The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
FYI … This seems to be a big deal, but given rising demand, I have no idea of the long term implications of shale boom or if we are witnessing some kind of a bubble? see also this link. CS. 2013 oil boom is biggest ever, data show Posted on December 26, 2013 at 10:00 pm …
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Analysis of 330 articles in ABI-INFORM that have “intelligence reform” in the title, abstract or subject. [Bates Information Services, 24 December 2013]
Uruguay’s neighbors now considering legalization of pot The taboo is broken: Argentina’s new anti-drug czar says the country ‘deserves’ the debate, while Chile’s new president could ease marijuana laws. LIMA, Peru — Argentina has given the first sign that Uruguay’s groundbreaking cannabis reform just may have started a domino effect across Latin America. Read full …
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I have no idea whether this is real or not, but the idea is certainly neat… advancing the idea of the tricorder, the universal instrument the heroes of Star Trek always had with them… Buyer beware – it could be one of those things that get funded never to be heard of again. If it’s …
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Anti-Access, Area Denial Israeli Style Mother Nature Intensifies the Gaza Siege by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch Gaza was recently hit by a severe winter storm, and it lacks the electricity, water, and sewage infrastructure to deal with the crisis. Here, FYI, is report in Ma’an, a Palestinian news agency, describing the disastrous effects of this storm. …
IMHO, Snowden needs to experience being the object of an “extraordinary rendition” and then be warehoused incommunicado at either GTMO or one of the Supermax facilities. Too bad that appears tactically infeasible at the moment. Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission’s accomplished By Barton Gellman Washington Post, December 23, 2013 Phi Beta …
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Pakistan Outs Three US CIA Station Chiefs in Three Years Corporate Media Keeps US Citizens in the Dark by DAVE LINDORFF Counterpunch, Weekend Edition December 20-22, 2013 For the third time in three years, a CIA station chief has been outed in Pakistan, a country where the CIA is running one of its largest covert …
