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Another fine altruistic action from the state, proving yet again, if there was no state who would feed the homeless? [90 Year old minister receives a visit from the Crips (aka the boys in blue) for dealing food to the homeless, which everyone knows is turf long been claimed by the gang] http://youtu.be/gRF6Sc71jYY

About 80% or more of the people here who do know of the plot in a fair, thorough sense of a Canadian series called Continuum (which I am guessing probably not that many, its a series on Netflix) will probably not agree with the show. It's too easy to cop out and lump it in with I suppose Elysium or Avatar (Which I would defend avatar but that is a whole other story so not now thank you). The Canadians were smart with this one, they do not really go to great lengths to portray a good guy in the series. It is laid out raw and nasty for the whole 3 seasons and only builds on the truth towards the end. It focuses on the debate between crypto-currency, transhumanism, anarcho-capitalism, corporatism, socialist and marxist revolution, agorism, and debates over civil rights related to. . .the types of issues Chomsky focuses on, more than any TV series or movie I've ever seen. To me the show is a gritty critique on power relations and the social psychology of hierarchy and technology and capitalism. The show doesn't make power positions look good at all. I've really only seen one other sci-fi that did this as a series and that is Farscape. But Farscape is very fantastical and fictional, whereas this is set relatively contemporary. This show is not just a marxist or progressive critique on corporate power. It is a critique of social manipulation, propaganda, demagoguery, and behaviorism. It does focus on the militarization of police, private defense, security technology, espionage, surveillance state, ...a very chilling critique of the war on terror, a smarter, accurate approach to 'alex jones' subjects. Its an accurate critique on what you might call crypto-fascist or subtle tendacies towards totalitarianism. Honestly, if the show were just a bit darker, and deeper, if it had a touch of the Coen brothers or the style of Gattaca and Blade Runner (sadly even the Matrix didn't quite achieve the depth and cerebral somberness of Blade Runner)....if this show could continue on for like 10 seasons and not tip to far in favor of the demagoguery of the revolutionaries and their techno-Bolshevism or the pro-corporate zuckerburg outcome... to serve as a cautionary tale of how dangerous social ideologies in themselves are. I also consider the show to be a scathing critique of Rand's objectivism, overwhelmingly. Behind this show is another underlying concept that isn't stated, but its implied - the collective appeal to expertise, i.e., Positivism and its positive reactionary corollary of objective truth. http://anarchism.pageabode.com/sidewinder/science-ideology-beyond-positivist-versus-relativist-antimony

The death of a 42-year-old father has been ruled a homocide. Eric Garner died after he was confronted by cops and suffocated for selling cigarettes individually. You'll see in the video that after being swarmed by a group of cops and put into a chokehold, Eric Garner lies there seemingly dead in handcuffs on the ground for 7 minutes while police do nothing but stand over him, slap him on the shoulder occasionally, check his pockets and wait for paramedics to arrive. Chokeholds are not allowed by the NY police and selling cigarettes individually is a minor offense. This story makes me feel sick. Of all the burning questions and anger I have, I must wonder why these cops cannot perform CPR. I'm really hoping ALL the cops involved get charged with something. I can't imagine how the Garner family feels loosing Eric Garner this way. Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/01/eric-garners-death-was-a-homicide-says-new-york-city-medical-examiner/ Vid: P.S. Al Sharpton is all over this, so it's going to turn into a racial thing (which it may be). But I really hope people are able to see also that when the police force is paid with stolen money, they have no incentive to protect the public, instead they put the public in greater danger.

Very briefly, a recent incident in which a Stun Grenade was thrown into a Babies crib by a Drug Task Force executing a no knock warrant on a house for the sale of meth. The grenade landed on the 18 month old babies pillow ripping open his chest and burning his face. The baby is now in a coma and has lost one of his lungs. This made me cry and now I am so angry and effected by this, I want to help however I can. The suspect was not at the house nor were any drugs and a Minivan with Car Seats was parked outside. Even police procedure states Stun Grenades should be slid on ground not thrown in the air. This is the same drug task force that killed an innocent pastor in 2009. Here are some links below so you can read for yourselves http://thefreethoughtproject.com/baby-critically-burned-swat-raid-stun-grenade-thrown-crib/ baby critically burned swat raid stun grenade thrown crib http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-defend-raid-tactics-50-drug-sale-horribly-maimed-baby/#D6gyboMMUKLAd7Gr.01 police defend raid tactics http://m.ajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/toddler-critically-injured-by-flash-bang-during-po/nf9XM/ toddler critically injured by flash bang http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/05/baby-in-coma-after-police-grenade-dropped-in-crib-during-drug-raid/ baby in coma after police grenade dropped in crib http://reason.com/blog/2014/05/30/sheriff-in-burned-baby-raid-wants-your-p Sheriff wants your prayers http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/drug-task-force-that-burned-a-toddler-this-week-also-killed-an-innocent-pastor-in-2009/90365 drug task force that burned toddler also killed innocent pastor http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/05/robert-farago/from-the-annals-of-police-militarization-ga-swat-burn-toddler-with-stun-grenade/ annals of police militarization

http://rt.com/usa/154144-scotus-anonymous-tip-police-stop/ I'd love to hear Stef chat about this a bit. It seems like a major development in the breakdown of the rule of law. Now the information illegally discovered without a search warrant by law enforcement/NSA can be used merely by placing an annonymous call... this also has other terrible implications.