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By now, everyone that's been paying attention knows of the Panama Papers and the scandal that has erupted across the globe.

FYI, this diary has also been crossposted over at Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/9/1513067/-Taibbi-Why-the-Banks-S...

It is an anachronism. It belongs to the era before computers. It is a fountain pen made by Parker. The body is gray-green with a silver top and a clip in a faded gold tone. If you look on the base you can barely see the engraved name of "Jack Wilson." The pen is so old it doesn't take cartridges. You fill it from a bottle of ink. This pen is a part of history. It belonged to my Dad.

Here is some information on the original Transition Town, Totnes in England, taken from their website
http://www.transitiontowntotnes.org/
Thanks to gulfgal for the transition town topic on this week's Wednesday OT.
I made four topic extracts:
1. Local Currency
2. Local Skills
3. Local Economy
4. Local Food
Please see more below.

Lots of commentary has been devoted to HRC's flurry of flip-flops, one that could easily fill one of Imelda Markos's shoe closets. However, there are other questionable aspects of HRC's behavior unrelated to flip-flops. One aspect is her plan for HRC's policies on Wall Street Reform. On TOP there is an excellent pro-Hillary diary by Ollie Garchie. Unlike many anti-Hillary stories and pro-Hillary diaries "over there", the "tone" of OG's diary is laudable, factual and almost compelling.

The governor of Pennsylvania signed two executive orders yesterday to expand discrimination protections for LGBT people.

Wow, I've known for a long time these cats (Saudi's) were not my favorite, and that the US has a deal with them to insure OPEC maintains the PetroDollar in exchange for military support. There's a lot of “bad” shit, as it were, I've know about this government, which I'll not detail here, but I do want to provide some information I've come across you might be interested in.

Of course I would be remiss, if I didn't provide the obligatory slam against Mrs. Clinton, so here goes.

Sunday April 8, 1906
Boise, Idaho - George H. Shoaf Reports for Appeal to Reason

For those unfamiliar with Buddhism, many of you still may have heard of the four noble truths. And likely many of you have heard of the eightfold path, which is itself, the fourth noble truth.

If ISIS was the only crisis in Iraq, then Iraqis would be a much happier, safer people.
That should give you an idea of how bad things have gotten there.

Some of the crises in Iraq are happening today. Others are destined to happen later this year.

Crisis #1: Fallujah Starving

The Siege of Fallujah is reaching a climax.

Oh, I think she is uniquely qualified to continue the direction the country has been taking since Reagan.

Aggressive and interventionist, tick.

Giving the wealth of the land to the few, tick

Ignoring climate change, tick.

On the wrong side of nearly every important issue that most Americans support, tick, until the issue cannot be denied any longer at least.

The ultimate DC insider, tick.

Once upon a time, I lived in Kansas. At the time the governor was Bob Dole. I was stationed at Fort Leavenworth and worked at the United States Disciplinary Barracks.

To the present:

The Brownback administration has decided that it will not be sufficient to require that transgender people be forced to use the restroom that accords with the sex listed on their birth certificate...since currently one could have the gender changed on a Kansas birth certificate by presenting medical documentation that displays that an anatomical or physiological change has occurred.