The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
July 26, 2011 Afghan Sitrep We’re Here Because We’re Here Because We’re Here … By FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch Beaulieu Sur Mer, France The old German army had a term of art for describing the US strategy in Afghanistan: nicht schwerpunckt, meaning there is no center of effort or unifying idea around which to shape …
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Farm thefts in California. From copper to iron to avocados to bees to solar panels. Combo of economic depression/financial collapse (a loss of legitimacy) that continues to ravage CA and legal decay (budgets to protect against this are down by 50% in three years EXTRACT Like many lawmen in vast agricultural areas, Sheriff Anderson said a major …
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Coordination Our economy is almost entirely based on a Darwinian competition–many products and services fighting for shelf space and market share and profits. It’s a wasteful process, because success is unpredictable and unevenly distributed. The internet has largely mirrored (and amplified) this competition. eBay, for example, not only pits sellers against one another, it also …
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Jon Ronson 5.0 out of 5 stars A Serious Topic Tackled with Humanity, May 12, 2011 By Monty Archibald “HeavyMetalMonty” (west coast of Scotland) – See all my reviews ‘People who are psychopathic prey ruthlessly on others using charm, deceit, violence or other methods that allow them to get what they want. The symptoms of …
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GOVERNMENT INSISTS ON RIGHT TO CENSOR BOOK Government attorneys this week asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by author Anthony Shaffer who claimed that his freedom to publish a memoir of his military service in Afghanistan had been violated. The government said that Mr. Shaffer’s book, “Operation Dark Heart,” which appeared last September …
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ROLLING UPDATE from Beginning of Crisis SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/PBI-Japan-Update 16 May 2011 ALL: Study: Seaports unready for climate change CANADA: Climate change threatens arctic coastlines CHINA: China’s Nuclear Arsenal: Status and Evolution EUROPE-SPAIN: Spanish Quake Jolts European Nuclear Debate GERMANY-JAPAN-USA: Nuclear Nations Turn To Natural Gas And Renewables INDIA: Manmohan Singh takes stock of country’s …
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