Paul Fernhout: Encouragement for the Sick at Heart – Planning for US Collapse, Learning from Soviet Collapse

Always remember Howard Zinn’s remarks: “In this awful world where the efforts of caring people often pale in comparison to what is done by those who have power, how do I manage to stay involved and seemingly happy? I am totally confident not that the world will get better, but that we should not give …

Worth a Look: Pull Together Now!

Place-to-Place, Face-to-Face, for a Sustainable Future PTN Mission Pull Together Now!’s  purpose is to unite and support people committed to a peaceful and sustainable future across our shared, finite planet. We believe that the people of the world will transcend all religious, social, ethnic and political barriers and pull together place-to-place, face-to-face in support of …

Cynthia McKinney: Don DeBar With Truth on Libya

Don DeBar has been instrumental in sharing the truth on Libya.  Here is his latest interview. BSNews interviews Don DeBar Don DeBar is an independent journalist who has recently travelled to Libya before the NATO invasion. BSNews emailed him some questions regarding the conflict. 1/  We know that the intervention in Libya was not humanitarian …

Paul Fernhout: Open Letter to the Intelligence Advanced Programs Research Agency (IARPA)

EDIT 4 Sep 2011: Link and misc. fixed. Dear IARPA staff- The greatest threat facing the USA is the irony inherent in our current defense posture, like for example planning to use nuclear energy embodied in missiles to fight over oil fields that nuclear energy could replace. This irony arises in part because the USA’s …

Review: A First-Rate Madness – Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness

Nassir Ghaemi 5.0 out of 5 stars One Huge Point, Many Smaller Insights,August 28, 2011 When I am torn between a 4 and a 5 I read all the other reviews. I rate this book a five because it advances appreciation for the integration of psychology with history, and contributes somewhat–not the last word–to the …