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Richard Wright: Washington Post – No Memory on Iraq & No Integrity on Iran

An Mini-Me would say, “Huh”? US intelligence gains in Iran seen as boost to confidence By Joby Warrick and Greg Miller The Washington Post Published: April 8, 2012 More than three years ago, the CIA dispatched a stealth surveillance drone into the skies over Iran. The bat-winged aircraft penetrated more than 600 miles inside the …

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Marcus Aurelius: Department of State Broken – With No Prospect of Being Fixed

Diplomacy is one of those jobs where you actually have to be present on scene to do it.  One key point that Ms. Schake does not mention is that a principal reason military is playing a dominant role right now is that Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) are not volunteering for the hardship — such as Baghdad …

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Sepp Hasslberger: Putting Ground Transport Deep Underground

Evacuated tube travel to replace trains, planes and automobiles? “Some people spend their life watching the tube, but Daryl Oster is spending his trying to get people to travel in one.” “To be fair, Evacuated Tube Travel might be even bigger — Oster is proposing uisng magnetic levitation to send car-sized capsules through giant long …

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Chuck Spinney: Right-Wing & Neo-Nazi Merger

Yet another first rate piece of work from my good friend Mike Lofgren. The Right-Wing Id Unzipped Tuesday 14 February 2012 by: Mike Lofgren, Truthout | News Analysis Retired Republican House and Senate staffer Mike Lofgren spoke with Truthout in Washington, DC, this fall. Lofgren’s first commentary for Truthout, “Goodbye to All That: Reflections of …

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Eagle: 300 Million Citizens – 100 Million Qualify for Poverty Phone?

Mixed feelings. Great idea — one that has been recommended for the five billion poor everywhere else in the world. Troubling:  out of 300 million citizens, 100 million qualify for this specific form of poverty assistance? Obama Phone: Gov to Spend $2.4 Billion On Millions of Free Phones In 2012 Mac Slavo SHTFplan.com, February 9th, …

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