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A Time To Speak Out
From Mike Krieger of KAM LP
A Time to Speak Out
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.
- Bob Dylan
Carl Quintanilla: Futures were down 30 now down 175.
Joe Kernan: These pictures (Greece) aren’t helping.
- This morning on CNBC
The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities.
Zbigniew Brzezinski in his book Between Two Ages: America’s Role in the Technetronic Era
I wasn’t going to write this week so this will be extremely brief. The entire charade that has been propagated on humanity is coming completely unglued and there is absolutely no stopping it. I have only one request to those that are reading this. If you know of specific incidences of corruption or serious wrong-doing come forth and tell everyone now. This is your last chance. When this things breaks the 99% of people on this planet that have been unwilling victims of a very small group of elitist political and corporate players and others will be so completely destroyed they are going to go after people and in a very serious way. This must be done calmly and without violence but it must be done and it will be done. At that point the backstabbing and selling out by people that previously held alliances with one another will be so chaotic it is going to be tough to separate those did the most harm from those that were willfully ignorant. I fear that being willfully ignorant will not be a defense that will appease many so it is best to come out before that point is reached. For those that have read A Tale of Two Cities or just generally know your history remember what happened in the aftermath of the French Revolution. There was illogic and indiscriminate punishment applied in many cases. I hope this never happens and I will fight to prevent it all the way but the best thing one can do now is come clean if there is anything you need to come clean about. Bob Dylan said it best in the quote at the top. This is the chance. Do not let it pass you by because of fear or greed. Truth is all that matters.
Turn the Television Off
I barely watch any television anymore. It has been this way for several years now and it is the best thing I have ever done in my life. I turn it on to CNBC when I wake up for 15 minutes or so and then I watch reruns of “The Office” before I go to sleep. That said, the 15 minutes I get from CNBC in the morning is invaluable. It reinforces why I don’t watch tv and it also reminds me why many investors are so lost. As the futures plunged this morning Joe Kernan stated “ These pictures aren’t helping.” Helping what exactly? Helping an agenda. An economic philosophy that unfortunately dominates our current financial system. A system that is NOT free market in many crucial ways, but rather is top down autocratic system run by Central Bankers (you have to read this http://www.marketskeptics.com/2010/05/federal-reserve-has-been-abusing.html). That profession needs to go or be changed entirely back to its root functions. Later in the news segment one of the guests begged the CNBC anchors to take the pictures off the screen. They don’t play well in Disneyland. Television can be great for certain purposes but do not for a minute think you are getting the news of the day. You see what you are permitted to see. Mainstream journalism is dead.
The Latest Martin Armstrong Piece
I also wanted to implore everyone to read the latest piece by political prisoner Martin Armstrong. Here is the link. http://www.martinarmstrong.org/files/Closing-at-10520-32-Down-3-2-5-14-10.pdf
If we don’t stand up now then the world envisioned by Zbigniew Brzezinski may come to pass. It will be a technocratic neo-feudalism. Your children and grandchildren are going to ask what you did during this time. How you stood up. What side were you on. We can’t let this chance slip away.
Mike
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I haven't been able to produce three ounces since......well......never. :>)
TMI all around.
You must be the ZH Sky Marshall.
Is that Troy ounces?
As long as you didn't "tamper" with the lavatory smoke detector
Does that count for the "mile high club"?
Nop, that counts only for the "Mile DIY Club"
I like your post & I will always be coming frequently to read more of your post. Thank you very much for your post once more.
Ab Ripper X Exercises
I rubbed one out on a red eye from L.A. to new york last week.
We'd really appreciate it if you could use the LAV next time too.
Isn't that why TV (newpapers, magazines, radio even the Net) is called, "media" ??
It's soul is to present a 'mediated' view of things.
Re-visit M. McCluhan, C. Lasch, J. Mander, and N. Postman.
Thank you! Deep down, our betrayed romantic naivete is revolting in its mindless grinding.
We'll have to deal with that kinda stuff when the hangings and all are over.
Where do we send the confessions?
flag@whitehouse.gov
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/facts-are-stubborn-things/
It bounced! I guess the truth was repelled by all that transparency.
the very best line
This was his public confession.
Only awake for 15 minutes?!
Tyler... Breath deep, The galloping gloom, Watch lights fade in every room. Translation: Go home. You worked hard. Inhale a Joint, Have a drink and get stoned. Don't retun until you feel better.
Kindest Regards,
Rahm Emanuel
Needs more "fucks", "cocksucker", and "bitch ass faggot" for it to be a convincing rahm
Hey cool avatar!
I remember the Brzezinski piece. It has been implemented in UK.
and specific cities in China even more so
Sounds like you need to get off the internet and go read some books. Relax. Markets crash. You'll get up tomorrow and make breakfast.
Two eggs over easy, two strips of bacon, toast with marmalade and a great cup of coffee and then watch the ES descend to 1037.50 ... great morning
Try some Farina with cheese. It tastes Nasty , But it binds. You will feel better after your first Bowel extraction.
Krieger says:
I hate to break it to you but we are past the point of no return.
anon,
I fear you sir are correct.
The stage has been set, if you have noticed the Bamster has been remarkably quiet in regards to the 2nd Amendment...........he has had more important things to destroy.
However, behing the cutrain, Hillary, and the U.N. have set a FIRM(and Confirmed) date to disarm America, and any of the few others on this rock.
This will not go down well, when this gong sounds, all hell will break loose.
Why the states have not called for a Con-Con, before now is a mystery to me.
We could have stopped 90% of what's happened post '08.
Truth be known, we should still call for one, while we have the power to do so.
Otherwise, the Goose that laid the Golden Eggs for most of the World,for almost 100yrs, is going down.
Frankly, I hold out little hope of this ending in anything but chaos, and a Civil War.
Pray I am not correct...........but, I see no way around it, without a miracle.
Con-con is not necessary, Doc. State legislatures can NULLIFY any and all fed laws under the 10th Amend. Pass both houses and Guv'na sign and see ya later, fedigator.
cossack,
Yeah, that play has been tried before.............ended in 1865.
yeah, some idiots took the Consitution at face value and thought this was actually a Federalist Republic. Tried walking out.
Unfortunately the whole thing was contrived as we got Empire, full population slavery [14th (Red) Amendment], Democracy, destruction of States as separate entities, disenfranchisement of the South [carpetbaggers, etc], and and ....
Neat con if you can sing it. Ooopppss! A bigger con going down now.
I hope you are right c55...
States calling a con-con? Be careful what you wish for. The states are run by corrupt politicians, just like at the fed levels.
38 and we PICK the delegates, as pissed as the Populace is, I think we could Amend a lot of things.....Could it be any worse?.
If, things remain the same( I had the November races as a caveat remember), I GUARANTEE you, we will lose this Republic.
Look at it now, the bulk of it has been Nationalized.( heard that one before?).
Their is NO VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS!!!!!!!!!
From D.C....NONE.
I wear them OUT.........but, alas, I but ONE.
I have thought of leaving (to Peru, my wife was born there), but I am staying here. Armed and with gold.
You are NOT one. There are more of us than there are of them.
Totalitarians can blow me! I will blow them away until death.
Yeah, and the small time crooks are themselves a scary breed. Sure, they do offer the advantage of being small, but that's only because they're held in check by the able sociopaths at the top.
Oh, BS.
Rent a ditch witch and do a lap around all gombit buildings thus cutting their fiber optic cables. When they come out to see why it ain't working no more then have your way with them.
Hahaha.
Now that's some creative civil disobedience.
I thought by Presidential Executive Order Obama created some Governor's panel or something. Is that the method to control the states rights issues I wonder?
indeed...
i'm wondering why we even bother with states anymore. maybe for the exciting license-plates - something to keep the soon-to-be political prisoners busy.
At that point the backstabbing and selling out by people that previously held alliances with one another will be so chaotic it is going to be tough to separate those did the most harm from those that were willfully ignorant.
It won't be hard to tell who the culprits are/were. Just go after those dual citizenship crooks to start with. Oh, and the Rothschilds should be the first to go, but I bet they already have everything planned and will try to hide behind the fog of yet another war they will finance. They and their tribesmen will again try to ignite inter-ethnic fighting while they stand aside and watch others bleed. We should not allow that to happen. They should be the ones bleeding this time.
I won't repost it, but everyone should read the lyrics of "We Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who.
in particular ... "meet the new boss, same as the old boss."
When the dust clears and the good people of the Earth say, "it is safe to come out now" we will simply find that we have new leaders who will proclaim, "a new day has dawned." But what we will find is that the new leaders work for the same puppet masters as the old leaders.
It has always been so and will always be so ... until we learn compassion and love; until we evolve a higher ethic of personal responsibility and community responsibility, and abandon the ethic which says, "if it makes me rich it is good."
Commonly referred to as "classical anarchism"
You're dead-on. The tumbrils for the revolution will be supplied by the Ford Foundation.
Just in case anyone missed it, they played this song at halftime of the Super Bowl.
I heard that line and thought to myself, "something is wrong here."
I was watching that too but the laser show gave me seizures and I missed the "Won't get fooled again" line.
Nazis. I hate these guys.
My grandfather died in the concentration camps....
he fell out of the watchtower trying to catch some sleep... RIP
Makes sense.
ZH, thank you for making sense in the last couple of years. Because almost no other media source does.
Cnbc has killed more people than Hitler, Bin Laden, and Stalin combined. They are a force of evil. How many desperate retirees, unemployed, and naive have been fleeced at the behest of cnbc anchors masters, banks.
Do you thin Maria Bartaromo or James Cramer dont sleep at night living at their million dollar homes?
Frankly, Im surprised that.............I dont want a visit from the FBI
Maybe a tad overstated. Let's hope the FBI pursue ZH, I'd feel a lot safer
Massive P&D operation.
Probably find some conflicts with GE's holdings too.
Time fixes everything - even a terminal disease.
Yay :~)
Theres no stoppin what can't be stopped.
Not only that, but there's no stoppin the cretins from hoppin.
yoga berra
Ok so I have something to admit to today.I'm one of the speculators Merkel is trying ot kill.
I..I...I...
I shorted the market using HSD and HXD today!!!!!
I'm sorry so sorry it'll never ever happen anymore today.
Tomorrow? Well I'm backing up the fucking bus - woohoooooooooooooooo
This was a beautiful piece. Thanks for sharing it, Tyler.
I strongly believe the US will go quietly, just like the USSR. I see it happening already - the men drinking themselves to death, the women being shrill, some of them reminiscing about the old days... the younger girls renting out their holes (even the former middle class)...
The old brutes who rule can be mollified easily.
Give them a house. Leave them their television and radio. Keep them in fast food and addicted to their drugs. And deliver them all the crappy beer that they like.
There: government crazies thwarted.
Sometimes, we want the Sturm und Drang to justify all the pain we've felt over the years... the impassioned struggles against the unthinking, vocal, brutal, and uncivilized rulers and their agents.
But that kind of schadenfreude is corrosive. The bile burns nicely for a time. Eventually, we must toss down our swords and begin rebuilding.
Ease them down.
After 7,000 years, when does the tossing down of swords commence?
Schanedfreude is not only corrosive, it's evil. When you direct evil toward others, it must emanate from you. Same goes for love.
Love is the only force that can turn an enemy into a friend.
Martin Luther King
Welcome to Ground Zerohedge.
Sounds like a recipe ingredient. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and 1 tsp. Ground ZeroHedge.
Ah. So I'm not the only cat around here who thinks of every problem in terms of something to eat.
BTW I feel better now thanks Tyler it was really bothering me watching that squid suffer
This paranoiac apocalyptic stuff may make for interesting atmospherics, but it detracts from the site's credibility. Just MHO.
"What we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that it is fatal to take conventions too seriously. A convention is a social convenience, as, for example, money ... but it is absurd to take money too seriously, to confuse it with real wealth ... In somewhat the same way, thoughts, ideas and words are "coins" for real things."
— Alan Wilson Watts (The Wisdom of Insecurity)
Oh, okay. I'm converted now. Thanks.
Rant. Doom. Ironic chuckle.
Rant. Doom. Ironic chuckle.
Rant. Doom. Ironic chuckle.
Rant. Doom. Ironic chuckle.
Rant. Doom. Ironic chuckle.
Rant. Doom. Ironic chuckle.
(Did I get the party line right?)
Sounds pretty paranoiac apocalyptic to me.
Buy. Sell. Score some blow.
Buy. Sell. Snort some blow.
Buy. Sell. Score some ho.
Buy. Sell. Blow some dough.
Buy. Sell. Blow boss Joe.
(How bout that one?)
longjohn,
IMHO,
Do not have a clue how old you are, or where you live.
But to call this Paranoid, and apocalytic STUFF a detraction, is begging the issue, it's real.
It's like the Ostrich Syndrome, or the Living by a River in Egypt.
WE are IN, and about to go thru a PARADIGM shift, worldwide, never before seen........ever.
So, you keep wishing and hoping.Facts are Facts...........sometimes we must accept the hand dealt us.
Or....the bankers and investors are going to take a large haircut on their lending operations.
If they do, the dirty end is avoided.
Listen for the word "restructuring" in the propaganda. If you hear it more, perhaps we have a chance...
Amen, brotha.
Uh, compared to the apocalyptic rhetoric that's been coming out of Washington D.C. for decades? Centuries, now?
i.e. "Global warming will destroy every coastal city... crazy Muslims will nuke America, even though they can barely put together a proper diaper bomb... Ho Chi Minh will somehow turn the world Communist..."
This is downright sunny compared to that horseshit.
Thank you.
Just because we're paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't out to get us...
I don't get it. When I have a skin carcinoma, it gets excised. If the type is not known, it gets scraped, sent to pathology, then excised.
We have major eruptions of carcinomas, called Libs.
We supposed to leave them unchecked, so they can metastasize later?
Ahh, you've revealed yourself to still beleive that there is a left/right paradigm. One can only conclude that you must also feel that there is a sound difference between Repugnicants and Demobrats. Alas, both are bought, paid for and owned by your local contingency of Goldman Sachs.
Right vs left IS right vs wrong.
Very few left on the right, unfortunately.
Confused yet?
You're part of the problem. You're a sheep being played. Wake the f up.
That is true
+1,000,000
ROFLMA!
someone has been watching too much faux news. tsk tsk. back to the herd for you.
I find it interesting trying to understand the demographics of posters on this site. I am under the impression that there is some sort of strange cosmic alignment of very left wing and very right wing mindsets.
The truth brings together people from all walks of life and all points of view.
Not junk, +1.
I unjunk the naughty racoon too.
I know "we" asked for junk buttons, but do they actually work? Everybody should have a voice and I know ZH has a moderator (at large) who seems to inhabit Ms. Marla's posts, mysteriously. Can we upgrade to an "Engadget"-like system or do away with it? Some jerky earlier this week got junked over 30 times to no avail. Otherwise may I ask whomever the recent junky-junker is to please junk in moderation and consider a pithy rebuttal as opposed to the habitual drive-bys.
Respectfully,
bol
The only time I've ever junked anyone was that moron who kept posting his web hosting site at the end of every thread, and I did it to alert Marla to ban him. I thought that was what it was for. I don't even junk "Grand Supercycle."
Ya, who is this hyper-junker? I got junked 4 times in an earlier thread. Geez, all I did was confess, like they asked us to do. Guess we're not supposed to bash SEIU and the union thugs around here. The only time I junked someone was due to a "fat finger" problem -I was really going for the reply button!
The junker can kiss my fuzzy butt.
Junk that!
well, if you were a beaver and not a racoon....
I've often found that members of the very right wing and the very left wing are really libertarians that just didn't realize it yet.
My personal experience with more libertarian-leaning lefties seems to boil down to the statement, "You can't tell me what to do, DADDY!"
The righties seem to be more along the lines of "Leave me the hell alone" as they fondle themselves to the latest Ron Paul video.
I gotta say I identify more with the latter, minus the self-abuse.
I started off as a radical lefty and eventually moved towards supporting the non-aggression principle once I taught myself about Austrian economics.
Kinsella's work on intellectual property also helped push me over the edge.
Typical left-wingers have tend to have an emotional reaction to corporate malfeasance. They believe that the only method to control corporate over-reach is through government action.
This is false - the government enables corporates to abuse free people.
Statism is merely a substitute religion; it has all the same characteristics. It is not a logical intellectual construct but a rigid and illogical belief system. It invites neither challenge nor discussion. it is willing to kill nonbelievers in the furtherance of its goals and the achievement of its ends. If you are an outsider, you are an enemy to be destroyed. While it preaches tolerance and love, there is no coexistence with it.
oddly, as a mid-righty, i find it mildy ironic that the hard-core righties seem to say "I demand the RIGHT to surrender my control to the bible", etc...)
folks can be offended if they like, but ... it's ... nevermind. buy gold.
True, but God at least offers forgiveness from your wrongdoings. The Almighty Federal Government will ride your ass until you're dead, or until you're named Treasury Secretary.
As a Christian, I'm not offended by your statement at all, I just find it slightly inaccurate. I don't see my faith as surrendering to something. I find it enlightening as well as an unburdening.
And yes, buy gold. And silver. And chickens.
heh - i'm glad you took it with the right 'tone'
i should have emphasized the 'hard-core' part of that comment. the archetypal folks that i'm referencing are often so 'right' that they're almost left - in the level of control their respective 'governing forces' would exercise if it were allowed to happen. witness the spanish inquisitions, etc.
to be sure, this goes for *all* extreme religious fundamentalists.
i'm an equal-opportunity religious skeptic: i despise all organized religions equally.
i see a well-formed woman and am pretty sure there is a god of some sort. i look at murderous regimes and wonder about the inherent 'goodness' that many attribute to their particular 'gods'. i'm not so sure that great power is necessarily bound to a particular moral direction. e.g. electricity is neither good nor bad.
Minus the self-abuse? I thought that was the best part of being a righty?
And I thought I was replying to the Mighty Monarch. Hello up there!
Opposites attract or even extremes meet. Then there is the different educations like academics or streets. In the end most people on here wouldn't give each the time of day if they crossed paths on the street but for some unknown reason find unity here. There's plenty of talk of what should be done which encourages the hope in me that humanity will prevail. There are still too many sub cultures within this community which at times make for enlightening & interesting reading from which an individual can gain valuable insight, but also this inflames bullying, harassment & ridicule. The common goal should be the aim & that is to educate. Everyone has a right to preach what's important to them. This site is a true testament for humanity & one one of the last democracy's that I know of. Enjoy
Your words bring a tear to my eye. That's what I meant to say.
This is how I see it. That's my truth. I honestly believe there are more souls than trolls lurking on this site out of view due to the fear of bullying, harrassment or ridicule. There aren't to many avatars that stand alone & those that do are easy targets. There are so many brilliant academics who post on here with important information that I wouldn't normally have access to but can now evaluate & retain.
The most powerful force known to mankind is the power of ideas and those with ideas know this. We are all made better with great commentary while trolls usually won't actually join in Fight Club and even when they do they don't last. Write and engage.... I am always keen to read what a keen mind produces and your observations are excellent.
and that is why they will take the internet away from us.
we know they can (at&t switches, bitchez). they desperately need a false flag op.
The next one will be pinned on the internal political resistance.
Without question since external threats have not satisfied the central control beast.
befriend a hacker
Geeks to the rescue!
Seriously. I've often wondered if they might be the modern day warriors we need.
Geeks always have been during times of change... along with their professions. Or so this Airborne/Ranger autodidactic geek believes.
Abalone, you sound like our education system. "Let's all play together nicely and don't do or say anything that might offend someone. We don't want to hurt their confidence, it might destroy them for life." Of course the child could get raped by the f-ing teacher and still stay on the payroll, but I digress.
Look, life can be tough at times, get used to it. People can, and do, say and do harsh things sometimes -right or wrong. We better be able to live with it or we're not going to be much of a survivor will we?
I don't mean to sound like a, well, mean person, because I'm not, but this over-sensitive, PC world we live in drives me crazy sometimes. When I feel crazy, there's no tellin' what a guy might say. Smile, be happy. :~)
I'll remember to put my helmet on next time I log-on...thanks
I think you've already said enough.
i agree that the message is more important than the delivery, but the folks that 'say' the most in here seldom, if ever call names.
i don't think that's an accident.
it's not a matter of having thick-skin, it's managing ideas and emotions - a discipline, i suppose. not easy sometimes.
you jerk
:^)
If the financial markets all found ultimate support at zero, then I am fairly sure that the sun would still come up, the kids would still have practice, I would still need to get up and go to work, and the same people would be working in Washington for the same people they work for now.
We would probably have more freedom, higher quality of life, and lower taxes if the markets all went through the roof.
I think I will go for a swim and then have a drink.
Said like a true Optimist ... As daBear, I love the part about markets at zero
+1. I just pulled the bike out of the garage, and as soon as the wife gets home we will go for a putt around the lake. Probably sit outside and have a beer at the midpoint.
I have done everything I can and I cannot change things. I am as ready as I can be. Tomorrow will be what it is.
Yes, but will you now be at Code Yellow or Orange?
It seems we are progressing along a fairly well fleshed out continuum, no?
Although, you're probably right, certainly nothing going on in my neck of the woods to go Orange yet.
But, something is just not quite right.
"But, something is just not quite right." You, sir, are a master of understatement.
"If the financial markets all found ultimate support at zero, then I am fairly sure that the sun would still come up, the kids would still have practice, I would still need to get up and go to work, and the same people would be working in Washington for the same people they work for now."
You do not understand the nature of fear.
Hedgeless doesn't understand how the power grid works, how fuel is distributed, or how much food is in the distribution system at any given time. Practice would be canceled. Do you have any food in the house?
"……the dollar and the misbegotten federal reserve system will lose influence in the real world at a shockingly fast rate. Noting that most of the damage to the federal reserve central bank and warfare system occurs after mid summer's night, the aware observer will maintain the distance of perspective on the unfolding of financial events over the first half of 2010, after all, events in the financial and central banking areas will only get more chaotic and dysfunctional as the year matures." -HFH
Mobilis in mobili - Nemo
The same Nemo from CR?
The trouble is we ain't in kansas no more Dorothy. We are totally beyond ponzinomics or bistromathics, we are about to enter the shady area of mob dynamics. The scary thing is the political class have completely blown any claim to a moral highground, any calls for restraint will fall on deaf ears as they are seen by many to be in lockstep with the banksters.
I think we are heading for an October revolution, but on a global scale.
ya think we'll make it to October?
Too late, boys and girls, we are already watching the unfolding of the beginning of the end of this cycle. There is no going back !
Have a nice read here, befor you go to bed:
Homo sapiens, I'm glad I knew yehttp://questioneverything.typepad.com/question_everything/2010/05/homo-sapiens-im-glad-i-knew-ye.html
Like Daniel Yergin shows, the last days of Hydrocarbon Man are upon us. I am comforted by Strauss and Howe's contention that this won't be the end, just the end of a cycle. Man has been through many cycles and there'll be more. (That's the good part) Welcome dawning age of Aquarius but first the religous wars. Maybe Clarke was right in his prediction of a world wide law creating Christlam, ending religous wars as in Childhood's End.
That's some pretty smarmy eco-Utopia crap, there. The last thing I want is to live in someones idea of a Utopia. Life evolves because of all its warts and lesions, not in spite of them. Maybe we got it wrong, in which case we will die out, but it does not mean that the atheist version of heaven, Utopia, is the solution to all our problems.
Besides that, who's going to be the one to kill all of the Neanderthals who won't fit in this planned society? You know...just so I know who to look out for.
Makes perfect sense to me. We prey on ourselves daily, do we not?
Why do my comments always appear two or three down from where I intend to post them?
This makes me look like an idiot leaving inappropriate, nonsensical posts.
Anonymous, my arse.
FIAT monei is a scam. ok done and done.
Brzezinski threw in the towel the other day. He said weza mo infomed than eva!
Bermas almost dumped in his drawers when he learned that google has mapped every inch of the planet; they have been doing that for years, why did no one tell Jason?
If it all goes at once there will be an overlay period where gold and silver does not drop as much as everything else, and then it goes up and meets the Dow falling. Then ebb and flow, in a perfect yin/yang.
Good luck everybody!
Oh and I was about to watch this before I hit this link.
WGT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0i59RSFS-4
Thanks to YouTube, the revolution *will* be televised.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cppY-n1i79w
That was awesome. Funky get down awesome. dance dance revolution!
your a curious one lennon.
saw your post a while back about Zbigniew Brzezinski, forget other player and him having a weekend conference.
so googled him, adore mika and her story.
guess i couldn't interrupt your like or dislike for him.
"#1 ZBIG" is the preeminent geo-political strategist alongside Henry Kissinger. He gives dictation to schoolboys of politics (ie Obama).
Mika lives in a fairy tale.
Oh and check this out. The doelarr is isis. Look they even named it after her.
$$
Oh, and I drink your wine on occasion. It is delicious!
how about this one?
MATERialism
sprechen sie deutsch?
OH ISIS oh isis
Isis, oh, Isis, you mystical child
What drives me to you is what drives me insane
I still can remember the way that you smiled
On the fifth day of May in the drizzlin’ rain
i wish i was ISIS†
i am delicious, it just comes out in the wine.
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Vassilis Paleokostas
What do you get when you cross Jesse James, Robin Hood, and Jack Bauer in the body of a giant, bearded, bald Greek man?
Meet Vassilis Paleokostas:
This crazy, utterly fearless dude is public enemy number one in Greece, and probably one of the most badass motherfuckers to come from the country since the days of our friend Leonidas.
Vassilis' story starts back in the early 90s, when he went on an insane crime spree of delicious armed robbery, blackmail, extortion, and kidnapping. Basically, his modus operandi was to kidnap a super-rich bastard, hold him for a ridiculous ransom, and then sell him back to his stupid family in exchange for giant piles of cold, hard cash. Then, he'd take that bling, keep a small percentage of it for himself, and distribute the rest of his newly-acquired wealth to impoverished farmers of the tiny rural province in which he grew up. The dude quickly made a name for himself as the Robin Hood of Greece, and was beloved by fans of badassery, the people of the lower classes, and pretty much anybody else he wasn't in the process of robbing or extorting for money. Shit, even the fucking people he kidnapped came out later and said that he was very polite and respectful to them while they were in captivity, and that it was pretty much the most pleasant kidnapping they'd ever experienced. That should give you some indication of what this dude was all about – steal from the rich, give to the poor, make a profit in the process, and be completely awesome all of the goddamned time. He also made a vow never to harm a member of the public in his criminal escapades. He's been true to his word.
In true badass fashion, Vassilis Paleokostas also has a trusty sidekick – a lunatic Albanian named Alket Rizai. Rizai is like the Friar Tuck in this story, only if instead of being a benevolent, staff-swinging priest, the clergyman was a crazy gunman with a hair-trigger and a penchant for firing automatic weapons at heavily-armed tactical police officers. Rizai is currently up on charges for murder, though I haven't really been able to track down any details about any of that (that's the problem with trying to research current events, I suppose). My assumption is that he was being attacked by some evil corrupt officers sent by the Sherriff of Nottingham and responded by burning a full clip of Uzi ammunition into them, jumping through a plate glass window, rescuing a damsel in distress, and swinging off on a chandelier with a hot babe clinging to his rippling biceps. According to a Greek friend of mine, this guy once blew up a known Mafia hangout by shooting it with a fucking rocket launcher.
Of course, the downside to being a career criminal – even a happy-go-lucky one who commits non-violent crimes in the name of the oppressed populace – is that eventually the long arm of the law is going to bitch-slap you in the fucking face really really hard. In 1995, Vassilis Paleokostas was caught by the fuzz, convicted of kidnapping, robbery, and weapons charges, and hauled off to a federal pound-me-in-the-ass penitentiary known as Korydallos Prison.
Now over the years, Korydallos Prison has gained a reputation as being one of the harshest and most brutal prisons in Greece. This place is like a mix between Andersonville, Oz, and that stupid plastic box they keep Magneto inside in the X-Men movies. The warden is a hardass son-of-a-bitch, the guards don't give a shit, and people that go inside the facility never come out.
Except Vassilis Paleokostas.
In June 2006, Paleokostas' older brother (another pathological criminal who is now serving jail time on 16 counts of armed robbery) commandeered a helicopter, and landed it right in the middle of the fucking exercise yard of the prison in broad daylight. The armed guards at Korydallos, not expecting to be subjected to such an unbelievable display of gigantic steel-plated testicles, assumed that this chopper belonged to the warden or the Chief of Prisons or something, and instead of investigating it they all decided to make sure their shoes were appropriately spit-shined so as not to incur a citation from their wrathful bosses. Vassilis (who had orchestrated the entire operation from the beginning) and his Albanian buddy simply walked up to the helicopter, hopped inside, and lifted off. By the time the guards got their heads out of their asses and started firing their guns at the bird, it was already too late. Paleokostas had escaped.
So the Greek police put out an all-points bulletin, and a nation-wide manhunt began for the Greek Robin Hood. Officers, dogs, and federal agents scoured the countryside for this fugitive day and night, relentlessly following leads and doing everything in their power to bring this wanted criminal to justice.
Paleokostas evaded them for two and a half years. He lived in the mountains outside Athens, evaded all attempts to recapture him, and even orchestrated another high-profile kidnapping in the process – snatching a powerful jackass CEO industrialist, ransoming him for a huge wad of cash, and once again distributing the loot to local farmers and families. There are also rumors that he planned and executed another kidnapping while he was still incarcerated, which is bonus points no matter how you look at it.
In August 2008, Paleokostas was tracked down and re-captured by the Greek police. He was placed in a different maximum security facility, where he was held for another six months, awaiting trial for his brazen escape in 2006. On 21 February 2009, Vassilis Paleokostas was transferred back to his old home – Korydallos Prison. His trial was to begin on the 23rd, and he was to stay in his former holding area while he stood trial for this crime.
But he never made it to trial. The very next day, 22 February, ANOTHER FUCKING HELICOPTER showed up in the skies above Korydallos Prison. It flew over a large tower of the prison, lowered a long rope ladder, and Vassilis Paleokostas and Alket Rizai climbed up into the chopper. As the helicopter flew off into the sunset, the prisoners of Korydallos cheered.
Greek police opened fire on the chopper as it flew off, but a woman returned fire with an AK-47 assault rifle. Now having hot Greek babes with automatic weapons come save your ass from prison isn't the sort of thing that happens to normal people every day, but that's just how things work out for you when you're a badass like Vassilis Paleokostas.
The police eventually tracked down the helicopter, and found that it had ditched on the side of the road outside Athens with a bullet hole in the gas tank. According to the pilot, Paleokostas and his associates left the chopper and drove off on totally sweet motorcycles to an undisclosed location. They also popped some totally bitchin' wheelies while doing so.
Vassilis not only earned his freedom for the second time, and once again showed the world that his ballsack is roughly the size of a small continent, but he also got some sweet delicious revenge on the motherfuckers in charge of the Greek prison system at the same time. For allowing the same guy to escape the same prison in the same manner twice in a row, the Greek government fired the country's Chief of Prisons, the Inspector-General of Prisons, the warden of Korydallos, and three guards at the facility. They all learned what it means to step to somebody as awesome as the Greek Robin Hood.
Vassilis Paleokostas is fully rad because he kicked ass, won the respect of the people, said "fuck you" to the police, and managed to single-handedly place the country's three top-ranking prison officials in the back of the unemployment line.
He is still at large.
Thats quite a story.
LOL
That story is worthy of a Hollywood screenplay, and could someone send him a detailed map of the parking garage at 85 Broad St.?
the Great Satan moved to 200 west, they don;t even keep a cop at 85 anymore.
Really great & awesome story. Thanks Gully!
The badassoftheweek.com site is fun too.
"steal from the rich, give to the poor, make a profit in the process"
Hmm., sounds like Hopey and his marxist buddies
I fought the law, and... Won?
cut. print. that's a wrap.
get this into 120 pages and fix the third act and I will gladly pay you in SPXU put options. This'll make Iron Man 2 look like The Spirit
Kali Nikta Baby
Hook me up with Brother Vassilis.
My sister (married to a Greek btw) has a screenplay and contacts in BH/Hollywood ready to go.
Plus my B-I-L is an expert with fake ID's and the like (he worked for No-Such-Agency duplicating all kinds of fake-ID shit for OUR guys - he was the real-life model for the Greek-ancestry Station Chief played by Philip S. Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War with Tom Hanks, BTW).
He's retired on the Gummint tit but still has his skills which he now plies For Hire -
KrvtKpt laughing swordfish
DKM Trading Division
Due to my calls in last 3 days (props to ZH) .. soon to be Chief of Division