The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
My friend Jeff Madrick, and old fashioned liberal democrat in the best sense of the term, has penned a pithy analysis of the anti-empirical madness now dominating the contemporary American political economy. Jeff concludes that the Right ignores its track record, particularly regarding the clear economic effects of tax cuts, and is rarely challenged on …
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The law doth punish man or woman That steals the goose from off the commons, But lets the greater villain loose That steals the commons from the goose. – 16th century English rhyme March 23, 2011 Four weapons Posted by leavergirl under civ, problem of power, traps Anthropologists have noted three main pathways to power. …
FROM Electronic Frontier Foundation: On Monday, April 11, 2011, we launched a petition to the largest Internet companies asking them to stand with their users and be transparent in their practices. Here’s a chart showing how we think each of the companies is doing right now — a gold star indicates that the company is …
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“The National Conversation” Debuts The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has announced a new initiative launching April 8, 2011: The National Conversation at the Woodrow Wilson Center. The National Conversation will examine overarching themes of U.S. international and domestic policy, drawing on high-profile guests and experts from all sides of the political sphere to …
Here are the concise references focused on revolution. For corruption, collective intelligence, open space and other methods of non-violent consensus building and emergence, see the lists at the end of this post. Preconditions of Revolution in the USA Today Search: four preconditions for revolution Search: revolution theory preconditions Here is the bottom line:
Iceland Rejects Deposit Repayments to British, Dutch By CHARLES FORELLE Wall Street Journal, 10 April 2011 For the second time, Icelanders voted down a deal to repay Britain and the Netherlands billions of euros lost in the island nation’s 2008 financial collapse—at once a bold popular rejection of the notion that taxpayers must bear the …
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