The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Dorner’s Uncensored Manifesto Via: Pastebin: From: Christopher Jordan Dorner /7648 To: America Subj: Last resort Regarding CF# 07-004281 Christopher Dorner w/ Chief William Bratton I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and have taken drastic and …
Several readers sent me different versions of this story and, at first, I thought this is not possible. These stories are some kind of urban legend. But, to my amazement, it turns out this is true. It is hard to believe anyone, even the greediest, could be this stupid. But there you are. I urge …
Tear Down the Swing Sets NICHOLAS DAY – Slate As the father of two Waldorf educated daughters, and the husband of a career Waldorf teacher, I have observed the truth of this report. Ronlyn kept baskets of bits and pieces in baskets in her classroom, and not a single formal toy. It was fascinating to …
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Abandon Integrity, All Ye that Gain Power? Activism – Andrew “K`Tetch” Norton: If we had any doubt of the reason we need to be extra vigilant in our work, this month has provided them in spades. But there is one thing that ties everything together, and that is the matter of integrity, and accountability. Through …
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The Asia Pivot–with “Air-Sea Battle” deeply embedded into it–has become the accepted wisdom in Washington for America’s post-Afghanistan national security strategy. Is it affordable? Is it competent? Is it even a strategy? It also presents a useful test for SecDef-designate Hagel’s ability to separate the wheat from the chaff regarding defense issues. While Hagel has already shredded–to …
Power corrupts, no doubt about it. What most people miss is that it is not just about financial corruption that explicitly mis-directs scarce resources to benefit the few over the many (with Congress taking its standard 5% kick-back for delivering earmarks). Power also corrupts intellect. People forget how to think. They begin talking among themselves, …
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How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes: Lessons in Mindfulness and Creativity from the Great Detective by Maria Popova “A man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.” “The habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts,” wrote James …
