The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Teen Says His Invention Will Save the World’s Oceans Nineteen-year-old Boyan Slat wants to change the world by making the oceans a lot less trashy. The Dutch teenager says he has invented a device that can remove 20 billion tons of plastic trash from the world’s oceans, according to a Daily Mail report. The story …
Collapse is Soon, says Hedges, and Others Predict it for 2014 “It is estimated that total derivative exposure of the financial system is between one quadrillion and one and a half quadrillion. A quadrillion is 1,000 trillion dollars and it has largely collapsed.The entire Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of all the world’s countries in 2011 …
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The Center for a Secure Free Society (SFS) For a Policy Roundtable Discussion & Rooftop Reception on Analyzing the Russia-Syria Alliance: Is Putin’s defense of Al-Assad all bark — or bite? A senior level expert panel discusses implications for policy makers Wednesday, September 25, 2013 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Not All Nuts are Nuts The Navy Yard shooter could have been relatively sane in the past, but driven insane later, if there is any validity to his filings with the Rhode Island police. If so, what were the objectives of those who tormented him? “Officials involved in the investigation of the Navy Yard shooting, …
IN REVERSE ORDER (TODAY FIRST, YESTERDAY SECOND) Russia: President Putin today accused the West of worsening the situation in Syria by “blowing up an internal conflict” there. His remarks were broadcast by state news television channel Rossiya 24. At an international meeting Putin interrupted former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon who said mass murder in …
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Our Newfound Fear of Risk We’re afraid of risk. It’s a normal part of life, but we’re increasingly unwilling to accept it at any level. So we turn to technology to protect us. The problem is that technological security measures aren’t free. They cost money, of course, but they cost other things as well. They …
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Russia-Syria: The Russian military news agency, Interfax-AVN, reported two more Russian ships are heading to the Mediterranean Sea. The destroyer Nastoychivyy of the Baltic Fleet and the patrol combatant Smetlivy of the Black Sea Fleet will join the Russian Navy’s task force in Mediterranean in the next few days, Interfax-AVN was told at the Main …
