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2011/04/042011/04/04

US Diplomats Lighting Electronic Insurgency Fire

Interesting…..what are the potential ramifications, electronic insurgencies? Hillary Clinton’s Senior Tech Advisor Talks “Radical” Global Citizenship BY Gregory Ferenstein, 4 April 2011 Alec Ross on subversive technologies, Libya, Wikileaks, and the future of digital diplomacy.”We’re willing to make mistakes of commission,” he tells Fast Company, “rather than omission.” In the turbulent center of the Venn …

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2011/04/032011/04/03

Economic Double-Dip Predicted–and Concealed

Patrick McConnell: Government of Deceit–A sobering analysis… • The “entitlement programs” have an unfunded liability of greater than $104 trillion. Your share is $367,000. (Every man, woman and child owes the same.) • At the end of 2009, $3.2 trillion of the $12.9 trillion National Debt was spent, but never on the government’s general budget. …

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2011/03/272011/03/27

Food Industry’s Erin Brockovich–Unhealthy Truth

From John and Margo All we can say is do watch this! Patriotism on a Plate February 2011 TEDx Austin talk. Robyn shares her personal story and how it inspired her current path as a “Real Food” evangelist. Grounded in a successful Wall Street career that was more interested in food as good business than …

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2011/03/27

Robert Kaplan on Geopolitics–Mostly Very Wrong

The Middle East Crisis Has Just Begun For the U.S., democracy’s fate in the region matters much less than the struggle between the Saudis and Iran Robert D. Kaplan Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2011 Despite the military drama unfolding in Libya, the Middle East is only beginning to unravel. American policy-makers have been spoiled …

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2011/03/25

USG Breathtakingly Irresponsible on Banks

The Baseline Scenario Dividend Lost by Simon Johnson Four types of people were directly affected by the Federal Reserve’s decision at the end of last week to allow major banks to increase their dividends and to buy back shares. Three of these groups – bankers, bank shareholders, and government officials – were somewhere between happy …

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2011/03/252011/03/25

General Electric 2010: No Taxes, Claimed 3.2B Credit

But Nobody Pays That G.E.’s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI The New York Times, March 24, 2011 General Electric, the nation’s largest corporation, had a very good year in 2010. The company reported worldwide profits of $14.2 billion, and said $5.1 billion of the total came from its operations in the …

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2011/03/192011/03/19

GRIFTOPIA Part II: The Next Mega-Meltdown

Mega-Banks and the Next Financial Crisis Hedge-fund manager Paul Singer recognized the risks of subprime mortgages and bet against them. Now he warns that monetary policy could cripple American banks again. James Freeman, The Wall Street Journal, 19 March 2011 Full article Phi Beta Iota: Absolutely worth a full read. Here’s the bottom line: US …

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