SPECIAL: Trump Trips; Preibus-Spicer Betrayal; Deception, “Gaslighting,” and Lies –The War Between Two Alternative Forms of Fake News

Below are three offerings, from Chuck Spinney, Mike Lofgren, and Jon Rappoport. Each deals with competing forms of fake news — the Trump version versus the Empire version. Both are wrong but between the two, the Empire version is more wrong. I’ve done all I can to help Donald Trump — in my view Reince …

Ellen Brown: A Franciscan Alternative: the People’s Pope and a People’s Bank?

A Franciscan Alternative: the People’s Pope and a People’s Bank? EXTRACT Pope Francis’ June 2015 encyclical is called “Praised Be,” a title based on an ancient song attributed to St. Francis. Most papal encyclicals are addressed only to Roman Catholics, but this one is addressed to the world. And while its main focus is considered …

John Congdon: Public Banking – Golden Rule Network Connecting Individual Equity with Fractional Reserve Banking Reach

Proposed: that communities create Capital Asset Partnership Trusts (CAPT) in the context of a larger Golden Rule Network The potential monetized value of equity in real property is tremendous. In the U.S. alone the equity in home ownership is $8.2 trillion. As well, there is the other huge pool of capital with the equity present …

Jean Lievens: Greek Lessons — How Syriza (A Political Party) Might End European Central Banking Tyranny Plus Comment on Debt Renunciation and Embargos

Syriza can transform the EU from within – if Europe will let it EXTRACT Syriza promises first to achieve a substantial write-off of Greek debt and, second, to lift austerity by aiming for balanced budgets, instead of the surpluses demanded by the troika. It will reconnect families to the electricity network, provide food relief and …

Mini-Me: An Alternative Favorable View of Putin – A Citizen Challenges US Government and US Media on Simple Truth

Huh? Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould are first class intellects who researched and wrote a truly important book on Afghanistan’s modern political history (Invisible History: Afghanistan’s Untold Story), which includes a detailed, inside account of the Carter/Brzezinski administration’s disinformation campaign—prosecuted by our news media—regarding the Afghan government’s invitation of the Soviet military into the country. Characterized …