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P. Diddy Says Voting Is A Scam, System Is Rigged

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Sean Adl-Tabatabai in Entertainment // 2 Comments
Singer does a U-turn on voting, saying the U.S. is system is rigged and urging people not to bother voting
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Rapper P. Diddy (formerly known as Puff Daddy) who was once a figurehead for the “Vote or Die” movement, has recently come out and admitted that voting is a scam and the system is rigged.

During a Q&A at Revolt’s music conference, P. Diddy was asked about the upcoming elections, and his answer was unexpected.

Diddy told the audience:

“See the things [sic] that’s tricky about politics is there’s so much bullshit with it. We started Vote or Die and… and from the community we’re in, we’re not with hearing too much of the bullshit. So that’s why we get disenfranchised, [we’re] disconnected because nothing that they’re saying actually relates to us… So Vote or Die, and getting out the vote, those things [were] laid out there so people could understand about the process. We started Vote or Die, and the whole process was all full of shit. The whole shit is a scam.”
Diddy said people can vote if they want to, but it probably won’t change anything.

“At the end of the day, I’m not telling you not to vote. But I’m saying be a realist and know that they’re motherfucking kicking some bullshit up there,” he said.

Even if your vote is actually counted (it probably isn’t), it still won’t matter who wins, anyway. They will all carry out the exact same policies with marginally different rhetoric backing them up. It should be obvious by now that this system is not only inherently corrupt. It is failing miserably and in the midst of collapse.

So what do we do? How do we solve these problems? Do we look to authority? Do we put someone else in charge? Of course not! How has that been working out for us? Not very well, right?

Yet when one suggests that everyone needs to give up on voting and take matters into their own hands in their personal lives, people seem to believe that the recommendation compels them to “do nothing.” In reality, the complete opposite is true. Calling for people to abandon voting means advocating doing something to make an impact on the problems that concern them — not simply pushing a button in an election booth, throwing the problem in a politician’s lap, and trusting that something will actually be accomplished.

If anything, that political approach is the lazy way of going about change, while actually working on independent solutions is a truly meaningful action. There is a plethora of ways you can contribute to helping the global situation outside of traditional politics. In fact, you will likely fare much better than politicians at achieving that goal.

Instead of political action, engaging in agorism (building your own non-governmental solutions) is the best way to create real change in the world. Agorism is a strategy of noncompliance that uses counter-economics and underground markets as a way of keeping power in the hands of the people, thus slowly diminishing the power and relevance of the control structure. Growing food, using Bitcoin, teaching children through alternative education, running small businesses without licenses, bartering, and starting community currencies are all examples of agorist activities.

Some agorists are even so bold as to create businesses that will challenge existing state monopolies, like we saw last year when Detroit residents created their own community protection agencies because the police were no longer responding to 911 calls. It is as simple as finding a need in your community for a particular good or service and attempting to provide that value without any sort of interaction with the government or any other third parties. In other words, the idea is to try solving problems yourself — with your community — instead of waiting around for a politician to make the problem worse.

Putin’s Multi-Millionaire Media Mogul Dies Of Mysterious “Heart Attack” In Luxury DC Hotel

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/07/2015 

 

Yesterday evening, a variety of mainstream wires reported that Mikhail Lesin, a close ally of The Kremlin and the man credited with “inspiring” the creation of Russia Today, was found dead on an “upper floor” in the hotel. Lesin was Russia’s Minister of Press, Television and Radio from 1999 to 2004 and also served as Putin’s media adviser. In 2013 he assumed a role as an executive at Gazprom-Media.

Apparently, no one knows why Lesin was in Washington, and as of Friday evening, authorities weren’t ready to reveal the identity of the 57-year old Russian national they found dead at the Dupont. But officials in Washington and Moscow confirmed that the deceased was indeed Lesin and Vladimir Putin “expressed his sincerest condolences”, RT says. From The Kremlin:

 

 

“The president has a high appreciation for Mikhail Lesin’s massive contribution to the creation of modern Russian mass media. 

 

In the West, Lesin is most widely known for his role in conceiving Russia Today (now RT), a state-run English-language television network which offers an alternative, non-Western view of global events by encouraging viewers to ‘Question More’. Since its launch in 2005, RT has expanded across continents, broadcasting in multiple languages, and successfully presenting the Russian point of view on world events, something even its harshest critics have admitted. Lesin’s role in RT’s creation is arguably his greatest accomplishment.”

As of now, Lesin’s death has been written off to the ubiquitious unexplained “heart attack.” Here’sWaPo:

 

 

Lesin was the former executive of Gazprom-Media, the state-run holding company that controls much of the Russian press. RIA Novosti, a state news agency, quoted a family member confirming the death and saying it was from a heart attack.

 

Russia Today, without providing a source, suggested that Lesin had been suffering from a prolonged illness.

We’re no doctors, and we’re also not trying to suggest that Lesin wasn’t sick, but what’s particularly odd about the mainstream media’s coverage of this story (and by the way, this applies to the Russian media as well), is that no one seems to think it’s strange that a Russian media mogul died in a DC hotel room from an apparent “heart attack” just as relations between Washington and Moscow have deteriorated to a post-Cold War low and just as sites like RT and Sputnik are becoming increasingly prominent among Western readers amid The Kremlin’s air campaign in Syria. And to top it all off, no one knows why Lesin was in the city in the first place. Nope, nothing strange about any of that.

It’s also worth noting that US lawmakers have called for an investigation into Lesin’s fortune. Via ABC:

 

 

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), called on the Justice Department to launch an investigation into Lesin over allegations of corruption and money laundering.

 

In a letter to then-Attorney General Eric Holder, Wicker said Lesin had “acquired multi-million dollar assets” in Europe and the United States “during his tenure as a civil servant,” including multiple residences in Los Angeles worth $28 million.

 

“That a Russian public servant could have amassed the considerable funds required to acquire and maintain these assets in Europe and the United States raises serious questions,” Wicker wrote.

Dear Sergei Lavrov and Maria Zakharova: you may want to avoid staying at The Dupont Circle in DC for the foreseeable future even though the following images may seem quite inviting…

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TURKEY VOTES

 

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DESERT CRASH

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European Parliament urges protection for Edward Snowden

Canberra Times | 2015-10-30

Brussels: The European Parliament has narrowly adopted a non-binding but nonetheless forceful resolution urging the 28 nations of the European Unionto recognise Edward Snowden as…

 

Is War Beautiful?

Posted on October 28, 2015 by DavidSwanson

“War Is Beautiful” is the ironic title of a beautiful new book of photographs. The subtitle is “The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict.” There’s an asterisk after those words, and it leads to these: “(In which the author explains why he no longer reads The New York Times).” The author never explains why he read the New York Times to begin with.

The author of this remarkable book, David Shields, has selected color war photographs published on the front page of the New York Times over the last 14 years. He’s organized them by themes, included epigrams with each section, and added a short introduction, plus an afterword by Dave Hickey.

Hundreds Of Refugees In Germany “Mysteriously Disappear”; Local Authorities Clueless Where They Are

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/28/2015 – 08:09

In the latest, and perhaps most unexpected, twist in Europe’s refugee crisis, at least seven hundred of the roughly 4,000 asylum-seekers who had initially been accomodated by the German state of Lower Saxony have “mysteriously disappeared” according to a survey in the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (NOZ).

Untouchables’: Obama Cronies “Protected Wall Street’s Most Criminal From Prosecution”

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/27/2015 – 21:45

Impunity has been the norm. The reason there have been no efforts made to criminally investigate is obvious. Former banking regulator and current securities Professor Bill Black told Bill Moyers  that “Timothy Geithner, then Secretary of the Treasury, and others in the administration, with the banks, are engaged in a cover up to keep us from knowing what went wrong.”

 

 

 

 

PRICE OF POWER
By Hugh White

 

Why America Must Accommodate China In The Island Dispute

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ASSAD’S ALEPPO ASSIST

Under The Cover Of Russian Strikes, The Syrian Regime Is Pushing Toward The City

 

Great weather for bombing

Oct  2015

(AFP / Alexander Nemenov)

Up until a few weeks ago, most Russians didn’t know much about Syria, where a civil war has raged for four years. The conflict in Ukraine has dominated the state-controlled airwaves. But a few weeks ago, the Kremlin launched a bombing campaign in its Soviet-era ally Syria. And then Moscow’s mighty propaganda machine swung into action.

Iceland Has Now Sent 26 Corrupt Bankers To Prison

 

In a story not reported on at all by any Western mainstream media source, Iceland just sentenced another five high level bankers to prison for directly contributing to the collapse of the country’s economy in 2008. This brings the total to 26 bankers now behind bars in Iceland, with most being CEOs of large financial institutions, rather than low level traders. Most of those jailed will serve terms of two to five years, according to a report by Iceland Magazine, which notes that three executives at Landsbankinn and two at Kaupþing, along with one prominent investor, have been prosecuted.

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1,000 MILES IN THEIR SHOES

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‘We Are Humans’.. ‘You Take Your Feels And Just Go. If You’re Not Strong From The Beginning You Can’t Make It’.. ‘I Know How It Is To Be A Refugee… How To Run From War And How To Be’.. ‘Why Is The Whole World Now Used To Seeing Syrians Drowning?… Is It Just Because We’re Syrian?’.. These Are Their Stories

 

China Tried To Hack U.S. Firms Even After Cyber Pact

Posted: 10/19/2015 08:19 PM EDT

ASSOCIATED PRESSChinese President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama toast during a State Dinner last month in the White House.

Iran, 6 nations meet in Vienna on implementing nuclear deal

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VIENNA (AP) — With their milestone nuclear deal now in effect, Iran and six world powers are focusing on coordinating…

 

A Perfect Storm: The Syrian Civil War Is Spilling Into Turkey

Posted: 10/14/2015 10:33 am EDT Updated: 10/14/2015 

ISTANBUL — On Saturday, Turkey suffered the worst terrorist attack in its history. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in downtown Ankara, killing some 97 people and wounding hundreds. Most of the victims were there to attend a rally for “peace” — in protest of the ongoing “war” between the Turkish government and Kurdish militants. There was in fact police security at the very site of the march. But the suicide bombers were shrewd enough to explode themselves right between the site and the train station, from which many were walking to attend the rally. The youngest victim was 9-year-old Veysel At?lgan, who was holding his father’s hand when both were blown to pieces.

‘TURKEY’S QUAGMIRE IS DEEP BECAUSE THOSE WHO ARE POWERFUL FEEL FRAGILE’

 

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Is Washington Actually Trying To Start World War III?

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/13/2015 – 20:00

The stage is being set for World War III, but most Americans are completely and totally oblivious to all of this because they are so wrapped up in their own little worlds. Most Americans still seem to assume that the Russians and the Chinese are our “friends” and that any type of conflict between major global powers is impossible. Well, the truth is that conflict has already begun in Ukraine and Syria, and tensions are rising with each passing day. It won’t happen next week or next month, but we are on the road to World War III.

 

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