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2014/09/182014/09/18

Mongoose: Attaboy Australia — Beheading IO Stopped — But What Should US Do?

Very well done, Australia! Australia raids foil reported ISIS beheading plots Australian counterterrorism forces detained 15 people Thursday in a series of suburban raids after receiving intelligence that the Islamic State movement was planning public beheadings in two Australian cities to demonstrate its reach. About 800 federal and state police officers raided more than a …

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2014/09/122014/09/13

Review: Death of a King – The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year

Tavis Smiley 5.0 out of 5 stars OK to Challenge Racism and Poverty — NOT OK to challenge militarism and the national security state, September 12, 2014 The publisher has done a rotten job of summarizing this book. Here, paraphrasing the author as he just spoke on the John Stewart show, is the bottom line: …

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2014/09/09

SchwartzReport: Workers are Poor — This Is Unsustainable

I have had a series of emails from readers over the past couple of weeks describing the growing poverty of themselves, and people they know. Mostly they seem to be middle aged not quite senior level businesspeople who were laid off, and have been unable to find work despite years of searching. As this Harvard …

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2014/08/272014/08/26

Berto Jongman: Iraq, Syria, Libya, UK – Intelligence failures all

Iraq, Syria, Libya, UK – Intelligence failures all • Lack of intelligence as well as Intelligence • Intelligence begins at home, but should be deployed away Given the resources available to US – and British – intelligence agencies, it seems strange that the attraction, influence, finance, and military strength, of the extremist group which calls …

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2014/08/112014/08/09

Worth a Look: Fusion Economics by Laurence Brahm

AMAZON PAGE: Fusion Economics: How Pragmatism Is Changing the World Hardcover Pre-Order Now for 21 October 2014 Delivery Phi Beta Iota: Below is Robert Steele’s jacket blurb: Laurence Brahm is one of those unsung heroes who was changing the world for the better, and influencing various governments in most positive ways, long before ecological economics …

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2014/08/022014/07/30

Michel Bauwens: FLOK Economics Failure in Ecuador – Lessons

An assessment of the FLOK process and why the P2P Foundation will not use the FLOK brand in the future (note: this version was originally written at the request of Jay Wallsjasper of On the Commons, slightly expanded and updated on July 13; it’s a little more elaborate than the first informal assessment shared here …

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2014/08/012014/07/30

John Boik: Advanced Economics – Economic Direct Democracy and Open Source Everything

It seems we are in basic agreement on the problems that society faces. You rightly emphasize the coercive nature of income inequality. And, IMHO, you rightly emphasize the role that open-source, open-data, open-design, widening-commons, etc. must play in a better, functional society. Please allow me to explain the strategy behind my project. In a nutshell, …

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