The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Libyan War, American Power and the Decline of the Petrodollar System
by Prof. Peter Dale Scott
Centre for Research on Globalization, 29 April 2011
EXTRACT:
As Ellen Brown has pointed out, first Iraq and then Libya decided to challenge the petrodollar system and stop selling all their oil for dollars, shortly before each country was attacked.
Continue reading “Looting Libya: Insider View of Reasons for War….”
Jon Ronson
‘People who are psychopathic prey ruthlessly on others using charm, deceit, violence or other methods that allow them to get what they want. The symptoms of psychopathy include: lack of a conscience or sense of guilt, lack of empathy, egocentricity, pathological lying, repeated violations of social norms, disregard for the law, shallow emotions, and a history of victimizing others.'
– Robert Hare, Ph.D
I've been hooked on Jon Ronson's writing since ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats' was first published. Ronson cuts right to the heart of important topics by having the guts to ask the difficult questions. His literary style is equal parts journalistic rigour, deep compassion and incisive observational humour that often shines the light of ridicule on darker human behaviours. ‘The Psychopath Test' explores psychiatry, psychopathology, medication and incarceration of ‘dangerous' individuals. The book reads like a mystery novel, which – driven by Ronson's compelling prose – makes it difficult to put down.
Continue reading “Review (Guest): The Psychopath Test — A Journey Through the Madness Industry”
The white screen of death plague that hit us was NOT an attack. We finally deactivated the Minify link and compression engine and that cleaned it up. The latest WordPress release evidently put Minify into a massive disconnect.
There are residual effects–some, not all, of the links in various posts are broken. We expect that problem to go away but in the interim, simply copy the link words and paste them into the search box, that generally leads straight to the desired item.
Sorry 'bout that.
‘Cuba's classification as a repressive government lacks credibility'
Roy King: Opening up Cuba is about opening up information
New US rules promise legal Cuba travel for many
Cuba Tourism works like a Well-Oiled Machine
Cuban University System: a Model for Latin America
New entrepreneurs on the rise in socialist Cuba
Revolutionary Cuba Now Lays Sand Traps for the Bourgeoisie
Cuba to Host Int’l Colloquium on Hemingway’s Life and Work
Cuba will host the 13th International Colloquium on the life and work of U.S. writer, Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) from June 16 to 19, with the attendance of nearly 20 experts on his life from several countries.
Of the Nationalities Cuba is Made up, the African Root Emerges Strong
Cuba Has World’s Highest Number of Centenarians per capita
Cuban Province Launches Multimedia on Sustainable Agriculture
There are just two sustainable agriculture models in the world: Cuba and the Amish in the USA.
The Smart-Talk Trap in the Era of Social Media (and What to Do About It)
26 May 2011
I just came across an excellent piece in the Harvard Business Review thanks to my colleague Larry Pixa. Published in 1999 by Stanford professors Pfeffer and Sutton, “The Smart-Talk Trap” (PDF) is even more pertinent in today’s new media world where user-generated content is ubiquitous. The key to success is action but the authors warn that we are increasingly “rewarded for talking—and the longer, louder, and more confusingly, the better.” This dynamic, which substitutes talk for action, is responsible for what Pfeffer and Sutton call the knowing-doing gap. The purpose of this blog post is to assess this gap in the context of social media and to offer potential solutions.
Read full post including specifics on how to avoid the trap….
Phi Beta Iota: We would merely observe that this problem is characteristic of virtually every US Government element, and every major corporation including the so-called innovators like Facebook which could actually fold sometime soon as alternatives come out of the BRICS. What Brother Patrick does not address is the reality that in both government and in corporations, the rotation and retirement of people often destroys all accountability for their failure while in any specific office. The stovepiping of everything makes it even more difficult to address “true cost” information, or to measure effectiveness in context. We do not lack for money in this world, we lack for applied intelligence and the integrity to connect truth to product.
Allison McCune (Author), Tomye B. Spears (Author)
Pioneering Book by Personable Authors, May 26, 2011
