A prison volunteer also gave him a copy of a document titled “Warrior Society” that included a code of ethics that required Native Americans to serve the people, be honorable, kind, and not steal or be stingy. A prison guard searched his cell one day in 2005, and confiscated the AIM notes, along with the “Warrior Society” document. Both were classified as “written contraband.” Greybuffalo was written a disciplinary case and sentenced to 180 days in solitary confinement. The disciplinary charge was upheld in part by a federal district court in 2010.

Always worth reminding people that “solitary confinement” is recognized as a form of torture under international human rights law.

Not that the US has ever been opposed to torturing suspects or inmates as a form of punishment. But it bares repeating.

As Oliver detailed on “Ear Hustle,” the award-winning podcast created and produced from San Quentin State Prison, he came back to officers swarming his cell, which they had yellow-taped off like a real crime scene. Oliver was handcuffed and held in solitary confinement for the next eight years in California. His only offense was “possessing illegal contraband,” which also made him ineligible for new sentence under a 2012 California law easing life sentences on nonviolent “three strikes” convictions. (Oliver was finally freed in 2019 after serving 23 years.)

Vin Turbine

The bill was introduced by Rep. Johnny Olszewski (D-MD) last December and would allow for a minimum of 20 House members and five senators to call for congressional review of a pardon, which would lead to a 60-day deadline for Congress to nullify that pardon with a two-thirds majority vote – similar to a veto override.

Listen, I think it’s great that we’re breaking the taboo of pardons being somehow sacrosanct.

But there’s exactly one person I can think of that would get 2/3rd of the Congress off their assess to block clemency against.

6 ‘Necessities’ Millennials Are Spending Money on That Hurt Their Finances

11 Things Gen Z Overspends On That Boomers Would Not Waste Their Money On

Young People Are ‘Doom Spending’ on Luxury Goods. Here’s Why.

Social media traps teens in cycles of unnecessary spending Consumerism is taking over the lives of young people, especially those on social media. It must be stopped.

father backing child into a corner

“It’s time for a six hour road trip listening to my favorite podcasts, son. And after that, I’m making you watch classic movies. And then we’re going to play catch in the yard. After that I bought a model kit we’re going to put together. And then we’re going fishing!”

child-like screaming

Adults Im talking to are like

It’s funny, because I hear this from childless adults all the time, as well. More often than not, they’re complaining about being overworked (and underpaid) at the office. The parents I know more commonly complain that they don’t get enough time with their kids, bemoaning how much time (and money) go to day cares and after school activities, while they’re stuck working weekends or extra shifts to make ends meet.

Do space shuttles count?

These criminals are lucky we are no longer in the medieval period

Medieval Europe, a region and time period famous for its strict stance against rich old men having sex with children.

This Epstein case is horrific and the young women deserve justice. It is quite likely that some of our faves are implicated but we must follow the facts and let the chips fall where they may - whether on Republicans or Democrats.

Atm, anything in the Files critical of the current Ukrainian leadership or that connect Epstein to human trafficking in or through Ukraine is getting blasted as “Russian Propaganda”. So it looks like we’re back to the old Hillary Clinton game of insisting “Stupid Internet conspiracy theories are making us lose”.

BK has already plunged into bankruptcy.

Yum! Brands (the owner of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut) is currently $4B delinquent on taxes.

McDonalds has largely beaten out the competition.

Wendy’s is just the next franchise that mass media is clustering around (possibly because the number of media outlets is consolidating, causing everyone to echo one another).

Have they thought about not charging exorbitant prices on their food?

I’m sure they have. But when rental prices are skyrocketing and margins on meals are collapsing, there’s not a ton of wiggle room. One of the smart long-term moves that McDonalds made - way back in the 1980s - was to make sure they owned the real estate under all of their corporately owned restaurants. This was an expensive move up-front, but it paid enormous dividends long term.

Burger King, Wendy’s, Taco Bell & KFC, etc - they’re all largely operating out of a retail rental market that’s consolidated into a handful of mega-REITs. And as those REITs demand steadily increasing ROI, the cost of operating storefronts has driven quite a few of these storefronts out of business.

I want successful companies to last for a maximum of 30 years, then die off

If a company builds a surplus of useful capital and becomes so entrenched in the economy that it functions as a utility, I don’t want it to fail.

I want it unionized, organized into a national planned economy, and regulated to maximize utility divided by cost.

Trade can work without capital ownership.

It’s always staggering to see people who know absolutely fuck all about supply chains and trade flows point to the Bitcoin trading desk of JP Morgan and proclaim “if not for these brave souls, nothing good in your life would exist”.

I’m not even strictly against capitalism. I still subscribe to the old school Marxist “stages of history” theory that says “okay at some point you kinda gotta”. But then you see people living in a rancid stew of monopoly middle men proudly proclaiming “Best of All Possible Worlds!” and my eyes roll so hard they practically fall out of my head.

Capitalism is a tool,

You’re a tool

A testament to the lie of Liberal Meritocracy is Dennis Praeger floating to the top of the punch bowl for thirty years.

Jehovah’s Witnesses 🤝 /r/ChildFree

Having an absolute field day with this shitpost

That, or just the ramblings of a man coming off a meth high.

Hard pressed to name a celebrity or billionaire who wasn’t getting skin pressed by this guy, though. Epstein had his hand in every pot he could reach.

Gotta pick up a copy of Settlers to digest that one.

But the TL;DR; is that the (White) American People directly benefit from corporate colonialism. So there’s some question as to whether you can thread the needle between “being anti-imperialist” and “being for the good of (White) Americans”.

AOC is a consequence of this contradiction as much as she is a perpetrator of it. She couldn’t function as a successful mega-bundler for the Democratic Party if she went all-in on anti-imperialism. And her prodigious fundraising is the reason she’s even in the conversation for President.