The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Wolfgang Reinicke Pioneering Work, Missing Some Pieces,July 7, 2011 This is a pioneering work, easily a decade ahead of other world-class efforts, my favorite being that of (then) World Bank Vice President for Europe, J. F. Rischard, High Noon 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them. It has been largely over-looked, but should gain …
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UPDATE 30 June to add link to Notes on, and Video of George Soros and Aryeh Neier discussing the theme. See also his full essay online with comment: George Soros Nails It: Intelligence with Integrity Chuck Sudetic 6 Star Special–Soros Out-Grows Broken System, June 24, 2011 On its own merits, without the Foreword from George …
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Law Job Stagnation May Have Started Before the Recession—And It May Be a Sign of Lasting Change William Henderson and Rachel Zahorsky ABA Journal, 1 July 2011 EXTRACT: The golden era is gone, but this is not because the law itself is becoming less relevant. Rather, the sea change reflects an urgent need for better …
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While the U.S. government may be described as a massive wealth transferring scheme, looting the middle class for the elite, I’d suggest that ‘wealth’ and ‘elite’ are not precisely correct. The transformation in Western power structures over past three centuries is such that the ‘elite’ was formerly indistinguishable from the government, which is the hallmark …
Harold Jarche » Network Learning: Working Smarter At its core, network learning is a way to deal with an ever-increasing amount of digital information. It requires an open attitude toward learning and finding new things. Each worker needs to develop individualized processes of filing, classifying and annotating information for later retrieval. Source: www.jarche.com Network Learning: …
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Xavier N. De Souza Briggs 5 for Academics, 4 for Isolation from Corruption, June 25, 2011 I am stunned to not see a review of this book published in 2008. It certainly merits attention and inclusion in any dialog about democracy. The author caught my attention immediately in the preface, observing that US democracy “looks …
June 22, 2011 From Serbia to Libya The Myth of Precision-Guided Coercion By FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch Vieux Port, St Raphael, France At the end of May the British press was filled with stories headlined “Gaddafi to be told to stand down or face Apache attack.” As of this writing, the Apaches have attacked, but …
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