The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Obesity Has Nearly Doubled Worldwide Since 1980: Report FRIDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) — New research shows that obesity is on the rise worldwide — it’s doubled since 1980 — but people in the wealthiest nations are managing to reduce their blood pressure and cholesterol level. Moms’ Work Schedule Is Making Kids Fat Childhood obesity …
Madison’s Nightmare: How Much Should We Spend for National Insecurity? Chuck Spinney, FEB 3, 2011 The Atlantic (for James Fallows) Read entire reference piece…. Brother Chuck makes three key points: 1. He quotes Madison, as we have, on the importance of public knowledge as the basis for the Republic keeping the government accountable and in …
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Egypt: Today was the day of Epiphany. In Tahrir Square, the atmosphere changed from euphoria to fear in less than 24 hours. The anti-government demonstrators were outnumbered and surrounded by pro-Mubarak supporters, trapped. They discovered that Army tolerance of their street displays also extended to the pro-Mubarak activists. The Army showed that it was strictly …
Truly crummy machine results, eventually leading to the same search responded to earlier: Search: organizational intelligence Since then, three key points:
‘Al-Qaida on brink of using nuclear bomb’ By Heidi Blake and Christopher Hope, The Daily Telegraph February 1, 2011 Al-Qaida is on the verge of producing radioactive weapons after sourcing nuclear material and recruiting rogue scientists to build “dirty” bombs, according to leaked diplomatic documents. A leading atomic regulator has privately warned that the world …
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Google Comes Under Fire for ‘Secret’ Relationship with NSA. Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group largely focused in recent years on Google’s privacy practices, has called on a congressional investigation into the Internet giant’s “cozy” relationship with U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration. In a letter sent Monday, Consumer Watchdog asked Representative Darrell Issa, the new chairman …
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Dear friends, There is need for bright news on the democracy front — and, luckily, there is some. (I’m also working to create some in the background, but I’ve got nothing to announce yet. Cross your fingers.) So I thought I’d share a bit of it the good stuff I’ve seen. The first article is …
