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From The Angry Eye. Relevant transcript.
Drop the Mic
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Anarchist Thought Experiment
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Rajab & Abd El-Fattah: Episode Four — Julian Assange
The ‘black cat’, also called the “wild cat” or “sabot-cat”, usually with an arched back and with claws and teeth bared, is closely associated with anarchism, especially with anarcho-syndicalism. It was designed by Ralph Chaplin, who was a prominent figure in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). As its stance suggests, the cat is meant to suggest wildcat strikes and radical unionism.
My most recent tattoo
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National Geographic: Interrogating Saddam
National Geographic Specials: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ After Saddam Hussein’s capture by US forces in December 2003, FBI agent George Prio interrogated the fallen leader. This is the inside story.
This roughly 45 minute special details the relationship between FBI agent George Prio and Saddam Hussein while Hussein was detained in Iraq after his capture. As with most Western publications and depictions focused on Eastern subjects, there are quite a few problematic elements and depending upon how knowledgeable one is about the Iraq War, I’m sure there are very different conclusions one could take away from this. That being said, it’s rather interesting to see this more human side of Saddam after his capture.
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On July 5th, 2011, Kelly Thomas, a mentally ill homeless man was beaten into a coma by Fullerton City Police. Five days after the beating, he was pronounced dead. This video of the atrocious scene was released just recently. I am beyond disgusted.
The city surveillance video that shows a group of Fullerton police officers beating a homeless mentally ill man to death last year was finally released today, laying to rest any argument that Kelly Thomas was a threat to officers.
The shocking video, which was combined with an audio recorder worn by one of the police officers on the night of July 5, 2011, was shown in court today, then later released to the media.
“Now you see my fists?” Fullerton police officer Manny Ramos asked Thomas while slipping on a pair of latex gloves.
“Yeah, what about them?” Thomas responded.
“They are getting ready to fuck you up,” said Ramos, a burly cop who appears to outweigh Thomas by 100 pounds.
“Well, start punching,” Thomas responds, never once displaying any physical aggression towards Ramos.
Moments later, as Thomas is standing while Ramos is ordering him to get on his “fucking knees,” Fullerton cop Joseph Wolfe, who is not charged in the case, walks up and starts beating his legs with a baton.
Then Ramos gets into the act and Thomas takes off running, moving out of the frame of the camera.
The cops keep telling him to put his hands behind his back and lay on his stomach, but they are both laying on top of him, making it impossible to even breathe, much less move.
The camera, operated by a dispatcher at the station, then moves toward the beating, showing Ramos and Fullerton cop Jay Cicinelli on top of Thomas as Thomas repeatedly apologizes and telling them he is unable to breathe.
As the video continues, one of the cops can be seen kneeing him.
“Please, I can’t breathe,” Thomas pleads as the officers keep telling him to put his hands behind his “fucking back.”
The cops keep telling him to “relax” to which he responds, “I can’t, dude.”
More cops eventually arrive and a little more than four minutes into the video, they start tasing him.
And a little after five minutes into the video, as three cops are piled on top of him, beating him, tasing him, one cop looks up at another cop who just arrived on the scene and says, “help us.”
At one point he yells out, “Dad, they are killing me.”
Even after seven minutes into the video, when six cops are on top of him and all Thomas is doing is crying for his father, they keep telling him to “relax.”
Last year, Ron Thomas, a retired Orange County Sheriff’s deputy, said the City of Fullerton offered him $900,000 to just go away, which would have allowed the two cops to remain on the force unpunished for killing his son.
Thomas was pronounced dead on July 10, five days after the beating that left him in a coma.
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A serious fucking reckoning needs to happen
oh my god, i feel sick.
I’m crying my eyes out. he just kept repeating I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry and they just kept beating him…I hate this world.
I don’t know what to say…
Excuse me while I go bang my had against the wall… absolutely sickening.
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Wisconsin Recall Primaries Tomorrow…
Yes, I Know in an ideal world I would choose not to vote, but I’ve been deeply invested in the removal of the state’s collective bargaining rights from public workers ever since the workers rallies broke out in the state capital. Not to mention the other various bills that our “esteemed” governor has passed giving Wisconsin the worst jobs record in the country.
Because there are very serious issues at hand and because I signed the petition to recall Walker, that signature means nothing unless I vote, I’ve reasoned that my best course of action right now is to vote.
But the main point of this post is my current dilemma. Do I take the strategic vote? Or do I vote for the candidate that best suits my views? Either way all the candidates want to restore collective bargaining but that’s not the only issue at hand. And which candidate is best suited to actually restore those rights? If I have to guess Tom Barret will probably win the primary(But I could be wrong, I’m no political scientist), but overall I kind of like Kathleen Falk the most, yet I’m unsure if her approach to restoring collective bargaining rights will be successful.
Anybody have any input on who they’re voting for and why?
Oh man. Hahaha
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Personal Hooblah!
Cool! What a fun filled night full of racism, sexism, cheating, and slut shaming. But don’t worry I’ll just keep playing the role of gold ol’ fun time Josh while trying to keep it all together! One of these days I’m going to crack…One of these days.
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