What to do when caught in riot situations

Ballistic Radio has solid, down to earth info on what to do if you’re at a protest that looks like it’ll turn seriously violent or if you’re just driving by and get caught in one. They interview Greg Ellifritz, a…

Using open source insurgency to topple Trump

Open source insurgency is John Robb’s term for self-organizing groups sharing information, as in open source software, who create unexpected political, social, and economic impacts, punching way beyond their size. It’s a non-ideological tool that can be used by any…

Opposing Trump

1. Protest. Get in the streets. Make some noise. For some reason the current protests are making Trumpsters foam at the mouth in anger so we should absolutely keep doing them. And let them know that protest is as American…

The Clintons need to drop off the planet for six months

In Los Angeles, if a celeb does something extraordinarily dump, stupid, or otherwise injurious to their career in a spectacular public manner, the accepted wisdom is they drop off the planet for six months. No interviews, no photos in trendy…

Low interest rates are killing pension funds

Banksters and speculators love our current ultra-low interest rates, as it allows them to borrow inexpensively. It’s party time for them, aided and abetted by the always banker-friendly Fed. The problem is, cheap money is absolutely killing pension funds, which…