Aug 08 2014 - News Aug 2014 - News - Occupy Banksters & Crony Capitalism & GREED

Friday August 08, 2014

News Articles

The "Recovery" In One Chart: When Americans Can't Even Afford To Buy McDonalds For 9 Months In A Row
magazine | author | date

It is the latter that is by far the best indicator of how the US economy is progressing when stripped of all the bullshit seasonal adjustments, rhetoric and lies from the administration which focus on what is a glowing recovery, for the 1%. ... Read more
Zoom - Americans Can't Even Afford To Buy McDonalds

Wall Street Analysts: High Inequality Makes Us Vulnerable to Crashes
Bill Moyers | Joshua Holland | 08/07/14

For many years there were some economists who argued that their discipline shouldn't worry about inequality. Economists, they said, should focus on efficiency and growth, and leave the distribution up to the political world. But a research brief released on Tuesday by the Wall Street ratings agency Standard and Poor's concludes that growth versus equality is a false choice. The authors argue that while some inequality may be desirable in a market economy -- it spurs entrepreneurship and innovation -- when those at the top take too large a share of a nation's output, they tend to bank it rather than spend it. This ultimately hurts consumer demand and slows down economic growth. They also note that "higher levels of income inequality increase political pressures, discouraging trade, investment, and hiring."

... After several decades of stagnant wages, most Americans have little or no cushion to get them through a temporary setback. According to a 2013 survey of 1,000 US households by Bankrate.com, 81 percent of American families don't have enough emergency savings to pay the bills for six months. American households compensated for flat wages first by transitioning from one-earner to two-earners -- millions of women joined the workforce. Then we started borrowing. When the recession hit, we were tapped out and deeply in debt. With no economic security -- no cushion -- we stopped spending money on anything but the essentials, and that contributed to the "output-gap" that persists to this day.. ... Read more

Wildfires Cause Nearly a Fifth of Manmade Carbon Emissions
MotherJones | Alex Park | 08/07/14

Wildfires are raging around the western United States: As of yesterday, more than 10,000 firefighters were battling 20 fires in Oregon and California. Another fire in Washington state recently grew to cover more than 8,000 acres. While the immediate consequences of the blazes are obvious -- scorched earth, destroyed homes, millions of dollars in damages -- the longer-term consequences for the climate have, until now, been poorly understood.

In a study published at the end of July in the Journal of Geophysical Research, Mark Jacobson, a Stanford University engineer, says the burning of biomass like trees, plants, and grass -- either by accident or deliberately (often to create room for agriculture) -- creates 18 percent of all human-caused carbon emissions. Worse yet, that pollution kills people: Around the world, Jacobson writes, biomass burning may account for 5-10 percent of all air pollution deaths worldwide, or about 250,000 people annually. Read more

Zoom - China's Ghost Cities

Zoom - China's Ghost Cities [2]

Zoom - China's Ghost Cities [2.5]

Zoom - China's Ghost Cities [3]

Zoom - China's Ghost Cities [4]

Zoom - China's Ghost Cities [5]

Zoom - China's Ghost Cities [6]

DemocracyNow Daily News

Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Friday, August 08 [9:03]

*DN | As U.S. Air Strikes in Iraq Begin, Will Military Intervention Escalate Growing Crisis? (08/08/14) [15:16]

DN | Uri Avnery on Gaza Crisis, His Time in a Zionist "Terrorist" Group & Becoming a Peace Activist (08/08/14) [16:01]

PBS Frontline

*PBS Frontline | Losing Iraq (07/29/14) [1:24:10]

U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq in 2011, ending America's military commitment in the country. Now, chaos is once again engulfing Iraq. The team behind "The Lost Year in Iraq," "The Torture Question" and "Bush's War" takes a look at how we got here, what went wrong, and what happens next.

*PBS Frontline | Battle Zones: Ukraine and Syria (05/26/14) [53:41]

FRONTLINE reports from inside two raging conflicts. In "The Battle for Ukraine," filmmaker James Jones is on the ground with both sides of the conflict, Ukrainian nationalists and Russian separatists. And in "Arming the Rebels," reporter Muhammed Ali uncovers how the U.S. is secretly training Syrian rebels.

60 Minutes

*60 Minutes | Who's minding the nukes? Part 1 (07/10/14) [14:24], Part 2 (07/10/14) [11:44]
John Oliver

*HBO | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Nuclear Weapons (07/27/14) [15:21]

*60 Minutes | China's real estate bubble (08/03/14) [12:45]

*60 Minutes | The Giving Pledge: A new club for billionaires (07/20/14) [12:35]

TRNN News

TRNN | Journalist Samer Badawi: Aftermath of Assault on Gaza Worse Than Operation Cast Lead (08/08/14) [11:29]

*TRNN | Greg Palast: Argentina Sues U.S. in World Court to Stop Vulture Fund Billionaire (08/08/14) [10:44]

Greg Palast: President Obama has failed to exercise his authority to stop a New York judge from ordering Argentina to pay vulture fund billionaire Paul Singer debt worth pennies on the dollar

Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire | Papantonio: Financial Collapse Right Around The Corner? (08/06/14) [8:46]

TYT News

TYT | Would Israel Stop If Jews Moved Into Gaza? (08/06/14) [5:21]

TYT | Lobbyist Helps Interview Staff For Top Conservative Lawmaker (08/06/14) [5:53]

TYT | Female Anchor Without Headscarf Causes Outrage (08/06/14) [4:07]

TYT | Why There's No Need To Panic About The Ebola Outbreak (08/06/14) [10:44]

*TYT | Destroying Gaza Isn't Netanyahu's Goal, It's Far Worse (08/06/14) [10:22]

*TYT | Die Of Thirst? Or ISIS? - Grim Choice For Displaced Iraqi Minority (08/06/14) [7:06]

Diane Rehms Show

Domestic News - Friday (08/08/14) [1hr]

International News - Friday (08/08/14) [1hr]

Tiny House

TinyHouseBuild.com's: Couple Builds Own Tiny House on Wheels in 4 Months for $22,744.06 (2014) [28:02]

TinyHouseBuild.com's: FREE "How To Install Siding On A Tiny House" (2014) [41:39]

TinyHouseBuild.com website & DVD Course

08.08.2014. 12:48

NPR

PBS

Special Interest Important stuff

GOOD Shorts Videos

Note: To view a video, click on code at left of the title

I'm still working on this

GOOD Short Videos

Newer Documentaries You Might Not Have Seen

Note: To view a video, click on code at left of the title

I'm still working on this

Newer Documentaries

Documentaries You've Never Seen

Note: To view a video, click on code at left of the title

Documentaries (small | pop-up)
Documentaries (big | full screen)

Good YouTube Documentaries

Note: To view a video, click on its name/title

Great YouTube Docs. (small | pop-up)
Good YouTube Docs. (big | full screen)

Lindsey Graham Mashups

Lindsey Graham

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the quiet part aloud on why he’s still so close to former President Donald Trump: because we can use him for our goals. "President Trump has gotten people who wouldn't give me or Romney or anybody else the time of day. They believe he is on their side," the senator told the America First Agenda Summit crowd on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

Environment & Climate Change

Environment

The term "climate change" is often used to refer specifically to anthropogenic climate change (also known as global warming). Anthropogenic climate change is caused by human activity, as opposed to changes in climate that may have resulted as part of Earth's natural processes.

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

AI - Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning | Deep Learning

AI - Artificial Intelligence

AIArtificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, as opposed to the natural intelligence displayed by animals including humans. AI research has been defined as the field of study of intelligent agents, which refers to any system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of achieving its goals.

The term "artificial intelligence" had previously been used to describe machines that mimic and display "human" cognitive skills that are associated with the human mind, such as "learning" and "problem-solving". This definition has since been rejected by major AI researchers who now describe AI in terms of rationality and acting rationally, which does not limit how intelligence can be articulated.
Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

Quantum mechanics | AI - Artificial Intelligence

Quantum mechanics

Quantum mechanics is a fundamental theory in physics that provides a description of the physical properties of nature at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. It is the foundation of all quantum physics including quantum chemistry, quantum field theory, quantum technology, and quantum information science.
Classical physics, the collection of theories that existed before the advent of quantum mechanics, describes many aspects of nature at an ordinary (macroscopic) scale, but is not sufficient for describing them at small (atomic and subatomic) scales. Most theories in classical physics can be derived from quantum mechanics as an approximation valid at large (macroscopic) scale.
Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

Economy, Wall Street and Banksters

Wall Street and Banksters

Wall Street is an eight-block-long street running roughly northwest to southeast from Broadway to South Street, at the East River, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial services industry (even if financial firms are not physically located there), or New York-based financial interests.

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

Intelligence Agencies/Deep State?

Intelligence Agencies/Deep State?

An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, and foreign policy objectives. Means of information gathering are both overt and covert and may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis,.

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

Daniel Ellsberg | Pentagon Papers

Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg and Paul Jay explore Ellsberg's latest book, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. In the introduction to the book, Ellsberg writes: "No policies in human history have more deserved to be recognized as immoral or insane. The story of how this calamitous predicament came about and how and why it has persisted over a half a century is a chronicle of human madness".

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

Nukes

Nukes

Nuclear weapons have come a long way and come in all types of different sizes. Some are relatively small while others are enormous, so big they boggle the mind at what they can be capable of, i.e. the Soviet 'Tsar Bomba' is/was 3,000 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb.

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

Rana Foroohar and Fall of American Business

Rana Foroohar

Ms. Foroohar says financialization delivers stagnant wages, inequality and economic crisis; the Financial Times columnist and author of "Makers and Takers" says the financial sector represents only 7 percent of the U.S. economy, but takes around 25 percent of all corporate profit while creating only 4 percent of all jobs.

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone & Petere Kuznick

The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone & Petere Kuznick | 2014 | 10 Episodes

Oliver Stone and American University historian Peter J. Kuznick began working on the project in 2008. Stone, Kuznick and British screenwriter Matt Graham cowrote the script. It covers "the reasons behind the Cold War with the Soviet Union, U.S. President Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, and changes in America's global role since the fall of Communism." Stone is the director and narrator of all ten episodes.

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

Kuznick Interviews

Kuznick Interviews

Historian Peter Kuznick says Eisenhower called for decreased militarization, then Dulles reversed the policy; the Soviets tried to end the cold war after the death of Stalin; crazy schemes involving nuclear weapons and the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba put the world of the eve of destruction - with host Paul Jay

The Untold History of the United States by Kuznick, Peter.mobi | Book | 6.99 MB

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

China Valley of Tunnels

China Valley of Tunnels

A report written by a Georgetown University team led by Phillip Karber conducted a three-year study to map out China’s complex tunnel system, which stretches 5,000 km (3,000 miles). The report determined that the stated Chinese nuclear arsenal is understated and as many as 3,000 nuclear warheads may be stored in the underground tunnel network.

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

911

911

On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists attacked the Unites States. They hijacked four airplanes in mid-flight. The terrorists flew two of the planes into two skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact caused the buildings to catch fire and collapse. Another plane destroyed part of the Pentagon (the U.S. military headquarters) in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Officials believe that the terrorists on that plane intended to destroy either the White House or the U.S. Capitol. Passengers on the plane fought the terrorists and prevented them from reaching their goal. In all, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks.

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, THE VIETNAM WAR, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides--Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as combatants and civilians from North and South Vietnam. Ten years in the making, the series includes rarely seen and digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th Century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and secret audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations.

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

Trump's Mashups

Trump's Mashups

Donald Trump talks a lot, but what is he actually saying? VICE News' "Trump Talk" mashup series tries to answer that. And, we're happy to say, it was just nominated for two Webby Awards. Now you can watch all the nominated videos.

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

Trump's Sexcapades

Trump's Sexcapades.

Jessica Leeds (1980s)
Kristin Anderson (1990s)
E. Jean Carroll (1995 or 1996)
Lisa Boyne (1996)
Cathy Heller (1997)
Temple Taggart McDowell (1997)
Karena Virginia (1998)
Mindy McGillivray (2003)
Jennifer Murphy (2005)
Rachel Crooks (2005)
Natasha Stoynoff (2005)
Juliet Huddy (2005 or 2006)
Jessica Drake (2006)
Ninni Laaksonen (2006)
Cassandra Searles (2013)
Allegations of pageant dressing room visits(1997)
Mariah Billado,
Victoria Hughes,
and three other Miss Teen USA contestants
Bridget Sullivan (2000)
Tasha Dixon (2001)
Unnamed contestants (2001)
Samantha Holvey (2006)

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

Trump's Speeches | Rallys |Interviews

Trump's Speeches | Rallys

Donald Trump talks a lot, but what is he actually saying? Watch Trump at some of his rallys and see what you think.

Or click here for a tablet or a small screen device

Occupy Banksters & Crony Capitalism & GREED

Sponsors

Donation