The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Secrecy News Extract CRS DIRECTOR’S RETIREMENT RENEWS OLD QUESTIONS Daniel P. Mulhollan, director of the Congressional Research Service, told CRS staff last week that he will be retiring in April. Mr. Mulhollan, who joined CRS in 1969, has been director of the congressional support organization for the past 14 years, making him its longest-serving leader. …
Phi Beta Iota: Notes summarizing the 59 minute video are below the line. ….Watch this!!!!! My good friend Pierre Sprey interviews Bill Hartung on Book TV about Hartung’s new book, Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex. The book is a history of the largest military contractor in U.S. history, …
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Something caught my eye while reading a Slate item written by Tom Scocca and posted on December 20, 2010, “Two Ways of Looking at Our Covert War in Pakistan.” Mr. Scocca wrote: “There are diplomatic tensions because we are fighting a full-on undeclared war on the territory of a country with which we are an …
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I want to put this somewhat intellectual blog posting into perspective. Below is a quote from Matt Taibbi’s new book, Griftopia-Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America (Spiegel & Grau, 2 November 2010). Click on the title of the book to read my full review. QUOTE (32): What has taken …
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Phi Beta Iota: The book is recommended, and below are details on an event tomorrow in Washington, D.C. Campaign for Liberty will host a debate between Bruce and Jeff Kuhner, talk radio host on AM 570 and a columnist and media commentator at The Washington Times. Daniel McCarthy, editor at The American Conservative, will moderate the debate. …
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Timely and pathbreaking, Securing the Peace is the first book to explore the complete spectrum of civil war terminations, including negotiated settlements, military victories by governments and rebels, and stalemates and ceasefires. Examining the outcomes of all civil war terminations since 1940, Monica Toft develops a general theory of postwar stability, showing how third-party guarantees …
Climate Change: The Religion of Copenhagen During the recent COP-15 Conference in Copenhagen, the United Nations claimed it wanted to maintain religious neutrality. It was a lie. Global Warming is the established religion at these international events. Get the U.N. Out of the Climate Business The political theater in Copenhagen shows that we need realistic …
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