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2012/07/072012/07/07

DefDog: Open Source Life – How the open movement will change everything

Open Source Life: How the open movement will change everything Leo Babauta LifeHack.org, 18 June 2012 Consider this: in just a few short years, the open-source encyclopedia Wikipedia has made closed-source encyclopedias obsolete — both the hard-bound kind and the CD-ROM or commercial online kind. Goodbye World Book and Brittanica. Sure, these companies still exist, …

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2012/07/072012/10/12

John Steiner: 9 July Deadline US Navy to deafen 15,900 whales and dolphins and kill 1,800 more

Navy to deafen 15,900 whales and dolphins and kill 1,800 more Phi Beta Iota: This is most important as a documented form of “true cost” that is now emergent in the public understanding. From depleted uranium to HAARP to forced population reduction to high-frequency sound in the ocean, “true costs” make the US military vastly …

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2012/07/062012/07/06

John Steiner: From Israel, Call for Politics of Heroism versus Hope

Phi Beta Iota: The full combination of pieces is strongly recommended as a total read. The contributing author whose work has been forwarded by Brother John makes a fundamental ethical and intellectual mistake, assuming that there is a significant difference between the Democratic and Republican parties. Not so. This is not an either/or choice between …

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2012/07/012012/07/01

Review: Rebuild the Dream

Van Jones 4.0 out of 5 stars Oblivious to the Insanity of the Two-Party Tyranny, But Worth Digesting, July 1, 2012 This is one of two books I read on the plane to DC from Seattle, the other being Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy. Part I for me is largely a waste of …

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2012/06/302012/06/30

Tom Atlee: Derivatives as Fatal Cancer Discussion and Links

http://tom-atlee.posterous.com/derivatives-challenge-citizenship-and-economi Short URL: http://post.ly/83Ojt Dear friends, I’m interested in derivatives as a symbol of an economic system that’s NOT based on productivity that satisfies real human needs. Derivatives are contracts that shift risk from players who are risk averse (and want insurance against loss) to players who have an appetite for risk (and want a …

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2012/06/272012/06/27

David Isenberg: Intelligence for the 99%

Intelligence for the 99 Percent David Isenberg Huffington Post, 27 June 2012 As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about the three Ds (Death, Doom, and Destruction) of international geopolitics I often ponder the way policymakers get their information. Admittedly, there are all sorts of ways to get information but for people in …

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2012/06/242012/06/24

Marcus Aurelius: 8,000 Wealthy US Citizens Leaving US and Renouncing US Citizenship

Wealthy Americans Jumping Obama’s Ship NewsMax, Sunday, 24 Jun 2012 12:46 PM Wealthy Americans aren’t just leaving tax-heavy states like New York and California, they’re leaving the country. U.S. citizens are defecting at record levels in order to escape high taxes, the New York Post reported. About 8,000 U.S. citizens are projected to renounce their …

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