The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
NSA whistle-blower: Obama “worse than Bush” Thomas Drake on life inside the National Security Agency and the price of truth telling Matthew Harwood Salon, 7 March 2012 Thomas Drake, the whistle-blower whom the Obama administration tried and failed to prosecute for leaking information about waste, fraud and abuse at the National Security Agency, now works …
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Is Germany About to Start a Run on Gold Held at the New York Fed? Economic Policy Journal, 8 March 2012 German lawmakers are to review Bundesbank controls of and management of Germany’s gold reserves. Parliament’s Budget Committee will assess how the central bank manages its inventory of Germany’s gold bullion bars that are believed …
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Graphene Battery Turns Ambient Heat Into Electric Current – Technology Review Physicists have built a graphene battery that harvests energy from the thermal movement of ions in solution Here’s an interesting idea for a battery. The thermal velocity of ions in aqueous solution is huge–hundreds of metres per second at room temperature. And yet few …
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A few players with deep pockets, placing huge bets Robert Reich Kansas City Star, 28 February 2012 Nothing drives voter sentiment like the price of gasoline, which is already up nearly 30 cents from the start of the year and hitting $4 in many places. The last time it topped $4 was 2008. And nothing …
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A Propaganda Windfall for the Imperial State: Steven Pinker on the Decline of Violence Edward Herman, Z Magazine | Book Review TruthOut.org, Sunday 4 March 2012 Steven Pinker’s new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, is a propaganda windfall for the leaders and supporters of the U.S. imperial state, currently …
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As Wyoming plans for federal collapse (where, exactly, they will put the aircraft carrier remains unresolved), it behooves all of us to spend a little time thinking about “what if” the national supply chains for food and fuel implode. I am not that enthused about the terms “smart city” or even “intelligent city,” but recognize …
When War is Promoted as a Remedy for Terror by Anthony J. Hall The You Tube of my San Francisco presentation on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 is being presented to the public here for the first time in early March of 2012. Anthony J. Hall is Professor of Globalization Studies. His recent book, Earth …
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