Category Archives: Safe Community

Avoiding Food Pollution

Posted on March 7, 2012 by webkeeper

Food pollution is a problem.  Pesticide and herbicide residues are common on non-organic supermarket produce.  While testing data isn’t available, since most processed foods use commercial non-organic vegetables, it is likely that pesticide residue is a problem for processed foods … Continue reading →

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Your Oklahoma City Tax Dollars at Work at NW 23 and Penn.

Posted on January 31, 2012 by webkeeper

Yesterday I needed to get a couple of items, and so instead of driving to Buy for Less at NW 23 and Penn, I decided to walk.  It was a beautiful day for a walk. When I got to the … Continue reading →

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600 people crowd Ed Shadid forum tonight.

Posted on September 6, 2011 by webkeeper

The Grand Ballroom of the Oklahoma City Marriott hotel was packed with standing room only when the community forum hosted by City Councilman Ed Shadid began earlier this evening. he told me afterwards the room was set for 500, with … Continue reading →

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When the government says don’t panic. . .

Posted on March 17, 2011 by webkeeper

One of the best lines from the movie 2012 was — “When the government says don’t panic, that’s the time to panic.” I’ve mused a bit about that today as the full court government press has worked overtime to assure … Continue reading →

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Did European vaccine manufacturers conspire to start a swine flu epidemic?

Posted on July 7, 2009 by webkeeper

I met Catherine Austin Fitts at the Financial Permaculture Summit I spoke at last year in Hohenwald, Tennessee.  I have been reading her Solari blog since then.  Today she reports a startling allegation that European vaccine makers conspired to start … Continue reading →

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More good news: the importance of picking up trash in public places.

Posted on May 19, 2009 by webkeeper

Here’s some good news from Pakistan, of all places.  Rising Generation in Pakistan. Not much good news from Pakistan these days, but these young people are the seed of a movement that could change the future of that land. Make … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma announces new financial meth high for roads.

Posted on March 30, 2009 by webkeeper

Comes now the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, announcing the most giant ever super-stupendous financial methamphetamine high for road construction.  Not one word about a penny or two for mass transit or rail.  There does seem to be some money for … Continue reading →

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11 proposals to curb the corporate crime wave.

Posted on February 4, 2009 by webkeeper

In the days before blogs (1999), I wrote a little essay which enjoyed a brief “15 minutes of fame” on the internet.  Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman, editors of the Corporate Crime Report, published it in one of their essays … Continue reading →

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What if there isn’t a recovery?

Posted on February 3, 2009 by webkeeper

So what if there isn’t a recovery? According to present economic practice, a recovery will occur when consumers start spending money, running up debt, reflating asset bubbles, and etc, etc, as in “we have heard this story before”. But what … Continue reading →

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