The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
(1) This **could** be DoD’s near-term future; (2) honestly have not heard anything bad about her; (3) my principal concern is that she has no personal military experience, which I personally think should be mandatory for any SECDEF. Chuck Spinney Sends: Truely nuts. The article is a puff piece about an incompetent fraud who happens …
(text fr newsletter) Get used to the WikiLeaks mindset “The hacker generation is now employed by government, the military and corporate America, writes George Smith, a senior fellow at GlobalSecurity.org.” Workforce: Get used to the WikiLeaks mindset By George Smith Jan 26, 2011 George Smith is a senior fellow at GlobalSecurity.org and a writer and …
Egypt: Today is the “day of rage.” On 25 January, a day honoring Egyptian police, tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the government, calling for President Mubarak to step down. Police used water cannon and tear gas against rock throwing demonstrators. Egyptian security forces used rubber bullets to disperse an estimated 8,000 demonstrators in …
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It’s a good think Ike is dead… else he would realize his nightmare survived. Chuck Newsday January 13, 2011 Pg. 34 The Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex Eisenhower warned against the influence of arms production, but did we listen? By Bob Keeler EXTRACT: Now, the deficit has caused some unexpected voices to say, ever so softly, that everything …
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VIEWPOINT #1: Gabby Giffords, a tragic prophet Washington Post, By E.J. Dionne Jr. Monday, January 10, 2011 There is one commentator whose words should enlighten us on the meaning of Saturday’s shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the savage murders that took the lives of, among others, a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl. The …
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Much More Bank Equity Is Needed and Is Not Socially Costly Text of Letter Published in Financial Times November 9, 2010 The Basel III bank-regulation proposals that G20 leaders will discuss fail to eliminate key structural flaws in the current system. Banks’ high leverage, and the resulting fragility and systemic risk, contributed to the near …
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Herewith are the first two parts of Jeff St Claire’s important multipart series on the systemic corruption and corporatization of the environmental movement. A Concise History of the Rise and Fall of the Enviro Establishment How Green Became the Color of Money By JEFFREY ST. CLAIR, Counterpunch Part I New Year’s Edition December 31, 2010 …
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