Review (Guest): Trust Me, I’m Lying – Confessions of a Media Manipulator

Ryan Holiday 5.0 out of 5 stars How To Become an Alpha Predator of the Media July 19, 2012 By John Robb Ryan has written two EXPLOSIVE books in one package. It’s VERY easy to read. It’s something you can digest in an afternoon. Better yet: Ryan, unlike many others, has the credentials to write …

Paul Craig Roberts: The Libor Scandal In Full Perspective + Meta-RECAP

The Libor Scandal In Full Perspective The article about the Libor scandal, coauthored with Nomi Prins, received much attention, with Internet repostings, foreign translation, and video interviews. To further clarify the situation, this article brings to the forefront implications that might not be obvious to those without insider experience and knowledge. EXTRACT: Does this mean …

Chuck Spinney: Drones — Of Idiots, By Idiots, For Idiots + Meta-RECAP

Attached is a really first rate assessment of the real benefits and costs of the American infatuation with drone warfare.  The writer, Patrick Cockburn, is one of the very best reporters now covering the wars in the Middle East and Central Asia. Chuck Spinney Cap Ferat, France America is deluded by its drone-warfare propaganda World View: …

DefDog: Nurturing Innovation in Spite of Really Rotten Rote Education + RECAP

For years I have done similar approaches when teaching….and have been told to stop because “it is not the way it is done!”  My classes were consistently better equipped to deal with the problems they faced as intelligence officers than the school house folks……they weren’t afraid of an intelligence failure of the information kind, only …

Mini-Me: US Dollar Out, Yuan, System D, and Open Money In + Meta-RECAP

BRICS Move To Replace Dollar With “Super-Sovereign” Global Currency Alexander Higgins, Contributor Activist Post, 28 March 2012 As China is expected to rise to the status of a financial superpower within the next 8 years and eclipse the US economy by 2020, Africa becomes center stage in the greatest currency war the world has seen …

#OWS Rolling Update + US Revolution RECAP

CORRUPTION is the common enemy, both in government and in the private sector.  ELECTORAL REFORM is the singular demand.  COALITION CABINET is the method.  INTEGRITY is the core value.  COMMONWEALTH RESTORED is the outcome. Occupy Revolution OccupyWallStreet (Home Site) Original Electoral Reform Documents (Updated) We the People Reform Coalition   25 March 2012 Penn Badgley …