I have been monitoring the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the related organizations for some time as a result of their involvement in a case which looked suspiciously like patent piracy. Not long after they were conducting a campaign to extract more money from America to support activities which looked to not be in our national interests.
Their latest attempt to implement a massive transfer of our wealth seems to be wrapped in use of carbon credits.
I would love to see poor countries create wealth and pull themselves up to the same standard of living we enjoy. But I am very much opposed to further impoverishing America to put them on the dole. It is one thing to give someone a hand up and a very different thing to make them wards of the state. It seems like most of our foreign aid only lines some shyster's pocket.
http://www.physorg.com/news163361427.html
"Carbon payments payments could protect orangutans, pygmy elephants in Borneo
June 4th, 2009
A new report published today provides compelling evidence that paying to conserve billions of tons of carbon stored in tropical forests could also protect orangutans, pygmy elephants, and other wildlife at risk of extinction. The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Conservation Letters, is one of the first to offer quantitative evidence linking the drive to reduce carbon emissions from forests with the push to preserve threatened mammal biodiversity."
Ronald J. Riley,
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Banks committing credit card fraud.
Congressional Quarterly (CQ) reports on legislative action to reign in credit card companies massive fraud on consumers and small business.
"Key Senators Urge Freeze on Some Credit Card Rates
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd , D-Conn., and Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., are calling on the Federal Reserve and other regulators to implement a new rule that would ban retroactive interest rate increases on existing card balances. [Read More]"
The National Association of Small Business NSBA is also working hard to reign in a banking industry which is increasingly out of control.
For the good of the country it is time to break the largest banks up and closely regulate their business practices. It is also long past time that upper management in the banking industry be criminally prosecuted, that these crooks be given a lengthy taste of state hospitality, and that those convicted of major crimes be barred from ever working in the industry.
"Key Senators Urge Freeze on Some Credit Card Rates
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd , D-Conn., and Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., are calling on the Federal Reserve and other regulators to implement a new rule that would ban retroactive interest rate increases on existing card balances. [Read More]"
The National Association of Small Business NSBA is also working hard to reign in a banking industry which is increasingly out of control.
For the good of the country it is time to break the largest banks up and closely regulate their business practices. It is also long past time that upper management in the banking industry be criminally prosecuted, that these crooks be given a lengthy taste of state hospitality, and that those convicted of major crimes be barred from ever working in the industry.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Why Loan When Banks Are Flush With The Publics' Money?
According to the Wall Street Journal “Lending at the nation's biggest banks has fallen more sharply than previously realized, despite government efforts to pump billions of dollars into the financial sector.
According to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Treasury Department data, the biggest recipients of taxpayer aid made or refinanced 23% less in new loans in February, the latest available data, than in October, the month the Treasury kicked off the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124019360346233883.html#mod=djemalertNEWS”
Could it be that with billions of dollars of public money that the banks do not need loan revenue? Why work for a living when they can simply reach into our pockets?
RJR
According to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Treasury Department data, the biggest recipients of taxpayer aid made or refinanced 23% less in new loans in February, the latest available data, than in October, the month the Treasury kicked off the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124019360346233883.html#mod=djemalertNEWS”
Could it be that with billions of dollars of public money that the banks do not need loan revenue? Why work for a living when they can simply reach into our pockets?
RJR
Why Loan When Banks Are Flush With The Publics' Money?
According to the Wall Street Journal “Lending at the nation's biggest banks has fallen more sharply than previously realized, despite government efforts to pump billions of dollars into the financial sector.
According to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Treasury Department data, the biggest recipients of taxpayer aid made or refinanced 23% less in new loans in February, the latest available data, than in October, the month the Treasury kicked off the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124019360346233883.html#mod=djemalertNEWS”
Could it be that with billions of dollars of the publics’ money that the banks do not need loan revenue?
According to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Treasury Department data, the biggest recipients of taxpayer aid made or refinanced 23% less in new loans in February, the latest available data, than in October, the month the Treasury kicked off the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124019360346233883.html#mod=djemalertNEWS”
Could it be that with billions of dollars of the publics’ money that the banks do not need loan revenue?
Friday, April 17, 2009
Uncontrolled Population Growth
Humanity is systematically destroying Earth. The root of this problem is unprecedented population growth.
It is clear that if we do not address this problem that nature will do so. Nature's correction is likely to be incredibly brutal.
Higher population density means more vessels for illness to mutate in and it means more rapid transfer of pathogens.
Also, I think that most of the ills of the world are related to too many people competing for too few resources.
It is clear that if we do not address this problem that nature will do so. Nature's correction is likely to be incredibly brutal.
Higher population density means more vessels for illness to mutate in and it means more rapid transfer of pathogens.
Also, I think that most of the ills of the world are related to too many people competing for too few resources.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Obama's Energy Policy & Qongressional Quarterly
Obamba's administration has caused considerable concern in the inventor community as a result of their relationship with tech industry companies who are very well known for stealing inventors' patent properties. These companies even formed a trade association to promote their agenda and named it the Coalition for Patent Fairness.
The administration's initiative on energy issues looks very promising. This is something which should have happened after the 1970's energy crisis. Allowing business to dictate policy based on quarter to quarter profits is insane and has seriously hurt America. But it is not too late.
Eliminating our dependence on fossil fuels will promote national security by denying our adversaries the huge revenue stream they have had at America's expense and it will greatly improve our economic vitality.
Now we need to get Obama's administration to pay attention to the importance of independent, academic and small business inventors who produce more than 30% of domestically filed patents. We hold the key to job and wealth creation.
RJR
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Join CQ's Live Online Discussion with Coral Davenport, CQ Energy Reporter
The coming year promises to be a watershed for energy and climate change policy. President Obama wants to enact a sweeping agenda that would require up to 25 percent of the nation's electricity to come from renewable sources such as wind and solar while tackling global warming with a "cap and trade" law that would slash carbon emissions by up to 80 percent.
The President's proposals would fundamentally transform the way Americans produce and consume energy, while touching nearly every sector of the domestic and global economy.
Join CQ's energy reporter Coral Davenport to discuss the political and practical hurdles facing President Obama as he seeks to transform energy policy.
Date: Earth Day – Wednesday, April 22
Time: 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. EDT
Cost: Free
Click here to register now for this Live Online Discussion
Coral Davenport has covered energy and climate change policy for Congressional Quarterly since 2006. Before coming to CQ, she wrote for the Christian Science Monitor and the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her work has also appeared in USA Today and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Please visit http://cqpoliticsearthday.eventbrite.com/ to register. You may submit questions before or during the discussion.
The administration's initiative on energy issues looks very promising. This is something which should have happened after the 1970's energy crisis. Allowing business to dictate policy based on quarter to quarter profits is insane and has seriously hurt America. But it is not too late.
Eliminating our dependence on fossil fuels will promote national security by denying our adversaries the huge revenue stream they have had at America's expense and it will greatly improve our economic vitality.
Now we need to get Obama's administration to pay attention to the importance of independent, academic and small business inventors who produce more than 30% of domestically filed patents. We hold the key to job and wealth creation.
RJR
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Join CQ's Live Online Discussion with Coral Davenport, CQ Energy Reporter
The coming year promises to be a watershed for energy and climate change policy. President Obama wants to enact a sweeping agenda that would require up to 25 percent of the nation's electricity to come from renewable sources such as wind and solar while tackling global warming with a "cap and trade" law that would slash carbon emissions by up to 80 percent.
The President's proposals would fundamentally transform the way Americans produce and consume energy, while touching nearly every sector of the domestic and global economy.
Join CQ's energy reporter Coral Davenport to discuss the political and practical hurdles facing President Obama as he seeks to transform energy policy.
Date: Earth Day – Wednesday, April 22
Time: 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. EDT
Cost: Free
Click here to register now for this Live Online Discussion
Coral Davenport has covered energy and climate change policy for Congressional Quarterly since 2006. Before coming to CQ, she wrote for the Christian Science Monitor and the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her work has also appeared in USA Today and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Please visit http://cqpoliticsearthday.eventbrite.com/ to register. You may submit questions before or during the discussion.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Student Loans & Greedy Banking Industry
The Washingon Post ran an article about Oboma’s move to cut the banking industry out of the student loan business. Personally, I think that this is a great move which will deliver more dollars to improving our country’s collective intellectual capital.
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The Student Loan Industry Pushes Back
Private Lenders Would Die Under Plan to Give Government Bigger Role, Some Say
By Amit R. Paley
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 14, 2009; Page A11
With the Obama administration proposing to overhaul the programs a majority of American students use to finance their college education, the student loan industry is fighting back.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/13/AR2009041302771.html
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The Student Loan Industry Pushes Back
Private Lenders Would Die Under Plan to Give Government Bigger Role, Some Say
By Amit R. Paley
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 14, 2009; Page A11
With the Obama administration proposing to overhaul the programs a majority of American students use to finance their college education, the student loan industry is fighting back.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/13/AR2009041302771.html
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