The Invisible War

“The Invisible War” examines the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. It also looks at the institutions that cover up the violence, and the profound consequences it has for its victims. We interviewed director Kirby Dick as well as two of the film’s subjects, Kori Cioca and Trina McDonald. Cioca, who served in the Coast Guard, was beaten and raped by a supervisor, and then charged with adultery because he was married. McDonald was drugged and raped by military police on a remote Naval station in Alaska. We aired the interview in January on the heels of a military survey showing the number of reported violent sex crimes jumped 30 percent in 2011, with active-duty female soldiers ages 18 to 21 accounting for more than half of the of the victims.
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The One Oscar-Nominated Movie You Must See
By Alyssa Rosenberg via Slate
Posted Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at 2:53 PM ET


As someone who grew up in a county which is basically one huge military base I am certainly not stunned or shocked by anything in this documentary. I'm just so glad that these people got to tell their stories and Sec Def Panetta saw and heard them. I worked on a base and the harassment was incessant, but I was lucky, I was a civilian employee and I lived within walking distance of police headquarters. I knew women who were not so lucky, and watching this brings back painful memories that I thought were dead and buried.

Meh

Why can't I find anything to read that interests me in the least?

My friend posted this though, it's worth a watch.

Endless War Is a Feature – Not a Bug – of U.S. Policy

Endless War Is a Feature – Not a Bug – of U.S. Policy

I like the title of the article, but frankly I didn't read it because I don't give a shit.  And the wealthy and powerful have always used fear to control the masses and war is some scary shit.  Some bloody, awful, stupid, scary crap.

fun with teh Google

Finally screwed up the courage to Google someone from many years ago.  Turns out this person has been dead for 2 1/2 years.  Funny how life goes sometimes.

A jawdropping headline...at first

Africa: Where black is not really beautiful


South Africa is a land of diverse cultures and races, the country is marketed to the world as Mandela's rainbow nation - where everyone is proud of their race and heritage but for some black South Africans there is such a thing as being too black.

"...most people say they use skin-lighteners because they want "white skin"...

A nasty by-product of centuries of white Euro-trash abuse of Africans in Africa and economic domination by "the higher classes" in EU and their colonialism I'd say.  I'm not saying that the BS doesn't extend to the US' history of economic control of Latin America either.

Florida's Long Lines On Election Day Discouraged 49,000 People From Voting: Report

Greg Palast and Brad Friedman have been reporting on this debacle for YEARS.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

112th Congress Set To Become Most Unproductive Since 1940s

Congress' approval rating stands at 18% says it all, doesn't it?
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Dennis Kucinich on Democracy Now

Why can't more of our congress be like him?

4 Firefighters Shot, 2 Killed At Webster, New York Fire Scene; Shooter Dead (UPDATE)

Hey, I know, let's keep cutting the budgets for mental health services! It's been ssoooooooooo helpful, as has our brutal and NON-rehabilitating prison system. (Granted, this guy probably should have been committed to a prison hospital for life)



*sigh*



Again, my condolences to family and friends of the first responders and my prayers for the injured.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Zero Dark Thirty - Wrong and Dangerous Conclusion

Mr. Gibney,



You are an excellent documentarian and I love your work. That said, you probably wouldn't accept the obscenely large amounts of money that Hollyweird happily accepts to perpetuate the myths, uber-patriotism, and excessive violence that passes for entertainment in this country and around the world.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

VP Sally Langston

VP Sally Langston is the kind of character that I love to HATE, and she is my least favorite character on my new favorite show, Scandal . The first season is streaming on Netflix, the second is available to watch on IMDB.

The Lumineers - Ho Hey (Official Video)

I am avoiding the newZ

Because right now I could give two shits about   Molly McMoosturd  or  the gun manufacturers' priorities or even the great news that some media outlets are finally figuring out what most 23 year-olds know, that the GOP is buncha fucktards

Gun Violence: It's Not Just the NRA or Presidential Leadership -- It's Us

"Why don't we as a society hold to greater account the manufacturers and distributors of the hardware and software promoting the violent gun use in the numerous video games that are watched and played by many of our children?"

Because in this country freedom of religion is misconstrued as freedom to worship at the altar of capitalism. Intentionally. Even "our" media is a commercial enterprise. As is our political system.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

so, I'm watchin' this silly teevee show

and part of the script goes "she's in one to the 6th largest cities in the world..." and I think ummm, she's in Russia dude, no effin way. So I go to check top ten cities and I end up thinking "wow, top 30 cities, majority in Asia, east and west Asia. Jebus Asia, get a fucking handle on your brood mares why doncha?"

Yeesh, when you spend 10 years reading all kinds of stuff for 5-12 hours a day  instead of working some incredibly repetitive job it's hard to climb back in the shell of ignorance even if you want to shut reality out by watching silly teevee shows.  *sigh*

Pearl Harbor: Roosevelt Knew

Pearl Harbor: Roosevelt Knew
December 8, 2012

no shit sherlock

Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, Obama in Tehran?

Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, Obama in Tehran?

Posted by Pepe Escobar at 9:01am, December 6, 2012.
Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch.

Mr. President, Tear Down This Wall 
Washington’s Iranian Future 
By Pepe Escobar

In Election 2012’s theatre-of-the-absurd “foreign policy” debate, Iran came up no less than 47 times....

You see? You see why I like Pepe Escobar? He points out really amusing stuff. I remember watching that debate. I made a few notes on a laptop and somehow managed to delete the whole post, but I remember writing snark over that one. Read the article, I never regret reading his stuff.

Screw this ibuprofen shit, and population stuff

I think the ibuprofen may be taking the swelling down, but it's causing pain I never had.

Beyond 7 billion: Bending the population curve

The whole series is fascinating. I'm reading it now.

Slacker Uprising

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0850669/

Watch here

I'm watching it now. I saw Farenheit 9/11 around 05 or 06 but never Slacker Uprising.  I've been pretty pissy all day and this isn't helping.  Dayum, I forgot that I was at the Del Mar Fairgrounds that afternoon, but I will never forget how angry I was at that  time.  I saw kids that were neighbors and only 4 or 5 years older than my kid shipped off to die so that Dickhead Cheney could get richer. 

 I got crappy news today.  I went in for knee swelling and found out that I have arthritis and this shit is only going to get worse.  So the doc says take a shitload of ibuprofen and ice  3 times a day.  So I'm taking the ibuprofen, icing and the swelling is going down and NOW I start to feel pain. Fuck. 

So, next up is Suburgatory.  Yes, I do think Jeremy Sisto is one of the sexiest men evah, and dude has quite an acting range.

CIA faces lawsuit over death of bioweapons expert amid ‘LSD experiment’

CIA faces lawsuit over death of bioweapons expert amid ‘LSD experiment’


About fucking time. The CIA has always thought it was above the law, all laws everywhere.

When people say to me that the CIA is good organization I want to get all up in their face and scream "For who?"

The rich, that's who.

Share Your Black Friday Stories With Us

I never shop on Black Friday because of these horror stories
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Happy Thanksgiving y'all!

Don't do the cheater dinners, they suck, and they don't have everything you need to make Thanksgiving dinner anyway.

All at once

all at once

Southland

Southland


I love this show. It's Southern California with all it's bloat and gas and warts,with all it's beauty and it's fugly. It's the frustrating limitations that law enforcement officers come up against. It's flawed, imperfect and good, decent human beings who happen to be police officers. Regina King is perfect as Lydia and she has some of the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen. In fact, the casting couldn't be better in my opinion.

Walmart's Internal Compensation Documents Reveal Systematic Limit On Advancement

Why does this not surprise me? I don't make a habit of shopping there, but occasionally I do. It must be less occasionally than it used to be because I couldn't find much of the stuff I buy regularly there.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

I love this show

I don't think I've ever loved a show more than Scandal. Well, I like Grimm a lot also. Admirable and frightening critters in both shows.  Love Supernatural, some really funny lines in that one, and I love Dexter.  What would make me happier than a pig in shit?  Dexter takes a trip to DC and helps out Olivia when she is called on to make Karl Rove and some of his ilk disappear.  Just for good measure, Dexter, Sam and Dean and the new dude  on the block Arrow can all go hunt critters in DC.   Fun yeah? Well, more fun than paying attention to what the corporate news is reporting on in DC anyway.

CIA chief Petraeus resigns over affair

CIA chief Petraeus resigns over affair


Bullshit. I have no idea what really happened, but the old tired , want to spend more time with the family, and had an affair is boring code for he fucked up, or Obama has had enough of the old leftover GOP nonsense. I don't know this guye's real story, nor do Icare.

Yes We Can, We Did, and Now Obama’s Second Term Is Our Responsibility

Robert Scheer's Columns
Yes We Can, We Did, and Now Obama’s Second Term Is Our Responsibility
Posted on Nov 9, 2012
By Robert Scheer

Yes, Mr. Scheer, that's what i was thinking before the early electiion returns. Since there are approximately 800 votes separating my congressmen from the likely congressmen elect, I'm just going to wait and see.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

THESE RESULTS ARE UNOFFICIAL

Last updated on: 11-08-12 at: 15:39:53

There are APPROXIMATELY 375000 Mail / Provisional ballots still to be counted

Now, there is British show that cracks me up called Misfits that I'd like to watch before I have to go pass out the notices for my friend's funeral.

the word "anger" isn't even close to how I feel lately

I hate everyone and everything.

Obama yaay, local results bleh

see what I mean?

Living in a county of 3 million that is one big fucking military base sucks ass sometimes.  The bases have Fox Snooze on 24/7 so I don't know why the rethugs even bother with all the nasty ad campaiging.  

I'm tired, whas on Netflix?

ps, going to bed, if I wake up and Romney is president I KNOW he stole it, because it was call for Obama when the polls had only been closed for half hour.

Last updated on 11-07-12 at 02:24:00 
PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

THESE RESULTS ARE UNOFFICIAL
There are approximately 475000 Absentee
/ Provisional ballots still to be counted 

http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/voters/mobile/newphone.html

CITY OF SAN DIEGO MAYOR

Reporting 784 of 784
at 100.0%  counted.
    (Vote For 1)

BOB FILNER				165687	51.53 %
CARL DEMAIO				155871	48.47 %

ok that's better, and makes more sense, and what? Bilbrayis gone? fine