Return to Prudent Banking
Last weekend I hosted a free screening of the movie Inside Job at the Kent Library. This documentary shows us how the financial industry pillaged the American economy during the Banking Crisis of 2008....
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LA Times: Obama compromised early again on the deficit limit battle
According to this LA Times article Deficit battle shaping up as GOP victory President Obama began his bargaining about raising the deficit limit from a position that already gave Republicans most of what they...
Train wreck — er, bus crash — ahead!
Residents of King County should try to attend special public meetings of the county Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee to discuss proposed cuts in bus and trolley service. Wednesday, July 6, 6:00 p.m. Kirkland...
Tax avoidance schemes that enrich the rich, Krugman's prescience
While Republicans maneuver to slash social programs, they ignore the tax avoidance schemes that keep the rich rich. “America’s largest global corporations are holding $1.5 trillion dollars in profits overseas in order to avoid...
Should Dennis Kucinich run for Congress in Washington State?
Dennis Kucinich’s congressional district in Ohio is being dissolved, and Kucinich is apparently considering a run in Washington State. He has been visiting Washington State a lot recently giving speeches. But State Democratic Party...
Scary election reports from Black Box Voting
I just finished reading Bev Harris’ book Black Box Voting: Ballot-tampering in the 21st Century — which you can read for free on the web: for example, here’s chapter 1. It lists numerous examples...
Eisenhower's warning: 105 seconds from his 1961 Farewell Address
Click here to hear Eisenhower’s warning about the military-industrial complex (105 seconds) Recording courtesy of Free Info Society.
Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant, Part III
Common Dreams is reporting that the berm around Fort Calhoun nuclear plant has breached. The story continues to be spun, suppressed, and misreported. I agree with many of the commenters who think this particular...
Coverups concerning former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel
Chapter 2 of Bev Harris’s book Black Box Voting tells the story of former Nebraska Governor Chuck Hagel. Hagel won a surprise landslide election against a Democrat who had been leading in the polls....
The General Welfare: haters of government are selfish and unpatriotic
The Preamble to the United States Constitution states We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote...