Fwd: OMG ! Amazing Public Bank Support

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Hemington <jehemington@verizon.net>

Subject: OMG ! Amazing Public Bank Support
To: John Hemington <jehemington@verizon.net>

 

 

Mike Krauss, Chairman of the PA Project just sent out this news:

 

John

__________________________

 

 

 

Friends,

 

Phil Murphy is the leading candidate for Governor of New Jersey. And a former Wall Street Banker. Read this !!!

 

Mike Krauss

A few weeks ago, the Star-Ledger reported that New Jersey's combined pension portfolio lost more than $6 billion last year as hedge fund returns plummeted. These hedge fund managers are paid millions

Mike -- A few weeks ago, the Star-Ledger reported that New Jersey's combined pension portfolio lost more than $6 billion last year as hedge fund returns plummeted. These hedge fund managers are paid millions of dollars in fees, compounding the losses for taxpayers and retirees. In 2015 alone, New Jersey paid $270 million in fees to hedge fund managers -- $142 million of which was given without regard to return. The days of padding the pockets of a few lucky and connected Wall Street insiders with taxpayer money needs to end, and as governor, I will see they do. Say you're with me. Our investment strategy doesn't need to be complex; it simply needs to be commonsense. But the single most important thing we can do to bring the funds back to health is for the state to finally pay its true share, and allow those investments to grow over the long term. In addition to the pension system, our state currently deposits billions of dollars in revenues in big banks -- which overwhelmingly do not invest in New Jersey's communities. My plan takes some of that money out of Wall Street and puts it to work through a public bank owned by the people of New Jersey -- which will allow our state to make critical investments in infrastructure, small businesses, and student loans. It will also save our residents money and return all profits to the taxpayers.   *******   NOW LET'S GET PHILLY, PITTSBURGH AND PENNSYLVANIA  ON BOARD !!

Mike

Mike Krauss

Chair, the Pennsylvania Project

Founding Director, the Public Banking Institute

www.publicbankingpa.org

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "New Economy Discussion Group" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to new-economy-discussion-group+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Who's really supporting Donald Trump

John posted to me and others:

I urge everyone to read the attached ARTICLE from The Guardian newspaper as it is both timely and, I believe, very important if we are to come to grips with who we as a people really are.

The author examines just who the Trump supporters really are; and, at the same time, excoriating main stream media both for its failure to identify the breadth of Trump’s support and claiming it is comprised mainly of poor “white trash” uneducated folk who just aren’t smart enough to see what’s really at stake in the election. The article supports my belief that much of his support is coming from middle and upper-middle class mainly white folks with a rather different perspective on the state of the nation as well as a very different viewpoint on how things should be run. It also discusses the fact that many more elements of society were and still are impacted by the financial crisis than is commonly reported or believed. One of the most important elements addressed in the article is who really is racist in our society and how this is not the subject of media coverage. This is not a trivial point and should be examined in greater depth than is offered when filtered through the biases which dominate main stream media.

John H.

---

ARTICLE

This is the year.

Fwd: Something new, Saturday Swim School at Oliver High School, Northside

Hi Friends in and around Pittsburgh,

Time to invite you to join in with a new venture of mine, Saturday Swim School. Let's gather at the pool, get in some fitness, enjoy some aquatic games, to teach and learn with kids how to play well with others,

Saturday Swim School activities are on the Northside at Oliver High School, 2323 Brighton Road, 15212. 

Enter the swim pool area of Oliver High School from the door by the gym past the loading dock. Easy parking in the lot. 

9 am = Triathletes & Varsity Swimmers (especially adults & high school ages)

10 am = Disk-based, aquatic games, cross-training, (think easy water polo and fun) for high school and adult participants. 

11:30 - NOON = Swim Lesson for All   Middle school students should arrive.

Noon to 1 pm = Middle School aquatic games with mentors welcome too.

1 pm to 1:45 pm is Underwater Hockey for Rookies, Adults, and Varsity Swimmers. (No Underwater Hockey this weekend, 10/15/2016, as the Pittsburgh team is traveling to an out of town tournament.) 

No fees. No transportation. No web site yet, but it is coming. 

This is a labor of love as a proof of concept to display how quality programs among citizens can and should occur at our schools in out-of-school time. 

Join in. 

I'm interested in establishing a sustainable programto bridge engagement for kids throughout the winter who have experienced SUMMER DREAMERS with us in the past. But, there is plenty of room for more students and families. Plus, we'll be training lifeguards and swim instructors for future summer program expansion. 

---

FYI: No Saturday Swim School on Halloween weekend (as I'm going to a college parents weekend) nor on Thanksgiving weekend. 

---

Feel free to pass along the invite and call, text or email me if you have any questions. 

 

--
Ta.
 
 
Mark Rauterkus       Mark@Rauterkus.com
PPS Summer Dreamers' Swim & Water Polo Camp Executive Coach

Varsity Boys Swim Coach, Pittsburgh Obama Academy

Recent Head Water Polo Coach, Carnegie Mellon University Women's Club Team
Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team

http://CLOH.org

412 298 3432 = cell

Fwd: Preparing for 2017 . . . and beyond

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Hemington
Date: Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 7:55 PM

Well, we'd better be getting prepared for Hillary to ascend to the throne of the Empire next January.  Her neocon allies are already hitting the pavement pushing for the removal of Putin as President of Russia – if not a direct military attack on Russia (see second attachment).  Hillary has pretty much indicated that this sort of policy is right in her wheelhouse.  She'll likely begin with the establishment of a " no-fly zone" in Syria.  This will almost certainly bring the U.S. or one of our surrogates in direct conflict with Russia.  The U.S. propaganda ministry has been operating overtime to convince our citizens and the rest of the world that Russia is the criminal aggressor in Syria.  And we should all be aware that, no matter how we may feel about the Assad regime, it is still the internationally recognized government of Syria; and, as such, has invited Russia to lawfully be in the country fighting the so-called rebel forces sponsored by the U.S. and NATO countries (see first attachment).  Thus, the U.S. and all of the rest are in the position of being international war criminals operating in clear violation of international law such as it is these days.

In Syria as in other areas of the Middle East the U.S. has been operating in an effective alliance – supplying arms, ammunition and other support to al Qaeda and its various offshoot organizations such as the al Nusra front in an illegal effort to overthrow the Assad regime all the while claiming that we are fighting against ISIS.  This is a proxy war that does not bode well for either the U.S. or for the world.  There are now multiple high ranking military officers, up to and perhaps including the Secretary of Defense, strongly advocating a direct assault on Russia.  This would, of course be the height of folly and might well result in the termination of human life on earth – although perhaps quicker and less painful than waiting for climate change to play out in a century or two. 

In this the collective hubris of the neocon crowd is beyond measure and belief, but that has never stopped them before.  They were, after all, the primary force behind the illegal war on Iraq in 2003 and continuing, as well as Libya and now Syria.  The fact that it also generates vast wealth from government coffers to the defense industry and multitudes of private contractors taking advantage of the virtually bottomless pit of welfare being dispensed provides political momentum.  It is also enabled by very fact of a volunteer military which is also incentivized by endless war in which promotions are frequent and, for senior officers, lucrative positions with contractors, lobbyists and as "color commentators" for cable TV are sure to follow. 

Unfortunately little attention is given in the media or otherwise to the massive death, destruction, displacement and terror which is imposed on those in the countries we choose to assault in the name of freeing them from terrible dictators and imposing democracy – whether or not anything like democracy ever follows.  Nor is any real thought given to those American volunteers sacrificed to the Empire's war machine.  The only time casualties really seem to matter is when they can be blamed – whether true or not – on the supposed enemy whoever it might be this week.  The important condition is that the wars must go on.  Too much is a stake for peace to be permitted to break out; too much wealth to be forfeited. 

This is the price of Empire.  The boundaries must always be expanded and defended; and the enemies are always at hand.  More importantly, if there are no convenient enemies some must be found or created otherwise the populace might become restive and revolt.  In this empire, just like many in the past, the real fruits gradually fail to be distributed to the masses at home as the oligarchs and plutocrats hoard the spoils to themselves.  But this Empire is even more different from most past empires in that there don't really appear to be many spoils from battlefields and conquered provinces.  The wealth that is accumulated is mainly taken from the citizens of the "homeland" and therein lies a potential fatal flaw.  Once the mass of the people figure out just how they are being scammed and abused by their leaders they are likely to refuse to cooperate – and empires, no matter how powerful do not survive forever.

We are, I believe, now seeing the beginnings of such anger arising in the current election cycle.  Most of those long frustrated at being left behind still haven't come to realize why exactly their situation is as it is, but they at least recognize that the deck is stacked against them by their putative leaders and they don't want more of the same.  Most of us still remain victims of the Empire's propaganda machine which incessantly inveighs us to blame and fight one another.  Still, there is just a glimmer of recognition beginning to develop that the real problem is not down here among the "little people", as our politicians are fond of terming the rest of us, but up there among those who serve the masters of the machine as well as the masters themselves. 

Unfortunately the neocon space cadets, none of whom have ever served their nation in the military, may manage to get us all annihilated before there is enough sentiment aroused to take down the Empire and return the nation to the people.  But, until that time, we must work to resist and overcome these forces of death and destruction.  It is not much hope, but it is all there is.

John

Fwd: Looking for Additional Work Around The Holidays-Seasonal Job Fair

---------- Forwarded message ----------

 

Eastside Neighborhood Employment Center

5321 Penn Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA  15224

Office number--- 412-441-9833

 

SEASONAL

 

JOB FAIR!

 

 

 

WHERE: Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation Community Center

(Across the street from ALDI and Family Dollar, in Garfield)

(113 N. Pacific Avenue)

WHEN: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

TIME: 4:00pm—6:00pm

 

Growing Number of Employers Are Attending:

 

Honey Baked Ham

Sears

Starbucks

RMPC Services

Walgreens

Clean Water Action

Iron City Executives

Allegheny Health Network

Liberty Tax Service

Christian Home Health Care

OCA Global LLC

Best Buy

US Army & Army Reserve

Job Corps (college programming)

Market District Supermarket

University of Pittsburgh

East End Food Co-op'

Bayer

More...

 

 

ONLINE APPLICATIONS FOR FEDEX, UPS ALONG WITH OTHER WORKSITE OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE CONDUCTED. WE WILL HELP YOU APPLY.

First Water Polo Game scheduled: Sunday October 23, 2016

Are you ready for some water polo? We'll go to North Allegheny on October 23, 2016.

Our teams of middle school water polo players are getting ready for the first real games. We've called our team, "Pittsburgh Combined" in the past. In 2016-17 we've got players from Manchester Academic Charter School, where we play two days a week for boys and another two days a week for girls. Plus, we have been playing at Pittsburgh Obama, co-ed, on Mondays and Fridays; Arsenal, co-ed on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Our Saturday Swim School can help with water polo practices. Kids from The Pittsburgh Project can join in too. Plus, we've got our 2016 Summer Dreamers who had 27 days of water polo in July and August as well.

If you want your kid to attend, email to Mark@Rauterkus.com, or call, 412-298-3432.

We want to car-pool from Pittsburgh with departing times at noon and arrival to North Allegheny Senior High School, on Rt. 19, at 12:45 pm on October 23, 2016.

Fwd: If at First You Don't Succeed...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Gary Johnson" <info@johnsonweld.com>
Date: Sep 19, 2016 12:35 PM
Subject: If at First You Don't Succeed...
To: "Mark Rauterkus" <mark@rauterkus.com>
Cc:

Published today in the New York Times View this email in your browser Contribute Let's Get to 1 Million Signatures As of today, our petition to #LetGaryDebate has been signed by more than 860,000 supporters.  Help us reach 1 million and we will deliver them to the Commission on Presidential Debates. The CPD may have excluded us from the first debate, but we can still get on the stage in October. Yesterday, for example, a poll shows us at 14% in Pennsylvania, up 2 points from less than 2 weeks ago -- despite our name not being included in the top line of questions. And we are polling 15% or higher now in 15 other states. Already Signed? You can still help get us there: SHARE THE PETITION ON FACEBOOK SHARE THE PETITION ON TWITTER There is no doubt, we are the ONLY campaign with upward momentum. That's why more and more respected leaders continue to call on the CPD to #LetGaryDebate. They know that we are the ONLY campaign that is offering an honest and positive alternative to the Donald v. Hillary hate fest. FORWARD THIS EMAIL There will be more debates. There will be more polls. And we fully intend to fight our way onto the stage in the second debate. Taking on both aisles of the establishment is not easy. But we can do it. Hillary will call Donald an egomaniac. Donald will call Hillary a crook. We will keep making history. We will get on that debate stage. And America will have a brighter and more positive future. Chip In $15 to Help Us Promote the Petition I Won't Back Down, Gov. Gary Johnson PS: Tell the CPD that America will not be silenced by making a contribution of $15 or more to #LetGaryDebate. Copyright © 2016 Gary Johnson 2016, All rights reserved. You signed up on JohnsonWeld.com! Our mailing address is: Gary Johnson 2016 PO Box 4422 Salt Lake City, UT 84110 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list Paid for by Gary Johnson 2016

Fwd: What to Expect at WordCamp Pittsburgh

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: WordCamp Pittsburgh <wordpress@2016.pittsburgh.wordcamp.org>
Date: Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 9:46 AM
Subject: What to Expect at WordCamp Pittsburgh

WordCamp Pittsburgh 2016 WordCamp Pittsburgh is just a few days away, Saturday, September 17! Read on for some important information to help you get the most out of WordCamp TRAFFIC ALERT The Liberty Bridge will still be closed, so if you are coming from south of the city, please consider alternate routes and plan for extra travel time due to traffic. The venue address is below if you need to use Google Maps or your preferred navigation system to assist with directions. The posted detour signs might not be the best route for everyone. Also, the Liberty Mile race will be happening Saturday Morning and will impact Penn Avenue, Liberty Avenue, and 11th street. Please refer to the course map and we recommend avoiding those streets. http://www.libertymile.org/Files/Admin/2016-Liberty_Mile_Course_Loop.pdf CONFERENCE VENUE Art Institute of Pittsburgh 420 Boulevard of the Allies Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Please take a look at the Google Street View of the venue - http://goo.gl/GpvYIz The doors under the address are locked, you'll enter the building through a single door to the right of those (the door with the white awning to the right of the photo, near the flag). This entrance does require you to go up a short flight of 3 steps. If you can not do steps, motion to the security guard in the window and he will open the accessible entrance (you'll find the ramp at the doorway in the center of the building, under the address) PARKING There are many parking lots around the Art Institute, but we recommend the following garage, which is right across the street from the Art Institute and only $6 for the day: InterPark Garage 200 Smithfield St. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 pittsburgh.interparkonline.com *PLEASE NOTE - garage entrances are on Boulevard of the Allies and Cherry Way (not on Smithfield Street) REGISTRATION Registration will take place between 7:45 and 8:30 in the Art Institute Lobby, just to the left of the entrance. If you arrive after 8:30, follow the signs to the silver elevators (straight back from the entrance), and proceed to the fourth floor, room 421, to pick up your badge. SCHEDULE Want to plan your day? Review the session schedule: https://2016.pittsburgh.wordcamp.org/schedule/ FOOD & BEVERAGE Breakfast: light breakfast of pastries Lunch: Turkey or Ham Sandwiches with chips, fruit and cookie. Vegetarian, Vegan and GF Veggie wraps are available for those who selected those options when you purchased your ticket. Snacks: A variety of snacks will be available mid-morning and mid-afternoon Beverages: Coffee, tea, water and pop (soda for the non-Pittsburghers) will be available all day AFTER PARTY Please join us for some snacks and drinks after the conclusion of WordCamp at Sharp Edge. The After Party is walk-able from the venue (0.6 mile away, no need to move your car), but if you do choose to drive, the closest parking garages would be the Ninth & Penn Garage and the Convention Center Garage. Your WCPGH badge is your after party ticket. Sharp Edge Bistro on Penn 922 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 WHAT TO WEAR & WHAT TO BRING WordCamps are casual events. Dress comfortably and plan for air conditioning indoors and a chance of rain outdoors. All WordCamp events are indoors, but you may want an umbrella if you choose to walk to the after party. Pen & Paper - You'll learn lots of new things, and we doubt you'll be able to remember everything! Laptop - optional - If taking notes electronically is more your speed, feel free to bring your laptop. Wifi and charging areas will be available. You'll also want your own laptop if you plan to visit the Happiness Bar for assistance on your site. Mobile Phones/Smart Watches - we encourage you to share all that you are learning via social media with the hashtag #wcpgh. We will source some of the best photos from Twitter for a slideshow at the after party. Device Chargers - we will have extra power and charging stations, however you will need to bring your own charging cables. Power will not be available at every seat, so please bring your devices fully charged. Mobile Hot Spot - optional - Wifi will be available, but when you pack 100+ WordPress folks in one place, tech can be unpredictable at times. If you must be connected to the internet at all times, consider a hot spot. See you on Saturday! The WordCamp Pittsburgh Team You are receiving this e-mail because you are registered for WordCamp Pittsburgh 2016.

LiveCode 8.1 Released: Fast Networking and sFTP Support

8.1 is available now and has a ton of great new features for you. View this email in your browser 8.1: A Major Minor Feature Release We are delighted to announce the release of LiveCode 8.1. As the first significant release post 8.0, it has a raft of important new features for you as well as refinements, enhancements and the usual herculean bug squishing efforts. New Networking Layer This release brings you a vast improvement in the networking speed and capabilities of LiveCode. The new tsNet networking layer, included in LiveCode Indy and LiveCode Business, can speed up networking operations anywhere between 3x and 250x, depending on the type of operation. As it wraps the existing networking commands you will not need to rewrite any code, you will automatically benefit from this improvement. The new layer also adds support for additional protocols such as sFTP, SMTP and TLS. For full details please go here. Auto include inclusions Have you ever had the experience that your app works perfectly when running in the IDE, but when you build the final standalone it suddenly stops working? Was it because you forgot to include some vital component that your app needed to run? If so, you are not alone. 8.1 to the rescue. It now automatically searches for and includes any extensions or libraries your app needs. Read more about this new feature here. Goodbye Quicktime Also in this release, for multimedia playback, the Player Object has been replaced by a new player object using Directshow instead of Quicktime. Dependency on Quicktime is removed by this new player. Read more here. LCB Enhancements The Infinite LiveCode project has made good progress, with consequent enhancements to LiveCode Builder. Variables now get initialised by default, unsafe blocks and handlers can be used to flag sections of code that do dangerous things, and you can even include raw bytecode if necessary. Love for the IDE The IDE has lots of other upgrades, too: a keyboard-navigable Project Browser that highlights any scripts that failed to compile, a beautified dictionary user interface, and access to the message box just by starting to type. It even colorises your script as you type. New Extension Added You can now access HealthKit on iOS to integrate activity, sport and health data on iOS devices (requires an Indy or Business license). Additionally, the SVG widget has new scaled width and height properties, and the Line Graph widget now supports a scatter plot of data and a variety of new styles. And Even More There are dozens of other smaller features added in this version, explore the release notes for an exhaustive list. Worth checking out: GPS location history system for Android and iOS list files and folders without changing the current folder "filter" now works on arrays extended new "return" syntax lets you write functions & commands that set "it" appropriate resize cursors now show when dragging to change stack size  Fixes and enhancements 157 specific fixes and enhancements were made between LiveCode 8.0.2 and 8.1. Since the release of 8.0 a grand total of 220 bugs have been fixed, leading to a better, smoother, happier coding experience. This release is now available from your LiveCode account, or you can download here.  Read More Share Tweet Share Forward