Thinking Is Cool Again Here In Iceland

By ewingsc ⋅ March 11, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments
    Posted in: Economics, Geopolitics, Poverty

Thinking is cool again here in Iceland, after the Night´s party is over and the Morning light has come with a throbbing headache.
The Icelandic People Scored a Victory in the Struggle for Democracy
But there is still a long way to go.
The referendum for or against taking over the Ice-save debts unconditionally by the Icelandic tax-payer has [...]

Goldman Sucks

By ewingsc ⋅ March 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
    Posted in: Economics, Poverty, fascism

Ron Paul “If The Fed Didn’t Exist There Would Be No Deficits”

By ewingsc ⋅ March 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
    Posted in: Economics, Education, Environment, Poverty

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Chris Hedges : Calling All Rebels

By ewingsc ⋅ March 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
    Posted in: Economics, Health, News, Poverty, fascism

Student Natalia Garcia protests last week on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley during a day of nationwide demonstrations against cuts in education funding.

There are no constraints left to halt America’s slide into a totalitarian capitalism.
Electoral politics are a sham.
The media have been debased and defanged by corporate owners.
The working class has [...]

The Katrina Incident ( video )

By ewingsc ⋅ March 8, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
    Posted in: Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Media, News, Poverty, censorship, fascism

A flashback to the Katrina Incident
- when a major American city was underwater,
the mainstream media presented some of their finest moments so far this century,
and the western world got its first sneak peak at what societal collapse might actually look like.

The Katrina Incident from Scott Ewing on Vimeo.

How Food & Water Are Driving A 21st-Century African Land Grab

By ewingsc ⋅ March 8, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
    Posted in: Africa, Economics, Environment, Geopolitics, Health, Poverty

Ethiopia is only one of 20 or more African countries where land is being bought or leased for intensive agriculture on an immense scale in what may be the greatest change of ownership since the colonial era.

Ethiopia is one of the hungriest countries in the world with more than 13 million people needing food aid, [...]

War Is A Racket

By ewingsc ⋅ March 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
    Posted in: 911, Economics, Geopolitics, Poverty, The Arts

[ & it always has been ... ]

[ ... & it always will be - until you all collectively realise that it shouldn't be ...  ]

Most Decorated US Marine General :
‘Purpose Of All US Wars Is Billions For Insiders’ Profits’
Smedley Butler (and here) was the most honored man in Marine Corps history.
He wrote and [...]

Chris Hedges : Ralph Nader Was Right About Barack Obama

By ewingsc ⋅ March 5, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments
    Posted in: Economics, fascism

We owe Ralph Nader and Cynthia McKinney an apology.
They were right about Barack Obama.
They were right about the corporate state.

They had the courage of their convictions and they stood fast despite wholesale defections and ridicule by liberals and progressives.
Obama lies as cravenly, if not as crudely, as George W. Bush.
He promised us that [...]

The Debtors Revolt Is Starting Now

By ewingsc ⋅ March 2, 2010 ⋅ One comment
    Posted in: Economics, Poverty

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Wall Street’s Bailout Hustle

By ewingsc ⋅ March 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
    Posted in: Economics, News, Poverty

Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren’t just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy – they’re re-creating the conditions for another crash.

[ Goldman Sachs ...  ...  sucking you dry ]
On January 21st, Lloyd Blankfein left a peculiar voicemail message on the work phones of his employees at Goldman Sachs.
Fast becoming America’s [...]