The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones $26 Software Is Used to Breach Key Weapons in Iraq; Iranian Backing Suspected WASHINGTON — Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations. Senior defense and intelligence officials …
Extraordinary Collection, Unique, Timely, No Notes December 16, 2009 Dacher Keltner, Jason March, Jeremy Adam Smith This is a truly extraordinary collection of essays from the magazine Greater Good, a magazine I had no idea existed. The editors have done a tremendous job in selecting 35 essays (click on the cover above to see the …
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Phi Beta Iota: The briefing below, flagged by Chuck Spinney from the New America Foundation, fails to make the one really big point: that PriceWaterHouseCoopers has found that 50% of all health care spending in the USA is WASTE. However, given the profit motive, that waste generates overhead, and so there is no incentive for …
The crash in real estate among the very rich who were NOT part of the Wall Street cabal is a fine indicator of “relative valuations.” Bottom line: Everything is worth 50% less now in “real dollars,” and will be worth even less as the US dollar continues to devalue. In other news of idiocy run …
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Major Contribution to Loyal Dissent & True Patriotism December 10, 2009 The book comes in three parts, the first two by the author, the third a collection of well-chosen pieces by others. I am totally engaged by the idea that liberty is a state of mind, that America the Beautiful is a state of mind, …
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Needs to Be Said, Needs to Be Read, A Solid First Step December 10, 2009 Naomi Wolf American Freedom Campaign I disagree with those that criticize this book. This is PRECISELY the kind of book we need to see, at a reasonable price, being discussed in schools, clubs, and churches. QUOTE page 27: “The Founders …
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Phi Beta Iota: It was Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX) that screwed the American public by inserting 200 pages of lobbyist language into a bill five minutes before passage, with no objection from any other Senator The insertion completely deregulated the financial industry and led directly to the meltdown of the American economy. Senator Chris Dodd …
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