The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Dear friends, Sometimes when this work seems too hard, someone will send me a video link… and I’ll suddenly find myself bathed in one more reason why it is worth pouring so much of life into creating a decent, joyful, healthy society. There is so much going on in the world that is worth preserving, …
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EPA to Bar Fluoride-Based Pesticide Decision aims to protect children’s health CONTACT: EWG Public Affairs, 202-667-6982 leeann@ewg.org; Beyond Pesticides: Jay Feldman, 202-543-5450; Fluoride Action Network: Ellen Connett, 315-379-9200 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 10, 2011 Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to grant three environmental groups’ petition to end …
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Secrecy News Extract CRS DIRECTOR’S RETIREMENT RENEWS OLD QUESTIONS Daniel P. Mulhollan, director of the Congressional Research Service, told CRS staff last week that he will be retiring in April. Mr. Mulhollan, who joined CRS in 1969, has been director of the congressional support organization for the past 14 years, making him its longest-serving leader. …
http://marketplace.unreasonableinstitute.org January 20, 2011 The Unreasonable Institute Empowers the Public to Choose the Next Wave of High-Impact Social Entrepreneurs Global donations will determine which entrepreneurs gain admission to esteemed mentorship program BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Starting Jan. 20, 45 social entrepreneurs will showcase their ventures in an online platform called the Unreasonable Finalist Marketplace (http://marketplace.unreasonableinstitute.org/). For 50 …
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Yemen: Ripple Effects from Tunisia. On Saturday, thousands of Yemenis demonstrated to demand an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 32-year tenure as President. The demonstration was confined to the University of Sanaa grounds, but nearly 2,500 students, activists and opposition groups gathered and chanted slogans against the president, comparing him to Tunisia’s ousted President …
Dear friends, Food is basic. Lester Brown — founder of both the Worldwatch Institute and the Earth Policy Institute, author of over 50 books on environmental issues, recipient of 26 honorary degrees and a MacArthur Fellowship, and (according to the Washington Post) “one of the world’s most influential thinkers” — has just published a cogent …
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NIGHTWATCH EXTRACT Tunisia: Update. The Tunisian army fired into the air to disperse protesters from the headquarters of former President Ben Ali’s Constitutional Democratic Rally (CDR) in Tunis. The CDR has been disbanded but some demonstrators want the building razed. The state of emergency remains in effect. The interim government met for the first time …
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