The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Syria: Update. The mainstream media headlines with slight variations predict that an attack against Syrian targets by US missiles could occur as early as Thursday. The UK and France are lobbying hard for action because of the alleged chemical attack. Special Comment: Numerous pundits and experts have expounded on the need for the US to …
Lying About Syria, and the Lying Liars Who Lie About the Lying “U.S. prepares for possible retaliatory strike against Syria,” announces a Los Angeles Times headline, even though Syria has not attacked the United States or any of its occupied territories or imperial forces and has no intention to do so. Quoth the article: “the …
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Surveillance and parasitism harm society’s collective intelligence What this post is about: Society’s collective intelligence needs to be able to see clearly what’s going on and take action about it. Both NSA surveillance and corporate suppression of activism interfere with that vital dynamic. This post clarifies what’s going on in these dynamics and suggests strategies …
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For those who have not seen. Most of us have significant experience with the Huey. In my case, my takeoffs exceed by a considerable number my landings in the airframe. Some of us know Ranger Nightengale personally. Some of us have been involved in emergency landings or other aircraft mishaps. Some of us owe …
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Look to nature for lessons in building resiliency Mary Catherine O’Connor | July 18, 2013 The Earth is changing at a climatic level, and we humans, in the wake of a growing list of extreme weather events and years-long trends, are scrambling to react. Within the built environment (which includes everything from utility grids to …
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This seems like a relatively simple question. For different reasons, both POTUS and Congress apaprently seek to break the military. POTUS’ view, arguably rooted in anticolonialism, focuses on reducing the US, to include the military, to the status of the Third World, while in Congressional (read: Tea Party) minds, the military is the principal cash cow and thus acceptable/desirable …
NOTICE: We are suspending our update of this index. All CRS reports will continue to be offered at the Federation of American Scientists, and updated as new version are received, but we will not longer maintain this separate index. Updated FAS new 2 June 2015. All links lead to Federation of American Scientists (FAS) …
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