The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The European and Asian powers have had it with being lectured by the U.S.—and President Obama’s letter seeking to defuse the tension ahead of Thursday’s summit is likely to make things worse, says Zachary Karabell. With the leaders of the world gathering for two days of economic points and counterpoints under the aegis of the …
I was going to write about Legitimate Grievances today, but something more important has come up: Obama’s Choice. Context first. My friend and colleague for the past decade, Chuck Spinney was and remains a reformer. He was featured on the cover of TIME Magazine in the 1980’s, and I am including that graphic here because …
Since the year 2000, when I watched in horror as Al Gore took the dive and played dead in Florida (the theft was exposed three months before the fact by Greg Palast writing for The Observer in the UK, he subsequently published The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization, and …
New options from the nomenklatura listed below is a silly oxymoron. Chuck Pentagon Openings Give Obama New Options By THOM SHANKER 7 November WASHINGTON — With critical decisions ahead on the war in Afghanistan, President Obama is about to receive an unusual opportunity to reshape the Pentagon’s leadership, naming a new defense secretary as well as several …
Taliban Seek to Sway U.S. Congress With ‘Open Letter’ Wall Street Journal, November 8, 2010 Matthew Rosenberg KABUL—Add another group to the list of people with a message for the newly elected U.S. Congress: the Taliban. In a rambling “open letter” to Congress, the Taliban’s spokesman said he wanted to present American lawmakers with “a …
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The 10 Economic Commandments Of The Tea Party: 24/7 Wall Street #1. Entitlements #2. Taxes #3. Health Care Reform #4. Bailouts #5. Government Spending #6. Inflation #7. Free Market Economy #8. Budget Deficit & Federal Debt #9. Energy/NO ‘Cap and Trade’ #10. Federal Reserve Below the line: All ten with paragraphs and link back to …
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David Isenberg Author, Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq Posted: November 5, 2010 11:51 PM The Louis Berger Group: It May Be a Crook But At Least Its Our Crook Are charges that private military contractors commit egregious acts of fraud overblown? Not according to recent news. McClatchy Newspapers reports that the Louis Berger …
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