Newspeak in America: Thug is Now a Racist Term

English writer Eric Arthur Blair who is more famous for his pseudonym George Orwell is often invoked as America continues to collapse from within. Orwell’s dire predictions of a totalitarian future dystopia as put forth in his masterpiece “1984” eerily foresaw the rise of a society in which no opposition to fascist big government was tolerated, citizens were turned into rats and snitches, war was perpetual and privacy was eradicated to the point of where “nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull”. Orwell’s novel also introduced the concept of “Newspeak” which was the intentional manipulation of the language to literally transform reality into what the state deemed to be acceptable which was in direct opposition to anything resembling freedom.

As anyone who is paying attention can clearly see in the Homeland of Obamastan circa 2015, the wars continue, the NSA and government favored corporations conduct mass surveillance on the population and the range of acceptable discourse shrinks daily. Then there is the perversion of language which combined with the ongoing process of the dumbing down of America is a potent one-two punch to whatever remains of our evaporating vestiges of liberty.

The transformation of language in America is often the result of the rise of the censorship called political correctness and is typically enforced by liberals who fancy themselves as being some sort of intellectual elite instead of the feckless drones that they really are. Their efforts only aid and abet the rulers of the fascist police state and their alarmingly successful attempts to slowly twist and morph the definition of “terrorism” to include all critics of the corrupt state. They work in tandem although the useful idiot liberals can’t seem to understand it.

The latest example of the perversion of the English language are the ludicrous and quickly spreading attempts to transform the word “thug” into a racist term and to render it taboo. This is particularly evident in the aftermath of the Baltimore riots when a pack of thugs and criminals exploited the Freddie Gray funeral to run amok. As disturbing as this latest outbreak of racially tinged malevolence has been, what is worse are the attempts to glom onto it by many to advance their own agendas. They are much like the travelers and parasites who leeched onto the XXXL carcass of bad seed Michael “Gentle Giant” Brown in Ferguson, Mo last year and manage to pop up in whatever city where the police are accused of using excessive force against young black men.

As CNN reports in the story “After Baltimore riots, some leaders slam 'thug' as the new n-word”:

A term used by President Barack Obama and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to characterize rioters has given new life to a debate over the word "thug."

"Of course it's not the right word, to call our children 'thugs,'" Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes told CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront." "These are children who have been set aside, marginalized, who have not been engaged by us. No, we don't have to call them thugs."

"Just call them n-----s. Just call them n-----s," he said. "No, we don't have to call them by names such as that."

The Rev. Jamal Bryant drew the same comparison Wednesday morning on CNN. The President and the mayor are wrong, he said. "These are not thugs, these are upset and frustrated children."

"It's amazing. You don't call six police officers who kill a man without probable cause 'thugs,' but children who are frustrated and don't have an outlet, you call them 'thugs.' 'Thugs' is the 21st century word for the n-word. And it is repulsive and it is offensive to every person who is a parent trying to raise children interpreting what's taking place in this hour."

When even dear leader is calling a spade a spade and a thug a thug then it just must be racism and we just can’t have the public getting any ideas rather that those dark-skinned hooligans in the streets are lawless marauders. As for the word “thug” if you look at the Merriam-Webster online dictionary here is the definition:

Thug

noun \ˈthəg\

: a violent criminal

a brutal ruffian or assassin :  gangster, tough

There is nothing even remotely racial about it. In fact what the hell else can be said about the scum that took to the streets in Baltimore to ransack stores, destroy other people’s property and steal beer and toilet paper? They were thugs and there isn’t a damned thing that is racially offensive  in calling them such in the context of their actions. It is as clear as black and white.

Now that “thug” is on the verge of becoming a racist pejorative it shows the danger of the childish insistence of the refusal to use the word “nigger” in favor of the ubiquitous references to the “N word”. What the fuck is this, fucking third grade on a national level? When is enough enough? Not that I personally find the term “nigger” to be socially acceptable, no more than I do a gay man being called a “faggot”, however it is far more offensive to see the  ongoing bastardization of the English language by political correctness Nazis, slimy politicians, activists with an agenda and government stooges in the corrupt state-corporate media.

The hip hop culture that black youth are too often immersed in actually glorifies what can accurately be called “thug life” and why is it socially acceptable for many young blacks to regularly call themselves “niggers” or as is the hip slang “niggas”? This can be a career-killer, and have the scarlet letter of racism carved into the foreheads of white folks who don’t kowtow to political correctness and use the “N” word instead? The hypocrisy is boundless.

Always remember, Big Brother is watching you so watch what you say.

Obama Brings Down the House at Annual D.C. Press Suckathon

Perhaps the most disgusting aspect of the dismal state of the mainstream media and it’s sucking up to power is the annual White House Correspondent’s Dinner. The event provides the opportunity for the sitting US President to play comedian. He struts to the podium and delivers one-liners and perorms silly gimmicks to the delight of a gaggle of adoring, self-important media hacks whose invitation to the party is one of the key perks of being a government conduit for misinformation. Scoring an invite is the crown jewel for those covering the D.C. circle jerk and serves as a pat on the back from a corrupt regime for a job well done .

It is a garish and sickening celebration of Washington's own pompous self-worship and a pox upon what was once a democracy where power was checked by a diligent and critical press carrying out their duties as set forth in the First Amendment. Now it is only a festival of scumbaggery for political con artists and those that can only be described as presstitutes for their selling out of journalistic responsibilities in order to suckle power for the sake of career advancement.

The giant sucking sound from the royal city is reported on by The Guardian in the story entitled “Barack Obama lands the zingers at White House correspondents' dinner” from which I excerpt:

The president, Barack Obama, says he’s bringing a new attitude to the final quarter of his presidency: bucket!

“After the midterm elections, my advisers asked me, ‘Mr President, do you have a bucket list?’” he told those attending the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Association. “And I said, well, I have something that rhymes with bucket list ...”

“Take executive action on immigration? Bucket! New regulations? Bucket!”

The correspondents’ association dinner is the night the president does standup comedy to raise money for scholarships for young journalists – and provides tongue-in-cheek payback for those already on the job as well as political opponents. A few of the presidential zingers tossed out Saturday night:

“Just this week Michele Bachmann actually predicted that I would bring about the biblical end of days. Now, that’s a legacy.”

“I have one friend ... just a few weeks ago she was making millions of dollars a year, and she’s now living out of a van in Iowa.” That was a crack about Hillary Rodham Clinton, who campaigned in Iowa in a van nicknamed Scooby.

Noting that Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong impersonates CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin, Obama said that’s surprising. “Usually the only people impersonating journalists on CNN are journalists on CNN.”

On the TV series “Black-ish,” Obama said he had to give ABC fair warning. “Being black-ish only makes you popular for so long. Trust me, there’s a shelf life to that thing.”

“The polar vortex caused so many record lows they renamed it MSNBC.”

“Donald Trump is here – still.”

And they all roared with laughter, swilled champagne and marveled at themselves in all of their orgasmic resplendence. As for El Presidente, it was beneath the dignity of the office but so has everything else that Mr. Obama has touched since he took up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW to live high off of the hog on the taxpayer dole. I'll give Obama credit for his jabs at CNN and MSNBC but the rest of it was bad enough to have anyone with any sense decency scrambling for a vomit bag.

When the carcass of this once proud and free country is eventually hauled upon the autopsy table by future historians, the cause of death will be found to have been in large part due to the abject failure by the media to speak the truth. There is a reason why the federal government and those who hold the levers of power despise the internet and that is because the truth can be found and that truth shows that our “leaders” in the political elite are nothing more than gangsters who operate their rackets with the media having their backs.

The fawning ass-kissers present at Saturday night’s soiree will wake up from their hangovers on Sunday morning and bask in the glorious narcissism of the entitled for they will have earned their keep as professional liars who disseminate government propaganda. They wouldn’t dare stray from their official roles as lapdogs lest they not be invited back to the party next year.

Air Scumbag: Nike Signs Thug Jameis Winston to Endorsement Deal

The merchandising gold rush is on as corporations are set to begin harvesting the next crop of potential superstars prior to the upcoming NFL draft. Big sports names can bring mega profits, especially if they end up having success at the professional level and let’s face it, the NFL long ago ceased being primarily about football. The actual football games are just the exoskeleton that the league wraps around itself to obscure the reality that it is a ruthless business enterprise that rakes in the dough off of merchandise sales and corporate sponsorship deals. So it should come as no surprise that athletic apparel goliath Nike has signed accused sex abuser and crab leg thief “Famous Jameis” Winston to an endorsement contract.

ESPN is reporting that “Nike signs QBs Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota”:

The world's largest shoe and apparel company confirmed to ESPN.com that it signed Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston. Sources say the company has also signed this year's Heisman Trophy winner, Marcus Mariota, and the two runners-up, Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon, Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper, as well as Georgia running back Todd Gurley. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Signing Winston certainly has its risks. On Thursday, Erica Kinsman, who accused the quarterback of sexually assaulting her in 2012, filed a civil suit against him. Winston was never criminally charged and the university ruled that there wasn't enough evidence to say that Winston was in violation of the school's conduct code. Winston's attorney denied the accusations again after the suit was filed.

Ironic that Nike jettisoned star Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson as a spokesman last year out of concern over his child abuse charges but is down with inking a dude who was able to beat the system on a rape charge.  Winston, who is a lock to become the number one pick in the draft – thanks to the woefully tone deaf Tampa Bay Buccaneers organization – will be a hot commodity until he inevitably gets into trouble with the law. The millions of dollars about to be showered upon the troubled young man will buy a lot of gold chains and other bling, a convoy of vehicles to load his homeys into for the trip to Tampa and lap dances galore at the nude bars on Dale Mabry Highway. Nike is going to cash in now while Winston’s market value is at its peak.

But once again, it’s all about the money. Nike would probably even hire a cannibalistic pederast to hawk it’s sweat-shop manufactured shoes if there was money in it. In Winston's case that famous swoosh does somewhat resemble an erect penis although marketing it as such would be a bridge too far even for Nike.

IBM Blasts Piyush Jindal Over Antigay Religious "Freedom" Law

The corporate hijacking of America continues to pick up steam. With Congress ready to put Emperor Barack Obama into God mode with their ramming through of fast track authority for the secretive, job killing Trans Pacific Trade Partnership (TPP) the global monstrosities are increasingly interjecting themselves into local issues. The latest example is in the state of Louisiana where IBM just sent a nasty letter to Governor Piyush “Bobby” Jindal blasting the Pelican state over another of those anti gay laws that are being sold to the voters under the premise of religious freedom.

As CNN reports in the story “IBM warns Louisiana over 'religious freedom' bill":

IBM has sent a letter to the governor of Louisiana warning that a pending religious freedom bill would create a hostile environment for the tech company's employees.

"A bill that legally protects discrimination based on same-sex marriage status will create a hostile environment for our current and prospective employees, and is antithetical to our company's values," IBM vice president James Driesse wrote in a letter to Gov. Bobby Jindal.

"IBM will find it much harder to attract talent to Louisiana if this bill is passed and enacted into law," Driesse said.

The letter asks Jindal to work with the state legislature to "ensure this legislation is not discriminatory." IBM has made significant investments in Louisiana, including a technology services delivery center in Baton Rouge.

The letter is the latest warning from corporate America to states that are considering controversial religious freedom laws. In Indiana and Arkansas, an intense backlash has already forced lawmakers to make revisions.

The IBM letter follows the ferocious backlash against Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act when Governor Mike Pence saw his dark horse presidential hopes go up in smoke shortly after signing the bill into law. The reaction was swift, with corporations and local businesses bringing immense pressure that forced the legislature to modify language in the bill that was seen as anti-gay. A number of states with similar laws have become a bit squeamish in the aftermath and despite his often over the top rhetoric as some sort of national avatar of morality it will be interesting to see if Jindal also backs down.

Not that IBM exactly has the moral high ground in this dust up considering that it was the company's own tabulating machines that tracked Jews in Hitler’s network of death camps and probably also tracked gays. The profiteering off of the Third Reich by American corporations is one of those skeletons in the nation’s closet. While Der Fuhrer is invoked daily by our slimy politicians despite the fact that he has been dead for seventy years, the dealings of corporations and Wall Street with the Nazis remains largely unknown. You see, widgets are widgets and in the case of IBM those widgets just happened to be doomed Jews. 

Historian Edwin Black wrote a book about Big Blue’s contribution to the atrocities entitled “IBM and the Holocaust”. The book was reviewed by Forbes back when it came out in the piece “IBM Gets An Ugly History Lesson”:

Like any efficiency-driven organization, the Nazis were big on technology. It wasn’t just to order and track office supplies–they had to keep track of all the Jews in concentration camps. And to do that, they used IBM equipment.

According to a new book, IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America’s Most Powerful Corporation, by Edwin Black, IBM not only provided its technology* to the Third Reich, IBM also formed a “strategic alliance” with the Nazis. A class action lawsuit was also filed over the weekend against IBM on behalf of all Holocaust concentration camp survivors.

The lawsuit alleges that IBM aided the Nazis during World War II and then later tried to cover up its actions. Aiding genocide demonstrates poor business ethics in general, but beyond that, it’s even uglier given the possibility that IBM may have made a nice profit off the Nazis. Exactly how much IBM profited is far from certain.

While it was a long time ago and all those who were involved with the decision are now dead, it shows that when it comes to short-term profits that corporations rapidly dispose of anything even approaching basic morality let alone human dignity. A guy named Jesus Christ once said something about letting those who are without sin cast the first stone, this is an appropriate metaphor regarding IBM’s meddling in a state's democratic process. But then again, when have the big corporations ever given a tin shit about what the voters think?

In the Belly of the Beast: Called For Jury Duty

This is a bit off the beaten track but since Easter Sunday is generally a pretty slow news day I thought that I’d write about it as a general observation on the judicial system. Believe it or not I am in my early fifties and had never once been called upon to do jury duty until just recently.  So on Thursday morning I headed over to my local courthouse, an opulent palace that was given to the forces of law enforcement courtesy of the taxpayers and prepared to suffer through my state enforced civic responsibility.

Now I can dig all of that stuff about how serving on a jury is the very lynchpin of our judicial system that we all have been indoctrinated to believe since grade school. In reality though, that system is crumbling by the day and with the most serious criminals occupying corporate boardrooms, statehouses, the U.S. Congress and the various agencies of the federal government it’s getting really tough to buy into any of that hogwash anymore. Kind of like the Easter Bunny, it’s a nice myth but at the end of the day it’s a fantasy.

So anyway, I rolled up well in advance of my 8:15 reporting time to beat the crowd and snag a decent seat while I waited. Now I don’t really have any need to visit the courthouse, the jail facility or any other building associated with the police state as I am a law-abiding citizen so it was a new experience for me. From the minute I got out of my car and locked the door I could hear something droning on from the direction of the building. Jesus Christ! I thought, they can’t possibly be playing rap music in front of the damned courthouse at 7:35 in the morning can they? But as I got closer and within audible range I soon recognized it as one of those warnings that are commonplace in our nation’s airports since the post 9/11 occupation by the national security state.  The primary reason why I don’t fly anymore – other than I just hate it – is that I resent being treated like a freaking criminal by the government TSA goons and anyone who has read my writings fully understands my contempt for the police state.

So with the booming electronic voice emanating from the loudspeakers as though it were the word of God himself, I proceeded towards the main entrance of the Criminal Justice Center. Once you have entered the citadel, the very first thing you have to do is put ALL of your shit in a tote to go through the X-ray machine. I did this with no problem, having read the instructions carefully and knowing what was and what was not taboo. I had planned on using the opportunity away from my regular day job to do some writing and had brought my laptop and a tablet to while away the time.  The security theater made me think of the Reichstag for some reason that I just can’t put my finger on.  I was now within the belly of the beast.

Standing just beyond the X-ray machine was a phalanx of huge cops, all standing at parade rest and glaring menacingly at all entrants to the building. While they were not clad in standard issue black Darth Vader gear it was pretty obvious that they were there to crack skulls if necessary. Some hipster dumbass in line two people in front of me nearly was pounded to a pulp for the grave security breach of attempting to enter the facility with an open water bottle (mine was in the briefcase with the seal unbroken per the instructions) but his cute young girlfriend intervened and rapidly led him out of the building. With the blood scent of the storm troopers already aroused I loudly exclaimed that “Good morning, I’m here for jury duty, could you please show me where I need to go?”. I was then treated with the utmost of respect and courtesy.

So I got into the jury pool gathering room which was huge and had theater seating and grabbed a spot at the very back, the standard location in any meeting room sought out by troublemakers like me. I settled into my seat, whipped out my tablet and started scanning the morning news for writing material. I was really, really hoping that I would not be called to go upstairs as my head was throbbing due to the high allergen count. This week the air quality index locally had the allergens hovering at around 11.8 – on a scale of 10 – so I definitely didn’t bring my A game. I was just hoping to be able to eke it out and if I did get called, make some sort of statement to the attorneys that would get them to jettison me to find a less ‘opinionated’ person.

Hey, we all have our biases and mine happen to be that I hate the state, especially the judicial system that serves as the main processing arm of the massive American for profit prison gulag. I also happen to believe that most of the people who end up on trial are scumbags who deserve to be there in the first place because they were stupid enough to engage in criminal behavior and got caught. I have no tolerance when it comes to the dregs of society and while it isn’t technically legal to just shoot the scumbags while they are in the act of committing their crimes they do need to be kept away from decent folks. This is a bit complicated in that there are the unlucky ones who are caught up by unjust sentencing laws but the real bad guys deserve zero mercy.

So then once everyone who received a summons is inside the room it’s time for the orientation. A huge video screen lights up and the song and dance begins about the dos and don’ts of serving on a jury. We are all lectured about how the greatest aspect of the U.S. judicial system is the constitutionally mandated guarantee of being able to be judged by a jury of your “peers”.  Like my “peers” are murderers, thugs, thieves, crackheads, rapists, con artists, child molesters and the sort of flotsam and jetsam that floats through the court system – give me a break. As a testament to the all-inclusive nature of the random selection process there was a guy sitting two rows in front of me with a shaved head and swastika tattoos. It looked like he may have wandered into the wrong room and should have been next door at the jail or in uniform down by the X ray machine.

There is a lecture by a stern looking fat black woman “judge” who has heard “all the excuses” so don’t even try to get out of it and then a short video of an actor dressed in a bailiff uniform who speaks in a Guido style New York though guy accent who further hammers it home. There was a good amount of sly French bashing including the name dropping of Alexis de Tocqueville as being very impressed with early American democracy even though it’s likely that the majority of the people in the room wouldn’t know him from Alexa Trump.

Finally, the Big Kahuna of all of the state judges comes onto the telescreen and delivers a lecture about our “civic responsibility” of serving as a juror. He blasts the negative attitude of people who are less than enthusiastic drones and scares the shit out of everyone in the room.  The supreme justice also delivers a warning on the use of cellphones and electronic devices and carries on about how the internet is not a reliable source of information so don’t believe everything on it. This is a typical attitude of one of the authoritarians who run the system because the internet and the chance at finding the truth are a threat like throwing holy water on Count Dracula to them.

Then there is a break as they get the daily docket – I researched it the night before on that evil damned internet and saw it was extremely light with the jury cases being a dude who was busted with crack and another being tried for a major traffic offense. Either of which I could have easily disqualified myself on (opposition to war on drugs and a good friend who was killed by a drunken driver ten years ago) so if I even got to the question stage I would have an out.

So after the break, we were all encouraged to use the jury lounge  – and here is the killer – FOX NEWS was playing on the television which stuck a trident-sized fork in the ass of all of their sanctimonious horseshit lecturing about not being biased. Then the master of ceremonies walks to his podium, announces that our break is over and starts calling everyone up who was to be paid for their service.

After all of them had received their money, the guy announces that in an unprecedented development that NONE of the judges had any cases ready and that we all were free to go. I could not possibly imagine that they may have been influenced because the courts were closed on Good Friday for Easter weekend.

The room which was 3/4 of the way filled with about 90 people erupted in raucous cheering and then we left, assured of having performed our civic duty.  I was home by 9:30 am but got the full day off with pay from my regular job. On Friday when I went in my boss asked me how it went I said that I didn’t get picked and that “we were out of there before 3 o’clock” and left it at that.

And the best part is that my original summons was for the Monday morning after the Denver Broncos vs. Indianapolis Colts playoff game and being a lifelong Bronco fan I changed it. In Florida we are allowed to do this one time only and I didn’t want to show up hung over after celebrating a win. The totally lethargic Broncos and their old and fading choker of a mercenary quarterback Peyton Manning ended up getting flogged 24-13 in a game that wasn’t in any way as close as the final score. I just picked April 2nd out of my ass as an arbitrary substitute date.

Is this a great fucking county or what?

I would however love to get seated on the jury of a huge media spectacle of a trial so I can cash in big time. Just look at all of the careers that got launched by the O.J. Simpson circus of a trial, I would love nothing more than to have the bookers for the Nancy Grace Show giving me a call.

Powerful Democrat Senator Bob Menendez Indicted on Corruption Charges

New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, one of the most powerful Democrats in the United States Senate was formally indicted on corruption charges on Wednesday. Menendez, like all criminals proclaimed that he is “innocent” and mixed in “outraged” as well because elements of America’s political elite are rarely if ever are held to account for their abuse of power. It probably didn’t help Menendez’s case that he was often at odds with Emperor Barack Obama and Barry likely sent his remorseless henchman Eric Holder after him to settle the score.

Republicans - despite their ability to play the Soprano State senator off against the hated Obama - must be in high spirits as there is soon going to be one less entrenched career scumbag standing in line of a stronger majority in the Senate.

As reported by Reuters in the story “Senator Menendez of New Jersey indicted on corruption charges”:

U.S. Democratic Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was indicted on corruption charges, allegations that the high-ranking lawmaker said he would address at a news conference on Wednesday night.

Menendez was indicted by a grand jury in New Jersey for accepting gifts from Salomon Melgen, a Florida ophthalmologist, in exchange for using the power of his Senate office to benefit Melgen's financial and personal interests, according to the court filing.

The allegations against Menendez, a senior lawmaker on foreign policy and banking, raise the possibility of Republicans gaining a 55th Senate seat to strengthen their hand in policy fights with Democratic President Barack Obama, should the senator decide to resign his seat.

Menendez was stepping down as ranking member, or top Democrat, on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations committee, Senate aides said.

Menendez and Melgen, both 61, were charged with one count of conspiracy, one count of violating the travel act, eight counts of bribery and three counts of honest services fraud. Menendez was also charged with one count of making false statements.

Menendez, in response to previous reports of a federal investigation, has denied wrongdoing. Melgen and his representative could not immediately be reached for comment on the charges.

Menendez is no doubt dirty but so are the vast majority of United States Senators who betray their country on a daily basis and whore themselves out to the highest bidder. The Senator is no stranger to ugly allegations of misconduct and seems to have a taste for sweet young tail, it wasn’t long ago that he was accused of frolicking with underage prostitutes but he was able to wiggle out by blaming it all on Fidel Castro. The Daily Beast, which is pretty much a liberal website has an interesting piece on Menendez entitled “The Soaking Tub Bob Menendez Craved” that is worth a read if only for some of the juicier tidbits like:

If the indictment unsealed this week lands Sen. Bob Menendez in a prison cell, he will at least have the memory of the $1,536.96-a-night suite with a woman in a five-star Paris hotel—thanks to the generosity of his good friend and now co-defendant, Dr. Salomon Melgen.

“King bed, work area with internet, limestone bath with soaking tub and enclosed rain shower,” Menendez wrote in an email allegedly asking his pal to make the reservation and pick up the tab.

And if the same indictment keeps Melgen separated by prison walls from any possible female company, he will at least have the memory of the three girlfriends who secured visas to visit him—thanks to the efforts of Menendez.

The Daily Beast article closes with the hysterical lines “Maybe he and Melgen can somehow explain it all. Otherwise, they will be going to a place where there is no rain shower and no girls at all”. That is a sugar-coated way of saying that the prissy, entitled Senator may soon end up being the bitch of some big fat smelly gold-toothed black career criminal being pimped out for cigarettes and bubble gum. It’s a damned good start but why stop at Menendez? Drain the whole damned swamp in Washington.