patients."

"If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals...recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last."

"I've noticed that everybody who is for abortion has already been born."

"History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."

"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."

--- Ronald Reagan




Judges to Review Constitutionality of NDAA Military Detention Legislation
Chris Hedges: We filed our lawsuit because this legislation threatens basic democratic rights allowing for indefinite military detention to repress domestic protest
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  Black Financial and Fraud Report
London and Wall St. in a dangerous competition to create a more unregulated environment for finance
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Quadrillion Dollar Derivatives Market 20 Times Global GDP
Markus Stanley: Derivative bets not a zero sum game, have far reaching real world consequences
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  The Crisis and Who Has Power
Leo Panitch and Sam GIndin PT2: Major structural change or effective short term reforms requires addressing democratic decision making starting with making banks a public utility
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Will Obama, the Fed's QE3 or Romney's "Smaller Government" Create Jobs?
Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin: As long as effective demand remains low and banks demand austerity to protect their assets, the crisis will deepen
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Mexican Drug War Victims Denounce US Complicity
Mexican Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity visit New York. The movement started in 2011 when a well known Mexican Poet, Javier Sicilia, lost his young son to Narco related violence and declared he had enough. Members of this movement have now taken their criticism north to denounce US government complicity in the violence both by exporting weapons and also a model of militarization that targets all sectors of society.
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Taking Stock of the Occupy Movement
VJ Prashad: With the 99% slogan, the Occupy movement raises the issue of inequality in a profound way

{we are not so annon anymore, we do not forgive, we do not forget; expect us}