The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Anatomy of the Deep State by Mike Lofgren, Moyers & Company, February 21, 2014 VIDEO Version: The Deep State Hiding in Plain Sight Rome lived upon its principal till ruin stared it in the face. Industry is the only true source of wealth, and there was no industry in Rome. By day the Ostia road …
Paul Craig Roberts 5.0 out of 5 stars Most Credible Consistent Truth-Teller I Read…., February 21, 2014 I have been following Paul Craig Roberts, a former Assistant Secretary of Treasury in the Reagan Administration, for years. Originally he specialized in economic commentary, and I was much taken with his hard-hitting critical commentary and particularly his …
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Secrecy = culture of waste. Balancing Transparency and National Security Is keeping military funding secret truly necessary for national security? Not according to Pieter and Siemon Wezeman. Greater transparency not only makes governments more accountable, it also helps reduce the causes of insecurity and conflict. By Pieter Wezeman and Siemon Wezeman for SIPRI EXTRACT The …
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Flipping the corruption myth Corruption is by far not the main factor behind persisting poverty in the Global South John Hickel Al Jazeera, 1 February 2014 Transparency International recently published their latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), laid out in an eye-catching map of the world with the least corrupt nations coded in happy yellow …
“China Has Good Reason to Help Stabilize Latin American Economies” Although these alliances will primarily be closer to home, most of Latin America is a naturally ally not only because of its increasing trade and commercial relations with China, but because of its common interest in an international political order that favors respect for national …
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Flashback: 9/11 and the gold in the NY Federal Reserve With reports that Germany can’t get back much of its gold stored in the NY Federal Reserve, I remembered what I was writing just after 9/11. Here are a few quotes. Most are from my posts on 9/11 and 9/12, 2001: “Still no word on …
Continue reading “Jon Rappoport: USG Loses (or Secretly Sells) 7,500 Tons of Gold”
The US IC has spent 1.2 trillion dollars since 1992 — and failed to provide ethical evidence-based decision-support capable of influencing tens of trillions more. This waste has to be understood in the context of a leadership (both intelligence and political) focused moving money, not actually in the business of producing decision-support or making decisions …
