Review: Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

Ryan Holiday 5.0 out of 5 stars World Class–Does to Media What Confessions of An Economic Hit Man Did to Predatory Corporations,August 12, 2012 First off, ignore any rating below four stars, they are part of the counter-attack from those the author has outed for the hypocritical, conniving, sad little minds that they are. Four …

Chuck Spinney: Romney-Ryan Travesty, Obama the Enabler Carries On

A Retired Defense Reformer’s Take on the Ramifications of Romney’s Choice of Paul Ryan Get Ready for the Slaughter by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY. Counterpunch WEEKEND EDITION AUGUST 12-14, 2012 Gaeta, Italy. Romney’s choice of the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Congressman Paul Ryan, as his running mate mirrors John McCain’s disastrous choice of Sarah …

Mini-Me: Bailout Money Went to China, USG Prepares for Martial Law?

Huh? Government Silently Positions for Martial Law as Financial Collapse Arrives in America . . . . . . Santilli explains that his knowledge of Rex 84 provides that within the document, one of the scenarios that would cause a complete suspension of the US Constitution, Bill of Rights and implement martial law would be …

John Steiner: Bob Burnett on Renewing Democracy, Shifting Paradigm and Open Letter from Robert Steele

Renewing Democracy: Shifting the Paradigm Bob Burnett Huffington Post, 27 July 2012 Thomas Jefferson believed in renewing democracy by regularly shifting the dominant social paradigm.  Jefferson argued that constitutions should be rewritten every generation, declaring the ³dead should not govern the living.² That explains why contemporary Americans are so fractious: we¹re overdue for a new …

Michel Bauwens: Peer-to-peer production and the coming of the commons | Red Pepper

Peer-to-peer production and the coming of the commons | Red Pepper Michel Bauwens examines how collaborative, commons-based production is emerging to challenge capitalism. Below, Hilary Wainwright responds Capitalism in its present form is facing limits, especially resource limits, and in spite of the rapid growth of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) …

Mini-Me: NCAA fines Penn State $60M, vacates wins from 1998-2011

Huh? NCAA fines Penn State $60M, vacates wins from 1998-2011 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The NCAA crippled Penn State football for years to come and practically tore Joe Paterno’s name out of the record books Monday, erasing 14 years of victories and imposing an unprecedented $60 million fine and other punishment over the child …