Thanks to wonderful allies Nan Garrett (Georgia Green Party) and Katey Culver and Howard Switzer  (Green Party of Tennessee) I had the opportunity to speak to the Green Party national convention in…

I highly value recommendations from Phil Cubeta at gifthub.org. He recently recommended Family Wealth: Keeping It in the Family – How Family Members and Their Advisers Preserve Human, Intellectual, an…

I have a habit of trolling through discounted DVD bins at truck stops and out of the way local video stores. Such bins are great sources of aging B grade movies that illuminate real politics and cover…

Several people have asked me for names of documentaries I enjoyed/found useful recently. Here are some of my favorites (in no particular order) from the last two years.

Scoop Media is my top source for news on current U.S. government and political events. Yes, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have far more writers and more resources. Yes, the London pap…

Our favorite Fool at one of our favorite blogs, Gift Hub: Blogging Philanthrophy has done it again. Check out “Why Laundering Drug Money through Philanthropy is Good for America.” It takes a Master Fo…

The Federal Trade Commission is opposing Whole Food’s acquisition of Wild Oats on anti-trust grounds? I don’t think so.

I am sitting here in the middle of the country trying to figure out how I can g…

Thanks to Progressive Review for bringing the following to our attention. If you are looking to understand what is holding up the stock market, here is an item for your consideration:

70% OF CLASSIFI…

The following in today from Secrecy News: a Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy – as described in a recent posting, provides insight into one of the flows of government mon…

I am in the middle of Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near I am not sure what I think of it yet. The gist of it is clear — change will continue to accelerate. Today a quick video called Shift Happe…

I just had one of my most favorite activists tell me that he never heard of the Yes Men. Goodness! This is one team and DVD that you do not want to miss.

Tom Greco made a comment on why he believes that there is no role for gold and silver in community currencies. Franklin Sanders and I jump in on Tom’s Blog to make a comment . In the process I visited…

The other night, someone sent me a link in an e-mail entitled “Greg Palast discredits 911 Truth.” Clicking on the link, I found myself at 911blogger.org watching an INN Report interview of Greg Pala…

This week James Altucher published a column, Profit From the Plight of the Honeybees, on how to profit in the stock market from the disappearing honeybees. I have posted several stories on the disappe…

Several years ago, I went to California to do a speaking tour and to raise money to help me through the most difficult part of eleven years of litigation resulting from my efforts to prevent corruptio…

In the early 19th century, the little British Channel island of Guernsey faced a problem. Its sea walls were crumbling. its roads were too narrow, and it was already heavily in debt. There was little …

I have said all along that reading or watching anything to do with Presidential politics is not an effective use of time.

Senator Mike Gravel’s performance during the recent Democratic Candidate Deba…

Whether your goal is to transform our world, end corruption or protect your assets from the Tapeworm, the time has come to consider taking physical delivery of our stock certificates. It appears that …

Late last year I had the opportunity to speak in Salt Spring Island. I returned to Salt Spring last month for a visit and Tangachee Goebl, the talented owner of Dancing Light Cottage had saved an arti…

In the last week, five of the most talented and lively members of the Solari Action Network have strongly recommended a new DVD called “Money as Debt.” It is an animated feature by artist and videogra…

Blanchard Research Note: Gold Rose Last Week Despite Heavy ECB Sales
By Neal R. Ryan – Blanchard & Co. (Mar 20, 2007)

Arabs Again Test Whether Their Dollars are any Good in US
By Lina Saigol & Stepha…

One of the smartest technologists I know sent me an e-mail the other day. He said, “If I send you a book, will you read it?” I said yes, and I am glad I did. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business …

Franklin Sanders’ newsletter, The Moneychanger, has a direct mail promotion going for one or two year subscriptions to the newsletter, his e-mail nudges and a new compendium of his interviews on healt…

What a great week for encouraging listening.

This weekend, I drove into Memphis to see The Good Shepherd. I listened each way to great ally Caroline Casey do her winter solstice solo, interview Graha…

Sam Smith rates as one of the finest critical thinkers of our day. He just keeps hitting that ball out of the park. If you read the New York Times, I have a hard time taking you seriously. If you read…

Ignotas nulla curatio morbid – do not attempt to cure what you do not understand – is the opening theme in this study of evil. Political Ponerology is “a science on the nature of evil adjusted for pol…

H A P P Y * N E W * Y E A R !
Baghdad Burning
Riverbend Blog (Dec 31, 2006)

NetGuard Service Extended to Business Customers
Scoop Independent News (Dec 29, 2006)

Lawyer Ends up Dead After Taki…

Project Censored – The News That Didn’t Make the News
From Project Censored – (Dec 2006)

North Korea Selling Gold; May Have Up To 2,000 Tonnes
From Yomiuri Shimbum, Tokoyo (Dec 26, 2006)

Value of Eu…

US Mint Moves to Limit Exportation & Melting of Coins
US Mint Press Release (Dec 14, 2006)

Boston Air Traffic Controller Says 9/11 An Inside Job
By Paul Joseph Watson – prison planet.com (Dec 14, 200…

China Seeks Direct Talks with OPEC
By Jim Krane – AP (Dec 4, 2006)

Revealed: The Real Rate of Inflation
By Edmund Conway – The Telegraph, London (Dec 4, 2006)

Bank of New York to Buy Mellon for $16….

Parks Not for Sale: Stop Commercial Bioprospecting in our National Parks!
A site dedicated to informing the public about this

The Amsterdam Declaration on Global Change
From the “Challenges of a Chan…

Derivates Market Grows by 25%
By Gillian Tett – Australian-FT Business (Nov 20, 2006)

Congressman: American Concentration Camps “On the Books”
By Steve Watson – infowars.net (Nov 13, 2006)

Gartman F…

Paul McCartney’s ‘Ecce Cor Meum’ Live in Concert
NPR – Listen Online Tuesday 11.14.06 – 7:30pmET

White Dog’s Owner Ready to Move On
By Dianna Marder – Philadelphia Daily News (Nov 9, 2006)

Scholars…

US History Uncensored: What Your High School Textbook Didn’t Tell You
By Carolyn L. Baker – With a forward by Catherine Austin Fitts

Bush’s Chernobyl Economy; Hard Times are on the Way
By Mike W…

Global Cash Glut Fuels Investment Frenzy, Pushing Up Rates
By John Fraher & Simon Kennedy – Bloomberg (Oct 30, 2006)

Hawai Court Restrains Health Dept. TB Skin-Testing: Student Wins Religious Freedom…

Good friend Dave Webb bought the farm next to me in Hickory Valley. He and his beautiful wife just came for a visit. While he was there, he wrote a song about Hickory Valley. It made my day! I have Da…

How to Avoid Debt Slavery
From Life After the Oil Crash

America and the Dollar Illusion
By Gabor Steingart – Der Spiegel (Oct 25, 2006)

Is There a Relationship?
Caterpillar Boycott / Cat Charged wit…

Costello Seeks Orderly $US Withdrawal
By John Garnault – The Sydney Morning Herald (Oct 18, 2006)
Great Lakes for sale! Michigan’s Odawa Indians Lead Anti-Nestle Fight
By Brian McKenna – The Free Pres…

My ally and candidate for Governor of Tennessee Howard Switzer just wrote a letter to Richard Ciziks, the evangelical Christian encouraging Christians to extend pro-life thinking to the full ecology (…

An Interview with Green Evangelical Leader Richard Cizik
By Amanda Griscom Little – Cizik Matters (Oct 5, 2006)

The Real Story of Money (Parts I & II) Subscribers Only
By Glen Howe – Le Metropolecafe…

Legislation to Reopen Hearings Into Cointelpro
Press Release: US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (Sept 24, 2006)

The Trillion Dollar Question: China is Grappling with How to Deploy its Foreign Exchange Riches
…

Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks Over Two Decades
By McPherson, Smith-Lovin & Brashears – American Sociological Review (2006, Vol 71 June:353-375)

Army Warns Rumsfeld …

Feds Lower Boom on Alternative Money
By Barbara Hagenbaugh – USA Today (Sept 15, 2006)

Massive Surge in Disappearance of Arctic Sea Ice Sparks Global Warning
By Michael McCarthy & David Usborne – The…

“Orion” Project: Spaceship for Moon and Mars
By Traci Watson – USA Today (Aug 31, 2006)

Your Money or Your Life
Simple Living Network & The New Road Map Foundation

Chart: Money Stock Rate of Change…

In today from Matt Savinar at Life After the Oil Crash:

About a month ago I sent you a message regarding the absolutely fantastic
Chicago Tribune special on Peak Oil entitled:

Oil Safari
The author …

The Real Dow Jones Industrial Average
By An Anonymous Analyst – iTulip.com (at Jul 7, 2006)

Congressional Election Nullified — Nobody Noticed
By Michael Collins – Scoop Independent Media (Aug 25, 20…

Wonderful allies Mary Beth Brangan and James Heddle at the Ecological Options Network have launched a new tv video blog at http://eon.blip.tv/. Check it out. Their DVD on cell towers are one of my mos…

I asked my new friend Claude who lives here in New Zealand where I am visiting what the word Koha means. Being a beautiful writer, he sent me the following. With his permission, I share it with you.

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Federal Appeals Court: Driving With Money is a Crime
Source: US v $124,700 (US Court of Appeals, 8th Cir (Aug 19, 2006)

Wi-Fi Cloud Covers Rural Oregon
Associated Press (Oct 16, 2005)

Major Arms Soa…

I spent the first day in New Zealand roaming Wellington to get set up for my time here. Special thanks to Alastair Thompson of Scoop Media for taking a whole day out of his busy schedule to teach me t…