Thursday, November 30, 2017

Nato's Distruction of Libya, A New Slave Market, and Now Blackwater

NOVEMBER 28, 2017
Media Erase NATO Role in Bringing Slave Markets to Libya
BEN NORTON for FAIR
NATO supported an array of rebel groups fighting on the ground in Libya, many of which were dominated by Islamist extremists and harbored violently racist views. Militants in the NATO-backed rebel stronghold of Misrata even referred to themselves in 2011 as “the brigade for purging slaves, black skin”—an eerie foreshadowing of the horrors that were to come.
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30 November 17
Blackwater Founder Pitches Plan to Quell Libya Migrant Crisis With Private Police
By Bethan McKernan, The Independent
Military contractor with spotty human rights record promises “humane and professional” option to solve horrific situation in Libya
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/47125-blackwater-founder-pitches-plan-to-quell-libya-migrant-crisis-with-private-police



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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

The Supreme Court's Cell-Phone-Tracking Case Has High Stakes

We all know that they can and frequently do it, but this is the green light for systematically doing it all the time.  The logical extension is to predictive policing, in itself a racist and political proposal.  Together with staggering advances in artificial intelligence and computing power, the application of this authority will virtually end freedom of association, organizing against the status quo or any unsanctioned citizens initiative.



The privileged will of course enjoy some protection in the form of technology they can afford to buy but the 99% will be surveilled in the near future.



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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Ew, ew, ew! Donald Trump -- Don't you wish

This is an amazing photo of a President with Diva Girls from 2009.  Hell of a party I guess -- Aren't we proud. It is abundantly clear in American culture that sex sells.  I am not a prude but this is pretty crass for a President. And, it just gets worse as time goes on.
GREEN BAY, WI - JUNE 22:  Donald Trump (C) and the WWE DIVA girls attend a press conference about the WWE at the Austin Straubel International Airport on June 22, 2009 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  (Photo by Mark A. Wallenfang/Getty Images)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/17/1733549/-Ew-ew-ew-Donald-Trump-s-alleged-mistress-spilled-the-beans-on-their-super-cringeworthy-affair