The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Phi Beta Iota: With a tip of the hat to Rolling Stone and author Matt Taibbi, reproducing the entire article was the only way to show the emphasis added by Brother Chuck. Updated to add photo and observe that this particular article is rocketing around the Internet. See also our review of GRIFTOPIA. UPDATE: Three …
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Disagree, but engage: That’s civility On issues ranging from abortion to guns, it is possible for adversaries to find common ground February 10, 2011|By Robert Fersh and Andrew L. Yarrow EXTRACT: These processes are most successful when participants have strong, informed opinions and can make a difference if they reach agreement. This was the case …
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Phi Beta Iota: Below the line is an excellent overview from NIGHTWATCH. Here are the key points: 1. Muslim Brotherhood was caught by surprise, not just the US Intelligence Community. 2. This is a revolution of young people focused on fundamentals, NOT an Islamic uprising. 3. There is no overt anti-US aspect within the young, …
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Michael Douglas, Shia Labeouf, Josh Brolin, Eli Wallach SURPRISING–worth viewing in theater or at home January 27, 2011 This is not a movie I would have gone to any trouble to see, and in a ten hour flight when I did not feel like reading it made the cut only after two other movies viewed …
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Facebook hype will fade By Douglas Rushkoff, Special to CNN All signs for Facebook appear to be pointing up. Mark Zuckerberg is Time’s Man of the Year, the movie about him seems likely to be an Oscar winner, and now Goldman Sachs is raising $1.5 billion from its favorite investors on behalf of the social …
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The author is a former chief economist of the IMF and is now a professor at MIT. Chuck The Bill Daley Problem By Simon Johnson, co-author of 13 Bankers (out in paperback on Monday) Baseline Scenario, 9 January 2011 Highlighted extracts: The Bill Daley Problem is completely bipartisan – it shows us the White House fails …
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Pakistan: An elite police commando from the provincial police force who was assigned as a bodyguard for the governor of Punjab Province murdered the governor today in Islamabad. The commando dropped his weapon and surrendered to the police, bragging that he was proud he killed a blasphemer. With that, Pakistan’s political crisis deepened.
