The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Politics is too important to be left to politicians – time for citizens’s juries By Katie Ghose, Chief Executive of the Electoral Reform Society Left Foot Forward, BC, 5 August 2011 A farmer, a school teacher, a politician – just who would you trust to set the rules of politics? That’s the question being posed …
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Arctic scientist who exposed climate threat to polar bear is suspended US government conducts ‘integrity inquiry’ on federal biologist amid lobbying by oil firms for Arctic permits Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 28 July 2011 It was seen as one of the most distressing effects of climate change ever recorded: polar bears dying …
Just from the topics, it seems like a more coherent version of this stuff I wrote in 2004: Achieving the Star Trek Society. “This essay shows how a total of $14000 billion up front and at least another $2085 billion per year can be made available for creative investment in the USA by adopting a …
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From Senator Bernie Sanders, US Senator for Vermont The Fed Audit July 21, 2011 The first top-to-bottom audit of the Federal Reserve uncovered eye-popping new details about how the U.S. provided a whopping $16 trillion in secret loans to bail out American and foreign banks and businesses during the worst economic crisis since the Great …
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Why the Pentagon Is Always Underfunded CHUCK SPINNEY, The Blaster, July 19, 2011 Cap Ferrat, France The courtiers in the Hall of Mirrors that is Versailles on the Potomac are lining up to give Leon Panetta advice on how to manage the Pentagon in the coming era of budget “constraints.” Most of this wisdom takes the form …
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Integrity is becoming part of the global agenda. I especially recommend Christian Arnsperger and Mark Whitaker for interesting takes on this. Toward a Bioregional State (Online Summary) Whitaker argues that the basis of environmental degradation is not capitalism or market relations. Environmental degradation is supremely caused by unrepresentative state elite decisions and how they manipulate …
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