Hello and thanks so much for checking in,This week was pretty busy. There is so much to get to. We had another gaffe from our favorite Texas Governor, not named George Bush. Our buddy Herman Cain had a woman come out and disclose a 13 year affair with him. I also found out that the Montreal police use a strange, 2011 version of a tactic used in concentration camps in Nazi Germany (I might be exaggerating a bit, but you decide when you see the story).
I learned that if things went differently, we would be celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the electric car next year. We also lost a great comedian this week. And, there was a rather large general strike on Wednesday. I don't watch the mainstream news here, but I'm guessing this was just barely covered in our press or perhaps not at all. Feel free to e-mail me or comment if you saw this on our news stations to let me know either way. Ok, enough of the tease, let's get to it.
- We start in Texas. I have to be honest. I think Rick Perry has suffered brain damage sometime during his life. He's quite possibly the dumbest politician I've ever seen/heard, and that includes Bush II, Palin, Bachmann, Cain, etc. He makes Bush II look like Stephen Hawking. It's pretty scary. And, the fact that he's been in charge in Texas for about 10 years, shows that we need to let Texas secede. Mexico can have them at this point. Anyway, here he is talking about getting out the vote in New Hampshire. He tells voters, who aren't yet 21 & "can't vote", to still work for his campaign. He forgot that the voting age is 18. Maybe he's going after the drunk vote? Who knows? As a kicker, he got next year's Election Day wrong too. He says "November 12th", instead of the actual day of the 6th. So, if you follow his logic, you'd be 3 years and 6 days late to vote for him. Here's the clip: Please check it out. The look in is his eyes is priceless. It's a wonderful combination of seriousness, coupled with stupidity. Perry 2012!
- Some sad news here. I don't hide the fact that the GOP debate is my favorite show on TV. I need the comedy as well. It makes writing a breeze (see above, re: Perry). So, when yet another woman came out, to reveal an affair with Herman Cain, my heart sunk. I thought he was going to drop out. But, true to Republican stubbornness/idiocy, he has vowed to stay in (for now). We'll have a candlelight vigil going on here at Hub HQ, while Cain's status hangs in the balance. Here's the full story on the latest Cain accuser. This has led to great jokes online as well. For instance, I saw, "Cain has more sex scandals than Penn State and Syracuse combined.
"All this time, Cain has been cheating on the women he's been sexually harassing, with the woman he's having an affair with." "Cain has more women on the side than Tiger Woods." You get the idea.
- This past Wednesday saw a rather large protest in the United Kingdom. For reasons we should all be used to by now. The British Parliament are asking public sector workers to take pension cuts, wage freezes, and asking them to work longer for their pensions. The impact was felt throughout the UK. Estimates were that around 2 million people chose to strike in protest. Just under 2,100 schools, in London alone, closed for the day. 42% of the London Ambulance Service walked out, causing the service to treat mostly seriously ill patients. Flights were limited into London's Heathrow Airport in anticipation of Border patrol workers not coming in. I'm focusing on London, but massive strikes hit Glasgow, Dublin, and Edinburgh as well. Here is how it was covered by one of the few networks that do cover this stuff, Russia Today (RT). And, for the record, the pension reforms proposed by these governments are bullsh*t (pensions aren't prohibitively expensive to run or offer).
- Early this week we lost another great comedian and way too soon. His name is Patrice O'Neal and he was only 41. If you haven't seen his stuff, definitely check it out on You Tube. And, this clip is a part of his special called, "Elephant in the Room." If you like it, check "related videos" for the rest of the special. It was a classic. My favorite part of that show, is above (video 3), a must see, just a few minutes.
- On the Occupy front, there was a high profile eviction this week. The largest occupation (by number of campers), Los Angeles, was broken up this week. It was the standard overreaction (in today's new world). 1,400 cops were used to evict about 1,000 people. Multiple police choppers were used. Reporters and photographers were kept at a distance. Like, I've mentioned in past posts, we're living in a police state folks. About 200 were arrested. You can see other details, pics, and videos here. More proof of the police state: Occupy Los Angeles arrestees also had DNA swabs taken. There's no reason for this, especially with disorderly conduct/trespassing type arrests like these. Being fair, the DNA swabs have not been verified by traditional media yet. It was stated/tweeted/blogged by some of the people arrested and folks within the occupation.
However, this one has been verified. At Occupy Montreal, protesters are literally stamped with UV ink by police. The mark is to identify them, should they return to camp. This protester interviewed has said she has trouble washing off the ink. Also, UV ink has a history of health risks. So, you can decide if I was being hyperbolic about my concentration camp/ Germany comment.
- Last thing before clearing out for the week. I saw a documentary a
while back called, "Who Killed the Electric Car?" I know I always say
the documentaries are great. I'm either easy to impress or they're all
well done. Either way, it's worth a watch. You can see it here, for free,
90 minutes long. But, long story short, it talks of how various
interests conspired to make sure the electric car never stayed on the
market. The culprits were the usual suspects: oil companies,
politicians, car companies, even consumers. Anyway, I was surprised to
find out that the technology for the electric car was available way back
in 1912 (see the advertisement, right). After doing some further
digging, I found that the technology even pre-dated this ad. The technology existed for the electric car back in the 1890's. So, why is it like $40,000, for a Chevy Volt? You got me. See you next time,
James
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