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Voting For...
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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I'm not an American, I'm not able to vote. But when I see people saying their "Voting For..." I can't help but think they're idiots. There's no one to vote for. You can only vote against the lesser of two evils. But you're not voting for anyone, you're voting against different ideologies, levels of intelligence, competencies and levels of corruption, you can only vote against one because to argue for the other is ludicrous.
No one in America seems to want to acknowledge that it's an embarrassment, that, internationally, they're a laughingstock on a par with Putin, Theresa May and Bellusconi - part of a worrying world-wide trend, who's to blame? Never has information been more abundant and freely available and yet we're getting this?
It's hard to reconcile with the abundance of intelligent analysis and commentary we're getting that these are the people best suited to lead the United States."
Charlie Brooker - Black Mirror
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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I knew him from "The Weekly Wipe", turns out he's a bit of a polymath. His new series - less a series than a group of shorts dealing with the technical dystopia we're finding ourselves in, interesting, thoughtful, very well written, although a little more visceral than I'd care for (and, in true English sense, going that little bit further, pushing the envelope) - not precisely my cup of tea, but very good.
RBS - The "Dash for Cash"
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Of course, it's not just Wells Fargo that games the system. It's a general "feature" of the banking system, follow the link below to read about how the Royal Bank of Scotland loan sharked small businesses to bankrupt them and seize their assets. This after a taxpayer bailout.
Time for a new system, folks...
Link: https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/dash-for-cash?utm_term=.djwJg6vJK#.tmPpbQDpJ
And, on a similar note, Iceland finds all Bankers guilty in Market Manipulation case: http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/10/06/iceland_finds_all_guilty_in_banker_market_abuse_cas/
Wells Fargo - Podcast
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A fine podcast that goes a little deeper on the Wells Fargo scandal, with added commentary by ex employees.
Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/10/07/497084491/episode-728-the-wells-fargo-hustle
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