Big Brother(s) = Billionaires

That would make the Brotherhood the large corporations they control.

https://consortiumnews.com/2019/08/29/the-real-big-brother/

The U.S. government consequently encourages mega-corporations through taxes and regulations to crush small firms by making it harder for them to grow. That somewhat locks-in the existing aristocracy to be less self-made (as Bezos himself was, but his children won’t be).

Elected politicians overwhelmingly support this because most of their campaign funds were donated by super-rich individuals and their employees and other agents. It’s a self-reinforcing system. Super-wealth controls the government, which (along with the super-wealthy and their corporations) controls the public, which reduces economic opportunity for them. The end-result is institutionally reinforced extreme wealth-inequality, becoming more extreme all the time.

Establishment Media bias against a progressive US Presidential candidate?

Of course. Their goal in the 2016 election was to ensure Bernie Sanders didn't get nominated.

And ...

End of summer is coming fast.

Yes I know summer officially ends in September; fuck you.

For me, summer truly ends August 31 evening. Once Labor Day arrives and school starts, it's all over.

More terrible things the establishment does.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Brazil_wildfires

Bad for you. Bad for me. Bad for all of us.

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been blamed by international leaders and environmental non-government organizations (NGOs) for the extent of the wildfires within the Brazilian portion of the Amazon. Bolsonaro was elected in October 2018 and took office in January 2019, after which he and his ministries changed governmental policies that appeared to weaken the protection of the rainforest and make it favorable for farmers to continue their practices of slash-and-burn,^[20] accelerating the deforestation from previous years.^[3] Land-grabbers had used Bolsonaro's election to extend their activities into cutting in the land of the previously isolated Apurinã in Amazonas, where the "world's largest standing tracts of unbroken rainforest" are found.^[11] Among Bolsonaro's actions on entering office was to cut US$23 million from Brazil's environmental enforcement agency, making it difficult for the agency to regulate deforestation efforts.^[34] Bolsonaro and his ministers have also segmented the environmental agency, placing part of its control under the agricultural ministry which is led by the country's farming lobby, weakened the protections on nature reserves and territories belonging to the indigenous people of Brazil, and encouraged businesses to file counter-land claims against regions managed by sustainable forestry practices.^[58]

Amazing how a search in YouTube on these words (Hillary Wall Street cut it out) didn't turn up anything, but a search in Ecosia did.

https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=Hillary+Wall+Street+cut+it+out&addon=firefox&addonversion=4.0.4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ9K9kpgkzg

Hmm ... normally I'm not a fan of this actor ...

... but I might make an exception and see this film nevertheless.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/21/bank-a21.html

I can tell you why metoo doesn't respond to all the Epstein stuff.

https://consortiumnews.com/2019/08/22/the-missing-howls-of-denunciation-over-major-sex-trafficking/

It's simple - metoo is the underbelly of the whole Russiagate thing. It served a purpose - to distract and draw attention away from the realities of what the establishment is really doing when we as a society aren't paying attention.

Now it has no purpose. Never mind that crimes were committed, lives were scarred and ruined, and quite likely people lost their livelihoods (and in some cases, their lives).

In the end - metoo is just as large a load of bullshit as Russiagate is.

Those pesky nameless voices always seem to find a way to the establishment media.

I wonder why.

https://fair.org/home/corporate-media-filled-with-nameless-voices-attacking-progressive-democrats/?awt_l=Ke_9G&awt_m=hailr9HlJYR._TQ

Seriously - one can't make this shit up.

From that last post - the Combined Toxic 100.

The list (https://www.peri.umass.edu/combined-toxic-100-greenhouse-100-indexes-current) -

Combined Toxic 100 / Greenhouse 100 Indexes (2019 Report, Based on 2017 Data)

(Click on column headers to re-sort table: current sort is by Toxic 100 Air Rank.)

Parent Entity or Corporation	Toxic 100 Air Rank	Greenhouse 100 Rank	Toxic 100 Air EJ: Poor Share	Toxic 100 Air EJ: Minority Share	Greenhouse 100 EJ: Poor Share	Greenhouse 100 EJ: Minority Share	Toxic 100 Water Rank
Huntsman	1		16%	43%			75
Boeing	2		17%	35%			110
LyondellBasell	3	91	17%	67%	19%	77%	9
DowDuPont	4	32	20%	39%	18%	49%	1
Celanese	5		16%	60%			19
Mitsui	6		24%	63%			42
BASF	7	140	18%	42%	16%	48%	10
Arconic	8		20%	50%			54
Eastman Chemical	9	102	21%	48%	16%	19%	25
Royal Dutch Shell	10	26	17%	51%	15%	64%	93
Oshkosh Corp.	11		18%	11%
General Electric	12	106	24%	42%	15%	23%	41
TMS International	13		29%	74%
Berkshire Hathaway	14	4	18%	36%	15%	36%	24
Daikin	15		15%	61%			176
Becton Dickinson	16		20%	57%			146
Koch Industries	17	22	20%	44%	14%	45%	13
Ashland Inc.	18		20%	55%			105
Exxon Mobil	19	11	24%	69%	16%	54%	22
Rio Tinto	20		10%	29%			15
Whirlpool	21		19%	14%			125
National Oilwell Varco	22		16%	56%			145
Kennametal	23		15%	24%
Northrop Grumman	24		20%	15%			2
Occidental Petroleum	25	79	19%	67%	18%	69%	61
Freeport-McMoRan	26		26%	56%			83
Phillips 66	27	24	18%	61%	15%	66%	51
Nucor	28	120	30%	66%	16%	43%	43
Lincoln Electric Holdings	29		14%	71%			139
Albemarle	30		18%	67%			86
Veolia Environnement	31		32%	63%
Ametek	32		8%	28%
Marathon Petroleum	33	16	20%	59%	17%	70%	40
General Motors	34		16%	22%			109
Stepan	35		11%	39%			117
Valero Energy	36	25	21%	66%	18%	70%	79
Praxair	37	89	24%	47%	22%	71%	191
ArcelorMittal	38	21	28%	59%	23%	62%	8
PBF Energy	39	55	18%	64%	18%	67%	71
Chevron	40	27	20%	76%	15%	66%	39
United Technologies	41		11%	25%			127
Baxter International	42		12%	5%
United States Steel	43	28	24%	57%	23%	47%	21
Robert Bosch	44		11%	31%			82
Continental AG	45		18%	66%
Emerson Electric	46		11%	36%			188
Westlake Chemical	47	105	16%	32%	17%	34%	37
Tenneco	48		16%	28%			106
Allegheny Technologies	49		13%	11%			46
Edwards Lifesciences	50		52%	97%
O'Neal Industries	51		24%	55%
Medtronic	52		14%	46%
Ingredion	53		16%	37%			69
Lockheed Martin	54		25%	75%			185
Deere	55		22%	34%			49
American Electric Power	56	5	14%	9%	16%	19%	16
Carpenter Company	57		20%	61%
Total S.A.	58	186	24%	52%	18%	48%	58
TechnipFMC	59		20%	74%
Formosa Plastics	60	129	22%	67%	21%	63%	30
Huntington Ingalls Industries	61		24%	67%			52
Goodyear Tire & Rubber	62		22%	74%			35
Colfax	63		31%	9%
Cardinal Health	64		29%	64%
Komatsu	65		24%	59%			194
Targa Resources	66	109	23%	86%	22%	74%
3M Company	67		16%	48%			118
Trinity Industries	68		19%	40%
Eaton	69		11%	31%			132
Owens Corning	70		19%	42%
International Paper	71	108	20%	39%	19%	43%	18
Carlyle Group	72	149	16%	50%	13%	30%	85
Henkel	73		26%	51%			120
DTE Energy	74	17	28%	51%	21%	32%	6
Archer Daniels Midland	75	52	16%	20%	13%	19%	64
HeidelbergCement	76	78	9%	28%	9%	41%	45
Shin-Etsu Chemical	77		20%	54%			130
BP	78	39	16%	35%	20%	74%	92
Ecolab	79		16%	71%			170
SPX FLOW	80		12%	47%
Caterpillar	81		12%	42%			98
Johnson & Johnson	82		13%	47%
Bayer	83		17%	28%			116
Medline Industries	84		13%	46%
Graphic Packaging	85		32%	42%			57
ABB Ltd.	86		14%	21%			165
Compass Group	87		11%	26%			31
Leggett & Platt	88		9%	35%			190
ChemChina	89		25%	81%			153
Olin	90		22%	63%			38
PPG Industries	91		15%	22%			131
Saint-Gobain	92		15%	32%			102
Cargill	93	182	16%	27%	19%	41%	50
AK Steel	94	99	20%	23%	20%	37%	26
Nissan Motor Company	95		10%	30%			192
Schlumberger	96		25%	75%			133
Apollo Global Management	97		19%	32%
Pemex	98		18%	68%			122
Parker-Hannifin	99		16%	24%			3
HollyFrontier	100	123	17%	30%	17%	35%	78
Icahn Enterprises	101	124	26%	31%	16%	19%	73
Textron	102		22%	53%			72
FirstEnergy	104	9	13%	12%	17%	11%	32
Hitachi	106		16%	17%			48
Honeywell International	107		23%	51%			4
Duke Energy	109	3	16%	32%	15%	28%	11
Platform Specialty Products Corp.	110		21%	50%			34
Chemours	120	86	20%	31%	19%	35%	23
Pentair	122		21%	51%			27
Scana	123	63	13%	38%	18%	46%
Air Products & Chemicals	124	51	14%	38%	18%	68%
SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries)	127		15%	22%			70
Vistra Energy	128	1	15%	26%	13%	35%	14
Alcoa	129	122	17%	12%	12%	15%	47
NRG Energy	133	6	12%	63%	11%	53%	65
Southern Company	135	2	15%	38%	16%	44%	5
Renco	136		10%	12%			53
Daimler	139		17%	50%			81
Tyson Foods	142		19%	40%			56
Resolute Forest Products	145		14%	28%			66
Dominion Energy	148	14	17%	51%	14%	44%	55
PPL Corp.	154	18	15%	23%	16%	21%	12
Mitsubishi Group	155	194	13%	38%	17%	42%	59
Commercial Metals	160		23%	53%			76
LafargeHolcim	162	58	16%	28%	12%	41%
Steel Dynamics	165		19%	34%			74
AES Corp.	169	23	23%	25%	18%	61%	7
Domtar	173		22%	23%			36
Blackstone	174	42	22%	9%	22%	47%	44
Boston Scientific	177		9%	28%			17
CF Industries	183	30	19%	42%	14%	42%	140
Danaher	194		15%	59%			80
Ameren	195	19	9%	19%	10%	24%
Packaging Corporation of America	196		22%	29%			28
Masco	197		13%	40%			88
Snap-on	199		22%	57%			100
Triumph Group							91
Brunswick							89
CRH PLC		100			10%	43%	151
Evergy Inc.		13			17%	34%	84
Verso Corporation							62
Cabot							97
Waste Management		53			14%	49%
NISOURCE INC		57			15%	27%	29
Energy Transfer		47			17%	61%
Vectren		128			16%	14%	87
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal							20
Kinder Morgan		67			21%	71%
Sumitomo Group							33
Panasonic							95
Newmont Mining							67
Xcel Energy		8			14%	40%
Entergy		15			19%	51%	99
Alliant Energy		34			10%	15%	77
LCI Industries							90
Pfizer							94
NextEra Energy		12			16%	56%
Macquarie		46			16%	54%	68
OGE Energy		38			17%	40%
CMS Energy		33			24%	48%	136
Enterprise Products Partners		80			21%	73%
Exelon		70			14%	43%
Goldman Sachs							60
Pinnacle West Capital		71			25%	70%
PTT Group							94
Procter & Gamble							96
DCP Midstream Partners		93			15%	45%
Calpine		10			16%	65%
Graham Holdings							63
Nebraska Public Power District		82			9%	14%
Panda Power Funds		81			10%	32%
Seminole Electric Cooperative		77			28%	38%
Fortis		76			21%	53%
Consol Energy		75			10%	8%
Great River Energy		74			6%	7%
Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association		73			11%	24%
JEA		72			17%	52%
Republic Services		69			15%	56%
Buckeye Power Co		68			15%	9%
Cemex		83			16%	63%
PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.)		84			12%	44%
Ares Management		98			18%	62%
JM Stuart (single power plant)		97			22%	8%
WestRock		96			16%	39%
Hilcorp Energy		95			22%	73%
East Kentucky Power Cooperative		94			20%	8%
Entergy Independence Plant		92			25%	21%
Intermountain Power Agency		90			5%	5%
Allete		88			12%	6%
Waste Connections Inc.		87			12%	34%
Salt River Project		85			14%	40%
SK Capital Partners		66			14%	44%
Omaha Public Power District		65			17%	33%
Lower Colorado River Authority		43			10%	32%
Navajo Generating Station (single power plant)		41			17%	59%
ArcLight Capital Partners		40			20%	66%
Plant Scherer (single power plant)		37			9%	24%
Associated Electric Cooperative Inc		36			19%	27%
Riverstone Holdings		35			14%	39%
Basin Electric Power Cooperative		31			10%	11%
LS Power		29			19%	65%
WEC Energy Group		20			13%	32%
Colstrip Power Plant (single power plant)		44			6%	32%
Emera		45			15%	49%
San Antonio Public Service Board		48			19%	78%
Conemaugh Generating Station (single power plant)		64			19%	10%
Prairie State Generating		62			10%	4%
Keystone Generating Station (single power plant)		61			13%	6%
Murray Energy		60			16%	4%
Laramie River (single power plant)		59			11%	13%
Williams Companies		56			11%	36%
Ohio Valley Electric		54			16%	6%
Santee Cooper		50			22%	34%
PNM Resources		49			18%	66%
U.S. Government		7			17%	42%

Explanatory notes (For details, see the technical notes for Toxic 100 Air, Greenhouse 100, or Toxic 100 Water)

Toxic 100 Air Rank, Greenhouse 100 Rank: the company's rank for air toxics and for greenhouse gases in 2017 -- CTIP's two most important indexes. Both are for emissions from large facilities only. Links lead to detailed information.


EJ Poor and Minority Shares: Shares of potential exposure to air toxics (for Toxic 100 Air) or to co-pollutants of combustion (for Greenhouse 100) borne by people living below the poverty line or by people in minority racial/ethnic groups.


Toxic 100 Water Rank: the company's rank for water toxics from large facilities in 2017. Links lead to more detailed information.