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extraordinary renditions

by dark actors

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1.
black maria 03:03
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neonicotinoids eulogising massive amounts of tax avoidance whilst, simultaneously, demonising minuscule amounts of benefit fraud university fees the wars in Iraq, the falklands and afghanistan transfer pricing student loans the murders of john smith and dr david kelly the repeal of clause 4 the national lottery extraordinary rendition the independent nuclear deterrent genetically modified products being allowed into circulation mapeley fucking steps cctv mps' expenses the alternative vote equals proportional representation lie quantative easing bus deregulation the destruction of the coal industry and the criminalisation of miners the stupidification of the nation forcing old people to sell their homes in order to pay for their care the taming of the bbc the war on terror the selling of national coaches and the rip off of their employees' pension fund the bilderberg group the trashing of the education system the introduction of tazers free daily newspapers the privatisation of the nhs tax havens complicity in the lockerbie bombing the selling of council houses the photo-opportunity that 7 7 afforded the hutton report the labour party's realignment with neoliberalism the selling of british gas, british telecom, british airways, british water & british rail the use of management consultants and spads instead of the civil service the flogging of our gold reserves nuclear power lcd tv: lowest common denominator television the current development of lying on oath the trilateral commission pfi the european arrest warrant the usurping of freedom of information by commercial confidentiality public sector workers going into the private sector untrammeled, unchallenged, unpunished
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waterboard 03:11
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let's play with the waterboard kidnap, imprisonment and torture let's play with the attack drone remote murder from the comfort of yer own home maybe it's me suffering from crass complacency maybe it's you letting them get away with the things that they do maybe it's us taking everything they say on trust maybe it's them let's play with the tazer gun make 'em dance! make it fun! let's play with the cluster bomb amunition that goes on and on and on let's play depleted uranium the wounds heal in the next millenium let's play with the whitewash the least happens to the ones that do most maybe it's me suffering from crass complacency maybe it's you letting them get away with the things that they do maybe it's us taking everything they say on trust maybe it's them
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questions 02:53
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sheep 04:29
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we must be fucking mad do we really think they give a shit about us and our families? or are they really in it for them fucking selves remember 47 percent of 'em come from a privileged background so what do you reckon us or them? I mean. when will it start worrying us? what needs to happen before we think enough is enough and actually get off our arses and try to do something about it? well it can't be state-sponsored kidnap, torture and execution without trial because they're already fucking doing that and nobody so much as bats an ipad we're all sheep and we sell ourselves far too cheap tweet your tweet and then go back to sleep your compliance is a real treat so what do we do about it? where do we start? how do we mobilise entire generations that have been succoured into total submission and get them to send a message that enough is enough without actually expecting them to do anything? is there a way to harness inaction, and make it action? is there a way to achieve something, by doing nothing? some say that If voting actually changed anything they'd abolish it that whichever way you vote the governments always win you see, they get their mandate through elections so if this is how we give them their power this is also how we can take it away we simply stop taking part. well, what if the next time they want our vote we all stay at home? what if we refuse to endorse them until they radically change? what if we turn our backs and watch the telly instead? or read a book? or make love? or play a video game? and what if we encourage everybody else to do the same? what if they held a general election and nobody came? we're all sheep and we could at least start to bleat time to wake up from your lovely sleep non-compliance will have them beat

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released December 5, 2015

mixmaster john pennington
inspiration steve cobby
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available 04/12/2015 on hacienda records
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dark actors are running the other way: speaking directly rather than singing in metaphors, striving for simplicity among flammery, using a limited analogue palette in a digital blank canvas of possibilities.

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