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2011/09/242011/09/24

Review: Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy – Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform

Paul Pillar 5.0 out of 5 stars Four for Omissions, Six for Precision Relevance,September 22, 2011 EVENT ALERT: Paul Pillar is speaking at Brookings Institute on Wednesday 5 October 2011 from 10:00 to 11:30, RSVP is required to 21DefenseInitiative[…] I will attend that session. This alert will be deleted on 5 October. – – – …

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2011/09/032011/10/22

Chuck Spinney: Hill Staffer Expose of the GOP

My very close friend Mike Lofgren, and Republican of the Old School, one of the smartest people I have ever met, backs out of the Capital Hill Saloon with both guns blazing. Knowing the truly dedicated people like Mike in government over the years is one of the things that made my 33 years in …

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2011/08/132011/08/14

Review: Sacred Economics – Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition

Charles Eisenstein Beyond 5 Stars, an Integrative Pioneering Work,August 13, 2011 Sacred Economics is the second book in the new Evolver Editions imprint, following Jose Arguelles Manifesto for the Noosphere. Other books in the first season include What Comes After Money, The Secret Tradition of the Soul, The Four Global Truths, The Electric Jesus, Star …

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2011/08/092011/08/09

John Steiner: Celebrating Chalmers Johnson

Best of TomDispatch: Chalmers Johnson, Dismantling the Empire Chalmers Johnson (RIP) TomDispatch.com, 7 August 2011 EXTRACT Three Good Reasons to Liquidate Our Empire and Ten Steps to Take to Do So 1. We Can No Longer Afford Our Postwar Expansionism 2. We Are Going to Lose the War in Afghanistan and It Will Help Bankrupt …

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2011/08/032011/08/03

Joe Mazzafro: Deficit Deal and Impact on the US IC

The MAZZ-INT Blog DEFICIT DEAL AND ITS IMPACT ON THE IC At the time of the July edition of Mazz-INT Blog, the government was tied in a knot over coming to grips with how to get long term spending under control so there would be the political conditions to raise the debt ceiling on August …

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2011/07/212011/07/21

John Steiner: Banks Not Lending–Blame the Fed!

Thanks to: Jack Kaplan. Why Banks Aren’t Lending: The Silent Liquidity Squeeze by Ellen Brown Global Research, July 15, 2011 EXTRACT Paying interest on reserves was intended to prevent “inflation,” but it is having the opposite effect, contracting the money and credit that are the lifeblood of a functioning economy. The whole economic model is …

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2011/07/04

Ron Paul: From Fringe to Center Court

QUOTE: “Remember, the media did its worst against Ronald Reagan in 1980, calling him a racist and a warmonger and he eventually prevailed. His cause was to save America from totalitarian communism. Our cause is to save it from ourselves.” Ron Paul: US Should Declare Bankruptcy Marijuana bill officially introduced to Congress by Ron Paul, …

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