The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the United States passed through some kind of fork in the economic road in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and has now landed on onto an evolutionary pathway toward some kind of decline. The questions of what interplay of chance and necessity created the turning movement in the …
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Financial Crime December 7, 2010 From the Deficit Panic to the TARP Financial Collapse Tales of Economic Apocalypse By DEAN BAKER, Counterpunch In short, the horror story collapses as soon as anyone gives it any serious thought. The Wall Street gang can hardly be faulted for trying cheap scare tactics for pushing its agenda; after …
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Casting Light on “The Moment of Truth” Where’s the evidence to back up the fear mongering? A challenge to the Fiscal Commission’s report. James K. Galbraith James K. Galbraith is General Editor of “Galbraith: The Affluent Society and Other Writings, 1952-1967,” just published by Library of America. He teaches at The University of Texas at …
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If this report is accurate, Assange may have created a cyberwar war equivalent of the unbreakable “one time pad” — all Assange needs to do is post the key and doomsday bomb goes boom. Perhaps the Pentagon ought to hire him to teach DoD how to wage the net centric warfare it loves to talk …
For years I have written about the Defense Power Games — front loading and political engineering — as they are practiced by the Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex. My 1990 pamphlet on this subject was written to explain why the end of the Cold War would not result in a lasting peace dividend — …
This is priceless. Pun intended. Meanwhile the Deficit Commission is putting its final touches on a plan to control government spending. Chuck CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS – DEFENSE Dec. 2, 2010 – 8:46 p.m. Navy Plan for Littoral Ships Is Winning Support, Despite Lack of Price Tag By John M. Donnelly, CQ Staff Lawmakers are …
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This is a great example of the kind of gaming that keeps defense budgets high. Kudos to Winslow Wheeler for smoking it out. On Dec 3, 2010, at 7:56 AM, Winslow Wheeler wrote: In a midnight switch, the Deficit Commission changed the dividing line between discretionary spending elements. Was 050 (DOD,DOE, Misc.) versus the rest; …
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