The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
EDIT 4 Sep 2011: Link and misc. fixed. Dear IARPA staff- The greatest threat facing the USA is the irony inherent in our current defense posture, like for example planning to use nuclear energy embodied in missiles to fight over oil fields that nuclear energy could replace. This irony arises in part because the USA’s …
Phi Beta Iota: 10 more years of pain. – – – – – – – While the political elite obsesses over the rise in public debt, the US is on the cusp of an era of deleveraging — or more bluntly, a massive liquidation of private debt — the ramifications of which, in the best …
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Dear friends, Food is basic. Lester Brown — founder of both the Worldwatch Institute and the Earth Policy Institute, author of over 50 books on environmental issues, recipient of 26 honorary degrees and a MacArthur Fellowship, and (according to the Washington Post) “one of the world’s most influential thinkers” — has just published a cogent …
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Attached is a first rate essay that should be studied carefully. Chuck ANNALS OF ECONOMICS WHAT GOOD IS WALL STREET? Much of what investment bankers do is socially worthless. by John Cassidy, New Yorker NOVEMBER 29, 2010 For years, the most profitable industry in America has been one that doesn’t design, build, or sell a …
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Worthwhile, Not as Epic as I Hoped, But Still Tops August 27, 2010 Malcolm McDowell I’m watching this in the context of reading and reviewing twelve books on water before I leave Guatemala. Having read Marq de Villier’s book, Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource several years ago, and more recently The Water …
The Final Word from a Three-Agency SIS 28 July 2010 In my opinion the Washington Post series that exposed the exponential increase in the size and cost of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) was not taken seriously by official Washington and is considered a minor nuisance. That is why the only response to the series, …
CONTENTS Cover Letter Links to Attachments Links to Articles Senior Executive Comment & PBI Comment Acting Director of National Intelligence, David C. Gompert, reaction to the Washington Post series This morning, the Washington Post began a series of articles on the growth of the Intelligence Community following the terrorist attacks on 9/11. The reporting does …
