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Voting is begging: 15 common sense reasons to step outside of the political machine

Isaac Davis
Waking Times
Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:45 UTC
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"Our continued participation in this circus performance we call politics feeds the illusion of its legitimacy."

When even the highest agencies of the law cannot prosecute the political elite for their crimes, and when no mainstream media organization is willing to press for truth on obvious election fraud, it's naive to expect the political system to improve just because we got involved and casted a vote for the least terrible of two shady candidates.

The rule of law in America is now effectively dead, and its time to hunker down and prepare for the worst, while doing everything possible to create a better society within our own communities, cities, states and world at large. Change happens on the ground level, and while getting worked up about American elections is a popular thing to do, it doesn't really do much to free us from tyranny or a slave mentality.

It's time to break free from the programming that tells us voting is our only opportunity to make a difference, because there are a million other things any of us can do to improve this place. Politics is distracting us, it's fooling us, and it's sucking our revolutionary and evolutionary potential into a vacuum of deceit, dirt, broken promises and lies.
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US cop fatally shoots black man day after Sterling shooting: aftermath caught on video (GRAPHIC CONTENT)


RT
Thu, 07 Jul 2016 06:49 UTC
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Barely a day after the fatal police shooting of unarmed Alton Sterling in Louisiana, it has been confirmed that police have shot dead another African-American, this time in Minnesota. A horrific video shot by his girlfriend details the aftermath.

Philando Castile, 32, of Falcon Heights succumbed to his wounds later at Hennepin County Medical Center, according to his mother Valerie Castle, WCCO reports.

Castile was driving and his girlfriend Diamond Reynolds was in the passenger when they were pulled over for a broken taillight. Reynolds' 4-year-old daughter was in the back seat.

What followed was the officer asking Castile to produce some ID and a driver's license.

Reynolds then says that, as Castile reached for his wallet, he informed the police officer immediately that he was also carrying a firearm, but had a conceal-and-carry permit for it. The officer then panicked, she says, and emptied four shots into the man, according to WCCO.


Comment: See also:

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Two cops shot and wounded in separate incidents in Missouri and Georgia


RT
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 17:20 UTC
St. Louis Police Officers
© Joshua Lott / Reuters
The morning after five police officers were fatally shot in Dallas, Texas, a police officer was shot in the St. Louis suburb of Ballwin, Missouri. Another officer was shot and injured in Valdosta, Georgia.

The wounded officer was taken by ambulance to the Mercy Hospital emergency room, according to reporter Mike Colombo. The officer was shot in the neck during a traffic stop, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Christine Byers reported. The suspect is in custody after a foot chase.

A weapon was recovered. Police described the suspect as a tall, thin African-American male wearing a gray T-shirt and blue jeans, and driving a blue Ford Taurus with Illinois temporary tags, according to KTVI.

The Ballwin officer is at least the second to have been shot in the US on Friday morning. An officer in Valdosta, Georgia was injured in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect.
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Thousands protest throughout U.S. as anger erupts over police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile


RT
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 04:09 UTC
NYC protests police shootings Alton Sterling and Philando Castile
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Dozens of arrests have made as thousands of activists in New York marched down the streets of Big Apple, demanding justice for Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, black men who were shot dead by police. Protests also in Dallas, Oakland, and at the White House.

According to an RT correspondent Rebecca Myles at the scene, few thousand activists are now taking part in the march in New York united under the Black Lives Matter slogan, that started at Union Square.

Carrying Black Lives Matter theme placards dozens of local peace activists groups, such as the Granny Peace Brigade, are taking to streets of the Big Apple in rush hour chanting, "Whose streets? Our streets!"
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20 American veterans committed suicide every day in 2014 - study


RT
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 02:31 UTC
Veteran
© Rick Wilking / Reuters
An average of 20 American veterans committed suicide daily in 2014, the US Department of Veterans Affairs revealed in its "most comprehensive" study of vet suicide rates yet.

The new analysis consists of 55 million veterans records nationwide dating back to 1979 up until 2014. The investigation into the mental health history of veterans revealed that in 2014, there were 7,403 suicides among veterans. That accounted for 18 percent of all adult suicides that year in the US, a total of 41,425.

The last time the VA conducted a study like this was in 2010, but that report included data from only 20 states. Based on its data, VA estimated daily suicide rates as averaging 22 per day. But while the 2014 data shows a decline in the rate, Under Secretary for Health Dr. David J. Shulkin believes that the US is capable of eliminating the suicide threat.

Comment: See also: Memorial Day: Remembering all the deaths from all of our wars

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US local, state govts spend 3 times more on jails than on education


RT
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 14:06 UTC
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Over three decades, state and local governments have tripled the amount spent on jails, compared to spending on educating students, the US Department of Education has revealed.

The department's brief released on Thursday examined corrections spending and education spending from 1979 to 1980 and 2012 to 2013.

It found that spending on elementary and secondary education across the US increased by 107 percent "from $258 to 534 billion" while total state and local corrections expenditures increased by 324 percent "from $17 billion to 71 billion - triple the rate of increase in education spending," stated the report.

Comment: Prison operations are becoming more privatized as for-profit corporations, and there's not much profit in low prison populations. So this situation seems entirely intentional.

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Black Power Political Organization claims Dallas shooting on Facebook, vows more attacks


RT
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 14:00 UTC
Black Power Political Organization Facebook page
© Facebook
A Facebook community dubbed the 'Black Power Political Organization' has claimed responsibility for the shootings in Dallas, which killed at least five police officers. Their page retrieved from cache reveals they promise more attacks.

The group's page on Facebook appears to have been deleted or blocked, but its content is still available on Google cache.

On Friday, the group claimed their "sniper assassins" took down "five police officers," according to the screen grabs.
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U.S. Capitol building on lockdown, person with gun attempted to enter


RT
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 13:41 UTC
U.S. Capitol
© Jason Reed/ReutersA general view of the U.S. capitol building in Washington D.C.
The US Capitol building is on lockdown amid intense "police activity." People have been told to take shelter in their offices, ensuring that the doors are locked. Reports suggest an armed person attempted to enter the building.


Law enforcement said they ordered the lockdown "because of police activity," Reuters reports.

One Capitol Police officer told the news agency an "event" was under way and the authorities were looking for someone.

Police said no one would be allowed to leave or enter the building until the lockdown is lifted.

A congressional staffer was seen with a firearm in the building, according to The Hill publication.

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Atlanta man found hanged in Piedmont Park, case referred to FBI


AJC.com
Thu, 07 Jul 2016 13:01 UTC
Piedmont Park hanging referred to FBI Police investigate a body found in Piedmont Park.
© John SpinkPiedmont Park hanging referred to FBI Police investigate a body found in Piedmont Park.
The case of a black man found hanging from a tree in Piedmont Park has been referred to the FBI, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said.

Reed's statement was issued Thursday afternoon, hours after social media users expressed outrage about the Atlanta Police Department's contention the scene was consistent with a suicide. An autopsy has not been performed.

Piedmont Park became a trending topic on Twitter, where some users called the death "another modern-day lynching."
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Cops brag on Facebook about busting man with weed, epic trolling hilarity ensues

Justin Gardner
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 12:09 UTC
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As states across the U.S. wake up to the reality that cannabis has no business being criminalized and is actually a valuable medicine, some places still cling to the folly of prohibition.

Georgia is one of those places, and a "drug bust" carried out by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department has provided a prime example of how cops are increasingly on the wrong side of public opinion.

Last week the sheriffs used a helicopter to scout for evil cannabis plants being grown by dangerous criminals in their county. Spending about $1,500-2,000 per hour to operate the chopper, they managed to nab one villain growing four plants.
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