The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Johann Hari: The three fallacies that have driven the war in Afghanistan Case for escalating the war is based on premises that turn to dust on inspection Johann Hari Independent Wednesday, 21 October 2009 Is Barack Obama about to drive his Presidency into a bloody ditch strewn with corpses? The President is expected any day …
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First Rate Deep Current Insider View Cannot Be Denied October 16, 2009 Charles S. Faddis I am quite certain this author has been “black-balled” behind his back–Blair and Panetta, if they even have a clue this book exists–are being told reassuringly that the author is a disgruntled former employee, something of a “cowboy,” and not …
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EVENT REPORT: Cato Institute Book Forum Tuesday, October 13, at 12:00 p.m. in Washington, D.C. Featuring the author, James T. Bennett, Professor of Economics, George Mason University; with comments by Theresa Amato, Author, Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny; and Hans A. von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow, Heritage Foundation, …
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Important Essays, Left Me Blase October 13, 2009 Thomas Pogge and Keith Horton, Editors The three best things I can say about this volume: 1) A heroic work that carefully selected important essays on global ethics from the past 40 years (the book itself, Australian in origin, is published for the first time in 2008). …
Chuck Spinney has nominated this short piece, Instead of Bombs and Bribes, Let’s Try Empathy and Trade Representative Ron Paul, October 6, 2009 What if tomorrow morning you woke up to headlines that yet another Chinese drone bombing on U.S. soil killed several dozen ranchers in a rural community while they were sleeping? That a …
Hot Topics AA: Fighting for a common cause 09/28/09 AA: Israel to Free 20 For Video of Soldier 10/01/09 AF: Afghanistan’s people have advice for U.S. 10/01/09 IQ: U.S. Drone Strikes Office of Sunni Party in Iraq’s North 09/26/09 IR: US officials: Digging, clues revealed Iranian site 09/28/09 KG: Kyrgyz Activists Alarmed By Call For …
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Hot Topics AA: A breakdown of Iran’s missile arsenal 09/28/09 AA: Dialogue urged for Nagorno-Karabakh 09/29/09 AA: Obstacles on the path to world peace – Russia Now 09/28/09 AL: Topi says Albania aware of NATO responsibilities 09/25/09 CY: Cyprus Negotiators Running Out Of Time – Report 09/29/09 GR: Growing support for Greece’s far-right maverick party …
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