Well….you can add one more reason to enjoy flying to your list.   The FBI is now investigating writing that appears to be Arabic on the underbellies of more than a dozen Southwest Airlines planes.  The messages were first noticed by alert mechanics more than eight months ago, and as of yet no one or group has been held accountable. 

Once again the rapper’s musical artistry and use of delicate wordplay are on full display in this latest video titled “My EBT”, by “Mrebt”... alias Stanley Lafleur.   Celebrating the pure ‘coolness’ of any and all things gotten for nothing, Mrebt raps on and on saying, “My EBT…EBT…I just swipe my EBT”.  Catchy isn’t it?  I wonder what Michelle would think about his food choices?  Oh, as you watch the video don’t forget to take note of the leather jacket, official Yankee’s cap, and diamond earrings….just sayin’.

The Treehouse salutes the tens of thousands (maybe dozens) of individuals who ‘occupied’ Wall Street hoping to be the starting point for the new anti-capitalist revolution. (Misfit Politics has the video.)

Through the use of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, it seems the anarchists are determined to bring the Arab Spring to the shores of the United States.  Sites like #Occupy Wall Street, and US Day of Rage have been encouraging the disaffected to seize back control of the banks.   “The Occupation Has Begun!”, states one site…  “Beginning on September 17, we want to see 20,000 people flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices.” 
Others like Real Democracy Now!,  herald a world-wide occupation of banks and ‘banksters’, and implore people to take to the streets to send their government a message.  Isn’t it great to know that our government spent millions of dollars to pass out free cellphones to these folks?   (more…)

(h/t Solaratov)…As the hour grows closer to the Sabbath, here is a video that reflects the beauty and joy of one man’s interview with God.  It’s a slightly different version of the one Sol linked here, however, the spirit remains the same.  

For your Saturday evening viewing pleasure.  And yes….Obama is STILL a SCOAMF as well.  “Snakebit again!”

*UPDATE*…(Chron) –The death toll grew Monday to 10, as another injured person died late Sunday, Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Jamii Uboldi said. Authorities said 70 people were treated at hospitals, and that four remained in critical condition.

(WSJ) —  RENO, Nev.—A local deputy police chief said nine people had died after a vintage World War II fighter plane slammed into a crowd of onlookers Friday at an air race here, while another 17 people were still being treated for injuries and 24 had been treated and released under a vintage sign store offering vintage signs for sale.

(SUN)…THREE people are thought to have been killed after a plane crashed in front of the grandstands at an air race in America yesterday.  A medical official said more than 54 people were injured at the Reno National Championship Air Races — 25 critically.  It was described as a “mass casualty situation” by a spokesman for the race in Nevada.  In shocking footage from the show, planes pass in front of the crowd at high speed before one aircraft suddenly smashes into the ground from an almost vertical angle.  It creates a huge cloud of dust and debris and screams are heard.