December 6, 2011|Posted By Adam Sharp
The Milgram experiments were conducted at Yale University by Stanley Milgram in the 1960′s. The participants were instructed to ask questions to Volunteer B, who was supposedly sitting in an adjacent room. If “Volunteer B” answered incorrectly, participant A was to administer an electric shock to B. The voltages steadily increased, along with (false/recorded) protests from volunteer B “I have a heart problem! Let me out of here!”.
The results of the first round of tests showed that 65% of the volunteers carried through to the highest level of shock, 450v. By then poor B was unresponsive. The studies demonstrate just how readily the average person will harm another on behalf of an authority figure (Yale scientist with glasses & lab coat, in this case).
I can’t find the original footage I was thinking of, but the BBC program below includes a few clips from the original and covers a modern-day recreation of the study. Part 1/3:
2/3
3/3
November 23, 2011|Posted By Adam Sharp
I came across this documentary on Netflix recently. It’s about a different kind of (alleged) corruption than the one I normally obsess over (banksters). This one is about big pharma. Like nearly all documentaries, it’s one-sided. Certain aspects of it, on both sides, smell fishy. But Dr. Burzynski’s story is quite intriguing. If nothing else, it certainly highlights a number of flaws with the FDA & NCI. Disturbing ones.
Burzynski, the movie:
Oh yeah, Happy Turkey Day! I’m just a font of brightness, aren’t I?
November 13, 2011|Posted By Adam Sharp
Beyond the unity thing, this picture is fascinating. Look at blue teargas guy, with his blacked-out visor. Look at the stain on shield, right. The awkward facial expressions.
Via this guy’s Twitter feed, who is apparently at Occupy Birmingham.
October 24, 2011|Posted By Adam Sharp
The part at the end where Mark Block, Cain’s chief of staff, puffs on a Marlboro Light is very Humphrey Bogart, don’t you think? This ad (apparently paid for by “Friends of Herman Cain) is titled: “Now is the time for action” (or laughter):
Here, HuffPo writer Ryan Grim explains how Ron Paul busted Cain’s pro-Fed bias and shifting stances (he was a former director, after all). Cain is inconsistent, salesy, and establishment-friendly. Just like Romney, Perry, Bachmann, Gingrich, Santorum.
