In North Korea, Chinese Maoists find the land of their dreams AFTER a long drive up a narrow dirt track through hills east of Pyongyang, a North Korean tour bus dropped the Chinese tourists near a wooded graveyard. In front of it, on a concrete pedestal, stood a bronze bust of Mao Anying, the [&h[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Corporatism’
April 26th, 2015 - 1:34 am § in Uncategorized
Paradise lost: Chinese Maoists in North Korea Mourn Mao
April 10th, 2015 - 8:52 am § in Uncategorized
Comcast does it again
Comcast is near the top of almost every list of most-hated companies. The company is legendary for price gouging and rotten customer service. Last summer, a recorded Comcast customer service call went viral when a “retention specialist” badgered a couple when they tried to cancel their C[...]
April 3rd, 2015 - 1:36 am § in America
APPLE WATCH: Fails to meet early hopes
From a post on TA, Apr 1, 2012. Apple has today announced release of its much rumored iBracelet. Going even beyond Apple’s legendary sense of design, the iBracelet is much more than a fashion accessory! Combining a gold bracelet with Apple’s new “Goldfinger” pointing device, [...]
March 5th, 2015 - 11:33 pm § in Hypocrisy
More O’Reilly
Fox News host, whose stories of past reporting exploits are under renewed scrutiny, claimed ‘we were attacked by protesters’ when covering the 1992 riots Readmore at The Guardian.[...]
March 5th, 2015 - 10:06 am § in America, The Ave Scene
I am done turning the other cheek
At 32 years old, I am fed up with having to always turn the other cheek in order to keep my job, and at one point my basketball scholarship. I am highly disappointed that most of the people that tell me to turn the other cheek are older black people, or older minorities of various […][...]
March 3rd, 2015 - 2:07 pm § in America
Black Billionaire
Some of my friends are excited that Michael Jordan is now a member of the Forbes Billionaire list. http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12407104/michael-jordan-makes-debut-forbes-world-billionaires-list They feel like MJ’s arrival on the Billionaire list is a huge accomplishment for black peo[...]
March 3rd, 2015 - 11:07 am § in America
Toys For The Wealthy
Fly from New York to LA in just 2.5 hours as incredible new private supersonic business jet aims to cut journey time in HALF The US forbids civilian planes from the sound barrier – about 750mph per hour – while flying overland due to noisy sonic booms, but the AS2 model will fly at sub[...]
February 6th, 2015 - 12:44 am § in Hypocrisy
Book Review: Immunity for the rich, a police state for the poor
“The problem is, if the law is applied unequally enough over a long enough period of time, at some point, law enforcement becomes politically illegitimate. Whole classes of arrests become (circle one) illegal, improper, morally unenforceable.” — The Divide: American Injustice in t[...]
January 25th, 2015 - 1:34 pm § in Uncategorized
Would you pay $43 for this hotdog?
The Davos hosts want you to refuse their expensive hospitality. They want you to leave. This junket isn’t meant for you. It isn’t just about the Swiss gouging the rich and powerful people attending a high-profile economic summit at Davos, Switzerland, this week although that’s part[...]
Get money, but don’t exploit!
Autonomy and Entrepreneurship are positive components of African American urban male street culture. There is absolutely nothing wrong with young African American men not wanting to conform to society’s standards. African American males are not wrong for wanting to start businesses and wanting[...]