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Event: 16 Dec 2010 0930-1100 DC New America Foundation Self Inflicted Wound–Debates and Divisions Within al-Qa’ida and its Periphery

Self-Inflicted Wounds Debates and Divisions Within al-Qa’ida and its Periphery Please join the New America Foundation National Security Studies Program for the release and discussion of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point’s new report, Self-Inflicted Wounds: Debates and Divisions within al-Qa’ida and its Periphery, which explores the disagreements and internal tensions that weaken the …

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Breeding Monsters: Forcing Living Systems to Conform to Our Tech Instead of Our Tech Conforming to Living Systems

Film/documentary: Monster Salmon and Butterflies We already eat GM crops and now GM Salmon, which grow faster and larger than ordinary Salmon, are soon to come onto the market. But does anyone know what effect they will have on us and our environment? This fascinating documentary follows the few independent researchers of genetic engineering as …

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Journal: Barack Obama, Colin Powell, and National Security

Will Colin Powell become Barack Obama’s next Pentagon chief? Toby Harnden, The Telegraph UK 4 December 2010 – – – – – – – Obama’s most important decision you haven’t heard about — Pentagon leaders Richard H. Kohn, Christian Science Monitor 6 December 2010 Breaking Down Obama’s Cabinet Contenders (2008) Brian Montopoli, CBSNews 6 November …

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Review (Guest): The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street

Robert Scheer 5.0 out of 5 stars The great American Stickup September 8, 2010 By Herbert L Calhoun “paulocal” (Falls Church, VA USA) – See all my reviews In this book, “deregulation” is a four-letter word: a synonym for leaving the U.S. taxpayer, U.S. markets and the U.S. reputation wide open to greedy mindless homegrown …

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Journal: Smoke, Mirrors, and Hades Burning on the Hill

This is a great example of the kind of gaming that keeps defense budgets high.  Kudos to Winslow Wheeler for smoking it out. On Dec 3, 2010, at 7:56 AM, Winslow Wheeler wrote: In a midnight switch, the Deficit Commission changed the dividing line between discretionary spending elements.  Was 050 (DOD,DOE, Misc.) versus the rest; …

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