The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
US-China showdown looms over climate talks COPENHAGEN – A showdown between the world’s two largest polluters loomed over the U.N. climate talks Tuesday as China accused the United States and other rich nations of backsliding on their commitments to fight global warming. Phi Beta Iota: The Secretary General means well, but he has no clue …
Developing countries boycott UN climate talks COPENHAGEN – China, India and other developing nations boycotted U.N. climate talks Monday, bringing negotiations to a halt with their demand that rich countries discuss much deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions. “We are seeing the death of the Kyoto Protocol,” said Djemouai Kamel of Algeria, the head …
Hot Topics AA: Assam-Bangladesh border fencing almost over, says minister 12/08/09 AA: Norway UFO Was Out-Of-Control Russian Rocket 12/10/09 AA: To Beat Al Qaeda, Look to the East 12/12/09 AU: Australia heeds Obama’s call 12/11/09 BD: Bangladesh: Getting Police Reform on Track 12/11/09 CN: China’s New Security State 12/09/09 CN: New arrests over China’s Xinjiang …
Sir, There’s nothing inherently wrong with the analysis of Al Qaeda (I just glanced at it, if you wish I can read in detail today). The PROBLEM lies not so much in how we analyze support to terrorism (state, crime, other) but rather in the way we analyze (or rather do NOT analyze) EVERYTHING. Here’s …
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Buy PAPERBACK Version–Rewarding but Disappointing December 10, 2009 Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein Do NOT buy the hard-copy. Amazon obscures the fact that the paperback is available, this is a very thin book, buy the paperbackWorld-Systems Analysis: An Introduction (A John Hope Franklin Center Book). I would have been furious had I bought the hard copy at …
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Phi Beta Iota: We love this, even though it is very time and bandwidth intensive. As voice to text matures (China is rreported by Atlantic Monthly to be much further ahead than Google) it will become much easier to aggregate citizen views into the Global Game, and to create a “level playing field” for true …
Copenhagen climate summit: Behind the scenes at the sceptics’ conference Tuvalu gives Copenhagen that old sinking feeling Copenhagen denies Tuvalu bid for tough climate controls Global Day of Climate protest, 12th December 2009 COPENHAGEN – December 8 – As the Copenhagen Climate Talks get underway and hopes of a meaningful deal continue to fade, a …
