The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Collapsing US Economy Paul Craig Roberts
John Williams (shadowstats.com) continues to measure the long-term discouraged with the official methodology of that time, and when these unemployed are included, the US rate of unemployment as of July 2015 is 23%. . . . An unemployment rate of 23% gives economic recovery a new meaning. It has been eighty-five years since the Great Depression, and the US economy is in economic recovery with an unemployment rate close to that of the Great Depression.
The Triumph of Solar in the Energy Race (L. Hunter Lovins)
Fossil fuel just lost the race with renewables…The world is now adding more capacity for renewable power each year than coal, natural gas, and oil combined.
Economy At The Edge (L. Hunter Lovins)
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is manmade and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
A New Direction for the Library of Congress?
With the impending retirement of the longtime Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, there is an opportunity for a fundamental reconsideration of the function and operation of the Library of Congress. In particular, the time may be ripe for a massive expansion of the Library’s digitized holdings, enabling universal public access to its historic and cultural riches.
Continue reading “Steven Aftergood: Librarian of Congress Opportunity”
Ralph Nader: Trump Is a Nightmare for the Republican Party
EXTRACT
Nader believes Trump’s boldness is a “nightmare” for the Republican Party. “By being brazen, Trump is punctuating the progressive agenda — the progressive critique of big business, Wall Street over Main Street… I’ve always said the only people who can break up a two party tyranny that stifles the voices of small parties and independent candidates are billionaires, and we’ve got one called Trump,” he said.
“A breath of fresh air … and gaff-proof.” But “he could still self-destruct.”
Continue reading “Ralph Nader: Trump the Nightmare for Both Wings of the Two-Party Tyranny”
Reinventing Organizations Key Points
Reinventing Organizations by Frédéric Laloux comes highly recommended by Buffer’s, co-founder & CEO, Joel Gascoigne, so much so that it’s a prerequisite read for new hires at the startup.
Selected points out of 16:
2. The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence. It is to act with yesterday’s logic.
15. You can measure an organization by the number of lies you must tell to be a part of it.
Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of current and formerly serving military, police, and first responders who pledge to fulfill the oath all military and police take to “defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” That oath, mandated by Article VI of the Constitution itself, is to the Constitution, not to the politicians, and Oath Keepers declare that they will not obey unconstitutional orders, such as orders to disarm the American people, to conduct warrantless searches, or to detain Americans as “enemy combatants” in violation of their ancient right to jury trial. See the Oath Keepers Declaration of Orders We Will Not Obey for details.
