The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This is precisely the kind of search we like to see. It is a shame that most of what comes up on the Internet is baloney from corporations trying to pretend they have ethics. Here are a couple of selections that we thought worthy of including here. There is also an entire literature on business …
By TED BRIDIS (AP) – July 21, 2010 WASHINGTON — For at least a year, the Homeland Security Department detoured hundreds of requests for federal records to senior political advisers for highly unusual scrutiny, probing for information about the requesters and delaying disclosures deemed too politically sensitive, according to nearly 1,000 pages of internal e-mails …
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People can receive earthquake data from the @USGSTED Twitter account. The site sends maps of earthquake zones to account holders. U.S. Geological Survey: Twitter Earthquake Detector (TED) The U.S. Geological Survey is using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support a student who’s investigating social Internet technologies as a way to quickly …
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Starts Weak, Ends Strong, Not the Whole Picture July 21, 2010 Bill McKibben EDIT of 2 August 2010: However great the mind or the man, we all make mistakes. Paul Hawkins made his with Monsanto, I’ve made mine. ClimateGate established with clarity the fraud associated with both the fabricated science and the intended “sub-prime mortgaging” …
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Recommended by a very broadly read and traveled person from the Southern Hemisphere. You do NOT have to log in. Takes over a minute to start, click further along on the bar to hurry the start, after first clicking on the Play triangle. This is a world-class film, exquisitely produced and thoughtfully scripted. This is …
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From the Onion, dated (2009) but achieving new momentum as Americans question their government more and more. . . . . . From TED Global 2010, a candid discussion with the founder of WikiLeaks who was also scheduled as a keynote speaker at Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) 2010 but was replaced by his colleague …
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“The majority of the world’s designers focus all their efforts on developing products and services exclusively for the richest 10% of the world’s customers. Nothing less than a revolution in design is needed to reach the other 90%.” —Dr. Paul Polak, International Development Enterprises Exhibition on view National Geographic Museum, Washington, DC through September 6, …
