"The Epstein case is important because, however much is being covered up, it is a window into the scourge of male violence that explodes in decayed cultures, fueled by widening income disparities, the collapse of the social contract and the grotesque entitlement that comes with celebrity, political power, and wealth."
"If passed, Question 2 would not immediately remove police officers from the streets or the city’s payroll. Instead, proponents say, Question 2 would kickstart the process of expanding the city’s approach to public safety — such as dispatching unarmed social workers to help unhoused people and sending de-escalation experts to domestic disputes — rather than relying on the “armed-police only” approach."
"These decisions are being executed by ego rather than eco—logic. Here we are in the midst of a climate catastrophe with worldwide efforts to plant six billion trees to mitigate carbon toxicity poisoning earth’s atmosphere, and we are removing and moving trees like doll house furniture."
"The alliance of Republican and Democratic oligarchs exposes the burlesque that characterized the old two-party system, where the ruling parties fought over what Sigmund Freud called the “narcissism of minor differences” but were united on all the major structural issues including massive defense spending, free trade deals, tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, the endless wars, government surveillance, the money-saturated election process, neoliberalism, austerity, deindustrialization, militarized police and the world’s largest prison system."
"The vast bulk of military expenditures today have nothing to do with keeping us safe. And the advocates for war are a small minority – politicians, militarists, weapons makers, oil companies, and relatively small fanatical groups like al Qaeda."
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLrdceScmXs&w=560&h=315] Published on Sep 20, 2012 by UpTakeVideo Students, Homeowners Whoring Themselves for the Banks from The UpTake. Like this Watch the latest episode of The UpTake on Blip! http://blip.tv/the-uptake/watch People are whoring themselves for the benefit of the banks, so they can make their payments, protested an Occupy activist who goes by Miss Nicole, during a rally More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLrdceScmXs&w=560&h=315] Published on Sep 20, 2012 by UpTakeVideo Students, Homeowners Whoring Themselves for the Banks from The UpTake. Like this Watch the latest episode of The UpTake on Blip! http://blip.tv/the-uptake/watch People are whoring themselves for the benefit of the banks, so they can make their payments, protested an Occupy activist who goes by Miss Nicole, during a rally More
