Robin Williams didn't commit suicide. That's what the illuminati wants you to think.

I guess I should provide some context to this conversation. After Mork's death made headlines I saw Chez from The Daily Banter post about how no one believes in discernible reality anymore. Then I saw this whacktastic exchange between a bunch of known conspiracy theorists and decided to follow it for a little while. I just wanted to record it and show Chez that yes, there really is evidence for his idea even away from the coasts. The Illuminati reference as title really was what Brian posted as his status.

Matthew Mattyg Gutoski I'm not the only one who believes in the possibly of this then..

Brian Fieldhouse Yup

Tim Dolfin Here, let's distract you from what's really going on.

Chad Larson Shut the fuck up.

James Lex Nice conspiracy theory s I love it lol

Kevin Richter Yes we do!

Roger Ugarte conspiracy theory is a slide used by those who do not want you to realize some truths. A slide is a psychological pre conditioning towards a certain event. Television has preconditioned people in this society to believe that any theory presented that go against the "norm" or the accept offical story, are conspiracy theroists and wear tin foil hats and all that other nonsense. This was done on purpose due to the volume of lies that were told to steer society in a certain direction decades ago, and here we are now. Just google the term slide in intelligencce terms. As far as not believing the guy offed himself, I thought it odd too at first. I think he was murder too, at least my intial thoughts were. It is possible he was depressed and all. So many people killed and made to look like suicide you can hardly tell anymore. Regardless might be best to wait and see what other details are proven to be true first. You want a dead celeb that reeks of foul play that was ruled suicide, look into David Caradine who Auto erotic affixiated himself in a place where he could easily of stood up and not died... just saying his feet could touch the floor...how could you hang yourself... As far as Robin Williams goes, I do not know any of the details, just seemed odd because the man was in comedy and he did make jokes sometimes that most people did not get, but it would piss those who are in power off because he said things that are "frowned" upon in media.

Brian Fieldhouse I can have my own option and not be told to "shut the fuck up" so if you don't like my options please delete me off your friends list.

Roger Ugarte right man, to each his own. Suppose to be a free country...

Andy Hermann My dad and I were just saying it's probably cuz we are arming or funding Isis or Hamas.....or both. Nothing to see here, look over here a celebrity died.

Politicizing the United Negro College Fund

Saunders and One of the Fucking Koch brothers

Life must be tough for Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Saunders is African-American, as are many members of AFSCME, so his support of such an important institution as the United Negro College Fund is entirely relevant and not "charity" but solidarity, exactly what labor unions do. Charles Koch and his brother however, are not. Recently, the Koch clowns splattered $25 million all over the UNCF, triangulating an abandonment of the charity by AFSCME. In the endless politicization of public life, this is a win for Koch and a loss for the labor movement, AFSCME in particular, working people in general, democracy, and America as we know it.

While Koch-connected contributions to the UNCF are charity in a strict sense, these descendants of a founding member of the storied opponent of civil rights for African Americans and viciously right-wing John Birch society are not known as good-hearted philanthropists. The Koch's have a lot of money and a great deal of their spending goes strictly toward enhancing their ability to make more money. But in the "I have a deadline to meet" and "both sides of any story are equally bad/good" 24 hour media environment, the Koch chump change buying allegiance from desperate young African-Americans is a wonderful change of heart. Not only have Koch and Koch finally come around to the idea that black people are people too, the mainstream media will allege, but the nation's largest public sector union showed how petty and superficial they are in abandoning these needy students What is the real story behind the Koch brothers giving $25 million to allow underprivileged black kids to go to college?

If Charles and David have ever done a decent thing with all of their wealth, I have not heard of it. So plain altruism is probably not the answer here. Here is, I believe, a clue from UNCF's own press release. "The overarching goal of the UNCF/Koch Scholars Program is aimed at broadening educational opportunities so that aspiring African American students can better understand how entrepreneurship, economics, and innovation contribute to well-being for individuals, communities, and society." Similar to corporatespeak, charities use language designed to manipulate definitions to death and make words basically meaningless but lovely-sounding. Given the Koch's history of cynical self-serving behavior that corrupts anything they touch, undermining and rotting the republic's institutions in their wake, it is safe to interpret meanings to those words for their sincere intent.

In a word, this money is going to go toward reorienting any kind of solidarity in what UNCF calls "the 37 UNCF-member Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)" from the African-American community to the corporate world and it's values. It may be subtle and over a long time-frame, but the faculty, operating procedures and policies of HBCUs will gradually align more compatibly with the "devour everything for short-term profit and establish absolute power over society" ethos of the business community. Turning what has been a somewhat reliable source of Progressive power in the black middle-class into just another weapon against working people, democracy, economic security and opportunity, etc.

The side benefit of throwing this chump change at the UNCF is the wedge it drives with AFSCME by putting the sincere but less significant contributions to higher education for African-Americans by labor on par with what is essentially the evil empire of Koch. Oh my how mustaches must have twirled when this scam was thought up. UNCF is not ACORN, a group working to empower the disenfranchised to organize and help themselves claw toward decent living conditions, and therefore public enemy number one to the right wing. Therefore, UNCF cannot simply be destroyed; it must be co-opted to serve the interests of power.

Just another cynical calculation and power play by two of the main drivers of American decline.

Even Mythical Sea-Monsters do not like Spam.



 

I have been spending a little bit of time blogging at our local gaming store, yes The Kraken plays Magic: The Gathering, and have come to appreciate the spam guards that Blogger.com provides. I used to scratch my head at some of the weird referral URLs on the GH's stats page. It is only with a little comparison that I can now take my hat off to Google for all the work they do keeping spammers at bay.

I do not claim to be any kind of computer expert, or even especially proficient with things digital but dang. The difference between a DIY Word Press site and a little page within the Google umbrella is very stark. I wrote a few entries about MTG, theory and memories of the game in its early days, and not a day goes by that I don't get a notification for some comment that needs moderation. EVERY DAMN ONE is some spam bot with a canned, poorly written compliment and enticement to "optimize my SEO performance" or some other crap.

Computers are amazing machines, I can state that without qualification. But why does every good idea get perverted into a money-sucking scheme? I know Americans generally are not super smart, and everyone is looking for an angle to get rich or just get something for less than the price. That cannot be helped really, our society has only one value... dollar signs. Spam must be cost effective at finding suckers and bilking them, otherwise the scumbags running these schemes would try something that did separate morons from their money more efficiently.

Anyway, I just found a bunch of referrals from a site called "cure diabetes" or something. Yeah, obviously that one is a joke. But then I saw a second one called "Halloween Witch" and thought maybe there could be a legitimate link there as I have written about my favorite holiday and some related topics like The Misfits. Alas, no. The diabetes site and Halloween Witch are two sides of the same scam. Bummer.

These are just some observations without much of a larger point. If I had one I guess it would be that writers like me who are not computer experts should appreciate that there is a place like blogger where we can express opinions, or just share what is on our minds without having to navigate the digital jungle.

Not shown: Me [The Kraken] reaching up from the depths to sink the Viking ship and its spam-loving crew in the next scene.