Debt Commission = FAIL

Ok, you guys make huge "cuts". So huge, they can lower the deficit by $3.(something) Trillion over 10 years? Brav-fucking-o. We are running a deficit of over a Trillion dollars a year. This gets us NOWHERE, except $7 Trillion deeper in debt. It also gives big business huge tax breaks, but does nothing to pull jobs back from Asia and South America.

Thanks for your time, you are excused...

Since I despise complaining about a problem, without offering a solution;

Revise the tax code (Income Vs Tax) with zero deductions:
30-40K = 7% FLAT
40-60K = 11% FLAT
60-90K = 14% FLAT
90-200K = 17% FLAT
200-600K = 16% FLAT
600-2,500K = 15% FLAT (they are paying a lot more overall)
2,500k-INFINITY = 12% FLAT. (they can pay in gold ingots)

Some cuts:
Cut the Executive Branch 20%, FLAT (they will get just as much done, which is about zero)
Cut Defense 20% FLAT (close bases that are barely used and consolidate the rest, trim programs. Get out of Germany, South Korea and Okinawa.)
Phase out Social Security over 20 years (priceless)

Guess what? We have a balanced budget, plus a surplus! Once the National Debt is near nill, Congress can taper off all the percentages.  We can have some prosperity, for our kids and grandkids.

John Conyers' Crooked Family

Um, John. Why is your kid using a Congressional supplied vehicle? Why does he have $27,000 in concert tickets in the car? Why is Congress supplying cars to House or Senate members? They are all millionaires and make more per year than 95% of Americans?????

http://www.freep.com/article/20101130/NEWS15/101130045/1318/Conyers-son-reports-break-in-theft-from-congressmans-official-SUV

We REALLY need transparency in Congressional expenses, down to the individual and the dollar...

Dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.freep.com/article/20101130/NEWS06/101130024/1318/3-missing-boys-father-to-be-charged-with-kidnap-Morenci-police-chief-says

This won't end well, and it makes me sick..

Psst...Wanna Buy An Aircraft Carrier??

Snag the HMS Invincible today!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-11872743

XM-25 Rifle

It's a portable tactical Cluster Bomb....

.WAV Street Art

Wow...

.wav from .wav on Vimeo.

Michael Franti

You can listen to his album at the link below, pretty good.

http://michaelfranti.com/media/albums/sound-sunshine

Bye Bye Leslie Nielsen

Talk about finishing a career on top?  He would get that joke.

US Government Pay Freeze??

Um, a softball for sure. Most of these people are over paid, get health insurance dirt cheap and get a killer pension.

Try cutting into those costs, and oh; Teach these employees how to budget. Give them an incentive to save money, not just "spend it or lose it" every year.

Japan Goes Van Crazy

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/11/07/gallery-gt-gt-japanese-vanning-madness.aspx

Now they just need robot women IN THE VAN...

Why Doesn't ICE Stick To Deporting Illegals?

http://whatisthetrend.net/ice-shuts-down-illegal-file-sharing-sites-20105656.html

http://slumz.boxden.com/f5/nov-27-ice-seize-music-sharing-websites-1454166/

Colorado Coal Train Derails

http://www.chieftain.com/news/local/article_a04241f2-fab2-11df-8950-001cc4c03286.html

For some reason, the major US news outlets seem to not care about this.  Thirty One cars of coal splayed out on the tracks.  Might want to slow down a bit...

BBC covered it best; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11858189

Atlanta's Aquarium

Nice video...

the world's largest aquarium // ATL.GA from stillmotion on Vimeo.

The Grates

The Grates - Aw Yeah from Ewan MacLeod on Vimeo.

A Bit Of FOUR TET

HMS Astute's Captain is Relieved

Click to enlarge, those two white sticks topside aft are people!

It's not something that happens often in the US or UK.  I didn't know it was fitted with Tommahawk missiles. This is the one that ran aground earlier this year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-11853493

Rare Exports - A Christmas Tale

Looks soo cute!

Game Trailers - E3 2011

A Serbian Film

In the near future, this film will be making some headlines. As you might guess from this BLOG, I am not a prude, and I have no religion.

But this is the sickest piece of vile revolting shit I have ever seen. I only got 1/2 way through before I quit. That was when a doctor delivered a baby, and the mother watched and smiled while he fucked it. Still covered in her blood.

I am all for independent movies, but depicting this crap (even if it is based on a reality) is just vile. And spreads the seeds of evil deviant behaviour. So, um, just stop.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11846906

Royksopp - Vision One

Nice video, not sanctioned by the band.

Kinect Is Changing Things

The fact that it's open source is huge, and seeing what people are doing with it is something worth paying attention to.

NIN 'Only' Remix with Cinder and libfreenect from Benjamin Blundell on Vimeo.