The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The APT Tax Instead of personal income tax, corporate income tax, state tax, fuel tax, capital gains tax, gift tax. estate tax, excise tax, sales tax One very low universal tax Automatically and Immediately Collected No Tax Returns, No Lobbying for Special Interests, No Special Deductions Is it possible to have a system of taxation …
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The Self-Inflicted Wounds of 9/11 Saturday 11 September 2010 by: Melvin A. Goodman, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis EXTRACT 1: The defense budget is, in fact, out of control, increasing funding for both near-term and long-term programs and activities. EXTRACT 2: In addition to unprecedented military spending, the Pentagon …
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Iraq: Time to Ring the Bell by Howard P. Hart 27 August 2010 Many years ago I attended a series of Headquarters briefings for out-going CIA Chiefs of Station. Our main speaker was Richard Helms, then the Agency’s Director and one of the lions of American foreign policy in the 1960’s and 70’s. A man …
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This year’s survey places strong emphasis on the global nature of economic and financial vulernability, and on Afghanistan. Below is a quote in two sections from the official press statement releasing the survey to the public. Strategic Survey 2010 does not seek to lay out a new comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan. It does however argue …
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Dr. Nafeez Ahmed is a bestselling author and political analyst specialising in the study of mass violence in the context of international security issues. His doctoral thesis examined genocides sponsored by the European powers from the 15th through the 19th centuries. He is Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research & Development in London, …
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India-China: India conveyed its concerns to China on 3 September about an increase in the Chinese troop presence and activities in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Embassy officials said Indian Ambassador to China S. Jaishankar met China’s Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Zhang Zhijun in Beijing to discuss India’s concerns. India news papers quoted government sources that 11,000 …
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Beyond belief, but here it is: the “official” explanation of why we are going to waste 12 billion dollars a year on contractors without a clue (vapor-ware). There is zero return on investment here for the taxpayer, only for the contractors and Congress, neither of which will be held accountable for fraud, waste, and …
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