The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Crowds seeking aid in Haiti met with pepper spray and rubber bullets Desperate crowds have overwhelmed peacekeepers trying to deliver aid. The World Food Programme says that Port-au-Prince represents the greatest logistical challenge it has ever faced “They’re not violent, just desperate. They just want to eat,” Fernando Soares, a Brazilian army colonel, said. “The …
From 4 to Five for Gifted Story and Amazon Price Cut November 29, 2009 Daniel Goleman I chose this book over Ecological Intelligence: Rediscovering Ourselves in Nature and seeing the author’s note about this other book “by a physician, Jungian analyst, and poet” am certain I made the right choice. The author’s “big idea” is …
Not Really a Novel, More Like a Wake-Up Call October 10, 2009 Ralph Peters Although I read mostly non-fiction, one of Ralph Peter’s novels (his first in ten years, the last one I really liked was Traitor), is better than reality, for it portrays what we can expect when our delusional political, economic, and military …
Excellent Overview Book, Great Price, Nice Emphasis on Public Information Gaps October 9, 2009 John Wargo I like this book. It is not as detailed as any of the following but does a super job of blending together in a very easy to read manner coverage of five areas: nuclear testing, military contamination of training …
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Where have All the broad Shoulders Gone? Or, Labor Day in a Kleptocracy posted by Juan Cole Sept 7, 2009 http.www.juancole.com/2009/09/where-have-all-broad-shoulders-gone-or.html The unemployment rate as I write is inching toward 10 percent nationally, and that is only counting people who were still looking for a job recently. A vast bank robbery by the corrupt on …
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With a tip of the hat to Jock Gill, former Communications specialist for President Bill Clinton, we point to a short ably illustrated post entitled A Path Towards Carbon Negative Heating
Below are links to two stories on health care, both offering strong points of view, neither being completely accurate or particularly coherent in stratgic analytic terms. Health Care 101: Health Care is a four-part affair, and any policy proposal that fails to address all four parts is unaffordable, unsustainable, and a betrayal of the public …
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