The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Phi Beta Iota: With a tip of the hat to Rolling Stone and author Matt Taibbi, reproducing the entire article was the only way to show the emphasis added by Brother Chuck. Updated to add photo and observe that this particular article is rocketing around the Internet. See also our review of GRIFTOPIA. UPDATE: Three …
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Crummy result on Phi Beta Iota: Worth a Look (DVD): The Day Before Disclosure Should have pulled up at least these two books and the list: Review: Forbidden Knowledge–From Prometheus to Pornography Review: Hidden Truth–Forbidden Knowledge Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Disinformation, Other Information Pathologies, & Repression Human in the loop add-ons: Review: Imperial …
John J. Mearsheimer Cornerstone, Not the Whole Building January 2, 2011 By no stretch should this book be dismissed as a three. While I might normally have gone with a four, I am settling on five for balance and because the author not only covers an extraordinarily important topic in a sensible measured way, but …
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Nicaragua Government Took Bribes From Drug Traffickers, Cable Says December 9, 2010 Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega’s government accepts bribes from drug traffickers, harbors terrorists and attempts to endear itself to Iran, according to leaked U.S. diplomatic cables. By Samuel Rubenfeld U.S. diplomats accused Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government of taking bribes from drug traffickers in …
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EDIT of 5 Dec 2010 to add commentaries by various others. Op-Ed Columnist The Fragile Community By DAVID BROOKS Published: November 29, 2010 Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, had moved 37 times by the time he reached his 14th birthday. His mother didn’t enroll him in the local schools because, as Raffi Khatchadourian wrote …
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Taking a Wikileak In my obligatory post about Wikileaks as the story du jour, I point to the great set of questions Dan Gillmor has posted in his column at Salon. These are especially lucid. I like especially Dan’s point about the character of the communications that were leaked, that many of the messages are …
Marijuana in California: Prop. 19 won’t stop federal drug enforcement Even if voters pass Proposition 19 on Nov. 2, which would legalize use of marijuana in California, the Justice Department will continue to enforce federal drug laws there, Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday. Read full story…. Phi Beta Iota: States have the right to …
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