The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The days when police were seen as good guys seems to have passed, and we are a damaged society as a result. Woman miscarries after Georgia cop who didn’t ‘appreciate her tone’ tackles and sits on her: lawsuit Police beating leaves 57-yr-old Gujarat man paralysed in US America Needs A Way To Police The Police …
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This is very positive news. The evolution of non-carbon energy into not one but several alternatives that are both non-polluting and cheaper coupled with the divestiture movement is proceeding change faster than anyone foresaw. Both trends represent the success that is possible by taking the most compassionate and life-affirming option of those available. This is …
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We tend to think of ships in pretty set and conventional ways. If I say a freighter you probably immediately have a an image in your mind. But one of the most interesting aspects of the conversion out of the carbon energy era is the development of wind-powered ships. This is not a small deal. …
The Congress has become so fundamentally degraded we are beginning to see whistleblowers telling us the suppressed truth. This is the state of American democracy, and it is not a happy story. Not particularly his first point, that Congresspersons are not out of touch with the people that elect them. Ultimately in a democracy people …
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GOOD: This is some wonderful news. The process is still not complete but the right decision appears imminent. Tele-communications are going to be seen as public utilities, equally open to all. There is still a vote to go, so it wouldn’t hurt to write the FCC once again and tell them you support Chairman Wheeler’s …
We have grossly inadequate funding for schools, infrastructure, elder care, child-care, and a host of other programs and projects that create a more compassionate and life-affirming society. But, boy, the dollars fall like a blizzard on the military industrial security industries. Here is the real truth of where you tax dollars are going. The sums …
Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman for the past 15 years have been notable for the accuracy and insight of the comments they make about our economy. When you think about Representative Paul Ryan on the right, and Stiglitz and Krugman on the social progressive side you realize that there is no real comparison to be …
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