The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Deep Look at Soul of Man, Society, and Capitalism November 1, 2009 Howard Bloom I received this book in pre-publication form so as to offer a blurb for the jacket. Below is my take on this book.This book will simultaneously tease your brain, arouse your emotions, and motivate you as it probes deeply into the …
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Brandon Keim October 28, 2009 NOTE: Brandon Keim’s Twitter stream and reportorial outtakes; Wired Science on Twitter. Brandon is currently working on a book about ecosystem and planetary tipping points. With nothing more than beads in a glass box, physicists have revealed yet another mysterious property of granular solids, now recognized by scientists as a …
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My good friend Werther had this to say about David Brookes’ op-ed, “The Tenacity Question,” in the 29 October 09 of the New York Times, which argued that the solution to Afghanistan was a simple question of mustering willpower. Sola Fide “The sleep of reason breeds monsters.” Francisco Goya By Werther* ElectricPolitics.com As yet more …
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From the Editor of Consortiumnew.com: Editor’s Note: In this modern age – and especially since George W. Bush declared the “war on terror” eight years ago – the price for truth-telling has been high, especially for individuals whose consciences led them to protest the torture of alleged terrorists. From the Story: I tell you that …
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Hot Topics AA: Russia says has not supplied S-300 missiles to Iran 10/28/09 AA: Iran, Egypt cooperation creates difficult situation for Israel: Ahmadinejad 10/28/09 AA: Why India should worry about the turmoil in Pakistan 10/27/09 AF: Pentagon pressed on Afghanistan IEDs 10/29/09 AF: Afghans protest rumored desecration of Koran by US troops 10/25/09 EG: Is …
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Cloud Analytics: Dataflow versus Databases Realtime analytics drives a migration away from databases to more scalable parallel dataflow architectures. Bill McColl, 29 October 2009 Over the past year or so, a new movement, the “NoSQL” movement has emerged promoting the advantages of doing a variety of kinds of analytics without using any relational database technologies …
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