The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Report calls for prosecution of top government officials for acts of torture People’s Blog for the Constitution, 11 January 2012 EXTRACT: For those who would like to see torturers brought to justice, a recent report issued by Human Rights USA and the American University Washington College of Law International Human Rights Law Clinic, INDEFENSIBLE: A Reference …
Think Again: Intelligence I served in the CIA for 28 years and I can tell you: America’s screw-ups come from bad leaders, not lousy spies. Paul Pillar Foreign Policy, Jan/Feb 2012 “Presidents Make Decisions Based on Intelligence.” Not the big ones. From George W. Bush trumpeting WMD reports about Iraq to this year’s Republican presidential …
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Part A: Nonfarm Payroll +200,000 ; Labor Force Drops Another 50,000 ; Those Not in Labor Force Rises by 194,000 ; Unemployment Rate 8.5%; Notes from Trim Tabs on the BLS Report Part B: Hello Mish On today’s labor report: Note how the labor force has flat lined for four years even though population growth …
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Bart DePalma Brilliant on the problems, missing the reality of the two-party tyranny,December 30, 2011 I received this book as a gift, along with Capitalism 101. Of the two I prefer this one. On the positive side, both books represent a growing body of citizens who understand that big government is very much alike to …
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Surrendering 2011: Rendition and Methane Jim Garrison Huffington Post, 28 December 2011 In the fine print of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, passed just before the holidays, it turns out that in addition to being now legally able to seize without charge and hold indefinitely without trial any U.S. citizen, the government and the …
It’s a real shame Gates could not connect to his integrity while in office. Gates on D.C. lawmakers: ‘Oversized egos and undersized backbones’ By MARCUS WEISGERBER | Federal Times, December 14, 2011 Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates has called out lawmakers for their inability to compromise and develop bipartisan strategies and policies to “address our …
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Phi Beta Iota: If there were one book that could be said to have at a minimum lent credence to Occupy when others were scornful, and at best been an inspiration to millions who had ignored many other excellent works in the past dealing with both the corruption of politics and the corruption of finance, …
