The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Pulitzer Prize Winner Seymour Hersh And The Men Who Want Him Committed By Matthew Phelan on February 23, 2011 WhoWhatWhy: Forensic Journalism It seems unusual for a staid, respected publication (one that has received three National Magazine Awards in just this past decade) to start treating a celebrated journalist (who himself has won two National Magazine Awards …
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Tip of the Hat to Penguin.
Curveball: How US was duped by Iraqi fantasist looking to topple Saddam Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi let imagination run wild and became main source for Colin Powell’s case for war in 2003 Defector admits to WMD lies that triggered Iraq war Admissions vindicate CIA’s former Europe chief Read full article… Phi Beta Iota: The story …
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Raped and extorted by a prison gang, Scott Howard was called a “drama queen” by corrections officials By Alan Prendergast Wednesday, Feb 2 2011 Denver Westward News Phi Beta Iota: A very long article (8 sections), this is worth a full reading because it documents both the atrocities that occur in prisons to people who …
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The Economist on Democracy in America I’M HAVING trouble writing about the GOP effort to reach a compromise over whether to cut $100 billion out of the 2011 budget, or just $50-60 billion. My problem is that I can’t really write about the advantages or disadvantages of one or another version of the cuts when …
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Phi Beta Iota: The announcement of the Egyptian Army that it recognizes the “legitimate grievances” of the public and that it will not use force is in fact a recognition of both the substance of the public grievances, and the fact that force would backfire–there are not enough guns on the planet to repress the …
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A culture of testing Netflix tests everything. They’re very proud that they A/B test interactions, offerings, pricing, everything. It’s almost enough to get you to believe that rigorous testing is the key to success. Except they didn’t test the model of renting DVDs by mail for a monthly fee. And they didn’t test the model …
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