The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
With the possible exception of Syria, Turkey is the most welcoming and friendliest country in the Mediterranean. It is also the Islamic country that is on the friendliest terms with Israel. It predecessor, the Ottoman Empire, had a distinguished history of providing a welcoming sanctuary for Jew persecuted by Christians, particular those in Spain. But …
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A central critique in my book, Defense Facts of Life: the Plans/Reality Mismatch (Westview,1985), what the trend toward increasing technical complexity in the Pentagon’s weapons and organizational arrangements caused all sorts of self destructive pathologiess — which I described in considerable detail and in subsequent studies. I defined “complexity” as a quality of the “whole” …
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Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the IMF, lays out the political case for “Trust Busting” in the 21st Century — it is a political argument that Andrew Jackson and Teddy Roosevelt would have understood and probably approved of. Chuck A Trap Of Their Own Design Simon Johnson Baseline Scenario January 19, 2010 At this stage …
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U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret ‘Jesus’ Bible Codes Pentagon Supplier for Rifle Sights Says It Has ‘Always’ Added New Testament References By JOSEPH RHEE, TAHMAN BRADLEY and BRIAN ROSS Jan. 18, 2010 – – – – – – – Note: the below report, which appears to be well sourced, does not rebut the Global …
If you think the US/NATO occupation of Afghanistan is protecting the Afghan people, and especially the rights of women, think again. Chuck Afghanistan’s soft-spoken rebel The voice from the back of the room Malalai Joya is only 32, but she has been an exile, a refugee, a teacher of girls in the Taliban’s Afghanistan, and …
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How easily we forget the balance books of history. Below are two pieces, one from the colonial era written in 2006, the other from the recent “neo-colonia” era in which the author examines the specifics of the Clinton Administration’s policies toward Haiti. Chuck America’s Historic Debt to Haiti By Robert Parry February 10, 2006 As …
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President Obama has a rapidly vanishing opportunity to achieve historical greatness as a trust buster by breaking up the banks. Trust busting is an almost risk free path to lasting respect — Teddy Roosevelt’s honored place in American history is more a result of his trust busting than his gross imperialism. In the attached article, …
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