Greetings from Calico Blackie!
I’ve been hearing “Who gives a damn?” more often lately when I discuss current events and politics with young people I know.
The last time I mentioned “Occupy” in a conversation, I was told: “Who cares? People are sick of Occupy. It’s old news.”
There’s too many distractions going on around us for us to focus on the issues. Instead, it’s as if we’re becoming a nation of ADHD addled idiots and it seems as if we like it that way.
Immediate gratification and a short attention span is the norm these days.

This photo of Maggie Trudeau (First Lady of Canada) caused a small scandal in the late 60s. Could you imagine the media circus if the media got a photo such as this of Michelle Obama today?
We get fed a steady diet of bullshit news that doesn’t matter, yet it’s dressed up by the media as if it’s important.
We’re allowing ourselves to be stupefied.
Most of us spend much of our time being so distracted by the meaningless shit in life that we forget to live our own life as it happens and we miss it.
Anyway, that’s the end of the sermon for today.
Let’s see what’s in the news.
Here’s an item from the Ministry of the Fucking Obvious……..
Not-so-golden years: Over 75, burdened by debt
The golden years are supposed to be a time when you can live off the wealth you’ve accumulated over a lifetime, not feel like you have to take on more debt to make ends meet.
But new research shows that Americans ages 75 and over appear to have grown more burdened by debt in recent years, and experts say a likely culprit is medical expenses.
Calico Blackie says:
What a surprise! Don’t people realize that today’s system is designed to bleed a person as dry as possible before they’re kicked to the curb?
It’s not just medical expenses.
It’s also the upward spiraling high cost of living that keeps going skyward every year you’re alive.
What seemed to be a good pension or retirement fund 30 years ago doesn’t even amount to a poverty-level allowance these days.
The article continues with:
A new analysis of government data, released earlier this month by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, found that between 2007 and 2010 people who are 75 and older were more likely to have debt, and their average debt levels increased significantly.
Link is here: http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2013/02/26/17090279-not-so-golden-years-over-75-burdened-by-debt?lite
Calico Blackie says:
All I can say is if I’m lucky enough to make it to 75 and if my wife goes before I do, the credit companies had better just watch out.
You see….
I never had kids and there would be nobody left for them to go after when I die with that BIG smile on my face, knowing that I stiffed ‘em all!
I just wonder how many of those debt ridden over 75′s out there still think they live in the greatest country in the world and dismissed the Occupiers as “dirty hippies“ when Zuccotti Park was in fashion?
I wonder how many of them will still blame whoever happens to be the President when they hit their decrepitude, instead of blaming a SYSTEM THAT IS DESIGNED TO WRING EVERY LAST DROP OF BLOOD OUT OF YOU in the name of maximum profit?
I wonder how many of them will say: “I thought I’d adequately prepared for my retirement years, but found out I wasn’t expecting the cost of EVERYTHING to go up so high” when some smug asshole tells them:
“You made poor decisions in life and you should’ve saved more and prepared more“?
HOW CAN YOU SAVE WHEN IT TAKES EVERY STINKING DIME YOU MAKE JUST TO KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER?
I’m not talking about “the little extras” and “luxuries”. I’m talking about SURVIVAL. Rent, food, clothes, transportation, etc.
But, oh well…..
Why should we give a damn?
Because, someday we’ll all be that old and if things keep going the way they are going, there will be no more “dirty hippies” left to care enough to help you out.
Speaking of poor decisions……
I hear the SS is going to lay off some of their people!
JPMorgan Chase to cut up to 4,000 jobs in 2013
JPMorgan Chase & Co plans to cut 3,000 to 4,000 jobs in its consumer bank in 2013, representing about 1.5 percent of the company’s overall workforce, as the bank tries to improve the profitability of its branches.

Here’s those bank employees before the layoffs were announced welcoming Jamie Dimon when he walked in to the room
The cuts will come mainly through attrition, spokeswoman Kristin Lemkau said. The bank’s branches have 63,500 employees, representing about a quarter of JPMorgan Chase’s total employees.
JPMorgan is one of the few big U.S. banks that is still adding branches to its network, but…
to boost profit it plans to scale back the tellers it has on hand for routine transactions…..
and to add some salespeople for products and services like wealth management that can boost revenue.
The net effect will be to reduce staff per branch by 20 percent through 2015, the company’s head of consumer banking, Ryan McInerney, said in a presentation to investors.

Here’s one of the laid-off tellers being escorted off the premises after the bank was through with her
In JPMorgan Chase’s mortgage business, the company reiterated its previously announced plans to shed 13,000 to 15,000 jobs by 2014.
The bank is hoping to focus on selling more to wealthy depositors.
Calico Blackie says:
FUCK ‘EM. GOOD ON THEM. I feel about as sorry for a laid off JP Morgan employee as I would for a laid off Nazi concentration camp guard or secretary. THEY’RE THE ONES WHO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE BANKSTER’S MACHINERY TO KEEP RUNNING.
They can all just go fuck themselves.
Yet, why should we give a damn?
Because we still accept the excuse of “I need a job and the banksters were hiring. I’m not guilty. I was only doing my job (just following orders).
Link to story is here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/26/us-jpmorgan-jobs-idUSBRE91P0GX20130226
Oh, then there was this little gem in the news this morning…..
South Africa study finds donkey meat sold as beef
A study published by the local Stellenbosch University found that 99 of 139 samples contained species not declared in the product label.
It found soya and gluten were not labelled in 28% of products tested, undeclared pork in 37% and chicken in 23%
This was mostly in sausages, burger patties and deli meats, it said.
The disclosure comes at a time of a growing scandal in Europe about horsemeat being sold as beef.
On Monday, Swedish company Ikea withdrew meatballs from sale in 14 European countries after tests in the Czech Republic found traces of horsemeat in a batch made in Sweden.
Leading supermarkets in the UK, including Tesco and Sainsbury, have also withdrawn beef products from shelves after they were found to contain horsemeat.
Link is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21588575
Calico Blackie says:
Why should we give a damn?
Because we’re being consistently lied to and nobody seems to care. The shit Monsanto is feeding us is one hell of a lot worse than ass meat. Can you imagine what’s in OUR food?
And, finally……
6 Leaking Tanks Are Hanford Nuke Site’s Latest Woe
Federal and state officials say six underground tanks holding a brew of radioactive and toxic waste are leaking at the country’s most contaminated nuclear site in south-central Washington, raising concerns about delays for emptying the aging tanks.
The leaking materials at Hanford Nuclear Reservation pose no immediate risk to public safety or the environment because it would take perhaps years for the chemicals to reach groundwater, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday.
But the news has renewed discussion over delays for emptying the tanks, which were installed decades ago and are long past their intended 20-year life span.
“None of these tanks would be acceptable for use today. They are all beyond their design life.”
“None of them should be in service,” said Tom Carpenter of Hanford Challenge, a Hanford watchdog group.
“And yet, they’re holding two-thirds of the nation’s high-level nuclear waste.”
Link is here: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/gov-underground-hanford-nuclear-tanks-leaking-18571628
Calico Blackie says:
Why should we give a damn?
We should give a damn because this is the only planet we’ve got.
When the banksters and their minions/politicians have destroyed enough of this earth so that they then retreat to their private and unspoiled islands or lands with their millions, leaving us to wallow around in an irradiated and polluted cesspool, there will be nothing left for us or left for our descendants.
Wall Street will have done it all for the dollar…..
AND THEY DON’T GIVE A DAMN.
That’s why we should give a damn.
WE ARE THE ONES WHO SHOULD GIVE A DAMN BECAUSE WALL STREET AND THEIR WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY IN WASHINGTON DC SURE AS HELL DOESN’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT US.
Calico Blackie @kidakita























































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