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stand strong (via lazywednesdays)

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Some poetry for you day and mine.

James Pilant

close the door stand strong don't give in to their chants and songs noisy excessive din be bold take control you have a job to do You won't be moved to their weakness no surrender stand up tall give your all their cries and pleas contagious disease look at them down there pathetic we are united you and I together we will make history we will change history Listen to me their fears and concerns will soon pass with them they'll forget what you did … Read More

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WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH FREEPORT PRODUCES? (via West Papua Media Alerts)

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This is a David vs. Goliath story, if there ever was one.

A lone blogger wants to call a giant American corporation to account for how much ore it takes out of his country.

Well, at least due to the internet, he can make the demand. I’m not sure we could make the company report how much it takes out of the U.S.

James Pilant

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH FREEPORT PRODUCES? JUBI, 22 June, 2011 It is still very difficult for the Mimika district administration to get information about the quantity of gold and copper produced by Freeport-Indonesia and how much is exported via Portsite, Amamapare. The head  of the mining, energy and minerals department of the Mimika a … Read More

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Is the PNG government also a puppet for the Chinese? (via Papua New Guinea Mine Watch)

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Here we see the Chinese government acting through “independent” corporations to forward its foreign policy aims. We are going to see a lot more of this.

James Pilant

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare's astonishing admission that foreign multinational companies are able to use their powerful positions to dictate the actions of the PNG government raises again concerns about the influence of the Chinese government and its controversial the Ramu nickel mine. Speaking about the Panguna mine on Bougainville, at a time when he was Foreign Minister, Somare has admitted mining company Rio Tinto "exerted a … Read More

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Time for a Corporate Death Penalty (via AntiCorruption Society)

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I have advocated for the corporate death penalty before. I continue to believe it is a vital idea whose time has come.

Now that corporations have full political rights in terms of money and political advocacy, they are more and more like human beings.

So, killing one for its crimes makes more and more sense. A corporation whose crimes have risen to a certain level is seized by the government, sold off piece by piece until nothing remains. The stockholders lose everything for their failure to oversee their investment.

Justice.

James Pilant

Time for a Corporate Death Penalty June 9, 2011 By Bruce A. Dixon, Managing Editor for Black Agenda Radio commentary There are more than 40 federal offenses for which the death penalty can be applied to human beings, most of them connected to homicide of one kind or another. But countless homicides committed by the artificial persons we call corporations go unpunished every day. Apparently “personal responsibility” applies only to humans who are not operating behind the legal shie … Read More

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Which face to slap first? (via Static)

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We live in a new age.

Often when someone says those words, they are ranting or exaggerating. I am doing neither. For the first time, a citizen with a common appliance, a desktop computer, can read material from every part of the earth. We can watch their videos, read about their politics and communicate with the citizens through writing and commentary. Directly. No governments between us. No media filter.

There will be enormous changes coming from this, but it is going to take a while. It took a long time for television to change the political landscape to what it is today, this will be faster.

Here we have an obviously skilled and intelligent writer from Pakistan discussing the intellectual bankruptcy of the media. His complaints while illustrated by news examples from Pakistan are not different in kind from those in this country.

What we will find talking and listening to people from all over this planet is that we are brothers and sisters. We share many of the same concerns.

And we all have accomplishments to be proud of and problems to be solved.

Read the article. I assure you will find the author’s examples to be fascinating even though they take place on the far side of the globe.

James Pilant

by Rohaan Ahsen The issue I am about to talk about now is a very major issue, in the sense that it has crept into the very essence of an overwhelming majority of our population. Be it an extremely famous (or infamous) personality, or some run-off-the-mill average Joe, hypocrisy is inherent in people from just about every faction in our country. The names I take are those everyone repeats, I will not point fingers on any specific person or group, … Read More

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More hidden and ugly truth about the Marcoses revealed (via Quierosaber’s Blog)

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I share the author’s concerns. After their wanton looting of the Philippines, they should not be welcome in any civilized society.

James Pilant

More hidden and ugly truth about the Marcoses revealed The family of the notorious Filipino strongman, Ferdinand Marcos, has been back in the country for sometime now, accepted and forgiven. As if they were the ones wronged and not the entire nation and its people physically subjugated, oppressed and robbed by them during the despot’s 20-year rule, the short-lived m … Read More

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Bankers Order the Looting of Greece (via )

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I think that this is a highly likely scenario. The practice of American entrepreneurs of exploiting disasters for big bucks has made them experts in extracting the last dime from the crisis victims.

But I have to admit, it was the picture of Snidely Whiplash that got my attention. He is a perfect example of the modern international capitalist – greedy, proud, unashamed, forever on the make, and having a damn good time.

James Pilant

Bankers Order the Looting of Greece According to Max Keiser, people of the kinds of Forbes are already in Greece to get its assets for pennies on the Euro. It is now clear the rest of the countries will come next. That is the plan. Reuters June 18, 2011 A restructuring of Greece's 340 billion euro ($481.5 billion) debt is not on the agenda and would damage the country's credibility on bond markets, the European Union's internal markets commissioner said on Saturday. Forcing Greece' … Read More

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Disgraced Wyoming Horse Eater Admits Illegal Collusion (via Straight from the Horse’s Heart)

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I’m going to side with the horses (and I don’t even like horses). I don’t think that butchering horses for their meat is a benefit to them.

Besides there is a heavy level of outrage in this particular posting. I very much admire the author’s passion and anger. I share it.

James Pilant

Disgraced Wyoming Horse Eater Admits Illegal Collusion (In My Most Outraged Opinion) by R.T. Fitch “Slaughterhouse” Sue Wallis Admits Access to Leaked Federal Document It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out the motives behind the defunct and degenerate Wyoming state Representative Sue Wallis’ motives to eat horses; it’s all about the money.  But we can live with that as she is not that m … Read More

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About Those Notes…Evidence of Securitization Fail (via foreclosuresinmass)

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I’ve been arguing the same thing, – that there was much more to the mortgage crisis than robosigning. So, give this a read. I like skepticism and intelligence. This article has both.

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Since last October, shortly after the robosigning scandal broke, I've been talking until I turned blue in the face about robosigning being the tip of the iceberg with mortgage problems and that the real issue was chain of title. Robosigning appeared to be an almost unexpected deposition by-product; the real goal in the depositions that uncovered the robosigning was exposing the backdating of mortgage endorsement. And that they did–the notaries' … Read More

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5 reasons why banks hate [and fear] Elizabeth Warren (via Eideard)

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5 reasons why banks hate [and fear] Elizabeth Warren I’m sorry, Congressman, you’re small-minded, too! Daylife/Reuters Pictures used by permission Elizabeth Warren, it’s not you they hate. It’s what you represent. You want to be an honest cop when so many before you in Washington have looked the other way and pretended that the banking industry could police itself. I can’t think of a better reason why this presidential adviser shouldn’t be the new chief of an unfettered Consumer Financial Protectio … Read More

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I couldn’t agree more. An honest broker is the last thing the large banks can stand. They want the status quo of unaccountability to continue forever. We’re just sheep to be sheared under current law. Even knowing what shenanigans the industry is up to is very difficult.

Let’s get Elizabeth Warren confirmed.

James Pilant