PUBLIC BANKING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VkkCQyoRfY
UNIT I: FRACTIONAL RESERVE BANKING
As the above video by the Philadelphia branch of the US Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) indicates, money is created out of thin air by the private banking industry through a process called “fractional reserve banking.”
We all find this difficult to believe. It defies our “household budget” logic. How can money be created out of nowhere? Let us take time to look at how the centuries old practice of fractional reserve banking led to current practices where, by law, private banks ...
2019 SOLAR GROUP BUY PROGRAM HITS SECOND BENCHMARK IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
The popular solar group purchasing program for central Wisconsin home and business owners continues to see success. The “Grow Solar Central Wisconsin” group buy program has collectively reached its second milestone, 100 kilowatts (kW) of solar. All participants will now receive $.10 per/watt rebate on their systems, in addition to the already lower than average negotiated price.
The program is hosted by the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) with the goal of helping home and business owners in Portage, Wood, Lincoln, and Marathon counties use their ...
YOU ARE INVITED TO THE 21ST CENTURY WISCONSIN POLITICAL REFORM CHAUTAUQUA
Please join us at our Reform Chautauqua, Sept. 7-8 in Menomonie, Wisconsin.
Speakers include former Sen. Dale Schultz, Matt Rothschild of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, Mike McCabe from Blue Jean Nation, Sachin Chheda on Fair Redistricting, Lena and Rich Eng from Unite America and George Penn with United To Amend.
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/21st-century-wisconsin-political-reform-chautauqua-tickets-62148252095.
Are you a citizen activist, who fully understands that our democracy is corrupted and needs to be restored? ...
Homegrown Tomatoes
The best things in life are free. We went to the beach this week. The weather was perfect and the clean, clear water of Lake Superior was not too cold for swimming. I was reminded of how precious the lake is for all of us and how important it is to keep this resource pristine. A perfect summer day by the big lake is priceless.
Summer also brings good things from the garden. Rhubarb, strawberries, blueberries, cucumbers, fresh peas, fresh greens, and vine ripened tomatoes that you can't buy in the store at any price. These aren't free. There is a lot of work that ...
OUR JOB AS CITIZENS
(Denele Campbell blogs from Arkansas. You can read her blog at www.denelecmpbell.org.)
As a nation operating under the concept of self-rule, we the people have to talk coherently about the issues. Mass shootings doesn’t solve our problems, but rather exemplifies our current failures as citizens. How did we get to this point?
Does the 2nd Amendment really grant the right to assault rifles and 100-round ammo clips? No, it does not. Nor do gun hoarders constitute a “well-regulated militia.”
A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free ...
LIFE AFTER HATE
The Ninth Veninga Lecture will feature two unlikely friends - a former racist skinhead and a Sikh whose father was killed by a white supremacist in the Oak Creek Sikh Temple shooting in 2012.
Date: Monday, September 23
Time: 7-9 p.m.
NEW Location: Wausau East High School Auditorium
2607 N. 18th Street
Wausau, WI
FREE and open to the public
Arno Michaelis was a leader of a worldwide racist skinhead organization in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He turned his life around when those he had once professed to hate, including people who were Jewish, gay or black, ...
LOOK UP AT NIGHT BUT DON’T FALL IN A HOLE
I will be writing a monthly article about the amazing and beautiful stars and other objects in the night sky. I’m excited about that! I will describe objects that can be seen with just your eyes or with binoculars. No need for telescopes.
For August I’d like to interest you in the giant star Arcturus. It is the major star of the group of stars named Bootes. One Greek tradition considers Bootes as “ox-driver,” or “herdsman.”
It looks kite-shaped in the sky.
Bootes can be easily found by first finding the Big Dipper in the northwest ...
THE CASE FOR A FEE ON FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS
As I type this article, a voice on the radio reports in an unemotional monotone on yet another natural gas explosion. This time it is in Kentucky and took another vibrant human life and injured five other people. Sun Prairie exploded not that long ago from another gas leak. Another life taken.
Coal dust clogs the lungs of today’s young coal miners creating a generation of high school students in mining country whose fathers will likely not be alive to watch them receive a diploma. More lives sacrificed unnecessarily for the dirtiest fossil fuel we can easily ...
Asian Carp: Too Little Too Late
“It is time that a permanent and effective solution be implemented to prevent the spread of this invasive species. The Great Lakes are the crown jewel of the Midwest, and the potential damage both environmentally and economically from Asian carp is too great to risk, which is why we have asked the corps to close the Brandon Road Lock.” Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette
“Whatever can go wrong will go wrong” Murphy's Law
Wisconsin Public Radio recently had a story on the latest public statement on the Asian carp problem. The take ...
CAN A HUMAN BEING REALLY EXIST ON MARS?
(James A. Lewis is from the Village of Maine and is a member of “Stars Are US” Astronomy Club)
There has been a lot of discussion recently on TV about sending astronauts to Mars in the future. This seems exciting, but I am very much opposed to the idea. Why? The dangers pose huge risks to the astronauts. The cost of this trip is more than excessive.
Regarding the dangers, the voyage to Mars and return will take about 22 months. The trip one-way takes nine months. The time spent on Mars will be about 4 months. Mars and the Earth must be ...