The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Chuck Spinney sends…. Obama’s Big Sellout The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway MATT TAIBBI Rolling Stone Dec 09, 2009 Phi Beta Iota: We include the entire article below to share Chuck Spinney’s value-added highlights. See the original article without highlights by …
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Buy PAPERBACK Version–Rewarding but Disappointing December 10, 2009 Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein Do NOT buy the hard-copy. Amazon obscures the fact that the paperback is available, this is a very thin book, buy the paperbackWorld-Systems Analysis: An Introduction (A John Hope Franklin Center Book). I would have been furious had I bought the hard copy at …
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Level of poverty Poor | Very poor | Extremely poor Green Serves rural areas Focus on women Fair trade Financial My financial return 1% – 3% | 4% – 6% When I get repaid Anytime | < 1 yr | 1 – 3 yrs | > 3 yrs My money is going to Single institution …
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Chuck Spinney Sends: Viewed at the level of epistemology, the distinction be the search for truth in science and religion is stark: In science the structure of the world view — i.e., the brain’s interior model of reality — is evolved to match observations taken from the external world, whereas in religion, observations are evolved …
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Hot Topics AA: Mercenary Mann says South Africa backed coup plot 11/29/09 AA: Are SA mercenaries assisting Guinea’s military junta? 11/26/09 AO: Angola: Armed forces reiterate support for public health services 11/26/09 CD: DR Congo appeals for arrest of FDLR leaders in Western countries 11/26/09 ET: Ethiopia’s Human Rights Reports presented to the African Commission …
A Four Pumped to Five to Stave Off the Ideologues November 27, 2009 David C. Korten I would normally rate this book a four because of its lack of reference to Buckminster Fuller (see Critical Path; the Open Money movement; or the literature on wealth of networks, fortune at the bottom of the pyramid, and …
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Hot Topics AA: Indian forces were on high alert on Lanka’s fear of army coup 11/13/09 AA: NZ, Australia Join Forces On Vaccine Rollout 11/12/09 CN: China’s hidden night of state bloodshed 11/15/09 CN: China wants a lead role in fight against Somali pirates 11/10/09 CN: China: A Superpower Stirs 11/13/09 ID: Indonesia draws up …
