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London Riots – Watch This Video

This Tottenham man was obviously not willing to go along with the BBC version of the original Tottenham riot, which was sparked by police intransigence after the shooting of Mark Duggan. Watch the video at this link.

Idiot “Investors” Lose Billions Pointlessly

The Dow Jones lost 4% of its value today. Where did wise “investors” put most of their money from the sales? A lot of it went into US Treasury Bonds, because they are still one of the safest investments you can have, the “downgrade” based on political motivations and a $2 trillion basic math mistake notwithstanding. These “investors” are the people who buy and sell our politicians and run the economy, largely. They are a herd of idiots.

Trillion, Schmillion

S&P decided to downgrade the US’s credit rating based on an error of 2 trillion dollars. When the Treasury Dept. pointed this out, S&P just changed the rationale and went ahead anyway. Note that this is a Wall Street Journal article, reporting the truth, while Fox News celebrates the downgrade at the same time as quite rational and meaningful.

30 US Navy Seals Killed In Afghanistan

Get the hell out of there.

UPDATE: These were SEALs, and many details point to the idea that this was a high-risk operation against what the military calls a “high value target.”

US Military Reduces Most Tours To 9 Months Rather Than 12

Bush had upped them to 15 months. Damn that Obama, he is just another Republican.*

* This is sarcasm.

Five New Orleans Policemen Convicted In Katrina Shooting Case

They “violated the civil rights” of several men by shooting them, killing two.

S&P To Downgrade US Bonds

This would be more serious if these weren’t the clowns who entirely missed the insane and illegal risks that caused the financial crisis. The “upside” is that the GOP refusal to allow tax hikes on the rich will be cited, according to the story, by S&P as part of the reason for the downgrade.

Modern Problems

Isn’t the free market system awesome?

TAMMS, Ill. — A sister of a sword-wielding Florida man who police say strangled his wife before being fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy after an Illinois car chase believes the couple carried out a suicide pact.
Belinda VanDommelen says Bobby Curtis Jr. and Lisa Curtis long had been tormented by the 2005 death of their 17-year-old son who was killed by a car as he walked in Panama City, Fla., where the family lived.
The couple’s ending July 26 came two days after they bolted from a mental-health evaluation.
VanDommelen says the couple always just wanted to be with their late son.
She says the Curtises lost their Florida construction contracting business after last year’s BP oil spill devastated that region’s economy.

US Incomes At Lowest Level Since 1997

These are 2009 figures, just released by the government, so 2010 and 2011 are indisputably worse.

Mississippi Racist Murderer Dead

Died in prison, where he should have been since 1964 or earlier.