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2011/05/252011/05/26

US Government Lies Part II [one source, one day]

There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says By Spencer Ackerman WIRED, May 25, 2011 You may think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says it’s worse than you’ve heard. Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial provisions of the surveillance law as early …

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2011/04/15

Harvard “Boys” Crash, Burn, No Apology

economicprincipals.com March 27, 2011, David Warsh, Proprietor A Recent Exercise in Nation-Building by Some Harvard Boys It was worth a smile at breakfast that morning in February 2006, a scrap of social currency to take out into the world. Michael Porter, the Harvard Business School management guru, had grown famous offering competitive strategies to firms, …

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2011/04/142011/04/14

Matt Taibbi: The Real Housewives Of Wall Street–How Morgan Stanley Wives Christy Mack & Susan Karches Ripped Off Taxpayers In Geithner-Bernanke Bailout Scheme

Illustration by Victor Juhasz In another era, we would see Congressional hearings on this matter within days. Darrell Issa and Spencer Bachus are now on the clock. We have but one comment – Audit the Fed – Sign the Petition Immediately! By Matt Taibbi For Rolling Stone Why is the Federal Reserve forking over $220 …

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2011/03/312011/03/31

Intelligent Design: Will It Make a Beautiful (Safe) Ruin?

This struck me as “speaking poetry to power.” Idle Chatter: The Power of Ruins Nuclear power plants are an uncanny presence in the built environment. By Morgan Meis, The Smart Set “Will it make a beautiful ruin?” That was the question Basil Spence asked about the nuclear power station he was designing in Trawsfynydd, Wales. …

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2011/02/242011/02/24

Learning to See in the Dark: The Roots of Ethical Resistance — Carol Gilligan Speaks at MIT

VIDEO: Learning to See in the Dark: The Roots of Ethical Resistance Carol Gilligan April 24, 2009 Time: 1:10:34 Carol Gilligan is an ethicist and psychologist currently appointed as a University Professor at the New York University. She received an A.B. in English literature from Swarthmore College, a masters degree in clinical psychology from Radcliffe …

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2011/02/182011/02/21

Hillary Clinton: Torn Between Dictators & Rhetoric

UPDATED: Robert Smith comment at Facebook: “WHAT? Dictators $10 billion, Democracy lovers $25 million, hypocrisy priceless.” Phi Beta Iota: It is actually much worse than that. Our estimate of the cost of US being best pals with 42 of 44 dictators is closer to 500 billion, and that is a very conservative estimate. The cost …

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2011/02/092011/03/17

USAF Backs Off on Threat to Air Family Members….

Air Force Rescinds New Guidance on WikiLeaks Secrecy News reported Monday on strange new guidance from the Air Force Materiel Command declaring that Air Force employees and even their family members could be prosecuted under the Espionage Act for accessing the WikiLeaks web site. On Monday night that new guidance was abruptly withdrawn. Lt. Col. …

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