Category: Communities of Practice

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Berto Jongman: Trevor Tim in The Guardian on American Lies and Fear-Mongering About ISIS and Mor Elective Unaffordable War

Corruption, Government, Idiocy, IO Deeds of War
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

The American fear-mongering machine is about to scare us back into war again

So how, exactly, will the administration accomplish “destroying” Isis, when no amount of bombs and soldiers have been able to destroy al-Qaida or the Taliban in nearly 13 years of fighting? The administration openly admits it has no idea how long it will take, only that it won’t be quick. “It may take a year, it may take two years, it may take three years,” John Kerry said. He didn’t add, “it might take another 13”, but he might as well have.

Phi Beta Iota: The US Government lacks both intelligence and integrity. At the “bought and paid for” policy level t is wrong half the time, and lies to the public the rest of the time.  As this article makes clear, the good people in the US Intelligence Community have it right on ISIS — not a threat. They are ignored. Who benefits?

See Also:

Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Corruption 2.0
Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Democracy Lost & Found
Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Intelligence (Most)
Worth a Look: Book Review Lists (Negative Status-Quo)

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Stephen E. Arnold: Does Amazon Lack Integrity? Where is Due Diligence on Authorship (Including Kindle Spam Fraud Books from Pakistan and India)?

Commerce, Corruption, Ineptitude, IO Impotency
Stephen E. Arnold
Stephen E. Arnold

Amazon: Not Right for Some Authors

I wanted to call this write up Godforsaken ID. But you might plug in the letter “C” or you might not. I suggest you track down a dead tree edition of the still dog paddling New York Times. Check out the business section and look for the Google pleasing headline “Prominent Editor’s Exit a Setback for Amazon Publishing Unit.” I quite like the juxtaposition of prominent, setback, and everyone’s favorite online WalMart.” You may be able to view a version of the story at this link, but I make no promises in this money oriented era.)

The write up has a great quote or two.

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Berto Jongman: It’s Official — US an Oligarchy Controlled by 42 People

01 Poverty, 03 Economy, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Transnational Crime, 11 Society, Civil Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

Six related headlines.

Princeton Study: U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy (TalkingPointsMemo)

Using data drawn from over 1,800 different policy initiatives from 1981 to 2002, the two conclude that rich, well-connected individuals on the political scene now steer the direction of the country, regardless of or even against the will of the majority of voters.

Russia Declares US An Oligarchy, Warns Constitutional Republic Is Dead (WhatDoesItMean)

What this past week’s US election shows, however, the MoFA in this report says, are that all of the Republican and Democratic Party candidates for office (Federal and State) were funded by just forty-two people who were responsible for nearly a third of Super PAC monies raised, and only 666,773 wealthy individuals out of a nation having a population of over 319 million.

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Stefan Molyneux: Bitcoin vs. Political Power – The Cryptocurrency Revolution — To Limit Money Is To Limit Political Power!

Civil Society, Commerce, Corruption, Ethics, Government

When governments can print money,
they do not have to ask the people to make choices.

Tip of the Hat to Tom Miller of Unlimited You Education.

Phi Beta Iota: The Automated Payment Transaction (APT) Tax that remains central to Robert Steele's vision for an honest balanced government in the USA, is an alternative to BitCoin. The APT tax rate is set by national, state, and local ballot. This means that the government must have a balanced budget and bottom line need that is validated by the people, and it also means that the government cannot fund wars, bank bail-outs, and other atrocities without first getting the public to agree to raise the rate.

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SchwartzReport: Communities Booting Big Money Out of Politics

Civil Society, Ethics, Government
Stephan A. Schwartz
Stephan A. Schwartz

With the corruption and gridlock of the Congress and the compromising of the Judiciary the functional domain remaining is local. At this point no one can have any doubt about the pernicious impact of Citizens United, and what has followed. But it is a measure of the level of corruption that this is only superficially  discussed in most media. However,  as this report describes at the local level where life is actually lived, we are beginning to see healthy pushback.

‘We will only get louder’: Dozens of communities vote to boot big money from politics

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