First, the banksters hoodwinked an angry public into bailing out their collateralized-debt obligations and derivative Ponzi scheme to the tune of what may turn out to be over $600 Trillion dollars.  Derivatives are nothing more than bets on other bets, on other bets, that are all completely worthless. So, we can assume that the taxpayer will be victimized for at least that amount for derivatives alone.  That’s about $2 million dollars for every man, woman, and child in America, or $100,000 for every person in the world.

They bet big with your investment money, got fat, then lost thousands of times more than everything real on Earth combined.  Then, representatives of the people bailed gave them out (including bonuses) while they laughed all the way to their respective banks.  Since government officials are doing their best to reject transparency, we can also only assume this number is much, much larger.

Sadly, their derivative Ponzi scheme is the least of the public’s current problems regarding the banks.  The international banks’ economic hit men have successfully enslaved-by-debt everything from nations, entire industries, state and local governments (who will need their bailout soon), and nearly every person on the planet. Even if an individual doesn’t have any bank financing or credit cards, they still pay the private Federal Reserve through inflation. As author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins, would say: the time has come for the banks to collect their “pound of flesh” fromaverage citizens by way of your pensions.  For an enlightening explanation of how economic hit men enslave entire countries please watch the video below:

Today, the word “austerity” is becoming commonplace in European countries, and America may indeed be next on the chopping block.  The IMF is pushing economically-weak European countries into austerity measures that target average citizens for debts their government owes to banks, including slashing and looting pension guarantees. Incidentally, the U.S. national debt, plus unfunded liabilities and personal and private debt, puts America in far worse shape than all European countries combined.

As we near the End Game, the banksters and their government accomplices are coming for the last of your wealth — your retirement money.  Recent headlines about the IMF “pressing the U.S.“ to reduce its debt is the first sign of things to come.  They have already methodically gutted the assets of most public pension funds by knowingly investing those funds in toxic junk.  In late 2009, Mark Brenner wrote an excellent article titled  Pensions: The Next Casualty for Wall Street which gave a breakdown of the dismal state of pensions:

Nearly $4 trillion worth of retirement savings were wiped out in the first weeks of the 2008 financial freefall. Half of the drop was concentrated in traditional pension plans, also known as defined-benefit plans. While most workers in these plans haven’t had their monthly benefits cut, unlike the 46 million people riding the stock market with 401(k) defined-contribution plans, the storm clouds are gathering.

Furthermore, we’ve also seen the captains of “private” industry pump their bottom line for years with their worker’s pension contributions (much like the federal government has done with Social Securityreceivables).  When it comes time to pay the pensions they dump the obligation onto the taxpayer through the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation which was reported to be $12.9 in the red for 2009.  Once again, the taxpayers are funding their own servitude while the ownership class pillages on the way up and on the way down.

I can’t help but be reminded that warnings of this day went unheard.  This George Carlin clip below sternly warned that the “owners of this country” will ultimately come for your retirement — but, hey, who was listening to a comedian?

That’s right, the day is rapidly approaching where they’ll come for your retirement.  Screw your guarantees you thought you worked your whole life for.  Apparently, contractual law does not apply to the servant class.  However, we all remember Hank Paulson and Tim Geithner arguing that the reason they must use taxpayer money to pay 100-cents-on-the-dollar for AIG’s rancid obligations was because it would be wrong to break contractual laws.  I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that they only respect contractual law when they are taking from the poor and giving to their rich partners in crime.

Directed by Sean Byrne and starring a talented cast including Xavier Samuel (Eclipse), Robin McLeavy (Streetcar Named Desire with Cate Blanchett), Jessica McNamee (Packed to the Rafters), Victoria Thaine (Caterpillar Wish) and Richard Wilson (Clubland) with John Brumpton (Last Ride) playing ‘Daddy’ it’s a vivid, sexy rollercoaster of a ride that takes the conventions of horror and runs them off the rails.

Brent (Samuel) never recovered from the car crash that killed his father: the crash that he was responsible for. His only solace is his loving girlfriend Holly (Thaine). But there’s another girl who yearns to comfort Brent, the quietest girl in school, Lola (McLeavy), and when he turns down her invitation to the end of year dance he enters a nightmare beyond imagining.

A terrifying series of events take place under the light of a mirrored disco ball, involving pink satin, glitter, syringes, nails and power drills. Brent must summon every ounce of will he possesses if he is to survive and prevent Lola and her father from extending their revenge to those he loves the most.

There is a new spoof movie coming out that is taking shots at Twilight, and for shits and giggles they toss in a few more recent hit film characters… ok its really just Twilight.

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Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid, first published in 1837, has been adapted into a great variety of media. The most famous is Disney’s animated musical of the same name, which helped kickstart the revitilization of Disney animation when it was released to great success in 1989.

So any new adaptation of The Little Mermaid is probably going to be seen as a remake of Disney’s movie, whether or not that is really the case. In fact that’s not the case for the new version being prepped by Working Title and Atonement director Joe Wright, who claims much greater inspiration from a theatre production of the tale.

Deadline says that Wright is developing the film with a script by Abi Morgan, and that the key inspiration, besides the original story, is a Little Angel Theatre Company production that used puppets. (That company was founded by Wright’s father.)

I wonder if Wright’s version will include a key aspect of the original story that has been left out of many adaptations. That is, in the Anderson telling, the mermaid of the title doesn’t just fall in love with a human prince and want to give up her merfolk nature in order to be with him. She also learns that, upon death, merfolk simply become part of the sea, while humans can go to heaven and live for eternity. She doesn’t just want humanity to be with the prince; she wants an eternal soul.  That stuff didn’t quite make it into the Disney version.

You’ve probably seen Mel Stuart’s 1971 adaptation of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory starring Gene Wilder more than once. But I bet you haven’t seen the alternate ending that wasn’t used in the final cut of the film. This deleted scene was just uncovered yesterday in the Paramount Pictures achieves. Watch this newly restored piece of cinema history right now.