The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
‘Impossible’ Device Could Propel Flying Cars, Stealth Missiles David Hambling October 29, 2009 The Emdrive is an electromagnetic drive that would generate thrust from a closed system — “impossible” say some experts. To critics, it’s flat-out junk science, not even worth thinking about. But its inventor, Roger Shawyer, has doggedly continued his work. As Danger Room …
Grupo Hemas Taps Savi Networks to Monitor the Security and Status of Cargo Shipments in Real Time Reuters, 28 October 2009 …has contracted with Savi Networks for its real-time intelligence service that automatically monitors the location, security and condition of shipment… A Revolution Once More: Unmanned Systems and the Middle East (Brookings, November 2009) … …
Intriguing and illuminating. Thank you. Harold Laski: Problems of Democracy, the Sovereign State, and International Society Laski’s concerns turn out to have much in common with those of present-day social democratic commentators – in particular the capacity of a state to effect social justice in conditions of global interdependence. Peter Lamb’s study of this overly …
Coal Costs the US $62 Billion in External Costs – NRC Report October 28th, 2009 Last week the National Research Council (part of the National Academy of Science) released a report that the US Government commissioned back in 2005 to find the true cost of our energy titled, “Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of …
Assuming there is no fraud among the buyers and sellers in a market exchange, Caveat Emptor — the principle that the buyer alone is responsible for determining the quality and suitablity of goods or services before a purchase is made — is the cornerstone of free market ideology. Implicit in this belief is the necessary …
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Bacon, cheesecake and Ho Hos alter pleasure centers in rats’ brainsScienceNews By Laura Sanders October 21st, 2009 CHICAGO — Junk food elicits addictive behavior in rats similar to the behaviors of rats addicted to heroin, a new study finds. Pleasure centers in the brains of rats addicted to high-fat, high-calorie diets became less responsive as …
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Bhopal, Yes Men, Ethics. Absolutely correct juxtaposition of terms. What governments and corporations do everyday to their own citizens is vastly more lethal than any possible combination of “terrorist/freedom fighter” actions. See especiallyThe Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters and alsoActs of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in …
