The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Bases, Bases, Everywhere … Except in the Pentagon’s Report
These installations exist somewhere between light and shadow, writes Nick Turse. While acknowledged as foreign military outposts, they are excluded from the official inventory.
Continue reading “Robert Parry: Bases, Bases, Everywhere … Except in the Pentagon’s Report”
Those Porky Pentagon Earmarks Never Really Went Away
In fact, the new scheme is even more venal, underhanded, and wasteful.
The new pork system is deceptive and complex. It took all of my 31 years of experience on Capitol Hill to fully unravel it, with the help of some excellent research from two outstanding watchdog groups, Taxpayers for Common Sense and the Taxpayers Protection Alliance.
Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) reported that 68 procurement programs in this defense bill received $7.5 billion in new, unrequested spending, a large portion going to the Lockheed Corporation. These are blatant earmarks, as explained by TCS, which also pointed out that the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee added $5.6 billion to the procurement account for these items, while its Senate counterpart added a more generous $6.2 billion. The bill was “compromised” by the conference committee at a level above both: $7.5 billion.
Ignoring Amazon: Risky, Short Sighted, Maybe Not an Informed Decision
I read “AWS, MongoDB, and the Economic Realities of Open Source.” The write up does a good job of explaining how convenience can generate cash for old line businesses.
There are several facets of Amazon’s system and method for competition which may be more important than the inclusion of open source software in its suite of “conveniences.”
Continue reading “Stephen E. Arnold: Ignoring Amazon — Bad Idea…”
Doctors Sexually Abuse Patients With Impunity
“More than 2,400 U.S. doctors have been sanctioned for sexually abusing their patients. State medical boards, which oversee physicians, allowed more than half the sanctioned doctors to keep their licenses even after the accusations of sexual abuse were determined to be true.” ~~ ABC News on sex abuse by doctors, 7/6/16
