John Bogle: ENOUGH – Speculation Bad Investment Good

Bogle: Time for speculators to pay fair tax share MARK JEWELL Associated Press, 22 December 2011 EXTRACTS: Bogle says he’s paying close attention to tax policies he considers unfair, including one that’s favorable to the fund industry and investors with taxable accounts. The top rate for dividends and long-term capital gains is historically low at …

Worth a Look: Occupy Matures into Inter-Occupy

InterOccupy.org provides channels of communications between GAs, Work Groups and Occupiers across the Occupy movement. http://www.interoccupy.org They use MAESTRO as a conference call tool, have Facilitators, and are in every respect professional. Maestro website offers/says: Start your 30 DAY FREE TRIAL now. No software to download. No other company enables real-time remote audience interaction like …

Reform Coalition: CNN – A Vote for Ron Paul is a Vote Against Establishment — and Now the Zionist Lobby Is After Ron Paul

CNN has done a very good job at framing how Ron Paul is drawing out the anti-government / anti-establishment vote. They have done less well at using the talking points they were obviously given by a Zionist group, attacking Ron Paul for appearing on the Alex Jones show, for commenting immediately after 9/11 that the …

Reform Coalition: “True Cost” Economics & Genuine Progress + True Cost RECAP

Definition of ‘True Cost Economics’ An economic model that seeks to include the cost of negative externalities into the pricing of goods and services. Supporters of this type of economic system feel products and activities that direct or indirectly cause harmful consequences to living beings and/or the environment should be accordingly taxed to reflect the somewhat hidden costs.

Michel Bauwens: Human Evolution – Who Are We Becoming?

Human evolution: Who are we becoming? By Steve McDonald On December 8, 2011 A map for the Archaic Revival This article appeared in Entheogenesis Australis (EGA) Journal 3 – 2011/2012 (December 2011) Introduction In 1974, American professor of psychology Dr Clare W Graves wrote an article for The Futurist magazine titled Human Nature Prepares for …