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2010/12/062011/10/22

Journal: Rabbi Michael Lerner, Barack Obama, and the Washington Cesspool Update

Save Obama – by running against him By Michael Lerner The Washington Post Saturday, December 4, 2010 EXTRACT: The basic platform for such a candidate is clear: Unequivocally call for an immediate end to the presence of U.S. troops, advisers and private U.S.-based security firms in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, and replace the “war on …

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2010/12/062010/12/06

Reference: A World That Works for All

A World That Works for All Building on last week’s REVIEW: Buckminster Fuller’s 1928 Ideas & Integrities this week I want to honor one new book and reinforce that book with mention and links to several others, all of which make the same point in different ways: we have the power to design a world …

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2010/12/052010/12/05

Journal: US Depression, Round Two–The States

Mounting Debts by States Stoke Fears of Crisis The New York Times By MICHAEL COOPER and MARY WILLIAMS WALSH Published: December 4, 2010 EXTRACT: Some of the same people who warned of the looming subprime crisis two years ago are ringing alarm bells again. Their message: Not just small towns or dying Rust Belt cities, …

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2010/12/052010/12/05

Reference: On WikiLeaks and Government Secrecy + RECAP on Secrecy as Fraud, Waste, & Abuse

People are more likely to lie, exaggerate and distort when they know they won’t be held accountable for what they said, and people like to say what their interlocutors want to hear, says Jordan Stancil. Jordan Stancil Jordan Stancil is a lecturer in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs of the University of …

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2010/12/042010/12/04

Journal: Marcus Aurelius with a Mixed Bag…

Hoyer: “Military Should Share Fed Civs’ Sacrifice” (topix.com) In reaction to the president’s announcement, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) quickly said the freeze should also extend to troops in uniform. Throw the WikiBook at them (Washington Post) …however quaint that term may seem. We are at war – a hot war in Afghanistan where …

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2010/12/03

Journal: Navy Sinks, Congress Throws Money

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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2010/12/032011/10/22

Reference: Transparency Killer App Plus “Open Everything” RECAP (Back to 01/2007)

Gregory Unruh Director of the Lincoln Center for Ethics in Global Management at Thunderbird Posted: December 3, 2010 03:21 PM Transparency: The Internet’s Killer CSR App EXTRACT: Today “Wikileaks” makes the McLibel case look like child’s play. Corporate executives should watch closely as diplomats cringe under the sudden and violent spotlight. The same scrutiny is …

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