US: Don't Expect Too Much From 2,5 For Education

And your tax money goes to ....

http://www.accuracy.org/release/where-did-your-taxes-go/

 ... the military! Big surprise! Well, hegemony is costly. But spending ten times more for the military-industrial complex than for education of your children might show other unexpected consequences one day ... (or does it already?) 

US Domestic Protesters As Terrorists

Would be really interesting to know who ordered the production of this new video game, where protesters against the financial oligarchy are terrorists. Here is the setting:

"Years of political and economic frustration have finally hit a boiling point. Though the United States military has long trained for terrorism abroad, its greatest fear is about to be realized. Domestic terrorists finally have a leader and a voice, and they're ready to strike back at the sources of their anger, to take back that which they believe was stolen from them - their country. The rules of modern warfare are about to be thrown out the window as America's own cities become the battlegrounds of the future."

Note how perfect this scenario fits to the spirit of the 2 previous postings Dubious Militarization of US Local Police and The NDAA-Puzzle.

English/German Trailer:

German Spiegel reports: Occupy Wall Street: Computerspiel macht Banken-Kritiker zu Terroristen

Dubious Militarization of US Local Police

In addition to the NDAA puzzle, here's another dubious step taken into a problematic future for US citizens: the militarization of the police. "More than ever before, local police across the U.S. have transformed into small army-like forces using billions in grants from the federal government" the Center for Investigative Reporting says. Drones are already in use on US soil. Here's an elaborate DemocracyNow! report: