The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
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Jennifer Rubin, a former lawyer, is a conservative columnist for The Washington Post. Below I take the first line only from her , and offer concise rebuttals in favor of Trump's winning — with the caveat that if Trump cannot listen and adjust in the next 30 days, Ms. Rubin is in fact correct — he will blow an election that is his to lose.
10 reasons Hillary Clinton will beat Donald Trump
1: TRUE
5: FALSE
4: HALF & HALF
Substance below the fold.
This article really lays it down …
Thomas Frank on How Democrats Went From Being the ‘Party of the People’ to the Party of Rich Elites
Democrats have gone from the party of the New Deal to a party that is defending mass inequality.
Inside the Assassination Complex
Whistleblowing Is Not Just Leaking — It’s an Act of Political Resistance
Edward Snowden, The Intercept, 3 May 2016
Tip of the Hat to Contributing Editor Berto Jongman.
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The “Classifying Sex: Debating DSM-5” conference featured speakers who condoned pedophilia as “natural and normal for males.”
Ultimately, the proposal to include hebephilia [sex with minors] as a legitimate disorder in the new edition of the American Psychiatric Association manual was defeated, and sex offenders are thrilled.
Capitalism or Socialism? There’s an Even Better Option
Bernie Sanders’ popular campaign suggests that many Americans aren't afraid of socialism anymore. But real democracy is an even better alternative to capitalism.
David Korten
Democracy is the life-serving alternative we seek to the life-destroying capitalist tyranny under which we now live. Democracy, not the false dichotomy of capitalism or socialism, should be the election’s framing issue.
We need a metaphysical and spiritual disarmament process to parallel the political process.
FURTHER THOUGHTS ON THE PARIS KILLINGS AND THE SYRIAN CONNECTION
Should public officials be required to tell the truth at all times?
THE VERACITY OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND HOLDERS OF PUBLIC OFFICE BILL
Congressional Research Service Publications on U.S. Defense and U.S. Intelligence
Editor In Chief Jan H. Kalvik, Defence and Intelligence Norway together with Mr. David Robert Steele (ex CIA) met in Oslo to discuss establishing a Nordic Intelligence Centre.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) publishes unclassified informational documents for Members of the US Senate and US House of Representatives. It generally avoids prescriptive or critical commentary, but when it seeks to alert Congress to serious problems, it raises “questions for consideration.”
