On the Prowl w/ The Next Economy

Some True Food For thought…

10 years since the financial crash we’ve learned that there exists in the US not just one economy, but many, as well as many kinds of economic actors. From platform cooperatives to cryptocurrency, people are continuously building economic alternatives. So says Nathan Schneider, crusader for collective ownership and author of “Everything for Everyone: the Radical Tradition That Is Shaping The Next Economy.”

Source: Laura Flanders Show: The Next Economy

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View of the Week w/this re #MidTerms2018; @TaylorSwift Votes The @GOP as only @JONATHAN TURLEY can note!! :)

What a week it has been!!!

While in my “Word Press Corner” saw this as I am Working away &  picked this up–Professor Turley has quite a way of putting things:

…If John Kerry was swift boated in 2004, the GOP appears to be Swift voted in 2016. In a measure of the power of celebrity status in our culture, Taylor Swift has reportedly caused a massive registration after she endorsed Tennessee Democrats. For the GOP hoping for a “Brett bounce” of Republicans going to the…

via Taylor Swift Votes The GOP — JONATHAN TURLEY

Out & About….

It has been quite a year so far–as we begin the final three months.    As a new quarter dawns, I saw this from one of my must reads on Word Press–although the manner in which Professor Turley noted it is of concern–especially as such who profess to be “Islamic” are in fact not–It is important to read the writings and listen to the speeches by some of the thinkers such as Mohsen Kadivar–who teaches at Duke (and spent some time in the dungeons of the Islamic Republic of Iran ) to see the true face of Islam as a Faith.   What happened in the Maldives was tragic–just as the fascists in Afghanistan destroyed 6000 years of history by blowing up the Buddha Statutes…

Here are his opening thoughts on it:

The intolerance of art and free expression in many Islamic countries was particularly and painfully evident in the Maldives last week. A beautiful and powerful underwater sculpture by British artist Jason DeCaires Taylor was ordered destroyed by the government after objections by Islamic leaders for its depiction of human forms. Ironically, the art highlighted the dire risk […]

via Maldives Destroys Famed Art Piece As UnIslamic — JONATHAN TURLEY

Out & About…..

One of the must reads for me as part of my on-going work in support of the Daily Outsider and my on-going research is Gates Notes.   I just picked this up which I wanted to note for my weekly Out & About  here in my WordPress Corner:

This trend worries Melinda and me

By Bill Gates

As a regular reader of the Gates Notes, you’ve probably noticed how often I write about being an optimist. When I look at the world—especially efforts to improve people’s health and fight poverty—I see that life is getting better.

But lately I’ve been watching a trend that concerns me. The number of extremely poor people in the world may stop dropping and might even start going back up. And poverty is becoming much more concentrated: By the middle of this century, 40 percent of people in extreme poverty will live in just two countries, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Today, Melinda and I are releasing a new report—Goalkeepers 2018—that explains these challenges and what to do about them. Along with our introduction, there’s an impressive lineup of experts and advocates who contributed inspiring essays on family planning, education, HIV, and agriculture. They write about the data that reveal these big trends, and they tell the stories behind the data.

Looking over the finished report, I couldn’t help feeling better about the future—especially if the world invests in creating opportunities for young people. If you read the report, I think you’ll feel the same way.

Read more about the Goalkeepers report and download it

Thanks for being a Gates Notes Insider.

Bill

On the Prowl w/ #RandomThoughts

I decided to begin the month with two brief “Random Thoughts” (which the team at the Daily Outsider was gracious enough to allow me to use)) in my corner here in Word Press.    Trust is a beautiful thing to have as I thought this from Randy Crowley I first picked up last week (and is a must read for me)) was so timely and I hereby present it below (and yes I love the image He had above I’ve headlined:

Even In This Cynical World, Trust Is Worth It by Randy Conley You’ve been betrayed by people you trusted and it has shaken you to the core. Time and time again you’ve opened yourself to the risk of trusting, only to be disappointed repeatedly. You’re hurt and bruised; mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and maybe even physically. You question if trust is worth it. You’re trapped in a downward spiral of distrust. Doubt and suspicion permeate your relationships, causing you to keep others at arm’s length. You fall further into states of anxiety, fear, and self-protection, until the only solution you see is to build walls around yourself to keep the pain out. It works. Your walls keep the pain out, but trap the loneliness inside. You question if trust is worth it. You know that life without trust is unfulfilling and you want more. You deserve more. The safety, strength, freedom, joy, and happiness that comes with trust is waiting for you, so you resolve to try again. Baby steps perhaps, but you will start again. You believe that trust is worth it.

People have to begin to trust again–whether, in fact, they do is another issue especially in light of this I ran across about Cyber Bullying as I decided to share this resource cyber bullying as I begin a new month here in my own WordPress Corner as the on-going work at hand in the Daily Outsider–some interesting advise in light of the on-going engagement on Twitter by President Trump..

Onward to September!!!
Source: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2018/08/28/FTC-Promotes-Resources-Prevent-Cyberbullying

Out & About w/this from the Fab @CoreyRobin On this Final Wk Of Aug 2018

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This is Labor Day WeekEnd here in the United States.    The idea of socialism, capitalism and all the challenges is as old as America itself.    Corey Robin always has a way of putting things that’s simple, yet to the point.   While being “out & about” I wanted to share this as he released it to his blog as our World continues its’ challenges all around the World:

It begins as follows as I wish all the most joyous of weeks , for all in the United States a restful Labor Day Week-End and a great September ahead.

“…The New York Times asked me to write something on socialism and its current appeal. I did, and it’s running as this weekend’s cover story in The Sunday Review. Here are some brief excerpts: The socialist argument against capitalism isn’t that it makes us poor. It’s that it makes us unfree. When my well-being depends…

via Freedom and Socialism — Corey Robin

On the Prowl re: @realDonaldTrump & @JohnOBrennan

I’m on the prowl It has been quite a twenty four hours in our World as President Trump revoked the security clearance of the Former Director of the CIA, John Brennan.  The letter was dated July 26!!

What Professor Turley noted in his latest write up captures some of the key challenges out there–and yes I am with him that Executive Privilege will ultimately prevail–but the challenge is that this is not Iran and America will be ill-served by Yes-Men —Stephen Colbert also captured it brilliantly as well especially as there was clearly an attempt to change the conversation after a few days of bad press thanks to Omarosa.

Here are his thoughts on it:

“…In a controversial  move, President Donald Trump has revoked the security clearance of former CIA director John Brennan and ordered the review of other officials who all share one obvious distinguishing characteristic: they are all fierce critics of Trump. The move has been widely condemned as Nixonian and amounting to a black or enemies […]

via Trump Revokes Clearance Of John Brennan and Orders Review Of Other Former Officials — JONATHAN TURLEY

View of the Week: Iran’s Own Never Forget, Never Again Mantra

As I work away, I picked this up courtesy of the team at Muftah as I congratulate them on the work they’re doing and having introduced “Membership”.    This is from Iran about a new Museum dedicated to the Iran-Iraq War–I respectfully disgree with the author’s contention about it being a “footnote” as half a million Dead is never a footnote–here is the beginning for it

“….Iran has learned vital lessons from the brutal Iran-Iraq War. But has the US, which backed Iraq then and is now determined to promote regime change in Iran?….”

Source: Iran’s Own Never Forget, Never Again Mantra

Out & About w/W-End Thoughts…

It has been quite a week in our World–and that’s putting it mildly–and at the Daily Outsider we’ve been “Virtually breathless”.      Of course, having a tape of @realDonaldTrump was the “icing” on the cake–I’ll let what Fox is so keen to call it “MainStream Media” run with it–as the rest of the so-called Resistance will continue down its’ efforts–why Donald Trump called for a second summit after the disastrous first summit is something that is just baffling to me–although the Secretary of State seems to support it.

One of the key other areas is Iran which I have been assessing throughout the week–I have tried to be optimistic as I see increased protests throughout the Country and have been noting how #WeWillReClaimIran.    The Secretary of State is due to speak in Simi Valley over the Week-End–I sent out a few Tweets tagging the Secretary of State which I hope is picked up by his staff.     This is as another dilemma continues to emerge about the true realities that seems    One of the most profound dilemmas as a result of the dysfunction in Washington is how China and Europe are coming Together as this from the Economist clearly shows:

Even as Donald Trump met Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, another important gathering was under way in Beijing, where Chinese and EU leaders gathered for an annual summit. China has long regarded the American-led rules-based order as a means to contain its rise. Yet this week President Xi Jinping and his team agreed, in effect, that the one thing worse than an American led world is one with no rules at all. It is now finding common ground with the EU

On the Prowl: A Bad Week For Trusting Russian Leaders

It has been a challenging week to say the least.   For this week, while being “On the Prowl”, I decided to feature this courtesy of Professor Turley–It was so appropriate in light of President Trump’s horrific European Tour, his disastrous press conference with Vladimir Putin and his abysmal attempt to “clean it all up”:  

As many of you know, I am a history nut and I could not ignore the 100th anniversary of the murder of the entire Romanov family on July 17, 1918. It is an ironic anniversary after the disastrous meeting of President Donald Trump in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin. There are perils to trusting […]

via A Bad Week For Trusting Russian Leaders — JONATHAN TURLEY