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I am continually struck by the social damage done to the human societies of the Earth because of the abounding grotesque economic inequities. Just look at the United States: There are numerous CEOs making more in an hour than a skilled craftsman whose work may become historically significant can make in a lifetime. And particularly I do not understand why it is not generally understood that seeing that children are fed and educated will change things for the better for everyone.

Every Kid on Earth Could Go to School If the World's 1,646 Richest People Gave 1.5 Percent

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2014/11/01

Chuck Spinny: Netanyahu as Chickenshit –The Gamble

04 Inter-State Conflict, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Security, 11 Society, Corruption, Government, Idiocy

Chickenshit

Uri Avnery, Gush Shalom, 01 November 2014,

[The author is a former member of Irgun, a hero of the 1948 war, a former member of Knesset, and is today Israel’s leading peace activist

WHEN A high-ranking official of one country calls the leader of another country “chickenshit”, it may be assumed that the relations between the two countries are not at their best. In fact, they may be considered somewhat less than cordial.

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2014/11/01

Mini-Me: Liberian Ebola Case Study — Bottom Up Open Source

02 Infectious Disease, 07 Health, Cultural Intelligence

Huh?

How Liberia Is Starting To Beat Ebola, With Fingers Crossed

CONCLUSION

“The way to reduce the cases,” Meyler says, “is to listen to people who live in the community.”

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Jean Lievens: P2P Core References

03 Economy, Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence

The following list are must-read essays for anyone trying to understand the various aspects of the emerging peer to peer paradigm.

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2014/11/01

Berto Jongman: CDC Removes Web Documents Demonstrating Its Ignorance

02 Infectious Disease, 07 Health, Government, Idiocy, Ineptitude

BREAKING: CDC Removes Documents Unearthed On YourNewsWire

The Huffington Post reports in an article entitled “CDC Removed Info On Coughing And Sneezing From Ebola Q&A (UPDATE): “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has quietly removed some Ebola information from its website. The changes follow claims from news outlets and conservative blogs that the agency hasn’t been forthcoming about how the virus spreads, but it was not clear on Thursday afternoon whether the removal was related to the reports. – See more at: http://yournewswire.com/breaking-cdc-removes-documents-unearthed-on-yournewswire/#sthash.tT7Wfq6K.dpuf

2014/10/31

SchwartzReport: Political Corruption = Child Poverty

01 Poverty, 03 Economy, 07 Other Atrocities, 11 Society, Civil Society, Corruption, Government

I think this is an excellent essay on the state of voting and voters in the election coming up. I find political ads offensive, ads in general come to that and mute the sound, maybe you do the same. But I have come to realize the truth in John Cassidy's essay. Some very significant fraction of Americans has just tuned out or, perversely, just votes a party ticket without understanding the truth about the candidates or the issues. That is the only explanation I can see for the continuing voting that occurs in Red value states, even though the policies they are voting for are horribly damaging to their lives. This also explains I think how people like Louie Gohmert or Steve King, or Ted Cruz remain in office.

The Empty Elections of 2014

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SchwartzReport: Beyond Carbon Energy — Developing Nations Breaking Free with Renewables

05 Energy

In the last three days I have found four stories making the specious argument that we must continue to support carbon energy because it, and only it, will end poverty. I published one of the most glaring examples the other day. The truth however is rather different. Developing nations that are not already in the grip of the carbon energy corporatists are finding they can skip the whole carbon energy business in the same way they skipped the whole copper wire communications era, and went straight to wireless and mobile phones. And, when they make this decision, they discover how quickly they can develop power even in remote areas, as this essay describes.

The energy myth that refuses to die: Why renewables are taking over in the developing world

Poor nations are embracing clean energy at twice the pace of rich ones, a new report finds