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AMeRiCaN DeCePTioNaLiSM...
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"I didn't know the NSA tapped your Handyüberwachung Fraulein..."
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This doctor claims he didn't know
That payments from patients would grow
The truth is he did
And just kept it hid
Protecting the old status quo
The Limerick King
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Didn't know about the security clusterfuck in Libya.
Didn't know about the IRS scandal.
Didn't know his government spies on journalists.
Didn't know the NSA engages in a domestic spy program aimed at Americans.
Didn't know the NSA tapped Merkel's Handyüberwachung.
Didn't know the NSA spies on every other leader in the so called free world.
Didn't know about the Obamacare snafu.
Didn't know Americans would lose their existing medical coverage or see their premiums skyrocket under Obozocare.
Let's play a game: Didn't know _______________.
Three things he most definitely knows:
This week's televised sports schedule.
Saturday morning's tee off time.
Days to go...
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The Munsters theme song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFCnvH2E-6A (0:44)
Why hasn't he just blamed Bush for all the spying?
Obama: "I am shocked -- SHOCKED -- to discover that there is spying going on here!"
Aid: "Here's today's Merkel transcript, Sir."
Obama: "Thanks."
Hendrix trained as a paratrooper, and went into the music biz after he got injured. He stayed loyal in his heart to his brothers in arms, and knew how they suffered in foreign fields for the flag waved by traitors, internationalists, the big money men and their political appointees.
William, some trolls have tried to cast a dark shadow over your work, but your brilliance shines through for those with eyes to see clearly, and hearts to care.
Rather reminds of the quote: “Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent immediately recognizes genius.” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Thanks.
He was a genuine American. I knew it when I was a kid and his death was among my sadest days.
And thanks very much. ;-)
AMC to buy most of Liberty Global’s international content unithttp://www.srnnews.com/amc-to-buy-most-of-liberty-globals-international-...
(Reuters) – AMC Networks Inc said it would buy Chellomedia, the international content unit of John Malone’s Liberty Global Plc, for about $1.04 billion, giving it greater control over the global distribution of its programs. Liberty Global, the largest cable operator in Europe, said the deal would help it simplify its business and allow it to focus on its core market, the United States.
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Note that Liberty Global is also UPC. Who if you look into to it carefully is in the renewables and oil business. Upon the exposures by alternative sources, executives are moving along and assets are suddenly being sold after going silent about one years ago. Look up UPC africa or any country, it may take a bit the the keyword, 'UPC Group' is the connector. The web has been sanitized a bit but some of it is still there.
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UPC began to put its Triple Play strategy into place. In March 1999 the company launched the "chello" broadband internet service in the Netherlands, Norway, France, Belgium, and Austria, before rolling it out to the rest of its European network. The company also prepared to launch chello as a separately listed public company. At the same time, UPC boosted its cable network, acquiring 100 percent of Time Warner Cable France, which had operations in Paris, Lyon, and Limoges. After the introduction of its broadband Internet service, UPC put the next piece of its triple play strategy into effect, launching Priority Telecom, offering telephony services to the Netherlands market based on its UTH subsidiary's backbone. Meanwhile, the company's cable business continued to grow with the purchase of a cable television provider in Bratislava, from Siemens, for $41 million. The company also entered Poland in 1999, buying that country's @Entertainment, a provider of cable, direct-television, and programming, including ownership of local sports channel Wizja. In France, UPC expanded its network with the acquisition of Videopole and Réseaux Cables de France, giving it the fourth and fifth largest cable television companies in that country. Throughout 1999, UPC added a number of other acquisitions to its belt, including Stjärn TV in Sweden and 13.3 percent of SBS Broadcasting, as part of a partnership agreement to develop joint-programming initiatives. Paying for this activity was a EUR 1.5 billion bond offering, the largest ever in Europe; a secondary offering of 13.5 million shares, at EUR 59.75 per share; and a private debt offering of $1 billion in senior discount notes. At the same time, UPC teamed up with Microsoft and Liberty Media to form a joint-venture content and distribution partnership for the European market. UPC appeared unstoppable as it rounded into the new century. At the end of 1999, the company announced its 50,000th chello subscriber (or, in UPC parlance, "revenue generating unit," as each customer represented the potential for multiple revenue streams depending on the number of UPC services to which they subscribed). In January 2000, the company's Priority Wireless division launched a broadband fixed wireless access network in Norway, marketing telephony and Internet services under the Priority and chello brand names. The company then increased its position in the Netherlands, buying K&T Group for $1.15 billion, and Telecal, a cable television provider, for $77 million. After increasing its position in SBS Broadcasting, UPC made an offer for a full takeover of that company in March 2000 (abandoned soon after, however). That partnership meanwhile was preparing to launch a new series of themed television channels. At the same time the company completed the acquisition of Intercom France, and EITele Ostfold and Vestfold in Norway. Meanwhile, UPC appeared to be finally making headway in its effort to break into the all-important German cable market, which had been dominated by Deutsche Telekom, when it announced its acquisition of EWT/TSS. The company also made its entry into the United Kingdom, with the acquisition of 25 percent of Telewest. UPC had, in addition, boosted its telecom branch, announcing its acquisition of global network services provider Cignal Global, based in the United States. The company also announced a plan to merge chello with fast-rising Excite@Home in order to create internationally operating broadband access and content provider "Excite chello." UPC appeared to be riding high at the turn of the century. Yet by the beginning of 2001, the company was beginning to unravel. Saddled by a debt load topping EUR 8 billion, the company's shares were hammered by the collapse of the technology sector in general and an economic slowdown that appeared to be heading towards a new recession. Meanwhile, the company's da Vinci set-top had been delayed by Microsoft's inability to complete a product that worked--UPC was forced to abandon that system temporarily in favor of a different system. Yet set-top services had failed to excite the subscriber base--the company signed just 50,000 customers among a pool of more than seven million. UPC had added problems at its fast-growing chello broadband Internet service, where Internet access speeds were increasingly becoming bogged down by an oversaturated network (that problem was shortly to be solved by the introduction of the DOCSIS protocol). But chello's dream of going public was forced on hold as the stock market continued to reject technology stocks. The company did go through with a public offering of 16 percent of Priority Telecom in order to comply with requirements involved with its Cignal Global purchase. UPC restructured its operations at the beginning of 2001, combining its transactional television and broadband Internet operations into a single division, UPC Media, alongside its UPC Distribution and Priority Telecom divisions. The company began to show signs of rising sales by the end of the first quarter of that year; but it was too little too late for Mark Schneider. With the company announcing net losses of more than EUR 750 million, Schneider resigned from his CEO position. UPC's fortunes continued to slip through the year. By the end of 2001, UPC's share price had dropped to just 25 Euro cents. The company was forced to abandon its plan to merge with Excite when that company's stock too had lost its value. By the end of 2001, UPC had gained a new majority shareholder, as John Malone-led Liberty Media once again bought out a Gene Schneider company. Taking control of UIH--and a major share in UPC as well--Liberty Media was building on its newfound interest in the European broadcasting and communications market. With John Riordan, a former associate of Malone, placed in the CEO spot at UPC, the two companies' relationship was certain to strengthen as the future unfolded. In the meantime, UPC, which faced financial ruin at the beginning of 2002, managed to stave off collapse as it entered negotiations with its major creditors to convert its massive debt--its legacy from its explosive growth in the 1990s--into restructured equity. Principal Subsidiaries: @Entertainment, Inc. (Poland); @Entertainment Programming, Inc. (U.S.A.); A2000; BESY Praha s.r.o. (Czech Republic); chello broadband Australia Pty Ltd; chello broadband Chile Ltda; chello broadband do brasil Ltda; chello broadband GmbH (Austria); chello broadband S.A./N.V. (Belgium); chello broadband SRL (Argentina); chello broadband USA Inc.; Cignal Global Communications; Cignal Global Communications (Bermuda) Ltd.; Cignal Global Communications Australia Pty Limited; Cignal Global Communications Austria GmbH; Cignal Global Communications Belgium S.A.; Cignal Global Communications Canada Holding, Inc.; Cignal Global Communications Canada U.L.C.; Cignal Global Communications Carrier Services, Inc. (U.S.A.); Cignal Global Communications, Inc. (U.S.A.); Cignal Local Communications, Inc. (U.S.A.); Czech Link s.r.o. (Czech Republic); DattelKabel (Czech Republic); Dattelkabel a.s. (Czech Republic); ElTele stfold/Vestfold (Norway); Eneco K&T Group; Gelrevision; INNET, spol. s.r.o. (Czech Republic); Intercomm Holding (France); Kabel Haarlem B.V.; Kabel Net Brno A.S. (Czech Republic); Kabel Plus A.S. (Czech and Slovak Republics; 95%); Kabel Plus Tel a.s. (Czech Republic); Melita Cable P.L.C. (Malta; 50%); Poland Communications, Inc.; PrimaCom AG (Germany; 25%); Priority Telecom (84%); Sat Net spol. s.r.o. (Czech Republic); SBS (13%); StjarnTVnatet AB (Sweden); Tebecai; Telekabel Graz Gesellschaft mbH (Austria); Telekabel Klagenfurt Gesellschaft mbH (Austria); Telekabel Wien Gesellschaft mbH (Austria); Telekabel-Fernsehnetz Region Baden Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (Austria); Telekabel-Fernsehnetz Wiener Neustadt/ Neunkirchen Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (Austria); Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd. (47%, ); UCI Enterprises, Inc. (U.S.A.); United International Investments GP (U.S.A.); UPC Belgium S.A.; UPC Ceska republika a.s. (Czech Republic); UPC Germany; EWT/TSS Group (Germany); UPC Magyarovszag Kft (Hungary); UPC Romania, Inc. (U.S.A.); UPC Sport s.r.o. (Czech Republic); UTH; Videopole (France). Principal Divisions: UPC Media; UPC Distribution; Priority Telecom. Principal Competitors: British Sky Broadcasting Group plc; Deutsche Telekom GmbH; Digitale Telekabel AG; France Telecom SA; Globo Cabo S.A.; Inmarsat Ventures plc; Matav-Cable Systems Media Ltd.; New Skies Satellites N.V.; PrimaCom AG; Telewest Communications plc; Yes Television plc.Further Reading:
- Baker, Stephen, "Mark Schneider, United Pan-Europe Communications," Business Week, February 7, 2000.
- ------, "A 'Triple Play' for Control of Europe's Net," Business Week, December 13, 1999, p. 64.
- Bickerton, Ian, "UPC Begins Critical Talks to Avoid Collapse," Financial Times, February 3, 2002.
- ------, "UPC's Rapid Rise and Fall," Financial Times, December 12, 2001.
- Blau, John, "The Son Also Rises," tele.com, February 21, 2000.
- Borowski, Christopher, "UPC out of Index and Near All-Time Lows," Reuters, February 14, 2002.
Source: International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 47. St. James Press, 2002.Tnx, this is of interest to me. I once met Schneider years ago. He is what you would expect.
I've been told that you've been bold with. . .
barry, joe and ben.
Sorry lou for spoiling your quality lyrics with 3 MF's
Awesome stuff!
Even with all the disgrace and insanity in mein USSA, trying not to laugh at wb7' works is futile.
Let's play a game: Didn't know _______________.
"Didn't know I could get away with all this shit, keep a mid-40s approval rating, and not get impeached. I love you FSA....you's my bitchez!"
Didn't know his wife used to be a guy
Didn't know why her dick's bigger than his
Didn't know back then but now he's glad it's OK to be Gay in the USA.
Damn.
on the one hand the MSM apologists for the NSA Eurogate scandal insist we are not going to quit the program because it stops terrorism, and on the other hand there is no apology for spying on the Euroheads, so these leaders must be terrorists?
And more importantly, they seem to have convinced themselves that Americans are now relaxed about the government spying on them. Spying on foreign persons seems to be a bigger deal to them.
What meager coverage was there of this past weekends protest?
Practically none...its the patronage system in full lockdown mode.
Its the opposite of what real journalism should be, digging up facts, informing the people of the absolute rot at the core of this thing. But no...do that and access to the states propaganda is cutoff along with their paycheck or you get your computers hacked like Sharyl Attkisson.
At least we have some real government transparency now ;-)
Real investigative reporting has been long gone. When news became profitable in the late 1960s my mother quit her job as an investigational reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle in protest. She inherently knew that conflict of interest would destroy news credibility. Propaganda and yellow journalism are blatant today. Thanks to a dumbed downed,ignorant citizenry, its continuation is assured. People today are willfully asleep and those asleep won't say no.
Miffed;-)
even the Benghazi debate is a classic misdirection, now being examined as a security failure, rather than what it really is, a backdraft similar to Fast and Furious, after dealing arms to Al Qaeda they turned on us? how they could they do that? but the arms to Al Qaeda issue has become so deeply embedded in a bipartisan policy that it will never see the light of day. the Bush admin was never chastised for security issues on 9/11. how can there be a security issue when you are arming the people who intend to harm you?
Colonel Hogans fault!
+++++++++ for "Doctor 'I Didn't Know' "
shades of nixonian hubris, pounding vietnam with b52s, (while making diplomatic overtures to China, that would eventually result in a great global economic misallocation of funds) using domestic price controls, and diverting illegal slush funds through a mexican bank (fast and furious?) enabled by his friends at the federal reserve (AG) yes ron paul wants to audit ALL their records. i have no knowledge, and i am not a crook
BUFOON!
You make it more and more evident every day William.
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This monster has something to hide
For into our lives she has pryed
She's chosen a man
For her monstrous plan
And she'll be his monstrous bride
The Limerick King
Dr Frankobozostein's glorious achievements. Banzaiiiiiiii, you are in Halloween spirit mode. A real frightfest.
WMBanzi7 "....days to go..." Yeah, but he's got a general idea. Those Google barges are not there for selling glasses. There's a real shit storm about to break loose.
someone on the survivalist forum said he worked for the co building the one in maine, he said it was built like a cruiseship in sections and the top floor is some kind of lab. has a 12ft security fence around the barge deck and a 8 ft one on the roof
Love to see the picture with Edward Snowden leading the people with torches and pitch forks.
His name is Edward Snowden.
love to see the picture of snowden meeting with angela merkel
. . . after being granted asylum.
On Christmas morning...
Does that make Clapper
"The Bride of Feinstein"
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Clapper the clown likes to spy
To congress he's willing to lie
With privacy gone
This demonic spawn
Is making our liberty die
The Limerick King
Kinda looks like John Wayne Gacy (don't know his clown name!)
I am not a Wookie!
Lou Reed - It Wasn't Me
It wasn't me who shamed you, it's not fair to say that
You wanted to work I gave you a chance at that
It wasn't me who hurt you, that's more credit that I'm worth
Don't threaten me with the things you'll do to you
It wasn't me who shamed you, it wasn't me who brought you down
You did it to yourself without any help from me
It wasn't me who hurt you, I showed you possibilities
The problems you had were there before you met me
I didn't say this had to be
You can't blame these things on me
It wasn't me, it wasn't me, it wasn't me
I know she's dead, it wasn't me
It wasn't me who changed you, you did it to yourself
I'm not an excuse for the hole you dropped in
I'm not simple minded but I'm not father to you at all
Death exists but you do things to yourself
I never said give up control
I never said stick a needle in your arm and die
It wasn't me, it wasn't me, it wasn't me
I know she's dead but it wasn't me
It wasn't me who shamed you, who covered you with mud
You did it to yourself without any help from me
You act as I could've told you or stopped you like some god
But people never listen and you know that that's a fact
I never said slit your wrists and die
I never said throw your life away
It wasn't me, it wasn't me, it wasn't me
You're killing yourself, you can't blame me
Shaggy - It wasnt me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g5Hz17C4is
(Yo', man) Yo'
(Open up, man) What do you want, man?
(My girl just caught me) You let her catch you?
(I don't know how I let this happen) With who?
(The girl next door, you know) Man
(I don't know what to do) Say it wasn't you
(Alright)
Honey came in and she caught me red-handed
Creeping with the girl next door
Picture this, we were both butt naked, banging on the bathroom floor
How could I forget that I had
Given her an extra key
All this time she was standing there
She never took her eyes off me
How you can grant the woman access to your villa
Trespasser and a witness while you cling to your pillow
You better watch your back before she turn into a killer
Best for you and the situation not to call the beaner
To be a true player you have to know how to play
If she say a night, convince her say a day
Never admit to a word when she say and if she claims
And you tell her baby no way
But she caught me on the counter (It wasn't me)
Saw me bangin' on the sofa (It wasn't me)
I even had her in the shower (It wasn't me)
She even caught me on camera (It wasn't me)
She saw the marks on my shoulder (It wasn't me)
Heard the words that I told her (It wasn't me)
Heard the scream get louder (It wasn't me)
She stayed until it was over
Honey came in and she caught me red-handed
Creeping with the girl next door
Picture this, we were both butt naked, banging on the bathroom floor
I had tried to keep her
From what she was about to see
Why should she believe me
When I told her it wasn't me
Make sure she knows it's not you and lead her on the right prefix
Whenever you should see her make the giggolo flex
As funny as it be by you, it not that complex
Seeing is believing so you better change your specs
You know she not gonna be worrying 'bout things from the past
Hardly recollecting and then she'll go to noontime mass
Wait for your answer: go over there
But if she pack a gun you know you better run fast
But she caught me on the counter (It wasn't me)
Saw me bangin' on the sofa (It wasn't me)
I even had her in the shower (It wasn't me)
She even caught me on camera (It wasn't me)
She saw the marks on my shoulder (It wasn't me)
Heard the words that I told her (It wasn't me)
Heard the scream get louder (It wasn't me)
She stayed until it was over
Honey came in and she caught me red-handed
Creeping with the girl next door
Picture this, we were both butt naked, banging on the bathroom floor
How could I forget that I had
Given her an extra key
All this time she was standing there
She never took her eyes off me
Gonna tell her that I'm sorry
For the pain that I've caused
I've been listening to your reasoning
It makes no sense at all
We should tell her that I'm sorry
For the pain that I've caused
You may think that you're a player
But you're completely lost
That's why I sing
Honey came in and she caught me red-handed
Creeping with the girl next door
Picture this, we were both butt naked, banging on the bathroom floor
How could I forget that I had
Given her an extra key
All this time she was standing there
She never took her eyes off me
It Wasn't Me - John Cale & Lou Reed
RIP Lou Reed. Thanks for everything!
while on the rock-star theme ...
http://imgur.com/eJHKmPf
Banzai -- it's from the mapplethorpe collection
This isn't a rock-star theme. This is an homage to Bodhisattva Lou Reed, who entered the Bardo Sunday. If you believe it. Doesn't matter what you believe. Tomorrow never comes. Soon we all follow. You have 24 hours to accomplish everything you deem most important. Noone gets more or less. That is all.