The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
That Tap Water Is Legal but May Be Unhealthy The 35-year-old federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks — and still be legal. Only 91 contaminants are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, yet more than 60,000 …
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ClimateGate Just Got Much, Much Bigger The long and the short of it is best summarized by the Telegraph’s James Dellingpole: “What the Russians are suggesting here, in other words, is that the entire global temperature record used by the IPCC to inform world government policy is a crock.” U.S. says it could help raise …
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The crash in real estate among the very rich who were NOT part of the Wall Street cabal is a fine indicator of “relative valuations.” Bottom line: Everything is worth 50% less now in “real dollars,” and will be worth even less as the US dollar continues to devalue. In other news of idiocy run …
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US-China showdown looms over climate talks COPENHAGEN – A showdown between the world’s two largest polluters loomed over the U.N. climate talks Tuesday as China accused the United States and other rich nations of backsliding on their commitments to fight global warming. Phi Beta Iota: The Secretary General means well, but he has no clue …
Military Impostors Are Neither Few Nor Proud Mary Schantag, co-founder and researcher for the POW Network, said her group’s Web site lists 3,500 “phonies and wannabes” who claim to be former prisoners of war, medal recipients, members of elite forces or heroic combat veterans. She said she receives new allegations daily. “This is an epidemic,” …
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Hot Topics AA: Assam-Bangladesh border fencing almost over, says minister 12/08/09 AA: Norway UFO Was Out-Of-Control Russian Rocket 12/10/09 AA: To Beat Al Qaeda, Look to the East 12/12/09 AU: Australia heeds Obama’s call 12/11/09 BD: Bangladesh: Getting Police Reform on Track 12/11/09 CN: China’s New Security State 12/09/09 CN: New arrests over China’s Xinjiang …
Stability Operations for Dummies: The Role of the Prvate Sector in Iraq (YouTube Briefing) Doug Brooks, founding President of the International Peace Operations Association (IPOA) has a video circulating that offers the soft sales pitch for outsourcing “contingency support.” It is all positive and completely avoids all of the negatives, such as: 1. Pillaging and …
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