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Matt Gaetz is in the news right now.  Allegedly, this started when one of his friends, a Florida Tax collector named Joel Greenberg libeled ...

In 1932, thousands of WW1 vets camped with their families in Washington DC, petitioning the Federal Government to payout bonuses...

Donald Trump Grifter, losing money by stealing it Trump lost a gargantuan $1.17 billion over that period. Avoiding paying any taxes for 8...

Texas, Cowboys and New Orleans Pirates Pirates and Privateers, Texas and New Orleans When we think o...

It is easy to get confused about the founders. They worked together to create the constitution, but North and South never really understood ...

Lawyers and Pirates Pirates, loot and Lawyers When we think of pirates we don't usually think of ...

I've been studying, talking to people and blogging about infrastructure for a number of years now. What is happening in California is a...

And Healthcare There is a lane for social goods and there is a lane for private goods. Henry George made the distinction based on whether ...

Privateering Versus the Commons An essay in Scientific American titled: The tragedy of the tragedy of the commons , debunks a seminal arti...

Introduction – Privateers vs Pirates When we think of pirates we picture them with eye patches, bandanas or fancy head-dresses, but pirate...

Gerrymandering is wrong. This year, SCOTUS, decided to chicken out on dealing with the problem. They acknowledge that Gerrymandering is bad...

Democratic Principles Under Assault I started this post on September 17, 2018. Actually I thought I'd published it back then. It talk...

Since the 90s we've had a cycle of the GOP running the same con over and over again. Initially some of the more sane Republicans would ...

Privateering and Smuggling Model Post Elements of Privateering ...

Privateering and Smuggling Elements of Privateering Original Definition: Legalized theft and warfar...

Some key Definitions, Piracy First, piracy is a term for theft and the thieves who commit those thefts. It is also used in other contexts,...

Revolutionary Violence The Falange Party Sought Violent National Revolution “The Falange Espanola Tradicionalista y de las JONS shall eng...

Klepto Policies George Lakoff recommended using the word Privateering to describe klepto political policies like privatization. That term ...