KPFA’s Small Business Blacklist

KPFA’s Small Business Blacklist

For those of you following the censorship of Community Business on Flashpoints by KPFA and the finances of KPFA and Pacifica Foundation including their tax-exempt

KPFA's Small Business Blacklist

KPFA's Small Business Blacklist

For those of you following the censorship of Community Business on Flashpoints by KPFA and the finances of KPFA and Pacifica Foundation including their tax-exempt

The Military Holds the Dollar Up

The Military Holds the Dollar Up

John: My assessment is that 90% of the value of the U.S. dollar comes from the U.S. military. After we had our satellite systems in

The Myth of the Market

The Myth of the Market

The Engine Room of American Monetary Policy By Rob Kirby – FinancialSense.com (28 Jul 2008) “Who hasn’t heard of the Federal Reserve’s vaunted interest rate

Eclipse This Friday

Eclipse This Friday

This Friday, we will experience a solar eclipse. Here are links to learn more: NASA Eclipse Web Site Solari Eclipse of August 1, 2008 –

Susan Johann

Susan Johann

When I was wealthy, I would occasionally commission artwork. While I am rebuilding my wealth, I am going to post the people I intend to

Positioning Your Assets

Positioning Your Assets

In our new audio seminar, Positioning Your Assets for Growth in Uncertain Times, among the many issues we address are one of the risks of

Geopolitical – Week of 7.28.08

Geopolitical – Week of 7.28.08

All The Privileged Must Have Prizes By John H. Summers – TimesHigherEducation.co.uk (10 Jul 2008) The Border Wall – A Film By Wayne Ewing Kremlin’s

Food & Health – Week of 7.28.08

Food & Health – Week of 7.28.08

“Bridging Industry to Permaculture” – – Tomatoes – Rouge D’Irak At RareSeeds.com Pest Exterminator Lost in Outback Survives on Bugs By Kristen Gelineau – Associated

Food & Health – Week of 7.28.08

Food & Health – Week of 7.28.08

Ecosutra – – Tomatoes – Rouge D’Irak At RareSeeds.com Pest Exterminator Lost in Outback Survives on Bugs By Kristen Gelineau – Associated Press (30 Jul

National Australian Bank Mortgage Loss

National Australian Bank Mortgage Loss

NAB Will Shock Wall Street By Robert Gottliebsen – Business Spectator, Australia (25 Jul 2008) To the Business Speculator, Australia: Good piece. Thanks. You stated

Who Needs the Lottery?

Who Needs the Lottery?

Imagine if hundreds of student associations globally formed syndicates. Two hundred student associations at $5,000 each would create a $1MM in winnings. AUSA Offers $5000

Censored

Censored

Sasha Lilley Interim Program Director ipd@kpfa.org Lemlem Rijio Interim General Manager for KPFA igm@kpfa.org Dear Lemlem and Sasha: I learned from e-mail which was cc:ed

Predatory Gentrification

Predatory Gentrification

I just got a call this morning from another tenant in a HUD affordable building that a large developer would like to control and tear

Money & Markets – Week of 7.21.08

Money & Markets – Week of 7.21.08

Ron Paul Discloses Housing Bailout Bill’s Money and Power Grab By Chris Powell – GATA (24 Jul 2008) Rescue for Fannie, Freddie May Cost Trillion,

Money & Markets – Week of 7.21.08

Money & Markets – Week of 7.21.08

Ron Paul Discloses Housing Bailout Bill’s Money and Power Grab By Chris Powell – GATA (24 Jul 2008) Rescue for Fannie, Freddie May Cost Trillion,

In From a Network Member

In From a Network Member

Letter to the Editor: The first page of Monday’s paper had an article entitled: “Fed will backstop mortgage giants”. The sub-title of the article was

Financial Orwell Unpacked

Financial Orwell Unpacked

Spin #1: The problem has been unregulated markets. Real Deal: The problem was a debt bubble engineered by the Federal Reserve and the U.S. government

Solar Cycle Variations

Solar Cycle Variations

For a number of years I have been interested in the impact of the solar cycle on weather, mood and other aspects of our lives

Precious Metals – Week of 7.21.08

Precious Metals – Week of 7.21.08

Governments Declare War on “Digital Gold” Services By Mark Nestmann – nestmannblog (22 Jul 2008) Internet Currency Firm E-Gold Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering By

Geopolitical – Week of 7.21.08

Geopolitical – Week of 7.21.08

The Conscientious Objector A new documentary film ~ Read about Desmond Doss at Wikipedia Exposing Bush’s Historic Abuse of Power By Tim Shorrock – Salon.com

Financial Stock Shorts

Financial Stock Shorts

SEC Short-Sale Rule Gets Negative Reviews By Kara Scannell – Wall Street Journal (19 Jul 2008)

Life – Week of 7.21.08

Life – Week of 7.21.08

Lonesome George May End Bachelor Days on Galapagos By Alonso Soto – Reuters.UK (22 Jul 2008)

Food & Health – Week of 7.21.08

Food & Health – Week of 7.21.08

Hoarding Nations Drive Food Costs Ever Higher By Keith Bradsher & Andrew Martin – New York TImes (30 Jun 2008) World’s Biggest Food Storage Supplier

Food & Health – Week of 7.21.08

Food & Health – Week of 7.21.08

Hoarding Nations Drive Food Costs Ever Higher By Keith Bradsher & Andrew Martin – New York TImes (30 Jun 2008) World’s Biggest Food Storage Supplier

The Fitts Plan

The Fitts Plan

The Backbone Campaign has asked Cabinet nominees to record recommendations for candidate positions. Here’s mine as nominee for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Listen here

Jim Sinclair on Share Certificates

Jim Sinclair on Share Certificates

Posted On: Monday, July 14, 2008, 9:33:00 PM EST “Receiving Share Certificates For Stocks In An IRA Without Being Penalized” Author: Jim Sinclair Dear CIGAs,

John Templeton Dies – July 8, 2008

John Templeton Dies – July 8, 2008

“Sir John Templeton was an investor and mutual fund pioneer who dedicated much of his fortune to religion and science. Templeton was born in the

Jim Rouse

Jim Rouse

One of my favorite stories about community development was told to me by Jim Rouse and his colleagues about what happened at the charrette sponsored

Money & Markets – 7.14.2008

Money & Markets – 7.14.2008

Money Supply (MZM) at 17 Jul 2008 St. Louis Federal Reserve Report ~ Previous blog posts on MZM: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Money & Markets – 7.14.2008

Money & Markets – 7.14.2008

Money Supply (MZM) at 17 Jul 2008 St. Louis Federal Reserve Report ~ Previous blog posts on MZM: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Geopolitical – Week of 7.14.2008

Geopolitical – Week of 7.14.2008

Michigan Talks Homeland Security With Israeli Police ClickOnDetroit.com (17 Jul 2008) The Black Ivies By Sam Smith – The Progressive Review (16 Jul 2008) ACLU

Life – Week of 7.14.2008

Life – Week of 7.14.2008

Lifelike Dolls Repel and Attract By Sophie Taylor – Reuters.UK (17 Jul 2008) Today I learned a new word – Gunkholing “Gunkholing is a boating

More on Financial Permaculture

More on Financial Permaculture

If we look at a community as a financial ecosystem with financial sustainability as one of our goals in achieving overall sustainability, one of the

Mortgage Market Musing

Mortgage Market Musing

Sometimes, it helps to step back and see the big picture. Let’s say that I serve as the depository for a large government and I

Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.07.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 7.07.08

Housing Market Meltdown Causes Massive Losses By Dean Baker – The Center for Economic & Policy Research (9 Jul 2008)

Mortgage Market Basics

Mortgage Market Basics

Fannie and Freddie are down again this morning… Fed’s Discount Window Said Open to Fannie and Freddie By Romain Bostick – Bloomberg News (11 Jul

Deja Vu View – No Accident

Deja Vu View – No Accident

Our evaporating mortgage bubble represents the culmination of a long evolution of systemic mortgage fraud in the United States. If you want to understand the

The Mortgage Bear Growls

The Mortgage Bear Growls

Fannie and Freddie are down this morning: One consensus is emerging on line that the Fed is to blame for mortgage market woes: Who Killed

Who’s Who in the Housing & Mortgage Bubble

Who’s Who in the Housing & Mortgage Bubble

Given the interest in the housing and mortgage bubble, here are links to introduce leading institutional players in the governance, regulation and credit guarantee/enhancement of the US mortgage market.

As the housing and mortgage bubble was a component of the “strong dollar policy,” the same players are also present in the other components, including the suppression of the gold price (a necessary step that preceded this bubble as the suppression of the gold price turns off the financial “smoke alarm”) and the refusal to produce audited financial statements for the US government from fiscal 1995 to date (as required by law) thus allowiing trillions to go missing from the US government.

Who's Who in the Housing & Mortgage Bubble

Who's Who in the Housing & Mortgage Bubble

Given the interest in the housing and mortgage bubble, here are links to introduce leading institutional players in the governance, regulation and credit guarantee/enhancement of the US mortgage market.

As the housing and mortgage bubble was a component of the “strong dollar policy,” the same players are also present in the other components, including the suppression of the gold price (a necessary step that preceded this bubble as the suppression of the gold price turns off the financial “smoke alarm”) and the refusal to produce audited financial statements for the US government from fiscal 1995 to date (as required by law) thus allowiing trillions to go missing from the US government.

Community Waste

Community Waste

I am quite inspired these days by the folks I am working with on sustainability issues here in Tennessee. (Example: see Financial Permaculture ) I

McMarvelous

McMarvelous

Here is the heartwarming story of two British activists, Helen Steel and David Morris, achieving the impossible by rewarding McDonald’s lawsuit against them with a

Quote du Jour

Quote du Jour

Thanks to Caroline Casey at visionaryactivism.com for pointing this out.

The Bell Tolls for the Bubble

The Bell Tolls for the Bubble

The inflation of the U.S. financial and mortgage finance stocks that began in the mid-1990’s with institution of the strong dollar policy, the suppression of

Money & Markets – Week of 7.07.08

Money & Markets – Week of 7.07.08

Russia is Most Likely Midwife of a Fairer World Economic Order By Massoud Hedeshi – Al Jazeera.net (10 Jul 2008) Money Supply (MZM) at 10

Money & Markets – Week of 7.07.08

Money & Markets – Week of 7.07.08

Russia is Most Likely Midwife of a Fairer World Economic Order By Massoud Hedeshi – Al Jazeera.net (10 Jul 2008) Money Supply (MZM) at 10

Precious Metals – Week of 7.07.08

Precious Metals – Week of 7.07.08

Reflections: The Death of Gallium By Robert Silverberg – Asimov’s Science Fiction Without Gold and Silver, You’re Already Confiscated By Jason Hommel – Silver Stock

Geopolitical – Week of 7.07.08

Geopolitical – Week of 7.07.08

Police Raid Berwyn Heights Mayor’s Home, Kill His 2 Dogs Washington Post | 31 July 2008 Bush Signs Spy Bill and Draws Lawsuit By Randall

Food & Health – Week of 7.07.08

Food & Health – Week of 7.07.08

Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms By Susan Saulny – New York Times (10 Jul 2008) Food Storage 102 – 2 Weeks

Food & Health – Week of 7.07.08

Food & Health – Week of 7.07.08

Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms By Susan Saulny – New York Times (10 Jul 2008) Food Storage 102 – 2 Weeks

Community Wizards

Community Wizards

I grew up in a community where all the kids freely used the “F” word. Then I went to work on Wall Street, where the

History’s Actors

History’s Actors

“In the summer of 2002, after I had written an article in Esquire that the White House didn’t like about Bush’s former communications director, Karen

History's Actors

History's Actors

“In the summer of 2002, after I had written an article in Esquire that the White House didn’t like about Bush’s former communications director, Karen

Fourth of July Mystery

Fourth of July Mystery

We had our July 4th Parade this morning. We had our three fire trucks, lots of ATVs brimming with kids and flags and a procession

Jessie Helms Dies – July 4, 2008

Jessie Helms Dies – July 4, 2008

Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was a five-term United States Senator from North Carolina, and a member of the

Y’All Are Welcome

Y’All Are Welcome

I don’t know which is more nourishing – getting to know my cousin Jane or getting some of the Powell Farm’s sweet corn grown by

Y'All Are Welcome

Y'All Are Welcome

I don’t know which is more nourishing – getting to know my cousin Jane or getting some of the Powell Farm’s sweet corn grown by

Vanity Fair on Bear Stearns

Vanity Fair on Bear Stearns

Bringing Down Bear Stearns By Bryan Burrough – Vanity Fair (Aug 2008) On Monday, March 10, the rumor started: Bear Stearns was having liquidity problems.

Ohio Does Sex and Mortgage Fraud

Ohio Does Sex and Mortgage Fraud

Mark Dann was the attorney general of Ohio. In January, Ohio Attorney General Mark Dann sued Freddie Mac and the members of its board: Ohio

Mortgage Markets – Week of 6.30.08

Mortgage Markets – Week of 6.30.08

Mortgage Ruling Could Shock  U.S. Banking Industry By Gina Keating – Reuters (30 Jun 2008) Countrywide’s Pressures Mount By Ruth Simon – Wall Street Journal

Precious Metals – Week of 6.30.08

Precious Metals – Week of 6.30.08

ECB is Done Selling Gold Through September From Agence France-Press (1 Jul 2008) On the Precipice By James Turk – GoldMoney.com (28 Jun 2008)

Food & Health – Week of 6.30.08

Food & Health – Week of 6.30.08

The Doctors’ Revolt By Roger Bybee – The American Prospect (1 Jul 2008) Tonight for dinner I had the first fruits from my garden –

Food & Health – Week of 6.30.08

Food & Health – Week of 6.30.08

The Doctors’ Revolt By Roger Bybee – The American Prospect (1 Jul 2008) Tonight for dinner I had the first fruits from my garden –

Geopolitical – Week of 6.30.08

Geopolitical – Week of 6.30.08

Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran Facts By Joby Warrick – Washington Post (1 Jul 2008) Agents Can Randomly Seize Travelers’ Laptops or PDAs By Jim

Money & Markets – Week of 6.30.08

Money & Markets – Week of 6.30.08

Bankers Seen Holding Off Clear Channel Loan Sale to Next Week By Cynthia Koons – Dow Jones Newswire (3 Jul 2008) ~ View previous blog

Money & Markets – Week of 6.30.08

Money & Markets – Week of 6.30.08

Bankers Seen Holding Off Clear Channel Loan Sale to Next Week By Cynthia Koons – Dow Jones Newswire (3 Jul 2008) ~ View previous blog

Life – Week of 6.30.2008

Life – Week of 6.30.2008

Local and National Outbreak of Grave Robbing By Nicholas J.C. Pistor – St. Louis Post-Dispatch (30 Jun 2008)

Oklahoma Asserts Sovereignty

Oklahoma Asserts Sovereignty

View the vote tally in the Oklahoma House of Representatives – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

In From a Network Member

In From a Network Member

A Letter to My Stockbroker February 2008 Dear John: I sent you the article on Bill Gross of PIMCO because I was interested in someone

The National Security Business

The National Security Business

Charlie Black, in an interview with Fortune, said “a fresh terrorist attack ‘certainly would be a big advantage to him [John McCain].’” Black also “said

Request for Prayer and Financial Action

Request for Prayer and Financial Action

In response to the Supreme Court’s decision on Valdez, I would like to ask for prayers for all the people and living things harmed by

From Barnes Capital Insight

From Barnes Capital Insight

Here is the year-to-date price change in commodities and stocks: Crude oil up 43% Ethanol up 21% Heating oil up 44% Natural gas up 77%

Money & Markets – Week of 6.23.08

Money & Markets – Week of 6.23.08

Shortages, Prices Hit California Food Banks as Schools Recess By Ryan Flinn – Bloomberg.com (23 Jun 2008) The Crime of the Century Jim Puplava’s webcast

Money & Markets – Week of 6.23.08

Money & Markets – Week of 6.23.08

Shortages, Prices Hit California Food Banks as Schools Recess By Ryan Flinn – Bloomberg.com (23 Jun 2008) The Crime of the Century Jim Puplava’s webcast

Precious Metals – Week of 6.23.08

Precious Metals – Week of 6.23.08

Inflation Explodes in Manufacturers’ Prices — But Not Gold and Silver By Francesco Guerrera, et al – Financial Times, London (24 Jun 2008) Correspondance re:

Geopolitical – Week of 6.23.08

Geopolitical – Week of 6.23.08

The Hedge Schools By John Walsh – Irish Cultural Society of the Garden City Area I Still crouching ‘neath the sheltering hedge, Or stretched on

Life – Week of 6.23.08

Life – Week of 6.23.08

America at Home: Small Houses and Quirky Homes Photos – At Yahoo News (16 Jun 2008) Russian Spa Opens Monument to the Enema Associated Press

How McCain’s Money Works

How McCain’s Money Works

For those of you who do not typically use financial filings, I thought I would make it easy for you to access information on how

How McCain's Money Works

How McCain's Money Works

For those of you who do not typically use financial filings, I thought I would make it easy for you to access information on how

Is Your Safety Deposit Box a Crime Scene?

Is Your Safety Deposit Box a Crime Scene?

Money High Street By Mark Nestmann For many years, I’ve advocated keeping valuable items in private vaults, rather than safety deposit boxes. A raid June

Financial Truffles

Financial Truffles

I just love reporters who take the time to dig into financial statements and come up with the truffles to be found there. I posted

Shock Doctrine

Shock Doctrine

I finally finished The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein. What a fine piece of investigative journalism. Klein nails Milton Friedman,

Book Review: Shock Doctrine

Book Review: Shock Doctrine

I finally finished The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein. What a fine piece of investigative journalism. Klein nails Milton Friedman,

Sam Smith on Hillary Clinton

Sam Smith on Hillary Clinton

Most Recent Hillary Clinton Stories: The Clinton Scandals What You Won’t Find in The Clinton Museum and Library The Real Divide on Hillary Clinton Hillary