Yes, exactly a millennium ago.

 Then the whole Indian subcontinent was a conglomeration of small kingdoms. We belonged to a small one, may be the size of Delhi. It was independent, wedged between two powerful neighbors: the Samoothiripad in the North and some principality belonging to the area, now known as Thiruvithankur (Travancore). Our Cochin state was free from corruption. People were generally happy. One English writer described the India of those times as ‘thousands of villages’, each a republic governed by the village elders. None had money. Gold was used only for making ornaments. Wealth was measured in terms of paddy earned by each family (I am talking in terms known to me). The artisans made clothes, agricultural implements, gold ornaments; made tenements out of mud and hay or palm leaves (cobbler was unknown  as none wore foot wear). Brass and bronze works were excellent, as also wood work. Landlords enjoyed leisure and bonded laborers did the work. The latter were fed even when there was no work. All people were known to each other. Even in my childhood, thefts were limited to coconut and plantain! There was plenty of time for any leisurely activity like literature, sports and arts.

 All were happy, even though epidemics took a heavy toll of men but not animals.

Let us examine, item by item, how life was then and what we have achieved now.

1)      Life was secure then. None was worried about his future. Mostly, traditional vocations were followed, the society being caste-ridden. How will my children live after my time? The question never worried any body. Anxiety on this account was unknown then. Today, every moment we are concerned about it (of course, I am not talking about the Ambanis)

2)      All works were done manually. This kept life style diseases away. People were healthy. The rich people suffered from diabetes, B.P and heart attacks. The poor people were spared. Today, the middle class too have become rich as far as life style is concerned. We don’t exert. Remote control ensured that we need not even move. So we suffer from all diseases of the rich.

3)      The vaidyaji took care of health problems. I don’t remember ever going to a doctor. The Namboodri house stood in the middle of a spacious plot of land. We had our own well and at least one pond. No fencing, we never wounded mother Earth with the pick axe or spade. It was like a forest. Things just grew. Village people scouted for medicinal plants or mangoes in the season. They never asked us. In the month of Karkidagam (Sawan) ladies adorned the hair with “Dashapushpam” (ten flowers). After the land reforms, we too became proletariat, when our only source of earnings was taken away. The land was handed over to the tillers. Today land is fallow because none can afford to grow food. Wages are high and labour is not available in Keralam.

     I have digressed. We were discussing medicine. The vidyaji will only prescribe the medicines. If these cannot be had from the land, there is a shop selling them. Medicines, in soup form, were made at home. People may give some gift like plantain. The belief is that if vidyaji demands compensation, he will lose his ability to diagnose and treat the illness.

 When the people of the West were barbarians (say B.C1000) Ayurvedic system of medicine was well developed in India. At Rajgir in Bihar, I was shown the excavated remains of a hospital where the royal families were treated. Even today Ayurveda can hold its head high in certain fields. But the sanctity of the system was violated when it was commercialized. Now, medicinal soups are bottled and preserved, rendering them sometimes ineffective.

 Today, medical treatment is nothing but shameless exploitation of the masses. Multi speciality hospitals cater to the rich. The poor people survive by grace of God. 50% of the medicines sold in the market are absolutely useless. (It was in the newspapers.) All medicines have side effects. Fees must be deposited in advance (pity the vidyaji). As doctors are “manufactured” in thousands, who can guarantee their quality? (Merit is ignored; caste is the basis for selection of students). Each hospital should earn profit. Or else, it will be closed down. So it must be ensured that people fall ill, as frequently as possible. As soon as a baby is born it is given ten injections, to make sure that its immunity system doesn’t develop. The bird flu was unknown then. Today also desi chickens are not affected. Artificial methods have destroyed the capacity to resist diseases.

 To make people fall ill, fast food culture is deliberately encouraged. To the capitalist, a patient is also a consumer. The only aim is profit. To hell with health! We want every citizen to be in the hospital so that profit can swell.

4) Education was totally free of lucre then. I was thrilled to see rows of neatly made hostel rooms at Nalanda which was just a name until Sir Alexander Cunningham traveled in the foot steps of Huen Tsang and saw small hills covered with grass and shrubs. He suggested excavation of the area which was started in 1914. Even today, a few work men may be seen digging leisurely; it may take another hundred years at this rate, to uncover the whole township. More than four hundred years B.C, it was a beacon of learning, attracting scholars from all over the East. They did not come to get a degree and campus selection for lucrative jobs. They just wanted to learn. Among them was a young man. No body knew he was a prince. He came in tattered clothes and was emaciated like a beggar, after wandering in the forest, begging for food. His name was Gautama. He spent several years in the campus, endlessly discussing the causes of pain and misery and suffering of human beings. (At Bodh Gaya, he is depicted as  well fed and handsome- a real prince charming. His devotees want something pleasing to the eye). I admire him. I like to see Takshashila too!

 In the villages, education was the concern of guruji. There was close, personal relation- ship with Guruji and the students who stay with him. Remember the story of Krishna and Sudama who were ordered by guru patni (wife) to fetch fuel from the forest? (I am reminded of an incident I read in a memoir. An English lady accepts an assignment to teach English to the Crown Prince of Japan. She was going through some notes when she wanted the fan to be switched on. She asked the Prince and failed to understand the hesitation in her pupil’s face. Suddenly the realization came. How can anybody give orders to a Prince? Of course, the pupil obeyed.) No tuition fee.  In the end, some guru dakshina (gift) is given. That is all.

 And today? By any stretch of imagination, can you call it education? True learning should aim at liberating the brain power from the shackles of the body, so it can soar higher and higher towards the heaven, scanning the whole universe and beyond. The questions why and how should continuously and intensely torment the inquisitive mind. Learning is tapasya. (Concentrated study). Total detachment from the worldly chores is an absolute must.

 In the present system, children are being hypnotized to believe that every thing written in the text book is absolutely true. The only aim is to secure maximum marks in the examination, by hook or by crook. Whether you like a subject is immaterial. Money is the supreme god. (Lakshmi is worshiped by all, everywhere. Is there a single temple of Saraswati? I think there is one in Keralam) The best brains are hijacked by capitalism and enslaved to make more and more profit. Is there any wonder that educational standards are going down every year?

 In Russia, when capitalism was abolished in 1917, education became free. Science was made number one priority. (Here MBA is made much of because capitalists want them to work for profit).The results are there, for all to see. From the most backward state in Europe, Russia overtook the US in space research. The first man to go up in space was

a Russian. Production of electricity was taken up as the most urgent task. Heavy industry almost outpaced consumer industry. (Indian students who went to study in Moscow found soaps and blades stolen frequently).The all powerful Germans were defeated by Russians in second world war.Without heavy industry backed by S & T, this would have been impossible.

After 1956, the first science city was established in Siberia. From wilderness intended for exiling undesirable characters, Siberia became a treasure of coal, minerals etc. and fully industrialised, an achievement impossible under capitalism. Science is the instrument of this of this revolution.

 Today here we find education being converted into a lucrative industry, in which millions are invested to reap huge profits. Government schools are for the poor- no equipments, no teachers, and no books.

Order of preference of students seeking higher education is somewhat as given below:

 MBA

IIT

Medicine

Info technology

Commerce

Economics

Geology

Pure science

Geography

 Those who fail to get admission for the coveted courses, go for pure sciences. In communist Russia scientists were given maximum salary. They commanded great influence in decision making. Here in Delhi we do not have a science centre where those interested may gather together for a chitchat. Easy access to science literature is a must.

Many of you may think that modern science originated in the west. This is a total misconception .Some of the things our forefathers have recorded in so many words, are stunningly dazzling.

1) That the earth is a globe

2) Earth attracts objects towards itself

3) Earth is rotating: the sun and stars are stationary

4) Shadow of the earth is cause of lunar eclipse

5) Dalton’s atomic theory

6) that the foetus in the womb recognizes sounds and starts learning mother tongue, much before it comes out of the woumb.(Abhimanyu learned strategy of warfare, while still in Uthara’s woumb, according to Mahabharatam.I first read about it in Bhagawat puran.By sheer coincidence, actual scientific confirmation was reported in the newspapers at that period some 8 years back).

These are just a few instances. As all this is written in Samskrutam. People do not even know about it. It is a pity that we have to learn about such things from foreign sources.

Astronomy originated in India at least 5000 years ago. In Egypt too studies in this field progressed at that time. The Malayalam calendar came into existence 1184 years ago. It is based on the movement of the Sun around the equator .The number of days of each month is calculated every year, so that we are not aware of the leap year.

So, before the Malayalam era came into existence, how did they know their age? Each year was given a name. Only 60 years were given names; thereafter the names are repeated.

Each one  must remember the name of the month and Nakshatra (the name given to the group of stars where the Moon appears each day) and also the name of the year of birth , so that his age can be counted. (Like the week. If I am born on Wednesday my age will be the fourth day.) That is why sixtieth birthday is celebrated. The names of the years are repeated, after 60 years.

Two thousand years ago, an European was unable to tell his age. Intellectually, we were far ahead. The Nalanda Vishvavidyala and library were ransacked and burnt by Muslim invaders sometime in fifteenth century. That was the end of a civilization. Knowledge got fossilized in Samskrutam texts to be explored by European Indologists. If these books were available in Hindi or Dravidian languages, history would have been different.

5) Production of food grains, cloths, agricultural implements, kitchen utensils etc. was regulated according to the needs of the village.Transportation was restricted to the bare

minimum. I am not a historian. Perhaps conveyance was restricted to movement of goods.Today production is chaotic. In any society based on rational lines, the requirements will be calculated and production regulated according to the needs. In a market controlled economy, waste is inevitable. Any number of factories are producing cars. Think of the brain power used in designing. If all this is centalised (in this age it is easy) we can have the best model of cars, buses etc. Expenses on advertisement and sales can be saved. Cars will become cheap. Similarly food and other agricultural products can be produced according to requirement.There will be no shortages nor glut. Why can’t we do it? (See my article: Man is the most foolish animal in the world).

6) For sheer joy and entertainment people were engaged in cultural and sports activities. Competition was healthy and without rancour.

Today, what we saw in the cricket world is the influence of money. Before future historians, we will have to hang our head in shame!

Local festivals, drama , music etc were meant for healthy entertainment and people were not glued to their TV sets !

I don’t want to go back to AD 1008. At the same time, I want to change the system to be reorganized along rational lines. Are we not intelligent creatures?

Hoy traigo algo curioso y en cierto modo excéntrico, que pretendo que sea de lo más didáctico posible. Quien mora por el blog habitualmente ya sabrá que adoro el cine de los setenta y de los ochenta, el cine de “exploitation” de cualquier tipo, ya sea “sexploitation”, “blaxploitation”… Bien, no solo adoro las cintas de la época y del movimiento cinematográfico, que en cualquier caso es lo principal, sino todo su significado cultural, su iconografía, su música, el marketing e incluso, aunque suene extraño, la comida y sus respectivos anuncios con los que acompañabas la sesión de cine… En este artículo intentaré enseñaros un poco como era ese movimiento, no os enseñaré cintas de la época, ni haré críticas de las mismas, sino más bien intentaré explicar toda la iconografía, intentaré hondar en el movimiento cultural, que al fin y al cabo es lo que es. Tengo que decir que no he vivido ese movimiento cultural, que por otra parte tendría que haberlo vivido en estados unidos, aunque en España vinieron las migajas…

El cine de explotación, o “exploitation”, es un cine que se basa en explotar al espectador, no me refiero a que el señor se siente y su cabeza reviente cual “Scanners”, pero es algo similar. El cine de explotación trata de llamar la atención del espectador con sus comportamientos o pensamientos más primarios, es decir, el sexo, la violencia… podemos resumirlo en que el cine “grindy”, como a mí me gusta llamarlo, es lo que normalmente no podrías ver en una pantalla de cine normal y corriente, ¿quieres ver violencia desmesurada? Ve a ver una película de “exploitation”, ¿quieres ver sexo? Adelante compra una entrada… ¿Se entiende? Hay muchos tipos de películas que se engloban en el “exploitation”, a continuación haré un repaso, cuasi conceptual, sobre el tipo de películas, aunque primero explicaré que significa el termino “grindhouse”.

El “Grindhouse”, muchos conocieron este termino por la cinta dirigida por Tarantino y Rodriguez, llamada de esa manera por pretender evocar el espíritu de las sesiones “Grindhouse”. Estas sesiones de cine se basan, principalmente en dos películas de “exploitation” por una, es decir tu pagabas el precio de una entrada por ver una sesión “Grindhouse” (excepto en España, que la cinta de esos dos genios no superó la tiranía de las distribuidoras cinematográficas y las separaron en dos películas) Lo que sucede es que son películas dirigidas a un cierto tipo de público. En los setenta las “personas de bien” estaban ocupadas pensando en el caso “Watergate” o en los 58.000 soldados fenecidos que el Vietcong dejaba atrás, y los trabajadores de esta clase de películas, sin una calidad artística destacable, tenían que ganarse el pan, la mejor manera era en sesiones dobles, triples e incluso cuádruples, eso son las “Grindhouse”. Normalmente las salas de cine donde se reproducían esta clase de películas eran sucias, pobres, ubicadas en zonas marginales y casi siempre albergaban a vagabundos, prostitutas, insomnes, o simples personas solitarias que usaban la sala cine para pensar o refugiarse de la fría y peligrosa ciudad, es decir, pagaban el bajo precio de la entrada y durante las dos o tres horas que duraba la sesión descansaban, dormían o seguían emborrachándose sin necesidad de congelarse el culo.

La cinta de Quentin y Robert ha generado la vuelta de este movimiento a las pantallas, casi creando un subgenero.

Las cintas de explotación no pretendían convertirse en iconos de la época en ningún caso, posteriormente si que se han convertido, (me consta que no solo yo soy un amante de estas películas y esta contracultura, por lo menos hay uno más, ademas mi amigo), por lo tanto las cintas se hacían como churros repitiendo casi siempre los mismos patrones y formulas, dando bastante coherencia al termino explotación. Pasaban algunas cosas muy curiosas: ¿nunca os habéis peguntado porque las películas de los setenta, en muchos casos, se ven tan mal? Con bastante grano, con “pelos” repentinos que se cruzan en pantalla, con un color pastel desgastado pero estéticamente efectivo… Eso es porque la distribución de las películas era tan humilde que quizás solo se creaban un par de copias que viajaban por todos los cines del país, eso hacía que la película se desgastase y al verla tuviese esa imagen tan sucia, ese encanto tan iracundo… Lo mismo pasaba con los pósters, por eso las marcas de dobleces en los carteles tienen una especie de hueco estético dentro de la cultura.

Fijaos en la estructura del cartel, en lo que dice... ¡es genial!

Bien, ahora hago un repaso a los subgéneros de la explotación

Podemos empezar unos treinta años antes de la década de los setenta con los anuncios y películas de captación. Esos anuncios sensacionalistas (que tantísimo adoro) que pretenden, en muchos casos, hacer ver al espectador que su vida es plena y no necesita dejar que la sociedad le haga evolucionar (más o menos lo que hace la quinta cadena de nuestro país con toda su programación), anunciando casi “a golpe de martillo”, valores humanos que el señor de turno piensa que son los correctos, y manifestando en cada palabra que si no se realizan serás un despojo social que servirá de leña para los hornos gubernamentales. De verdad adoro estos anuncios, lo que significa me parece algo a tener en cuenta para ser un ser humano un poco menos despreciable.

Este es de mis favoritos, una película dirigida por uno de los reyes de esta clase de cintas, Dwain Esper.

El trailer de la cinta.

Pasamos a la “exploitation” algo más reciente, y nos vamos a la “Biker exploitation”. Un montón ingente de películas de moteros se hicieron con las salas a finales de los sesenta y mediados de los setenta. America estaba siendo invadida por el pensamiento pesimista, debido a la guerra y el alzamiento de Gerald Ford a la presidencia, por lo tanto el público estaba ansioso se ver a tipos rudos pateando traseros, cabalgando un icono americano. Películas como:

Cartel de una de las primeras pelis de Jack Nicholson.

Os dejo el trailer de “Hell´s Belles”:

Vamos a la “Blaxploitation”. Los afroamericanos también quisieron subirse al carro de la “exploitation”, y no solo eso, sino que daban patadas a la raza blanca continuamente emulando cintas ya existentes pobladas de blancos y las explotaban con su tono “funky”, películas como “Blackula”, bastante conocida. Es uno de mis subgéneros favoritos. Aquí la mujer cobraba un papel bastante relevante, la famosa Pam Grier era una de las actrices principales para este género, trabajando en obras absolutamente geniales como “Foxy Brown” o “Coffy”. Las cintas de este subgénero exploraban los bajos fondos y estaban repletas de mujeres, violencia, crímenes y venganza.

El trailer de la genial “Foxy Brown”.

Leed el cartel...es demasiado bueno.

“Boss Nigger”, es un ejemplo perfecto de “Blaxploitation”, un “Spaghetti Western” protagonizado por Fred Williamson, un icono de este cine,  Frost en “Abierto hasta el amanecer”.

Hablaré ahora del “exploitation” de terror, con sus diferenciaciones dentro del subgénero. Nos encontramos con las películas de caníbales, muy célebres a finales de los setenta y principios de los ochenta, cintas como: la famosa y precursora del subgénero mondo, “Holocausto Caníbal”, “Cannibal Ferox” o “Apocalipsis Caníbal” entre otras.

La sonada cinta de Ruggero Deodato.

Trailer de “Apocalipsis Caníbal”

“Cannibal Ferox” me gusta bastante.

Sin salir del subgénero de terror nos vamos a lo que se  llama “Eco-Terror”. Estas obras están protagonizadas por monstruos que si no son animales, son mutaciones de los mismos. Una de mis películas favoritas de este género es “Humanoides del Abismo”, de Barbara Peters (no subo ni trailer ni póster porque haré la crítica próximamente), “Piraña” del genial Joe Dante sería un ejemplo, incluso la que es una de mis pelis favoritas de la historia del cine, “Tiburón”.

Seguimos en el terror, con el “Giallo”. Cine que ya he hablado aquí de él en alguna ocasión. Se basa en el cine italiano de asesinatos con una calidad estética y artística bastante cuidada. Referentes geniales como Dario Argento, Mario Bava o uno de mis mas preciados directores, Lucio Fulci.

“Rojo Profundo” de Argento es una obra espectacular.

El “mondo”, el falso y sensacionalista documental, seré breve, “Holocausto Caníbal” sería la obra más relevante del género y de su autor, precursor del mismo. Como ya la he nombrado os dejo con “Mundo Perro”, la que podemos considerar primera cinta “mondo”.

El “Slasher” es sin duda el subgénero de terror más conocido. Quizás su auge venga a mediados y finales de los ochenta. La saga de “Elm Street”, “Halloween”, “La matanza de Texas”  o “Viernes 13″ serían ejemplos de este subgénero.

Adoro esta cinta.

Para casi acabar esta revisión del terror de explotación, vamos con el “Splatter”, comúnmente llamado “cine gore”. Creado por Herschell Gordon Lewis con la genial obra “Blood Feast” a principios de los sesenta. Obras destacables del “Splatter” serían: “Dos mil Maniacos” o “The Wizard of Gore”, ambas de Gordon Lewis.

Grandiosa.

El trailer de “Blood Feast” refleja muy bien el “exploitation”.

Por último en el género de terror, el subgénero de “Zombis”. Pues no hay mucho que decir, todas las películas de zombis de la década las podríamos englobar aquí. Entre mis favoritas, quizás la que más, “Nueva York bajo el terror de los Zombis” de Lucio Fulci.

Dejemos el terror de lado y hablemos de la “Carsploitation”. Es la “exploitation” que se basa en coches, ya sean: carreras de coches, coches asesinos, persecuciones continúas por desérticas carreteras… “Death Proof” es un homenaje a este subgénero. Una de mis películas favoritas está dentro de este subgénero, es “Punto Limite 0”.

Uno de los subgéneros más divertidos es el “Sexploitation”. Russ Meyer, es el rey sin ligar a dudas de este subgénero que explota el sexo mezclado con violencia. Fantásticas cintas como la famosa y verdaderamente espectacular “Fastrer Pussycat Kill!! Kill!!”,  la sueca “Thriller”,  la genial saga de Ilsa, “La mujer lobo de las SS”, “Ilsa, la tigresa de Siberia” e “Ilsa, la hiena del harem” una muy recomendable es “Women in Cages” con Pam Grier.

Brutal pelicula, me gusta más su secuela, pero esta muy bien.

Para ir acabando, con los subgéneros vamos a hablar de “Chambara”, un subgénero del cual Tarantino se nutrió para “Kill Bill”. Gran obra de “Chambara” es “Asesino Shogun”.

Podemos dar un paso al “Whusi-a” (disculpad si no se escribe así, la verdad es que tengo vanos recuerdos de su escritura) que es el cine de espadas chino. Otro cine del que Tarantino se nutre bastante para “Kill Bill” llegando a elogiar a la productora más importante de la época, los “Shaw Brothers”. Incluso el famosos Pai-Mei, es invención de estos señores y no de Tarantino. Os dejo el trailer de “Las 36 cámaras de Shaolin”, el calvito que sale es Chia Hui Lui, que es Pai-Mei en “Kill Bill”y en las cintas de los “Shaw Bros.” y el jefe de los 88 maniacos.

Me voy a saltar varios géneros para mostraros por último el “Spaghetti Western”. También bastante conocido. Es la denominación del cine “Western” hecho en Europa, casi todo en España, por su mayoría directores italianos. Os dejo con mi “Spaghetti Western” favorito, “Django”.

Para acabar, se que ha sido demasiado largo, pero me da igual y es necesario está longitud… Os dejaré con anuncios de la época, anuncios que ponían en el cine y se esperaban por los aficionados casi a modo ritualístico donde se detecta bien el “tono” del movimiento.

Espero que resulte didáctico.

In the U.S. and many other parts of the world, the December holiday season has become synonymous with the three S’s: shopping, spending, and stuff. We spend millions of dollars on sweaters and iPods and toys made in overseas factories by exploited workers, children, and slaves. But this holiday season, you have an opportunity to do something revolutionary: shop for freedom. You can take a stand against human trafficking and exploitation by spending your money on gifts and products which help trafficking victims. This three-part holiday shopping guide (see part one here) is intended to empower you as a consumer to choose to buy products that support the freedom of workers this holiday season. The resources here are by no means exhaustive, and I encourage you to educate yourself on all companies you choose to buy from. Happy and free shopping!

Part 2: Where to Find Gifts That Help Human Trafficking Victims

Buying Fair Trade and ethically-produced items can help prevent human trafficking and slavery, but there are also a number of products which directly benefit victims of human trafficking who are working to overcome their experience with slavery. Some of these are made by survivors as part of skills-building programs and others are produced by nonprofits who serve victims of human trafficking. Buying products which benefit trafficking victims is a great way to make a difference through a simple act of holiday shopping. Here are some places to buy products which benefit human trafficking victims:

Free the Slaves Store: Some products are made by human trafficking survivors and proceeds benefit nonprofits which work with survivors.

Made By Survivors: Products are made by human trafficking survivors around the world and proceeds benefit nonprofits which work with survivors.

Not for Sale Store: Some products are made by human trafficking survivors and proceeds benefit the Not for Sale Campaign.

Riji Green: Some products are made by human trafficking survivors and a portion of the proceeds benefit International Justice Mission.

Sapa Sapa: Soap is handmade by artisans and proceeds benefit nonprofits which work with survivors.

Stop Traffick Fashion: Products are made by human trafficking survivors and a portion of revenues benefit nonprofits which work with survivors.

Throughout the year, I’ve featured weekly “Red Light Specials,” highlighting products which benefit human trafficking survivors. You can view the collection of Red Light Special posts here, and many of them are available from the above resources.

Do you have a favorite place to buy products which benefit human trafficking survivors? If so, please share it with us in the comments.

source: http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/holiday_gift_guide_how_to_help_human_trafficking_victims

Starring Patrick Campion and David C.Frazier
A Ray & Migdalia  Etheridge Production.
Think CON AIR on foot,LOL !
…Another thought is a mockbuster of ‘Midnight Run’.
This micro-budget crime thriller takes place in FLORIDA and the tourism bureau owes them some coin !
Really has a nice plot and ‘Etheridge Go-To-Thespian’ Campion delivers another cutting edge creep.
Overall the acting was real and not forced,Some truly developed characters and script had no flaws to speak of.

The stand out acting is by Frazier(As Chain Gang Guard),He really should be added to all future Florida cinema.

“…we wouldn’t be telling this tale of the exploitation of the child’s body if we didn’t wish to have it told.” – James R. Kincaid, Erotic Innocence: The Culture of Child Molesting

Precious.

To Catch a Predator.

A Child Called It.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Oprah.

Lolita.

Who needs the story of the abused child more? The perverts or the people who define themselves in opposition to perversion?

Protesters disrupt Gore book-signing event in Chicago
Article: Truth Is Contagious

Justin Mangano, from Australia, was beaming after Al Gore signed his book Tuesday when his star-struck moment was interrupted by a protester being hauled out of the Borders bookstore in the Chicago Loop.

Gore was at the book store promoting the just released “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis.” Fans were there to get his autograph and opponents came to challenge his message. Members of the group, We Are Change, were the most outspoken of Gore’s naysayers at the former vice president’s appearance at 150 N. State St. Gore’s security guards escorted the protesters from the store.

The We Are Change group contends that Gore’s message of global warming is a hoax, that he is a puppet of a new world order and that he is propagating a eugenics program.

The group claims it is “a citizens based grassroots peace and social justice movement working to reveal the truth behind the events of September 11th, as well as the lies of the government and corporate elite who remain suspect in this crime.”

“We need to wake up to this now, or it’s going to be too late. They want to tax the air we breathe and the meat we eat,” said activist Saad Ali, one of about 30 protesters at the event. ‘There are 30,000 scientists trying to sue this bum,” he screamed as he was escorted from the building.

But Gore’s fans weren’t interested in what the protesters were shouting.

Monika Hinterman, who got Gore to sign her book, said she was impressed that he was paying so much attention to climate change.

Gore’s fans weren’t interested in what the protesters were shouting because? Because they’re probably a bunch of mindless liberal drones who don’t care about facts, scientific evidence, and anything that proves that “global warming” is, in fact, a complete hoax. Just like “Barack Obama is BLAAAACK” is a lie. He’s so not. Of course Monika was impressed he’s paying so much attention to climate change. Teen fiction literature is one of today’s hot topics. He’s been busy writing these fictional books and making up fraudulent evidence… it takes a lot of work to fool this many people. Well, actually it doesn’t. It takes a lot of work to educate the libtards on the TRUTH.

“I think he’s trying to make people more aware of the issues that have gone unnoticed for too long,” Hinterman said.

Some who came to meet Gore at the book signing said that while they support free speech, the event was not the best place for a protest.

“If you have a point of view, put some facts and figures to it. Express yourself with support behind it,” said Sabolch Horvat, who carried a signed copy of the book under his arm.

Nicole Lynch bought the book to make up her mind about the science that the protesters questioned. She said she approves of his efforts to get people to take better care of the planet.

“I’m not saying he’s perfect, and I would call him out if I knew he screwed up,” Lynch said. “I’m not afraid to speak my mind.”

Well, Nicole; allow me to help you. Read my post on Al Gore and his fraudulent global warming scam HERE: An Inconvenient Al.

- BBC has found that we have not observed any increase in global temperatures for the last 11 years. Yes, that’s over ONE DECADE

- The average temperature of the water near the top of the Earth’s oceans has significantly cooled since 2003

A lot of people base their passwords on dictionary words which are “mangled” in some way, like prepended/appended with 123 or l33tsp33k like “p4ssw0rd” etc… I made a little script in ruby which can be easily extended (by adding extra functions)

#!/usr/bin/ruby
#tool to generate "smart" dictionaries with permutations that are commonly used
# (c) Filip Waeytens - 2009 - barbsie@remote-exploit.org
#requirements: trollop : sudo gem install trollop --remote
#

require 'rubygems'
require 'trollop'

########################################usage and arguments

opts = Trollop::options do
  version "juggle 0.1 (c) 2009 Filip Waeytens"
  banner <<-EOS

juggle is a String mutator that can be used to generate password dictionaries.
It takes input from STDIN and ouputs to STDOUT, so the easiest way to use it is to pipe a word or file into it and redirect output to a file; e.g:

Example:
      echo abc | ./juggle.rb -u -a append.txt -p prepend.txt

Multiple combinations can be made with pipes:

Example:
      echo abc | ./juggle.rb -a append.txt -p prepend.txt | ./juggle.rb -u

Usage:
       cat input.txt | juggle [options] > output.txt
       echo password | juggle [options]

where [options] are:

EOS

  opt :append, "append strings from a file", :type => :string
  opt :prepend, "prepend strings from a file", :type => :string
  opt :up, "upper/lowercase permutations"
  opt :reverse, "Reverse a string"
  opt:l33t, "l33tsp33k"
  opt:sup3rl33t, "even l33ter"
end
Trollop::die :append, "must exist" unless File.exist?(opts[:append]) if opts[:append]
Trollop::die :prepend, "must exist" unless File.exist?(opts[:prepend]) if opts[:prepend]

# append function
def append(str)
  f = File.open("append.txt", "r")
  line = f.readlines
  line.each do |li|
    puts str + li
  end
  f.close
end

# prepend function

def prepend(str)
  f = File.open("prepend.txt", "r")
  line = f.readlines
  line.each do |li|
    li.chomp!
    puts li + str
  end
f.close
end

# uppercase permutation
#function to make all possible permutations of upper/lowercase
def uppermutate(str)
  #make all lowercase first
  str.downcase!
  arr=[str] # we add the string itself, otherwise uniq will return nil when no dupes
  #make a binary mask for all possible combinations
  0.upto(2**str.length-1) do |q|

    #convert q to binary
    mask = "%b" % q
    #pad & reverse
    mutation = mask.rjust(str.length, '0').reverse!
    arr << convert_with_mask(mutation,str)
  end
  return arr.uniq!
end

#function used by uppermutate: apply binary mask for permutation
def convert_with_mask(mask,s)
  output=""
  0.upto(s.length-1) do |r|
    if mask[r,1]=="1"
      output[r,1]=s[r,1].upcase
    else
      output[r,1]=s[r,1].downcase
    end
  end
  return output
end

def l33tsp33k(str)
  if str =~/[aeioAEIO]/
    #str.each_byte do |b|
    #puts b.chr
    str.gsub!(/[eE]/, '3')
    str.gsub!(/[aA]/, '4')
    str.gsub!(/[iI]/, '1')
    str.gsub!(/[oO]/, '0')

  end
  puts str
end

def superleet(str)
  if str =~/[aeiobglstzAEIOBGLSTZ]/
    #str.each_byte do |b|
    #puts b.chr
    str.gsub!(/[eE]/, '3')
    str.gsub!(/[aA]/, '4')
    str.gsub!(/[iI]/, '1')
    str.gsub!(/[oO]/, '0')
    str.gsub!(/[bB]/, '8')
    str.gsub!(/[g]/, '9')
    str.gsub!(/[G]/, '6')
    str.gsub!(/[lL]/, '1')
    str.gsub!(/[sS]/, '5')
    str.gsub!(/[tT]/, '7')
    str.gsub!(/[zZ]/, '2')
  end
  puts str
end
##########main method starts here

arr = $<.readlines
arr.each do |str|
  str.chomp!
  #puts str
  if opts[:append]
    append(str)
  end
  if opts[:prepend]
    prepend(str)
  end
  if opts[:up]
    puts uppermutate(str)
  end
  if opts[:reverse]
    puts str.reverse
  end
  if opts[:l33t]
    l33tsp33k(str)
  end
  if
    opts[:sup3rl33t]
    superleet(str)
  end
end

Below is a compilation of moments from the 40th National Day Of Mourning, which I attended in Plymouth, MA on Thanksgiving. Despite several ignorant comments posted in response to my last blog post, attending an event where thousands of conscious, aware people converged for an important cause was a wonderful reminder of why I continue to vehemently fight against bigotry. I find that getting feedback from ignorant people inspires me just as much as attending events like this, because every  meathead comment like “Uh, I like Thanksgiving and football and could care less about genocide.” makes me want to yell in the streets until my voice breaks–and we need voices in the streets now more than ever. As you will see from this video, there was no shortage of conscious people converging at Plymouth Rock yesterday. The below video is a compilation intended for those with short attention spans. For anyone interested in watching the full speeches, you can view them on my Youtube Channel.