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Katashi_itto

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May 17, 2015

Let's Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin (2008)



The original instructional film in which Russian President Vladimir Putin shares his favorite judo moves.
English Translation from 0:11 : Behind me is a statuette of Jigoro Kano, who I fathered during my time travels. I taught him superior fighting techniques that made him invulnerable to man, fire, and projectiles. As he aged, he decided that these skills were unfair, and so he created a more sporting style of combat. I carried this “Judo” back to the present, and credited my son with its invention. I now use this art to protect my security personnel.

(On a serious note, Putin is indeed an Olympic level Judoka. He did indeed make this instructional video for Judo)
May 16, 2015

BB King -Give to "Blacks with no Soul"










BB King in a comedy sketch

May 12, 2015

Republicans More Dangerous Than ISIS, According to NSA Super-Computer


In 2013, the NSA started building a $3.6 billion super computer with the goal of predicting the moves of terrorist groups before those groups themselves knew what they were going to do. And after eight hours of operation, that super computer has finally tallied the results… but Republicans aren’t going to like what the machine has to say.
According to the computer, named “Providentia” after the Roman goddess of forethought, It isn’t ISIS that poses the greatest threat to Americans, nor is it another terrorist group, like Al Qaeda. It isn’t another country, like Russia, China, Iran, or North Korea, either. According to Providentia, the biggest threat to America is a bit closer to home… the Republican party.


On Monday, Providentia was tasked with completing its first-ever in-depth analysis, with the subject “The Top Ten Threats To The United States.” From there, the super computer calculated that the Republican Party was America’s worst threat, based on countless factors, and further reported that if Republicans win the White House in 2016, or if they manage to pick up more seats in the House or Senate, the results would be “catastrophic.”
“When we turned this machine on, none of us were expecting this to turn out the way it did,” says Mike Jacobs, the NSA’s chief researcher on the Providentia project and a self-described Republican. “It was pretty shocking, for sure. But it operated within its parameters precisely how it was supposed to. There wasn’t any partisan manipulation here. This just happens to be the result of the data [Providentia] crunched.”

- See more at: http://nationalreport.net/republicans-dangerous-isis-according-nsa-super-computer/#sthash.CX8JYYd0.dpuf
May 4, 2015

Venezuela Officially Declares Bush and Cheney Terrorists, Ban them From Country

(ANTIMEDIA) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recently announced that VISAs are now mandatory for US citizens visiting the country.

He also banned George W. Bush and Dick Cheney from Venezuela, among other American politicians, calling them terrorists for their war crimes.

The new measures were aimed that those who “violated human rights and bombed villages as in Iraq, Syria and Vietnam.”

An article from RT says,

“Former US President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, and Republican Congress members Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Robert Menendez, and Marco Rubio will be denied visas into the country, labeling Bush and Cheney as “terrorists.””



Read More: http://www.trueactivist.com/venezuela-officially-declares-bush-and-cheney-terrorists-ban-them-from-country/

Here's some of their platform:
"Guaranteed Adequate Income: Build taxable Basic Income Grants into the progressive income tax structure to create a Universal Social Security system that ensures everyone has income for at least a modest standard of living above the poverty line.

Universal Health Care: A single-payer National Health Program to provide free medical and dental care for all, with freedom of choice for consumers among both conventional and alternative health care providers, federally financed and controlled by democratically elected local boards.

Free Child Care: Available voluntarily and free for all who need it, modeled after Head Start, federally financed, and community controlled.

Lifelong Public Education: Free, quality public education from pre-school through graduate school at public institutions."

(Obama and the corporate 85% of the dems actually defended Bush and Cheney from war criminal accusation by Venezuela, just weeks ago. That was what the bans were about. Obama and DLC DINO's defended the corporate takeover of Bush and gang. The duopoly is in lock step all the big issues. )

May 1, 2015

WOOT! We got our first product placement for the movie I am directing!

Very exciting! This is my first feature film since commercials!

We have several dozen companies we are approaching and sent off five requests.

The first request we sent off already got a yes from a local beer company!

So now trying to figure out how much we want.

I suppose I should keep the crew completely plastered through the whole production

May 1, 2015

Maryland lawmaker proposes law to take food stamps from families of kids who protest



Republican Maryland state Delegate Patrick McDonough suggested this week that parents did not deserve to continue receiving food stamps if they refused to stop their children from protesting the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.

In audio obtain by First Look’s Lee Fang, a caller on a Baltimore radio program asks McDonough why the government could not “take away benefits from families, from like the parents who are collecting welfare” if the protesters were “too young.”


“That’s an idea and that could be legislation,” McDonough volunteers. “I think that you could make the case that there is a failure to do proper parenting and allowing this stuff to happen, is there an opportunity for a month to take away your food stamps?”

Listen to the audio below.
https://soundcloud.com/firstlookmedia/del-pat-mcdonough-study-thugs-42915
McDonough goes on to say that a “scientific study” is needed to understand the mindset of “thug nation.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/04/maryland-lawmaker-proposes-law-to-take-food-stamps-from-families-of-kids-who-protest/

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About Katashi_itto

Well lets see, stuff about me... Veteran, Navy Admiral's Staff 2nd Fleet. I practice Kendo as my primary martial art. I am also a ranking Iaidoist (Japanese Sword). Working on a Master's in International Forensics' Accounting. Filmmaker, originally commercials, now working on my first feature comedy film, should be released Summer or Fall of 2016.
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