China blocks YouTube after Tibet protests posted.

It is getting heavy-duty in China and Tibet. Protests are spreading like a California wildfire and they are being filmed and posted on YouTube. China has now blocked access to the popular video site in a vain attempt to keep everyone under their thumb in the dark about the actions taking place in Tibet and around the world in solidarity with the citizens and monks of Tibet. Roughly 210 million Internet users reside in China, by their own government reports. One such video is

Reports are surfacing that at least 80 protesters have been killed in Tibet by Chinese government forces. Other reports have Chinese government agents going house to house and arresting individuals in their homes. These reports can not be verified since China does not allow outside journalists access to Tibet, per a CBC news article.Crossposted at UnCapitalist Journal

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Set in 1916 in Ireland, THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, is a beautifully, tightly filmed tale of rebellion, the fight for Irish independence and the fates of two brothers. Damien ~ (Cillain Murphy) and Teddy ~ (Padraic Delaney) start out as both brothers and comrades in at arms, yet at films end are tragically divided. The film explores the costs of freedom, the many sides of how one can view the path to freedom~ and asks which way to freedom is the least costly.

The core scene to me is the moment when the treaty has been worked out, and Irish court is in session. A woman has borrowed money, and not repaid it. The lender is charging 500% interest (in reality the rate was at 800% but the films director set it lower so people would believe it) and the court orders him to pay the woman, as the rate is exorbitant. He refuses, and while being hauled off to jail, Teddy whisks him off to the pub to work out a compromise. Teddy is asked to come back into court to explain his actions. He says a shipment of guns is expected and he needs the lenders money to buy them. His brother and others feel this is disrespecting the courts and what they fought for, complete independence from England.

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