The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Earth is at a tipping point. Changes to the planet that used to take 10,000 years now take three. This means that both real-time science and real-time policy and decision-making will be the non-negotiable essence of success in the 21st Century. Near-Earth Objects (NEO) are a more immediate threat than climate change; energy from geothermal, …
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Much More Than a Novel, This Is the Real Deal October 2, 2009 Phillip Oliver Otts As a recovering spy who has published and agitated for intelligence reform over the years, I generally have little patience for spy novels less the George Smiley series by John Le Carre. Been there, done that. This book is …
1. US Congress Sells Out to Wall Street 2. US Schools are More Segregated Today than in the 1950s 3. Toxic Waste Behind Somali Pirates 4. Nuclear Waste Pools in North Carolina 5. Europe Blocks US Toxic Products 6. Lobbyists Buy Congress 7. Obama’s Military Appointments Have Corrupt Past 8. Bailed out Banks and America’s …
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The Afghanistan Impasse By Ahmed Rashid New York Review of Books Volume 56, Number 15 · October 8, 2009 To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan by Nicholas Schmidle Henry Holt, 254 pp., $25.00 Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and al Qaeda by Gretchen Peters Thomas Dunne/St. …
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Potential Straw to Break the Camel’s Back September 19, 2009 Chris Hedges I disagree with those who dismiss this book, however erudite their claims. The author first impressed me with American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America. Reading this book on the heels of Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in …
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Economics, Intelligence, & Transparency Conference New York City, 13 September 2009, 1400-1430 EST Planned Remarks for Robert David STEELE Vivas 9/11 discussion was yesterday, it is however central to today’s reflections 9/11 was about predatory economics, failed intelligence, and zero transparency I only have 30 minutes to speak, but I can stay for an hour …
A colleague who has reflected on 9-11 offers up the following for futher investigation by citizen-journalists: Core 9/11 relations to integrity & transparency:
