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2011/09/082011/09/08

Reference: Secrecy Report 2011 (OpentheGovernment.org)

Steering Committee Members Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists Gary D. Bass, Bauman Foundation Tom Blanton, National Security Archive Lynne Bradley, American Library Association Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight* Kenneth Bunting, National Freedom of Information Coalition Lucy Dalglish, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Kevin Goldberg, American Society on News Editors Robert …

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2011/09/082011/09/08

Todd Essig: Huge Psychological Bias Against Creativity

Managing The Psychological Bias Against Creativity You come up with a great new idea at work, or at home. Or a political leader actually tries something “new and different” when faced with a previously intractable problem. But then, rather than grateful acceptance, or even a fair hearing, the idea is squashed, ridiculed, or otherwise ignored. …

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2011/09/05

Cynthia McKinney: Hands Off Libya — 21 Sep Protests

Phi Beta Iota: The following is being circulated world-wide (less US “mainstream” media), and represents both an African view, and the view of those associated with Cynthia McKinney and her related concerns of 21st Century imperialism and genocide against black Africans at the hands of the Libyan forces seeking to topple Qathafi. Hands off Libya …

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2011/09/052011/09/05

Marcus Aurelius: US at Permanent “War” + War RECAP

The new normal, era persistent conflict. A decade after the 9/11 attacks, Americans live in an era of endless war Gregg Jaffe Washington Post, September 5, 2011, p. 1 Video: The attacks of September 11, 2001 forced Americans to reevaluate their views on the nation’s security. A decade later, is the country stronger and better …

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2011/09/012011/09/04

Paul Fernhout: Open Letter to the Intelligence Advanced Programs Research Agency (IARPA)

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 …

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2011/08/312011/08/31

John Robb: Federal Reserve Corruption Graphed

The below article includes an interactive chart of the beneficiaries of the Federal Reserve’s largesse–a graph of corruption on a scale not equaled in history. The Fed’s Secret Liquidity Lifelines Bloomberg, undated Phi Beta Iota: Top ten (first three over $100 billion each): 01 Morgan Stanley … 02 Citigroup Inc. … 03 Bank of America …

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2011/08/31

DefDog: Seduced by the Cult of Experts

Op-Ed Goldberg: Seduced by the cult of experts It isn’t surprising that Obama and his economic advisors’ predictions have been so wrong. EXTRACT Experts — in politics, economics, climate — are very, very bad at telling people what will happen tomorrow, let alone next year or the next century. How many of the economists who …

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