Is there ANYONE we think of as being MORE Democratic than Bill Clinton..former POTUS and husband of HILLARY ? Well…if he has a vested interested in allegiance to the Democratic philosophy, and the fight really IS Dems v. Rethugs, how the HELL do you explain what appears to be one rich person defending the acts of another greedy rich bastard ? http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Wire/2012/0601/Bill-Clinton-defends-Mitt-Romney-s-time-at-Bain-Does-that-help-Obama  Oh, and yesterday, BUSH was welcomed at the Democratic White House for the catering to him and unveiling of his crappy portrait.

Quote from linked article “Former President Bill Clinton’s praise of Mitt Romney’s business career seemed to deliberately undercut the Obama campaign’s attacks. So why did he do it?”

First off…one of my close family members (deceased) was a Veterinarian. I did not become a Vet because I could not / would not be able to, ever “put an animal down”. I don’t hunt and don’t encourage anyone to. I am not just on Twitter..on other social networks…but on all of them, I make it known that first and foremost, I love animals and will not tolerate any abuse of them. I have many animals of my own, and I put their welfare before mine…I take them to the Vet and do without going to the doctor when I personally am sick.

The down side of this is that many of my fellow advocates, send me stories of animal abuse. To preface what I am saying next, please know that Da Pyrate is not a weak Nellie. I’ve had bones broken, been in various wrecks, severe lacerations, surgeries, and much more. I’ve taught martial arts and am not weak stomached.

That said..one of my dear friends and fellow advocates sent me a note of severe abuse and taping of a baby Husky dog (one of my favorite breeds) which I will NOT describe further.

I was shocked at my own reaction because, about a minute later, I thought I was literally going to pass out. I am crying as I write this.

I don’t…repeating this DON’T know how to physically or emotionally handle this shit. Daily…DAILY through my various social media accounts, friends send me these news articles about poor, innocent, defenseless creatures…living creatures like you and me, tortured for the pleasure of some sick human who should have themselves been “put down” long ago.

All of these daily news articles culminated in my reaction to this article. I am literally shaking and it is hard to write this. I don’t fucking know what to do.

I am sorry…normally Da Pyrate is the epitome of strength and aggression.

Tears are literally rolling down my cheeks as I write this.

My soul feels like it is being scraped across broken glass.

I want to help each animal be happy, healthy, and enjoy life.

How can ANYONE hurt a defenseless animal ???

Sorry…am so upset right now…

~Da Pyrate 

Willard Mitt Romney wants to Date America. Let’s see how much we have common with him.
A) Mitt is unemployed - Not true of Majority of Able Americans between 30 and 65
B) Even though unemployed, Mitt is a multimillionaire - Not true of Most Americans
C) Mitt was the governor of a state - Not true of Majority of Americans
D) Mitt once made his pet ride atop his car for an extended period - Not true of Majority of Americans
E) Mitt has chosen to be called by his middle, not first name- Not true of Majority of Americans
F) Mitt apparently has made his money by ruining companies, causing many many people to be put out of a job - Not true of Majority of Americans
G) Mitt apparently holds both gays  - and women in law esteem, and would limit their rights if he had the ability -  Not true of the MAJORITY of Americans
H) Mitt apparently bullied a gay kid, cutting his hair to humiliate him - Not true of the Majority of Americans
I) Mitt belongs to the LDS / Mormon Church - Not true of the Majority of Americans
J) Mitt was born to rich parents with proverbial “silver spoon in the mouth” - Not true of the Majority of Americans

K) Mitt is a lawyer / has a JD degree - Not true of the Majority of Americans
L) Mitt ran a losing campaign for President in 2008 - Not true of the Majority of Americans
M) Mitt spent 30 months in France as a Mormon missionary - Not true of most Americans
N) In June, 1968, Mitt was driving a car in France, something that ended with a female passenger being killed - Not true of the Majority of Americans
O) Mitt speaks French - Not true of the Majority of Americans
P) Mitt named his son “Tagg” - Not true of the Majority of Americans
Q) Mitt is a total asshole - Not true of the Majority of Americans..

Without going all the way to Z, I have decided that Americans are not compatible with Willard Mitt Romney. Game Over, You Lose ! Thank you for playing Mitt.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/10/us-foreclosure-suit-idUSBRE8491GW20120510 ”The Florida Supreme Court heard arguments on Thursday in a landmark lawsuit that could undo hundreds of thousands of foreclosures and open up banks to severe financial penalties in the state where they face the bulk of their foreclosure-fraud litigation.”

————For those of us supporting the Occupy movement, for those of us who know folks displaced from their homes because of criminal or at least questionable banking practices, I hope the banks lose on this one !

Recently, I said something positive about those who , with courage, go out there and non-violently protest in the Occupy marches. I had a couple of trolls I blocked today, one was more offensive than the other..the more offensive was whining about something about a mayor’s house being vandalized or some nonsense and the other was talking about a Nike shoe store. Neither troll was being very articulate or specific, but of course, they were ignorant trolls, so what does one expect.

But, the whole topic of vandalism must be addressed. I speak only for myself, however, I do not personally advocate violence nor vandalism on the part of those protesting. Firstly, neither tactic helps us, and in fact, does a great deal of harm to our cause. With regard to violence, it plays into the playbook of the cops, because it gives them an excuse to take their already over the top tactics to a new level, and the escalation, I fear, will eventually get someone killed, paralyzed or otherwise seriously injured. Vandalism, whether it is against a small shop owner, who is also a 99%er, or an individually owned franchise store, hurts our image, hurts Occupy / Community relations, and in my opinion, is wrong from both a moral and pragmatic standpoint.

For those trolls who attacked me because I found it admirable for folks to legally and peacefully exercise their civil rights, either you never learned to read well, or never learned to reason and understand what is communicated to you.

I did NOT praise those who vandalized ANYTHING nor did I praise any person or group that engaged in violence.

My praise and admiration is for those who , despite police violence and abuse, kept their cool and had the intestinal fortitude and courage to be NON-violent, to NOT vandalize things.

And, with regard to the above statement, I maintain that statement, still honor and admire those protesting, and DO NOT TAKE BACK A FUCKING WORD !

‘Anon99 

Today, May Day, there will be various operations/ actions, protests, etc. I have encouraged, asked folks to flood their senator(s) with emails, calls, faxes, tweets,
advising them that CISPA is a “make or break” issue, and if they vote FOR CISPA,
we will vote them OUT. Congress.org is a great place to find out who your senator(s) are, and gives you avenues of contact. If you are sending a fax , email, or letter and don’t have the time or whatever to write your own..please feel free to copy/paste and use this one I am writing for this purpose.
——-TEXT AS FOLLOWS———-
Dear Senator (insert their name here) :

I am a constituent from your state and I , like my friends, am very , very concerned about the most recent attempt to interfere with our right of privacy, under the guise of legislation. This legislation which has, unfortunately, already passed the House, is commonly called “CISPA”.

This letter is not meant to solicit a boilerplate answer drawn from talking points defending this legislation, using the tired old subterfuge of saying it is to defend us from the boogeyman of “hackers” or “terrorists” and I hope you would not try to say it defends the rights of the Copyright Cartel such as the MPAA, RIAA, because that is a losing argument for most right thinking Americans.

This letter is simply to tell you that for my friends and I, CISPA is a serious threat to our freedoms and privacy, and those who vote FOR CISPA, we will be voting OUT of OFFICE. This is a make or break issue for many of us, old and young, tech workers, farmers, sales people, doctors, lawyers, in fact, a wide cross section of your constituency.

So, before you make an irreparable mistake of voting AGAINST the public by voting FOR this draconian freedom robbing legislation, please consider that it is NOT the will of the people.

If and when CISPA comes up for your consideration, we respectfully ask that you VOTE STRONGLY AGAINST CISPA.  Remember, the voters WILL be watching how you vote and who you side with in this measure.

Thank you. 

Before anyone sez it, I will..Wilson also said of that racist KKK film “Birth of a Nation”.. “It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true. “
Woodrow Wilson

Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place.
Woodrow Wilson

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
Woodrow Wilson

Recently, I had a female lawyer questioning my assertion that Bayer produced and sold a pesticide which was connected with the “colony collapse” phenomenon and killing of bees. She was then provided , by me, with numerous links to articles which specifically dealt with Bayer’s involvement (She seemed to want to point a finger at Monsanto, but not Bayer). After being provided with a plethora of said links, she thanked me, but then rambled something about dead bees in her yard, seeming to insinuate birds had done this, and trying to exculpate Bayer from those bee deaths.

I indicated to her that of course, bees are not immortal creatures and individuals do die, but what I was talking about is the phenomenon of unprecedented number of bees in colonies dying, not as a result of simple misadventure, but because of the systematic usage of nicotine based insecticides from Bayer and from Monsanto, and also, that the EPA has been complicit in this horror, because a leaked memo indicated they were very aware of the deadly effect these chemicals had on honeybees.

Well, she was acting so foolish, even rambling about the Daubert standard (this is a court standard for establishing expert testimony), at which point I indicated this was not a court room, but the real world, and I blocked her for being foolish.

But, for anyone still unclear, HERE is the leaked memo. This indeed would pass the Daubert standard, and constitutes a smoking gun.

Here are a few more links on this bee issue.

http://www.bayer-kills-bees.com/ 

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/03/bayer-pesticide-bees-studies 

http://news.change.org/stories/epa-defends-approval-of-bayer-s-bee-killing-pesticide 

http://www.beecharmers.org/ 

http://www.manataka.org/page1397.html  

The World of Men as it is, is Fucked Up ! As someone who has around 6 decades under his belt, I can tell you that this world is headed to a more and more dystopic, Grade B SciFi movie in which governments watch your every move, listen to your speech, follow your internet searches, keep track of your movements, your Retweets, your friends, who you follow, who follows you, your instant messages, direct messages, and if you are friends with someone they go after, you may be the next target. Courts are bending over to follow the conservative, big business, crony capitalist interests and directives. The government and its minions wants you to be part of the Borg, follow all their directives, do not object to them raping you, taking your money. If you DO oppose them in any way, writing, speaking, protesting, you become part of the “Resistance” and being part of the Resistance, makes you a target that must be eliminated.

Who am I ? I am an old, poor man who has, throughout his life, spoken out, often to the chagrin of the powers that be, and why do I speak out ? I speak out because I have always had a deep hatred for bullies, for oppressors, for those who would take advantage of the weak, those without voices.

My weapon is my voice, my free speech. I personally do not break the law. I am the kind who waits through a redlight at midnight when there is no one around. I am followed by lots of Occupiers and Anonymous (Big A) because I speak out in favor of resisting oppression.

There is a concerted effort to eliminate the Resistance, to intimidate people, to make them decide to shut up, not to resist, not to post ideas of resistance.

The Copyright Cartel, Crony Capitalists, Conservative Right Wingers, all have an agenda, and to the extent you in any way are a force opposing or speaking out against that agenda, you become a target to be destroyed.

As an individual, I do not break the law. I do not know the names or addresses or any personal information on my followers and do not want to know such things.
Twitter is a social networking site. It allows members to speak their minds, to retweet postings, to post articles or links to internet sites. This is legal, and ultimately, this is proper.

I retweet posts for various reasons. Sometimes, actually, most of the time, I retweet for the purpose of just saying “Hey, I saw this and thought maybe you should see it too”. RTing does not necessary mean I support something, although, sometimes it does mean I think something was important for people to be aware of, and it also may mean I thought it was a proper thing for someone to say or do.
Sometimes, I RT (retweet) for the hell of it.

Ultimately, if we do nothing, we will live in the kind of fascist state we see in these horrible sci fi movies , a reflection of the Nazi Germany or Stalinist Russia where neighbors are encouraged to rat out their friends, family, and neighbors. You know, something like the “See Something Say Something” program of Big Sis Janet, in which you are encouraged to rat out your neighbor to the local Wal*Mart manager (this is not a joke, this is exactly what the program is).

Echelon, Einstein, Carnivore, and so many more surveillance programs in the last decade, have been intercepting, listening, monitoring, capturing, documenting things you say on the phone, say in emails, say in direct messages, and there is a push to rope you in to being a co-conspirator with someone who may only be someone you know by a Twitter handle.

I have lost followers by saying we must be part of the political process, we must have our own candidates…Occupy must put up their own candidates. There has been precious little movement to do this , save for a very small number (one or two) of individuals.

Since the courts, police, the whole political structure is controlled by government, we must make changes from the inside. I do not believe that the anarchistic dream of eliminating government will happen any time soon. But, there will be attacks on our freedom like CISPA, right now, and ongoing.

We must, and I mean this 100 percent, for the sake of our own freedoms and those of our children, get control of the government, stop the intimidation by the Copyright Cartel, and by this I mean the RIAA, MPAA, BSA, and those who do their bidding.

There is NO alternative. Freedom is like sand in an hourglass…once it slips through the neck into that bottom container, it is gone for good.

Websites which even link to torrent search engines (specialized search engines like Google) are closing down or moving their sites to other countries because we have allowed, as a people, these Copyright Cartel assholes to get laws passed like the DMCA (during Clinton’s reign) giving them rights to enlist law enforcement to be their bully boys, and now, ICE has become their enforcer, as has DHS, seizing websites without good cause. File hosting services have been intimidated into losing their primary function…an example of these Copyright Cartel assholes attacking legitimate companies who support the good old capitalist model of enterprise.

I am not a HaXor / hacker. I do not break the law.  I have had sites of my own hacked in the past, and have had my Gmail account hacked (but got that under control in a short time). Those hacks were not hacks to speak out against injustice, but rather script kiddies and others with too much time on their hands…not the same as Anonymous.

I am not Robin Hood. I do not live in Sherwood forest and do not rob from the rich.

But, I admire both groups for resisting in a tangible way. So far, they have not passed a law saying it is illegal to like someone. Many people during Bonnie and Clyde’s time admired them for robbing the banks who were robbing the poor folks.
Many people admired (in today’s parlance, retweeted) the acts of Jesse James, seeing him as a modern day Robin Hood.

Those who make obscene profits by ripping off the public, police who abuse, baton, jail those making legal, lawful protests, should have the scorn of peaceful, law abiding citizens…ALL peaceful citizens.

Do I advocate non-violent, legal resistance to draconian laws ? YES !
Do I advocate changing the laws such that the Copyright Cartel will not be able to bully and intimidate people and companies ? YES !

If I am being “followed” by law enforcement simply because some influential folks nominally in Occupy and Anonymous follow me, please take note of the above.

I speak my mind. I am in favor of the Resistance legally taking over the government
and getting rid of the oppressive, unfair laws that are out there.

So, I will continue to tweet, retweet, post, and advocate the people’s groups to oppose those who would try to force Borg type assimilation.

I appreciate those who follow me, and those I follow.

We must continue to exercise our first amendment rights despite the powers that be who want us to stop. Rights, real or imaginary, must be used or they will be lost.

Much luv to you.

`99

One of my friends is a very naive lady who believes almost anything people tell her. I keep telling her how one needs to be careful, and told her there are many people in the world who make a living, not doing honest work, but working twelve to fifteen hours a day, getting up early and going to be late, running con games, hacking bank accounts, doing ID theft. No matter how much I tell her this, she seems not to really internalize the depth and breadth of the criminality out there. It boggles my mind anyone can actually get to be in their 40s and not to have learned how seriously crooked the world’s people can be.

I can’t respond, RT, or post til I get outta twitter jail.

BASIL’S great idea for “Eating his meet” or “Eating his sausage” as Basil puts it

The Camera is in Love with Basil Marceaux..as ALL GOPers would be…this clip is a classic Marceaux. And NO, he does not do Mime work.

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