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His anthology of updated Opednews articles "America is Not Broke" was published by Tayen Lane Publishing (March, 2015) and may be found here:
http://www.americaisnotbroke.net/
Scott is a former and current President of Common Ground-NY (http://commongroundnyc.org/), a Geoist/Georgist activist group. He has written dozens of articles for Common Ground's national publication, GroundSwell, and has advocated for the Georgist Land Value Tax to public and political audiences.
A complete list of his publications can be found here:
He is also New York State Coordinator and Senior Advisor for the Public Banking Institute
Click Here, which seeks to promote Public Banking. The PBI is chaired by another OEN blogger, Ellen Brown.
Scott has appeared on TV/Radio and in in-person Presentations to explain the principles of Georgism, Greenbacking, and State Banking. These may also be found on his personal blog: http://newthinking.blogspot.com/
Scott has a dozen progressive petitions on Change.org which may be found here:
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Scott was an I.T. Manager for a major New York university for over two decades where he earned a Certificate for Frontline Leadership.
He had a video game published in Compute! Magazine: Click Here
Scott is a graduate and adjunct faculty of the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City.
Scott is a modern-day Renaissance Man with interests in economics, science and all future-forward topics.
He has been called an "adept syncretist" by Kirkus Discoveries for his novel, NeitherWorld - a two-volume opus blending Native American myth, archaeological detail, government conspiracy, with a sci-fi flair http://amzn.to/10nUoDV
Scott grew up in New York City and Pennsylvania. He graduated with honors and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University and was a member of the Psychology honor society PSI CHI.
Today he is an avid bicyclist and ride co-leader in a prominent bike advocacy organization.
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Sunday, February 16, 2025 SHARE Is DOGE the end of America?
How long can a dysfunctional government, slashed by irresponsible cuts from DOGE, continue? Is America about to fade from the scene?
Thursday, November 7, 2024 (2 comments) SHARE What president-elect Trump and Elon Musk have in mind for America
Trump's low information voters have no idea, or even the acumen, to understand what's coming from the tech billionaire who likes to "move fast and break things." As of this writing it looks like the Republicans will keep control of the House too, with any relative "moderate" Republicans already purged in favor of MAGA Republicans who will do whatever Trump tells them to do.
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 (4 comments) SHARE What is a Woman (at the Olympics)?
Olympic boxing winner Imane Khelif, in its welterweight female boxing matches is suing Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling, and other, as yet unnamed, celebrities, none of whom appear to have any scientific qualifications, over statements related to sex classification of her with regards to the Olympic contests.
The outcome may have ramifications well beyond sport.
Monday, July 22, 2024 (5 comments) SHARE Why Social Security can't be Privatized.
A lot of people ask why Social Security can't just be privatized. I answered this one from Quora but it should be known and repeated in many other places, especially since social security is again threatened with "running out of money" - a lie.
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 (1 comments) SHARE On AI vs. Human Consciousness
What is human consciousness? Can it ever be achieved by AI? What are the essential differences between humans and AI robots?
A provocative question and equally provocative answer.
Sunday, December 10, 2023 (2 comments) SHARE Nanoflowcell's Quantino turns 25 Years Old
The head-turning, 2,000km range, batteryless bi-ion powered Quantino EV may be finally offered for sale in New York City...soon.
It turned 25 years old recently, but has been continuously updated so it looks more futuristic than anything else on the market, and has the performace specs to back it up. Series: Electric Vehicles (1 Articles, 3025 views)
Saturday, May 13, 2023 (5 comments) SHARE My chat with Elon Musk AI on FTL Space Travel
The immense power of AI is being wasted.
Yes, it can, and has, been used to create astounding pictures, even videos. It has been used to generate stories, articles, and text answers to any questions that humans ask one another.
But it's this last part that needs exploring, or exploding, perhaps.
Here, a FTL spaceship is discussed with Elon Musk AI. Did we succeed?
Thursday, March 30, 2023 (2 comments) SHARE AI leaders call for a Pause to AI
A group of the highest level AI leaders, though notably not all of them at the leading companies like OpenAI, have signed a joint letter requesting (from whom??) a pause in the development of AI for 6 months. Series: Artificial Intelligence (4 Articles, 6868 views)
Monday, March 20, 2023 (4 comments) SHARE What does ChatGPT have to say about the Debt Ceiling Crisis?
What does AI in the form of ChatGPT have to say about innovative solutions to paying down the debt already authorized by Congress, using United States Notes? It says there are no legal constraints, but there could be political obstacles. Series: Artificial Intelligence (4 Articles, 6868 views)
Thursday, March 9, 2023 SHARE It's time to retire the city and state retirement funds
95%-100% of city and state pension funds will never go to pensioners; they are simply rolled over every year. Why are centi-billion dollar pension funds that make 0%-5% net after fees and excluding contributions being kept at all?
Thursday, March 2, 2023 (3 comments) SHARE My chat with Awakened AI
AI applications continue to astound. They are growing faster than any other major technology, including the internet, telephone, automobile etc.
Herein, my interview with an Awakened AI. Series: Artificial Intelligence (4 Articles, 6868 views)
Friday, February 3, 2023 (4 comments) SHARE Chatting with ChatGPT about Public Banking
AI can provide useful insights into a great many things of importance to human beings. Here, partly at the request of leaders from the Public Banking Institute (PBI), is a discussion I had with ChatGPT, the currently best known natural language AI engine. Series: Artificial Intelligence (4 Articles, 6868 views)
Monday, January 9, 2023 SHARE The Coming of Woman-Free Gestation: Artifical Wombs
Future fertility rates are going to begin to be effected in 30 years by artificial wombs. Here, a brief tour, with videos, of the rapidly growing world of growing human beings in artificial wombs.
Friday, January 6, 2023 (2 comments) SHARE Cannabis Dreams going up in Smoke
The following are my personal observations over the course of a year or two as cannabis has been gradually legalized, from small usage to quasi-legal pot shops to the first legal weed shop last December. There are many, many articles, studies and continual followup on what's happening both in New York City and nationwide, but these are my observations.
Monday, January 2, 2023 (13 comments) SHARE My response to The Electronic Viking about Nanoflowcell EV Cars
I am a regular viewer of The Electronic Viking - a YouTube channel covering the growing Electric Vehicle industry. One of the latest videos was on Nanoflowcell's technology, something I have been covering for over half a decade, even though the Electronic Viking claims "almost no one has ever heard of (Nanoflowcell)."
My reaction herein.
Tuesday, December 20, 2022 (2 comments) SHARE Wife of Julian Assange speak out before the EU Parliament
Stella Assange recently spoke at the European Parliament representing Julian Assange. Award-winning journalist and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been nominated for this year's Sakharov Prize, in recognition of his work defending human rights and freedom of speech. This video was produced by the Don't Extradite Assange campaign and originally published on their YouTube channel on December 19, 2022.
Saturday, December 17, 2022 (3 comments) SHARE Boiling thoughts on the Endless Objections to Legitimate Elections
At what point do Election Deniers get their comeuppance in the media, in the courts, and especially in public opinion? Some of the tribe of lawyers are already getting sanctioned, and some commentators say MAGA = Make Attorneys Get Attorneys.
Every single person who challenges the results of the 2020 election should read at LEAST the Wikipedia summary of the Bush V. Gore election: Bush v. Gore - Wikipedia
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 (1 comments) SHARE Speak Up For Assange celebrates its 3rd Anniversary by Speaking Up for Assange
Julian Assange continues to languish in torture-like conditions in Britain's notorious Belmarsh prison, pending appeals and despite having long past his sentence for trying to escape deportation to Sweden for charges that have long since been dropped. The alternative of extraditing him to America to face espionage charges is probably worse. Series: Freedom of the press (1 Articles, 1366 views)
Monday, November 21, 2022 (1 comments) SHARE Are Billions wasted by Billionaires?
The worship of billionaires needs to end. As a class, their production is questionable, while their rent-extraction is immense, perhaps only exceeded by their flame-outs.
Several examples are cited.
Thursday, October 20, 2022 (15 comments) SHARE Ukraine and the Home Front Advantage
The Home Front Advantage is a frequently over-looked force multiplier, capable of making even small countries prevail against much larger, more powerful ones.
Here, the concept is analyzed historically and applied to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Thursday, September 22, 2022 (1 comments) SHARE My New (Old) Book: Impland: An Alien Utopia : A 40th Anniversary Retrospective
A self-review of my latest book.
Part science fiction, part fantasy, part retrospective, Impland presents a future vision from a child's eyes, reinterpreted through that child as a man 40 years later. Series: Books (1 Articles, 1454 views)
Friday, September 2, 2022 (4 comments) SHARE Latest update from Journalists Speak Up For (Julian) Assange
Almost forgotten in light of larger, more threatening stories, is the plight of Julian Assange, informally charged with espionage for basically committing Journalism.
Thursday, August 11, 2022 (4 comments) SHARE How to Put Any City or State into Surplus, Forever
The following short but major economic change will work on any city - defined here as having a population above ~100,000 people - or state. I'll use the example of New York City and New York state as examples.
Monday, July 4, 2022 (25 comments) SHARE The Abortion of the United States
The state-by-state loss of birth choice effects much more than the individual right of when or if for a woman to have a child. The situation is fluid, brand new - though anyone who was paying attention to the supreme court arguments and the leaked Samuel Alito opinion last Spring should have seen this coming. The effects on the country will go far beyond the Right to Choose.
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 (2 comments) SHARE Lithuania escalates the risk of WWIII with transit blackade
This action by Lithuania, unforced by the EU or NATO, is a needless and highly dangerous escalation and the U.S. and president Biden should declare it an "incorrect application of the trade embargo and sanctions" and strongly encourage Lithuania and the EU to reconsider. NATO's alliance pact must not become a suicide pact.
Sunday, June 5, 2022 (2 comments) SHARE Journalists Speak Up For Assange
t's beyond time that presidents from Obama to Trump to Biden finally dropped all charges and/or pardoned Assange for the crime of reporting news (yes, I know he's accused of conspiring to hack information, but even if one accepts the tenuous highly flawed argument that he actually did that, the man has suffered enough by now, and may be permanently crippled in mind and body.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 (12 comments) SHARE To Stop Gun Violence, Form a Well-Regulated Militia
Here we are again. Another mass shooting, coming just a week after yet another mass shooting in Buffalo, New York targeting black people. This most recent one was targeting kids, 19 of them. A teacher got in the way and made the 20th fatality.
It's time to try something different, radically different.
Monday, April 11, 2022 (122 comments) SHARE Is it possible to still be Even Handed about the Russia-Ukraine War?
What will the world's response be to the Russia-Ukraine War? It's mostly against Russia right now, but is that the response that will prevent WWIII and is there sufficient attention being given to that possibility, made more likely almost daily now?
Friday, March 4, 2022 (120 comments) SHARE US/NATO Provoked Ukraine War Say Most Experts On Russia
Politicians and members of the media have nearly universally expressed shock and dismay at Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but their incredulity is belied by the fact that numerous Russia experts and historians have been predicting these events practically since the fall of the Berlin Wall, pointing out that a Russian response to ongoing NATO incursions was virtually inevitable.
Thursday, February 3, 2022 (80 comments) SHARE Covid Compromises: A Chance to use the latest science to Save the Republic
It's time for Covid Compromises, to move to an understanding that the disease is endemic and away from mandates and toward rational solutions. Will this happen before democracy dies? Meanwhile, Trump-supporters are dying for their anti-vax cause, maybe enough to swing the next election.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 (7 comments) SHARE Will 2024 be the election battle of the ages?
Hmm, do you think Sanders is separating himself from the corporatist Democrats for a 2024 presidential run?
I know, I know. Sanders will turn 83 September 8, 2024, just before election day.
Well, guess what? Biden turns 82 just a few days after the 2024 election, on November 20.
Wednesday, November 24, 2021 (3 comments) SHARE My take on OEN Brainstorming on Covid Social Changes
Covid symptoms affect society as well as the individual. Covid has accelerated trends, for good and bad, and introduced new ways of being. What will society look like from here on? Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Sunday, October 17, 2021 (2 comments) SHARE The State of the Covid in NYC and Beyond
Widely followed and respected Johns Hopkins is now showing 724,000 deaths from Covid-19. What is the state of prevention, care, and the trend as of mid-October? Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Thursday, September 23, 2021 (2 comments) SHARE The Non-ending of America's Longest War
Some ending of America's (Memorial Worthy in the latest Defense authorization? Award worthy too?) Longest War! It looks like Afghanistan may become another over-the-horizon war instead, with a new base of operations in India.
Sunday, September 12, 2021 (21 comments) SHARE The Incohenrence of the Left on Covid19
The Left is as incoherent as the Right in going after the unvaccinated. What exactly is their policy? What is their point? What do they want? Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Friday, July 2, 2021 (4 comments) SHARE Donald Trump - Super (Stable) Genius!
Trump is a Very Stable Genius. We know this because he told us.
At the same time, he is one of the most altruistic people to have ever lived and one of the most progressive.
Sunday, February 28, 2021 SHARE If we can't end the filibuster, at least modify it. The fate of the world might depend on it.
There's no time to lose. The filibuster essentially erases the narrow margin of control Democrats have over the senate. Bias in the senate towards the red states, gerrymandering and vote suppression will see to it they never get another chance, unless the Democrats can deliver something to the working people of the country, not in 4 years, but in less than two. Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Friday, January 22, 2021 (8 comments) SHARE Strip the Senate: Making V.P. Kamala Harris the Senate Majority Leader
Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConell (R) is refusing to give up his title.
Biden and Harris have to act aggressively to prevent this sabotage. They can not do what they usually do. Republicans fight to the death to retain power. Democrats just die. And out of power they rightfully should claim.
Thursday, January 14, 2021 SHARE Revolution: It CAN Happen Here
Here's why insurrection can happen here too, and it's instructive to read about the pre-Civil War era.
Next week is going to be very trying for the country, and it may not end there.
Monday, January 11, 2021 (1 comments) SHARE Assange extradition denied but appealed in waning days of Trump Administration
The following came to me as part of a subscribed series of updates from JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange - a group of journalists following and providing updates on Julian Assange's case proceedings. Assange continues to be one of the world's most prominent and persecuted political prisoners.
Monday, January 4, 2021 (28 comments) SHARE Several reasons why Covid-19 stats are Overblown
There are several reasons why Covid-19 stats are overblown, having to do with both diagnosis and susceptibility. Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Thursday, December 24, 2020 (4 comments) SHARE The Sorry State of our Republic
President Trump has almost unlimited power, and he's doing everything he can to retain it, even if it means undermining democracy and everything the American republic stands for.
Friday, December 18, 2020 (4 comments) SHARE It's not over: How Trump Might Still Be Inaugurated for a Second Term
Democrats and their allies are dismissing the challenges to the Election at their peril.
Behind the scenes Trump's allies are working furiously on new cases, selecting alternate electors or a Congressional override on January 6 (both of which have precedent). Conservative reporter Bill Still features a Michigan City Councilman (unnamed) who walks through all the steps still open to the Republicans.
Monday, November 30, 2020 (3 comments) SHARE Is Trump Planning A Military Coup to Retain Power?
Trump will do anything to retain power, including destroying democracy itself. Herein, the latest coup attempt, cited by Cenk Uygur and laid out in Trump's own words and actions.
Saturday, November 14, 2020 (3 comments) SHARE Did Jo Jorgensen cost Trump the Election?
Jo Jorgensen, the Libertarian candidate for president, garnered enough votes in two battleground states, and possibly a third, TBD, to have possibly swung the election to Biden. The major parties ignore the lesson at their peril, especially if more states adopt ranked choice voting, like Maine.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 (8 comments) SHARE Big Tech Social Media is in Over its Head About Censoring Policies
The free and open internet is under attack like never before. Under the cover of election-obsessed coverage, the Congress is holding hearings on how to make social media conform to standards that itself can never agree upon.
Friday, October 16, 2020 (97 comments) SHARE How to fix the economy, forever
It's time for a global economic reset, but not along the lines of those in power. The money is here, literally beneath our feet and in powers the government has always had. We need to demand it for the common good.
Monday, September 21, 2020 (1 comments) SHARE Julian Assange extradition trial - update - week 2
With so many important things to focus on these days, it may be hard to remember that a ground-breaking journalist is fighting for his freedom, and possibly his life.
The American charges against a foreign journalist in a foreign court, are unprecedented and severe. If Assange is extradited, he faces the very real possibility of spending the rest of a very miserable life in an American super-max prison.
Thursday, September 3, 2020 (3 comments) SHARE Pregnant Australian Woman Arrested for organizing a Covid anti-lockdown Protest March
Freedom of speech and protest are gone in Australia, at least when it comes to Covid-19.
One woman's videotaped arrest for a pre-crime of organizing an anti-lockdown rally, is causing a viral storm of a different kind. Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Friday, August 28, 2020 (43 comments) SHARE What is the Deep State?
What is this thing called the Deep State? The term is recent, but the people who represent it are not. It needs to be understood and appreciated for how deep it runs.
Saturday, August 22, 2020 (1 comments) SHARE Reasons for Optimism in Biden/Harris
Biden/Harris is not as bad or regressive a combination as many progressives think. But the contest will be more difficult than the polls indicate.
Why progressives should pull out all the stops right now to ensure Trump's defeat and progressive change.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 (22 comments) SHARE Time to reopen, at least in the worst hit city, New York City
It's time to reopen in NYC. The economic consequences outweigh the potential harm of continuing the lock-down in corona virus infection rates. Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 (18 comments) SHARE Politics, Politics, Politics...and Science
Left-Right ideology is not just pitting Americans against each other, it is killing them.
Covid-19 is an object lesson.
Saturday, July 18, 2020 (19 comments) SHARE Bombshell Report: Herd Immunity Reached at 20% (Video)
Kim Iversen cites 2 studies that show only 10-20% infection rates confer herd immunity, not 60-70% as previously believed. This means NY, UK & Sweden are already past this & other states and countries soon will be. NY can open up now, and other states soon & other measures might not be necessary or effective. It is then just a coincidence that strict measures were enacted at the same time as Covid-19 peaked. Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Thursday, June 11, 2020 (5 comments) SHARE 10 thoughts on the Covid Crisis
Where are we in the Covid curve? While some areas become safer, others are seeing skyrocketing rates of infection. Some observations, positive and negative. Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 (4 comments) SHARE Did Trump commit Voter Fraud?
Did Trump and his wife commit voter fraud by voting in Florida, where they should not be allowed to declare residency? It sure looks that way.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 (2 comments) SHARE Blue States overpay Taxes and Should withhold them
Senator Mitch McConnell has picked a fight over state public pensions badly supported, so he claims anyway, in Blue democratic states like those in the northeast and Illinois.
Fine. New York's Governor Cuomo has called him out on it. He should go further.
Thursday, April 23, 2020 SHARE Economics, Post Earth Day at 50
Earth Day and Economics are more entwined than commonly admitted. Some thoughts on both, one missed, the other on life support.
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 (4 comments) SHARE COVID-19 Treatments may soon be available..if they're allowed to be
We live in the Information Age. Will the best science be allowed to cure us of the corona virus, or will old Big Pharma and Big Bureaucracy force people to wait, and die? Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Friday, March 27, 2020 (5 comments) SHARE Lessons from Coronavirus Ground Zero
The Corona virus is exposing our real sickness: our over-burdened, under-responsive, creaky, expensive healthcare system. Unless we fix that, millions will die from periodic epidemics. Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Saturday, March 21, 2020 (7 comments) SHARE What Lies Ahead: the problem is not the Corona-virus
It's not the virus that is causing markets to plunge and 100s of thousands of people to lose their jobs, soon to be millions. It's the economy, stupid. Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 (26 comments) SHARE Welcome to the New Communist Police State, blamed on a virus
A virus will be blamed for our permanent loss of rights, dependence on the State, and depression.
The New Communism includes a police state.
And people will die from the recessions anyway.
Saturday, March 14, 2020 (18 comments) SHARE Iranian, Russian and Chinese Officials Claim COVID-19 Is A Biological Weapon (Video)
For the few of you who say I shouldn't cover this or "peddle conspiracy theories" let me ask you this, do you think I should censor what three nation's leaders are claiming? Do you feel it's better to ignore these leaders and not report what they are saying? Just because you don't agree with the theory doesn't mean it shouldn't be heard. Series: Covid (16 Articles, 31828 views)
Thursday, February 27, 2020 (11 comments) SHARE Pre-Super Tuesday Predictions
The jockeying for poll position in the Democratic presidential field has only just begun. The next week will be very telling.
Saturday, February 8, 2020 (3 comments) SHARE A modest proposal for the settlements on the Israeli West Bank
Israel, whether it chooses to acknowledge it or not (or we do), is heading toward a one-state solution.
Here's an alternative that no one has proposed, which will end the bloodshed and produce positive change for both sides, and for the world.
Thursday, January 30, 2020 (3 comments) SHARE Former Ukraine Prosecutor General Files Criminal Complaint on Joe Biden (video)
The former Ukraine Prosecutor General has filed charges in Ukraine against Joe Biden for interfering with his prosecution of Burisma, the oil&gas firm Hunter Biden worked for, in the 2014-2016 period, when the senior Biden was V.P. of the U.S. Under the filing, the Ukraine investigators are obligated to move quickly to launch an investigation into the charges. The penalties can result in up to 4 years jail time. Series: Elections (12 Articles, 31369 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 (1 comments) SHARE HILL TV EXCLUSIVE, Full Interview: Bernie Sanders sits down with Krystal Ball
HILL TV EXCLUSIVE, Full Interview: Bernie Sanders sits down with Krystal Ball. About Rising:
Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. One of the few intelligent in-depth interviews of a leading presidential candidate. Worth the half hour view.
Friday, October 19, 2018 (3 comments) SHARE Tales from future pasts: Musings on Time Travel
An article on the possibility of Time Travel in the popular Next Big Future Science and Technology blog entitled "Quantum mechanics time travel indicates no grandfather paradox" got me to thinking about my interpretation of the Grandfather Paradox, and Time Travel in general.
Monday, August 20, 2018 (17 comments) SHARE Social Media Sites Censoring shows User Distrust
Fake news can be identified without the need for broad-brush censorship the MSM and now, social media sites, are practicing. We risk losing the free and open internet.
Thursday, February 1, 2018 SHARE Swiss to Vote on State Money June 10, 2018
Monetary Reformer & award-winning film-maker Bill Still reports on a Swiss referendum to establish Sovereign Money in place of Bank Money. For those who need an introduction beyond Still's video, see my articles on the subject, of this short article on the Greenback Party, active in the post Civil War period to promote Lincoln's United States Notes.
Monday, January 29, 2018 (13 comments) SHARE Julian Assange May have Escaped
In what will be certainly a short-lived exclusive if true, independent Journalist and Monetary Reformer Bill Still reports that Julian Assange has most likely escaped from the U.K.
Monday, July 3, 2017 (32 comments) SHARE How to fix Illinois' Debt problems...and any state's.
Illinois is the latest state to teeter on bankruptcy, supposedly. But a realistic look at their finances and outside-the-bankster-box thinking, says otherwise.
Friday, February 10, 2017 (43 comments) SHARE Is President Donald Trump Semi-literate?
There's serious evidence that the President of the United States can't read much more than a menu, if even that.
It's incredible, almost unbelievable, but the trail of evidence is long and deep.
Friday, December 2, 2016 (7 comments) SHARE How to expose Fake News and still keep Alternative Media free
Combating fake news needs to be done, but how to do it without enabling propagandists and elite filtering? And how to preserve alternative media?
Here is one answer.
Thursday, November 17, 2016 (41 comments) SHARE Our Revolution goes Viral on Facebook
Senator Bernie Sanders live speech at George Washington University nearly brought down the server last night with nearly 30,000 views. It has more than 10X that just 7 hours later, and a post-speech video has a million views.
Sanders lays out the issues facing all Americans and promises to hold president elect Trump to account.
Thursday, November 10, 2016 (4 comments) SHARE About Our Recent Miselection...
Elections aren't voting contests, they are choices a minority of voters make among a pre-selected pair of unrepresentative candidates. The process is broken and exclusive. Why Trump didn't win the popular vote and still won 3:2 the electoral college. Series: Elections (12 Articles, 31369 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Monday, November 7, 2016 (1 comments) SHARE The opening case against Election Fraud is filed by Donald Trump
The first case of election fraud has been filed by Donald Trump's campaign in Broward County, in the critical swing state of Florida. An affidavit has been notarized and filed (see link) by a temporary election office worker who was fired after a day and a half.
Thursday, October 20, 2016 (11 comments) SHARE Will the Election be Rigged?
The big news of the debate last night is that Trump may not accept the results of the election. It sounded like sore loserism, since presumably he won't challenge the election if he wins. But Trump was right to question the possible results of the election. Series: Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 (12 comments) SHARE A U.K. Bank shuts down Russia Today's Bank Account
U.K. Bank shuts down RT account, following on other "sanctions" against Russia for supposed war crimes no different than our own, except that they were invited in and we weren't.
A bad path gets worse.
Monday, October 10, 2016 (49 comments) SHARE Did Trump win the Second Debate?
Predicted to implode after a terrible week which included allegations of groping women with impunity and bragging about it, Trump managed to score in the 2nd debate. Here's a rundown.
Could he actually have won? Series: Elections (12 Articles, 31369 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 (2 comments) SHARE Robert Reich explains Trumponomics
Trump's newly appointed economic team channels extreme supply-side economics through Trump in a speech to a prestigious Detroit economic group this week. Robert Reich pulls his proposals apart. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Elections (12 Articles, 31369 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views) (View All Series)
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 (13 comments) SHARE Hillary Clinton needs Gary Johnson to Defeat Donald Trump
It's a 4-way race now, and that matters. Clinton vs. Trump has a very different result when Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are factored in.
Why the perjury investigation may benefit Bernie Sanders and even make him the eventual nominee. Series: Elections (12 Articles, 31369 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Thursday, June 16, 2016 (7 comments) SHARE How to start a public bank: A Modeled Exercise
Based on a contracted assignment from the Oakland, CA chapter of the Public Banking Institute, a real-world model was created to simulate a Public Bank for that city.
Based on an established simple bank spreadsheet that considers a Public Bank's operating ratios, returns, 8-year performance, loan loss ratios, ROE, ROA etc. All figures taken from real amounts in CAFRs etc.
New Hampshire is considered & compared. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views)
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 (15 comments) SHARE Dem Nomination hangs on California, but CA just hangs out
California has not counted nearly half its votes. These votes - over 2 million now - have to be hand-processed, and may potentially change the results, or at least strengthen Bernie Sanders bid.
The question is, do we have time to wait until the state deadline of July 15th? Will Sanders wait? Series: Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 (17 comments) SHARE Sanders blows away Clinton in West Virginia. What next?
The contest tightens up, with momentum on Sanders side.
Will it be enough to turn the tide and should the Democratic Party be looking at who can best defeat Donald Trump? Series: Elections (12 Articles, 31369 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 (14 comments) SHARE The Great Trump Sellout Begins...
Trump goes trolling for dollars. He will appeal to the same donors he has campaigned against. Will they come around or will he turn-around? Series: Elections (12 Articles, 31369 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 (15 comments) SHARE After Indiana, what now?
It's Clinton vs. Trump now...or is it? Sanders is in the rear view mirror, but closer than he appears. What could still derail the Clinton coronation... Series: Elections (12 Articles, 31369 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Friday, April 22, 2016 (9 comments) SHARE Replacing American Liberty on the $20 bill
The replacing of president Jackson on the $20 bill is more than just a re-balancing of history. And it is also less than the populist change than it appears. It has as much to do with supplicating the pro-banker forces as appeasing the anti-racist ones. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Sovereign Money (20 Articles, 83198 views)
Thursday, April 14, 2016 (93 comments) SHARE Canadian Born Ted Cruz fools a lazy court to continue his quest for the presidency
Ted Cruz is a Canadian born citizen, probably ineligible to be President/Vice President.
Conservative? Family man? It looks more like Cruz is a cruising swinger with an open marriage (his wife supposedly knows about his affairs and has told his staff it's OK with her). Series: Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 (5 comments) SHARE America Is Not Broke, Revisited
4 economic super-reforms are bigger than anything being talked about on the campaign trail. They would change everything for the better forever and dramatically. What are they and why aren't they being discussed? Series: Banking (18 Articles, 53923 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views) (View All Series)
Sunday, March 27, 2016 (12 comments) SHARE Bernie has swept the last 6 states: Who's Losing Now?
More voters are feeling the Bern. Sanders has quietly taken over the momentum in the Democratic race, and is steamrolling Hillary Clinton with 2:1, 3:1, and even 4:1 victories.
Separately, delayed counting makes it look like Sanders is doing worse than he is.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 (11 comments) SHARE Republican Senators are violating their Oath of Office by refusing to consider any Supreme Court nominee
The Senate Republicans, with a few exceptions, have sworn to reject ANY supreme court nominee made by president Obama. At the same time, they had previously sworn to uphold the Constitution. One of these oaths is in conflict with the other, and the result is a felony for which these Senators can and should be arrested.
Monday, March 21, 2016 (5 comments) SHARE Land Worth=GDP and enough to replace all taxes with Land Rent
Two new studies show there is enough value in land to be able to use land rent to replace all other taxes. This has particular pertinence now, when one of the country's biggest land developers is leading a populist Republican race for president. Will Trump start collecting the land rent for the people instead of people like himself? Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views)
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 (18 comments) SHARE The Hillary Clinton crime that won't go away with the nomination
Hillary Clinton had a personal server set up in her house instead of using the secured government-run server. Whatever you think of Clinton, this was a breach of a very serious law and it could throw not just the election, but the entire country into turmoil.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 (9 comments) SHARE Canadian Ted Cruz cruising to victory?
Ted Cruz is a serial liar, megalomaniac and fraud. He makes Donald Trump look clean and honest by comparison.
Saturday, November 7, 2015 (16 comments) SHARE The Terrible Policy for the People (TPP)
The TPP is not all it's cracked up to be, it's much worse. An analysis of part of chapter 17, and public and candidate positions on the agreement. Series: TPP (3 Articles, 8812 views)
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 (1 comments) SHARE Losing debates and losing strategies
There are several ways to score a debate. Some of them refect the will of the voters and some don't. The same can be said for the strategies of the political parties.
Friday, October 9, 2015 (13 comments) SHARE America Urgently Needs an Unbalanced Budget
Taking on the Republican establishment - Rep. Vern Buchanan (F-FL16) I wrote a counter editorial that appeared in the Tennessee Cleveland Banner.
Here's why balancing the budget is a bad idea and why it leads to recessions, why governemnt spending can be good and promote growth, and how it does not even have to increase the debt. Series: Social Security (5 Articles, 10829 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views) (View All Series)
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 (8 comments) SHARE Bernie vs. Donald
The conventional wisdom was always more about the media than the voters. Here's why it'll be Sanders vs. Trump after the primaries. Series: Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Friday, July 31, 2015 (2 comments) SHARE The Real Lessons in Greek for Leftists
The Greeks are in line for another bailout, or are they? Who is really getting bailed out here? What can Greece do to prevent capital flight? The answers here... Series: Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views), Greek Economics (4 Articles, 8593 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views) (View All Series)
Friday, July 3, 2015 (7 comments) SHARE Varoufakis: Vote NO on Sunday's Referendum AND Stay in the EU
There's a critical vote coming for the Greek people Sunday, one that may shape the future of Europe and even the world.
Yet, the actual object of the vote is poorly understood and interpreted differently by those presenting it and those voting upon it. Series: Greek Economics (4 Articles, 8593 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Banking (18 Articles, 53923 views) (View All Series)
Friday, May 29, 2015 (10 comments) SHARE New York City Book Expo = Book Exposure
The NYC Book Expo: promise and pitfalls in a changing industry and my own reactions as a struggling author to it. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views)
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 (18 comments) SHARE Asking "How to pay for Social Security" is Asking the Wrong Question
Although the economic literature, pundit bloviating, and ideological rants, love to ask "How to pay for Social Security," they are all asking the wrong question.
The right question is "What is the Social Security Multiplier?" By understanding this, it becomes obvious that Social Security is one of the best investments government can make. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Social Security (5 Articles, 10829 views), Sovereign Money (20 Articles, 83198 views) (View All Series)
Monday, May 4, 2015 (6 comments) SHARE Discussing the views of Piketty on inequality, with an eye towards Henry George
(Video included) I was asked to be a co-host for a Webinar discussion by president of the Henry George School of Social Sciences in New York City, Andrew Mazzone on April 22, 2015. We discussed the views of Thomas Piketty, Yanis Varoufakis and Henry George on the economic issues of today. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views)
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 (4 comments) SHARE Land Tax Justice at last in NYC?; My new Book
The shocking discrepancy between what the rich pay in property taxes and what the 99% pays (as much as 100X).
From a Sendout to two activist groups - Public Banking and Georgist group Common Ground-NYC. Presentations & announcements included. Series: Banking (18 Articles, 53923 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views) (View All Series)
Monday, March 23, 2015 (5 comments) SHARE As goes Greece, so goes the world
Greece and its unconventional "People's Finance Minister" Yanis Varoufakis, continue to be under the timed gun to refinance Greece before the money runs out, or time to do anything.
Here is his latest public blog post, my response based on an earlier interview of him in late 2013, and some alternatives then and now which could be considered. Series: Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views), Greek Economics (4 Articles, 8593 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views) (View All Series)
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 (58 comments) SHARE Netanyahu - The Speech and a practical response
The speech has been made. It was well-received by those hearing it. But progressives must listen and then propose alternatives in keeping with our views and values, while recognizing legitimate security concerns of all the valid participants in the region.
Here is one such set of proposals. Series: Middle East Articles (8 Articles, 16705 views)
Monday, March 2, 2015 (55 comments) SHARE Who owns American Debt?
Who buys our debt and are they just shells for the Fed?
Truth is stranger than fiction, but Netflix's "House of Cards" may be more truthful than the real life Administration. What we can learn from both. Series: Banking (18 Articles, 53923 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views) (View All Series)
Sunday, February 8, 2015 (17 comments) SHARE Will Greece or the EU Blink first?
Greece, and especially its charismatic and brilliant Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, are going up against the European Austerity Powers that Be. Who will blink first? There is not much time to find out with a repayment due by the end of the month that Greece cannot pay. Series: Greek Economics (4 Articles, 8593 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views) (View All Series)
Monday, January 26, 2015 (9 comments) SHARE Is Russia trying to Short the Dollar by Buying Gold?
Is Russia engaged in a "Grand Master" chess type strategy to strengthen its assets by buying gold, or just hedging its bets? What will the recent Geek Syriza victory mean to the world's currency markets and economies?
Saturday, December 27, 2014 (30 comments) SHARE Massive General Strikes Portend Possible Collapse
Belgium is having a general Strike to strike back at draconian austerity cuts that are crippling not just Belgium, but all of Europe.
This may show the way towards reversing the failed policies of the bank-led governments, but if not, there are alternatives, presented here.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014 SHARE Going off the reservation: investing in the Free Lakota Bank
Beware of anti-government banks selling bullion. It may be bulls%^t. An analysis of the Free Lakota Bank paints a cautionary tale and shows why a well-regulated public bank is a much better option.
Friday, December 12, 2014 (4 comments) SHARE The Obama Spending Bill compromise: a Portent of the Future
Obama's latest cave to Republicans, in the anti-citizen spending bill, is just the most recent sign of what we can expect when the Republicans take control of both houses, after stealing the elections. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views)
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 (11 comments) SHARE No Justice for Eric Garner
A Staten Island grand jury voted on Wednesday not to bring criminal charges in the death of Eric Garner, a black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white police officer.
Is there NOTHING the police can do that will result in a trial or conviction?
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 (25 comments) SHARE China builds infrastructure and allies while America destroys both
China realizes that countries that trade together, stay together, and it is putting its State Banks behind a worldwide effort to modernize countries that we've given up on, or even destroyed the infrastructure of.
It is no wonder China is starting to outrank America in international opinion, as it builds what America destroys.
Saturday, November 15, 2014 (47 comments) SHARE Is this the end of debt-money at last?
A major 3-hour debate on where money comes from will take place November 20 in the U.K. Parliament, on live TV, with mainstream political and media figures for the first time questioning the need for debt-based money. Series: Banking (18 Articles, 53923 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Sovereign Money (20 Articles, 83198 views) (View All Series)
Monday, November 10, 2014 (23 comments) SHARE Why The Election does Not represent American Majority Opinion
Americans are in love with democratic elections. At least in theory. In practice, our choices have so discouraged us, that many, if not most, Americans have given up on the political system, or tried to work around it.
For those who still harbor fantasies that elections reflect the Will of the People, read on. Series: Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Thursday, November 6, 2014 (11 comments) SHARE Progressive victories on Ballot Items
Voters choose Yes on progressive ballot referendums, countering conservative candidate choices.
Saturday, October 25, 2014 SHARE PA Congressional Candidate Alanna Hartzok stages Modern Day Paul Revere tour for Airplane Safety
The following articles are about the Hartzok for Congress Press Conferences held in four locations (10/14/14) on the "Paul Revere Ride" throughout PA Congressional District 9 to alert citizens of the failure of Congressman Bill Shuster to bring forward for a House vote the crucially important Saracini Aviation Safety Act. Series: Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Monday, October 13, 2014 (5 comments) SHARE Congressman Shuster's Failure To Act Threatens Airline Safety
Congressman Bill Shuster (R-PA9) continues to stall commonsense legislation in his subcommittee that could add an extra layer of protection to the vital cockpit area, against hijacking.
His opponent in Pennsylvania's 9th District is fighting back, with a press conference including 9/11 widows and experts in airplane safety. Series: Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 (3 comments) SHARE Pension Fund Giant Calpers divests itself of Hedge Funds, citing underperformance and opacity
The news was greeted with shock by some, while others wondered what took so long. In perhaps the first of many shoes to drop on the hedge fund industry, the largest U.S. pension fund, CalPERS (California Public Retirement System) announced it will sell all of its hedge fund investments within 12 months. Media stories on this announcement were quick to cite lagging performance of these funds over the past year. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views)
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 (23 comments) SHARE War: Is Instability the Goal?
I've come to the difficult but unavoidable conclusion, based on the evidence of repeated regime change "failures" - as they seem to any sane person - that what Obama and the neo-cons really want is to break the Middle East. Series: War (1 Articles, 2327 views)
Saturday, September 27, 2014 (4 comments) SHARE China shifts taxes to Land
China has made a major shift to taxation on Land, especially in those areas with the most speculative fever, their largest cities. This will not only enhance revenue, it will provide the final link in the well-managed Chinese economy, and may spell the end of Western economic dominance, even sooner than currently forecast. Series: Banking (18 Articles, 53923 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views) (View All Series)
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 (11 comments) SHARE Conservative Reporter Bill Still says it was NOT the Russians who shot down MH17, it was the Ukrainians
In this detailed video, Monetary Reformer, one-time Libertarian Presidential candidate, and heavily pro-American (as he explains in the first minute) Bill Still admits he was "probably wrong" about his initial assessment that it was the Russians who shot down MH17 over the Ukraine. He shows photographic evidence of 30MM cannon fire, which could only have come from an attack plane like the kind the Ukraine is using.
Thursday, September 4, 2014 (12 comments) SHARE A Fish Rots from the Head
The official numbers for inflation present a case for low inflation. Wage and income inflation is disinflationary, and since the turn of the century even deflationary. The expansionary monetary policy of the Fed is based on the perception that the policy is justified by low employment levels and the above measurements of inflation. But what if the Fed is looking at the wrong metrics? Series: Banking (18 Articles, 53923 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views) (View All Series)
Friday, August 8, 2014 (191 comments) SHARE 10 Reasons Progressives Ought to support Israel, even now
A lot of liberals or progressives are confused about supporting Israel, or outright opposed to doing so, especially now, when the current conflict, Operation Defensive Edge, with Hamas has eclipsed the carnage and damage of the last big battle, Operation Cast Lead, in 2012.
However, here are 10 Reasons that progressives ought to be interested in regarding Israel Series: Middle East Articles (8 Articles, 16705 views)
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 (1 comments) SHARE Have Conditions in the Laboring Class improved from Henry George's Time to our Own?
Labor conditions were indeed often appalling in the nineteenth century, but are they any better now? Let's start with a specific example and broaden our findings from there. A comparison of Labor's life from a hundred years ago to today. Have things improved...or been offshored? Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views)
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 (52 comments) SHARE What is an American Corporation and does it Matter?
Robert Reich opines on corporate tax evasion and inversion, but his proposals fall short of what is needed. Here are the solutions he missed. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views)
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 (73 comments) SHARE The Flip Side of Debt Free Money
Comparing Greenbacking - a system of Debt-free money - to Modern Monetary Theory of money.
Debt-free money has been, and is still used, in the U.S. going back to Lincoln, as specified in a 1999 bill to create $360B in Interest-free money to fund the nation's highway infrastructure. This is something to consider as the Highway appropriations bill is held up by Republican Austerians in Congress. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Banking (18 Articles, 53923 views), Sovereign Money (20 Articles, 83198 views) (View All Series)
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 (4 comments) SHARE Second NSA Whistleblower Confirms Snowden Allegations, and adds more (Video Interview)
In a series of 3 reports by Reporter/Monetary Reformer Bill Still, the NSA's highest ranking official to date, Bill Binney, who went by the title of "technical director of the world for G.O. political and military analysis and reporting group" has confirmed everything Edward Snowden has said so far, and added that the NSA has 2,000 transcribers whose job it is just to take down whatever the electronic data gathers cannot. Series: Obama (3 Articles, 65650 views), NSA Whistleblowers (1 Articles, 4304 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views) (View All Series)
Friday, June 27, 2014 (19 comments) SHARE Who should profit from the Commons?
What rightfully belongs to all of us and what rightfully is part of the Commons? Who should profit from the Commons and who should collect the economic rent? Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views)
Thursday, May 8, 2014 (33 comments) SHARE The continuing plight of Malaysian Flight MH370 - 2 month update
On this, the 2-month anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysian Flight MH370, it's worth examining the landscape of findings, theories, and even, with the trail gone cold and unrewarding, some of the more outside-the-box theories.
The ones that seemed least credible in the early days are seeming almost unavoidable now. Series: Malaysian Flight MH370 (2 Articles, 49334 views)
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 (13 comments) SHARE Was Malaysian Flight MH370 Landed Safely in Afghanistan?
The search for Malaysian flight MH370 has gone on for over a month. With false leads and slow starts, is it time to consider other alternatives? A new report supposedly from the Russian FSB suggests it might be. Series: Malaysian Flight MH370 (2 Articles, 49334 views)
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 (27 comments) SHARE The Dumbing Down of America's Schools
How can we educate our children when we don't even understand the problems ourselves? We will have to smarten up before we can expect them to do so. Herein, a smattering of failures, false leads, and cries for help...from those who are supposed to be educating. Series: Education (1 Articles, 3153 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Saturday, April 5, 2014 (17 comments) SHARE Occupy's Next Step - a Wave of Action
The Occupy Movement - never centralized to begin with - has adopted an even more decentralized strategy in an effort to avoid arrest and quashing, not always successfully. Having spawned hundreds of progressive movements, has Occupy developed enough power and a cohesive message enough to being a Worldwide Spring? Series: Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Sunday, March 30, 2014 (3 comments) SHARE Asking "How to pay for Social Security" is Asking the Wrong Question
Although the economic literature, pundit bloviating, and ideological rants, love to ask "How to pay for Social Security," they are all asking the wrong question.
The right question is "What is the Social Security Multiplier?" By understanding this, it becomes obvious that Social Security is one of the best investments government can make. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Social Security (5 Articles, 10829 views), Sovereign Money (20 Articles, 83198 views) (View All Series)
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 (61 comments) SHARE The new Neo-Slavery
Has Slavery gone away or just become more regulated and codified? Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views)
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 (6 comments) SHARE So, Senator ____ what are YOU going to do about the NSA?
What should YOUR Senator or Congressperson be doing to protect you against the NSA's warrant-less snooping? Here's what one of mine mine is doing, for better or worse. Series: Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 (7 comments) SHARE A Georgist in Congress?
A Georgist in the U.S. House? Why not? Long-time Georgist Alanna Hartzok is running again for the 9th district in Pennsylvania, this time on the Democratic ticket. Her campaign theme centers around the right to land for all, and fair collection of rent from those who use it. Series: Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Saturday, March 15, 2014 SHARE Big Men - Film Review
Exploring the oil curse in Ghana and Nigeria, using fairness and balance. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views)
Friday, March 14, 2014 (8 comments) SHARE We May go to Nuclear War over WHAT?!
We might go to war, possibly involving nuclear weapons, over a country most people couldn't find on a map.
The Ukraine.
You know you're in trouble when the country you're talking about begins with a preposition.
Let's be Solomon here: split the baby. Series: Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Friday, March 7, 2014 (43 comments) SHARE What a Bernie Sanders Presidential Run would really require
Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders is making news by declaring his undeclared status as a possible presidential candidate in 2016. But there's more to winning an election than having the right candidate.
Thursday, March 6, 2014 (5 comments) SHARE Petitioning the Government for a Redress of Grievances in the Modern Day
Petitioning the Government for redress has a long and honorable history. It's also the first of our First Amendment Rights.
Today, because of both security and accessibility reasons, you have to use the modern tools to do it. Series: Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Thursday, February 13, 2014 (2 comments) SHARE The Public vs. the Kochtopus
Which is stronger? The People or the Kochtopus?
An Activist's analysis of the Grayson campaign and negative ads by the Koch Brothers.
Thursday, February 13, 2014 (2 comments) SHARE Debating the Anarcho-Capitalists
I don't normally reproduce comments and counter-arguments as articles, because they tend to be incoherent and hard to understand as standalone articles. But, in this case, this article in the anarcho-capitalist Daily Bell Blog, when they took on Ellen Brown and her run for Treasurer in California, turned into something that seemed article-worthy. I think it is instructive to see how the anarcho-capitalist mind-set works. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views), Sovereign Money (20 Articles, 83198 views) (View All Series)
Monday, February 10, 2014 (4 comments) SHARE Fairness, Sustainability, & Growth are not contradictions! (Video)
Presenting the case for Land Value Taxation to a mixed audience of community leaders, alumni of the Henry George School - which sponsored the event - and other interested students.
This New York City-centric presentation presents real, practical, solutions to the issues of:
- Sustainable Growth
- Job Creation
- Affordable Housing
- Fairness in Taxation
- Urban Sprawl
- Monopoly and Speculation on Land Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views)
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 (5 comments) SHARE Detroit is Not Broke!
The on-again-off-again pending bankruptcy of what was formerly America's 4th largest city, Detroit, has been all over the news lately. In all of these stories, whether blaming the collapse of the domestic auto industry, profligate workers taking pensions, or, even closer to the truth, speculators (read: banks) who precipitated a housing collapse - there is one glaring omission of coverage, whether Detroit is, in fact, broke. Series: CAFR reform (5 Articles, 44899 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views) (View All Series)
Saturday, January 4, 2014 (2 comments) SHARE The Tax on Land and the National Diet
Solving Obesity through end result taxes and diet-scolding won't work. We need to get back to the source of our food and our problems: the Land. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views) (View All Series)
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 (42 comments) SHARE The Pope's Economic Plan
Today, Pope Francis released an 84-page document, known as an apostolic exhortation, called an Official Platform for his papacy by Reuters. Frankly, most of it is arcane religious doctrine and prescriptions to this atheist, but the pope's economic plan ought to be of interest to everyone. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views)
Sunday, November 24, 2013 (11 comments) SHARE Cheating and the Corporate Cannibals
(Video & Slideshow) I met with long-time Finance and Land reporter, Fred Harrison: Research Director of the London-based Land Research Trust, in New York City, a couple of months ago. We talked about the vast wealth inequities allowed by land monopolizers and rent-avoiders like Goldman Sachs. The cost in New York City alone is in the billions. Worldwide, it is in the trillions. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views) (View All Series)
Saturday, October 26, 2013 (2 comments) SHARE 700,000 viewers prove economics doesn't have to be dull
With few exceptions, videos on the economy have landed with a thud. Though applauded by the already converted, even the most well argued & cogent videos fail to reach people. Are the concepts so arcane & difficult that the masses just recoil? Or is the form the problem, not the content?
4 videos by malekanoms, totaling 700,000 views together support the latter view. They are short, simple, animated, funny, & insightful. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views)
Thursday, October 24, 2013 (2 comments) SHARE Public banking advocate takes on Vermont State Treasurer
There are several things wrong with the article in the Vermont Digger, cited herein, investigating the rationale for a state public bank, "State treasurer prefers local investments to public banking" in VT Digger, starting from the most basic question "Where is the money going to come from to start a state bank?" Reasons are explored herein. Series: Banking (18 Articles, 53923 views), CAFR reform (5 Articles, 44899 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views) (View All Series)
Thursday, October 3, 2013 (16 comments) SHARE The Debt Ceiling Kabuki Theater Plays on
I just listened closely to the President's speech on CNBC on the continuing shutdown and the fast-approaching debt ceiling.
Who will blink first? Is Obama just setting us up for a Grand Betrayal - what he calls a Grand Bargain - where he slashes all kinds of social programs in exchange for the extortionate Republicans releasing the American People as economic hostages?
I don't know, but it makes great Kabuki Theater. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Monday, September 30, 2013 (1 comments) SHARE Nanomedicine: The Future of Medicine
Nanomedicine, refers to highly specific medical intervention at the molecular level for curing disease or repairing damaged tissues. Though in its infancy, could we be looking at the future of medicine? Early clinical trials certainly look promising.
Saturday, September 28, 2013 (7 comments) SHARE The Administration's Official Response to Saving the Post Office is total B.S.
This is the official White House OMB response to a petition to save the Post Office:
"Official Office of Management and Budget Response to Save the Postal Service
A Balanced Approach to Reforming the Postal Service
By Dana Hyde..."
The official White House response to this is total B.S.
It is the prefunding requirement that is responsible for over 80% of the budget shortfall. Series: Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views), Post Office (1 Articles, 1891 views)
Friday, September 27, 2013 (4 comments) SHARE Inequality for All: A Review of the new Robert Reich film
This is a quick review of the Robert Reich film, Inequality for All, which I saw during a special sponsored screening by Moveon.org last night.
This film is, as advertised, the economic equivalent of Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" and just as good and unsettling. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views)
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 (2 comments) SHARE Still Report 97 - Turkey's Monetary Reform (vidoes)
Monetary reformer, presidential candidate, and award-winning documentary film-maker Bill Still, was asked to give a keynote speech by the president of Turkey. Here is his report on that meeting, though not his speech. Although they have not yet fully embraced sovereign, debt-free money, he says: "The International Forum on Financial Systems in Istanbul, Turkey was quite a surprise. Other EU countries & the U.S. are covered. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views)
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 (14 comments) SHARE Is the Syria Chemical Weapons Attack a false flag event?
I am not a conspiracy hound (some would say "conspiracy nut'). If given the choice between incompetence and conspiracy, I generally choose the former.
But in the case of the recent Syrian chemical weapons attack, the evidence continues to mount, from multiple reports that the Syrian government did not launch a chemical weapons attack on its own people. Series: Middle East Articles (8 Articles, 16705 views)
Sunday, September 1, 2013 (1 comments) SHARE Still Report 95 - Hungary Rejects the EU
Hungary is pulling away from the European Union. It recently booted the IMF out of Hungary after it made the last payment on its IMF loans. It has decided no...
Saturday, August 24, 2013 (61 comments) SHARE Obama Explains the FEMA Camps
The Conspirosphere has been buzzing about FEMA camps - mass incarceration/relocation centers - for some years now.
But what does the president have to say about them? Quite a bit, it turns out. Series: FEMA (1 Articles, 59053 views), Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views), Obama (3 Articles, 65650 views) (View All Series)
Sunday, August 18, 2013 SHARE Still Report #90 - Iceland: No EU - YouTube Video
Icelandic Parliment member Jón Þór -"lafsson reveals that the new government is in no mood to continue with membership in the European Union. This is a huge blow to the EU who is trying to ensnare the unsuspecting citizens of Turkey as well, into EU membership. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views)
Saturday, August 17, 2013 SHARE It is not a coup, It is the will of Egyptian people - YouTube
This is a video that was posted to the Library of Congress page, so hey, NSA, it's our own government hosting this! Anyway, I'm not sure who ultimately produced this. It's called OxygenEgypt2013, and this is their homepage on youtube, which has 1,1165 subscribers, but is mostly written in Arabic (does anyone read Arabic?). Series: Middle East Articles (8 Articles, 16705 views)
Monday, August 5, 2013 (8 comments) SHARE Detroit is Not Broke!
The on-again-off-again pending bankruptcy of what was formerly America's 4th largest city, Detroit, has been all over the news lately. In all of these stories, whether blaming the collapse of the domestic auto industry, profligate workers taking pensions, or, even closer to the truth, speculators (read: banks) who precipitated a housing collapse - there is one glaring omission of coverage, whether Detroit is, in fact, broke. Series: CAFR reform (5 Articles, 44899 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views) (View All Series)
Sunday, August 4, 2013 (39 comments) SHARE Why does Congress Nickel and Dime the Debt when it could just Dollarize it?
A new bill, H.R. 2535: the American Liberty Coinage and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013, has just been introduced by Rep. Garland "Andy" Barr [R-KY6], a rare centrist Republican, according to Govtrack. This bill is potentially game-changing for economic status of the Republic. It could help re-establish monetary sovereignty. Series: Politics (56 Articles, 193634 views), Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Sovereign Money (20 Articles, 83198 views) (View All Series)
Sunday, July 28, 2013 (2 comments) SHARE The Land Cycle and the Stock Market
A description of the 18.6 year land cycle and how it relates to the current stock market, and whether history will win over modern intervention. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views)
Sunday, July 14, 2013 (21 comments) SHARE The Activism Blues
Will activism be enough to change the course of human history? Is it hubris to imagine we can?
Sunday, July 7, 2013 SHARE The Pace University Left Forum Panel Reconvenes and Henry George is Rebranded
The team of panelists, Dr. Michael Hudson, Dr. Cay Hehner, and Chair Andy Mazzone reconvened this year on June 8, 2013 at Pace University's Left Forum. The title of this year's panel was "Wall Street's War to Impose Austerity." This is a review of that presentation. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views)
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 (5 comments) SHARE Countering Disaster Porn
Disaster Porn is all the rage now. Slick videos - and some not so slick - purport to show the inevitable collapse of the economy, even the world from economic/political/environmental debt & mismanagement. Such porn provides palliatives to those who would do nothing anyway, but they are wrong and dangerous. Here's how to combat them. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views), Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views) (View All Series)
Thursday, June 20, 2013 (2 comments) SHARE A Climate Change Compendium
I am on the mailing list for the Neighborhood Energy Network, based in New York City. They regularly send out updates, presentation and movie announcements, and activist opportunities, to a large mailing list. This one, their latest, lists many useful sites on Climate Change, including how to deal with deniers.
It is presented here as an aid for those who want to be better informed and to answer critics.
Sunday, June 16, 2013 (8 comments) SHARE Review of Bill Still's Jekyll Island movie
Bill Still's newest film "Jekyll Island." For those who've seen "The Money Masters," and especially the more recent "The Secret of OZ" (2009), they won't find too much new here, although a lot has happened in the last 4 years, and Still takes us all the way into early 2013. The overall point though is that the Money Masters have been controlling the money supply, creating booms and busts deliberately, for hundreds of years. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Movie Reviews (2 Articles, 21003 views), Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views) (View All Series)
Friday, April 5, 2013 (14 comments) SHARE Obama Administration Seeks to Appease the Austerity Gods
The Administration says their budget that reduces Social Security payments with the "Let them eat Cat Food" Chained CPI is "about reducing the deficit in a balanced way that economists say is best for the economy and job creation."
Well, as the Washington consensus only understands debt-based money it is simply impossible for all of these things to be true at once, though it does make a swell soundbite!
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 (7 comments) SHARE Are Community Banks Too Small to Survive?
This recent article in Fortune magazine makes it clear that most small banks will not survive Dodd-Frank over the next decade - a bill so humongous it needs its own website - unless major changes are made.
The 7,000 mostly small banks are literally Too Small to Survive - the equally dangerous corollary to Too Big to Fail.
An alternative is Public Banks in every state. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views)
Thursday, March 7, 2013 (1 comments) SHARE Sequester this!
There are many solutions to the our economic imbalance and the greatest wealth inequity in our history. The, possibly unconstitutional, sequester isn't one of them. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views)
Friday, December 21, 2012 (1 comments) SHARE Summarizing the arguments against excessive gun ownership
There have been so many great articles (many on Op Ed News) on the absurdity of our gun situation in America that I'll just repeat the highlights here. Feel free to use these against any remaining gun nuts you encounter.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 (75 comments) SHARE The Middle East Propaganda War
The Israel-Palestine conflict shows no sign of ending, certainly not with the latest 8-day skirmish. There is a propaganda war too, less often reported because it is the ones guilty of propaganda who would need to report it. Here are some examples of the lies in the war of words and images from both sides. Series: Middle East Articles (8 Articles, 16705 views)
Monday, November 19, 2012 (2 comments) SHARE Take Action: TradeJustice New York Metro meeting to ban Fracking and the TPP this Tuesday
The last meeting of TradeJustice was attended by over 100 people. This is THE critical trade, environmental, labor and human rights issue of our time. If TPP passes, it matters not what laws we pass locally and even nationally. They can all be over-turned by an extra-judicial court operated by, for, and of the corporation. This is ALREADY HAPPENING under NAFTA, and the TPP has been described as "NAFTA on Steroids."
Sunday, November 18, 2012 (4 comments) SHARE Thousands of Spanish police officers march against austerity (PHOTOS)
This piece was mostly supplied by one of my colleagues in the public banking movement here in the U.S. but it shows how things are reaching the final breaking point in Spain, and perhaps all of Europe. When the police - 5,000-6,000 in this case - start striking over working conditions, like a 22% cut in pay, the end for the regime is not far behind. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views)
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 SHARE Economic Reform Newsletter: Ellen Brown for Council of Economic Advisers
Discussed in this issue: Continuing European crisis and what to do about it - Hurricane Sandy and how to prevent the damage from the next one - Ellen Brown for president's Economic Advisory Council - Public Banking to the Rescue - the dilution of gold, and why it shouldn't matter - Spain's good news - petitions Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views)
Friday, November 9, 2012 (5 comments) SHARE Florida's shift to Democrats a signal of the fall of the old south
Whither Republicans?
Demoralized, leaderless, and with a shrinking base of angry old white men as their base; this brings new meaning to the term Grand Old Party, and there is nothing Grand about that. Some reasons why Republicans may find themselves sin long-term minority status.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 (9 comments) SHARE The Mainstream Media's continuing attack on Progressive Reality: Election Edition
The New York Times declares Narrow Victory Includes Near Sweep of Swing States.
Narrow victory my foot. There were a number of progressive victories not called out by the MSM. Here is a recap of what really happened and why it is another progressive mandate, just slightly smaller the in 2008.
Friday, October 26, 2012 (9 comments) SHARE Can we talk about Abortion like Adults yet?
It's no secret the conservative branch of Republicans, and maybe most of them, want to define abortion as murder for everyone, and a new poll shows 15 GOP Senate candidates would deny abortions, even in cases of rape.
But, this article is about abortion. It's time to dispel some "loose statements" instead of "loose women."
Sunday, October 14, 2012 (2 comments) SHARE Take Action: TPP - NAFTA on Steroids, meeting in NYC
The Sierra Club, Environmental Working Group and Trade Justice are holding an educational forum on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive new free trade agreement being negotiated behind closed doors by 600 transnational corporations. The Nation calls it "NAFTA on Steroids." Series: TPP (3 Articles, 8812 views)
Friday, October 12, 2012 (8 comments) SHARE A Brief History of American Paper Money, with emphasis on Georgist Perspectives
Government can, does, and has, created money without debt. It does this currently every time it produces physical coins, and has done so since 1792, under the original coinage act. The same option exists for paper money and its electronic equivalent.
Thursday, October 4, 2012 (14 comments) SHARE The Debate is no debate
Like most progressives, I've gotten used to lowering my expectations for Obama to the subbasement. Well, get out the shovel, because it's time to dig to a new level, maybe -10.
Aren't these two supposed to have significantly different views of the country, the role of government, etc? How do you "pal around" with someone you vehemently disagree with?
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 SHARE Indignados ignite!
A friend of mine in the indignatos movement sent these new videos to me.
The Indignados movement in Spain dates from the European summer of 2011. Things aren't just simmering in Spain, they are boiling over.
Warning: graphic, violent videos.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 (2 comments) SHARE Fantasy Fed Speech
Sometimes, between sleep and the time I fully awaken, I have this fantasy about the Federal Reserve Chairman. I imagine that Ben Bernanke will testify before an exasperated, desperate Congress someday and say something like the following on monetary reform... Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views)
Friday, August 24, 2012 (5 comments) SHARE The world is not 10,000 years old. The Bible says so.
A recent Gallup poll showed that 58% of Republicans think the world was created in the last 10,000 years, with humans in their present form. Gallup concludes:
"Despite the many changes that have taken place in American society and culture over the past 30 years, including new discoveries in biological and social science, there has been virtually no sustained change in Americans' views of the origin of the human species... Series: Science (1 Articles, 2618 views)
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 (12 comments) SHARE America is Not Broke!
Yesterday, someone said that Ryan, Romney's new VP pick, was willing to have an "adult conversation" with the American people, as evidenced by his calling for cuts in Medicare and Social Security. Leaving aside for the moment the complete hypocrisy of his plan that would cut taxes to multimillionaires, while actually increasing the tax burden on the rest of us, the fact is, cuts to government services are unnecessary. Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Georgism (36 Articles, 120403 views), Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views) (View All Series)
Monday, July 23, 2012 (9 comments) SHARE Batman, The Dark Knight Rises...and Occupy Wall Street Falls
All kinds of reviews will be written about the quality of the film, its impact on the current incarnation of the 70-year old Batman franchise, and the box office records it will undoubtedly smash (with a little help from higher priced IMAX 3D sales).
But I'd like to focus a bit on a message that might have escaped most fans, Batman vs. Occupy. Series: Movie Reviews (2 Articles, 21003 views)
Monday, July 9, 2012 SHARE Countering the reactionary Right on the Radio
I was interviewed on WGDR radio this morning (use the drop-downs to select 7/9/12 from 9:00-10:00AM) on Georgism, State Banking, Greenbacking, etc., based on a rebuttal I did to a Daily Bell article advocating none of the above - it's as if they picked out everything I love!
We even got to talk about how human psychology prevents us from seeing solutions even when they are presented.
Thursday, July 5, 2012 (4 comments) SHARE The Great Unraveling Continues
The Terrible Policy for the People agreement has another insidious aspect ignored by the media thus far, one which will make neo-feudalism complete.
Monday, July 2, 2012 (2 comments) SHARE Educating the Next Generation
For those who don't understand Georgism or Land Value Taxation, the following conversation may prove illuminating. For everyone else convinced there are no solutions to our economic ills, it will prove enlightening.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 (6 comments) SHARE Economic Reform Newsletter: Are we lurching towards a one-world government?
In this issue:
Europe lurches towards a one-world government; Public Money alternatives; A Wise 12-year old's economic reform video goes viral; TINA vs. TARA (There Is No Alternative vs. There Are Reform Alternatives); Local Georgist news; Alternate money proves the need for more money in the REAL economy; JP Morgan's $70 trillion gamble; I am interviewed on public access TV Series: Economic Reform (99 Articles, 312599 views), Public Banking (36 Articles, 160795 views)