Journal: Weak Signals–Death of Osama Bin Laden & 9/11

Special Report: YEARS OF DECEIT: US OPENLY ACCEPTS BIN LADEN LONG DEAD BIN LADEN NEVER MENTIONED IN McCHRYSTAL REPORT OR OBAMA SPEECH “HUNT FOR BIN LADEN” A NATIONAL SHAME By Gordon Duff/STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Conservative commentator, former Marine Colonel Bob Pappas has been saying for years that bin Laden died at Tora Bora and that …

Journal: Wall Street & the Obama Administration

Chuck Spinney sends…. Obama’s Big Sellout The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway MATT TAIBBI Rolling Stone Dec 09, 2009 Phi Beta Iota: We include the entire article below to share Chuck Spinney’s value-added highlights.  See the original article without highlights by …

Event: 11 Dec 09 DC Bob Woodward & John Koehler at Association for Intelligence Officers (AFIO)

AFTERNOON:  Bob WoodwardAssistant Managing Editor for Investigative News, Washington Post, Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist, Author of Bush at War and  Maestro: Greenspan’s Fed And The American Boom among other publications. EDIT of 9 Dec 09:  AFIO has updated its notice to say that Woodward is working on a new book focused on intelligence. MORNING:  …

Review (Guest): Adam Smith in Beijing–Lineages of the Twenty-First Century

REVIEW (Guest) by By Malvin Historical perspective on China’s ascent, December 19, 2007 Giovanni Arrighi “Adam Smith in Beijing” by Giovanni Arrighi delivers a sophisticated history and analysis of the rise of the Asian economy. Displaying a deep knowledge of world history including novel insights into the works of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, Mr. Arrighi …