The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Douthat apparently has not read that book, A Fine Madness, Paul or a better grounded iconoclast may be exactly what the country needs. Pariahs and Prophets Ross Douthat New York Times, 31 December 2011 IN 1984, after serving three terms in the House of Representatives, Ron Paul was defeated by Phil Gramm in Texas’s Republican …
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Great search, thank you. How “risk” is defined determines what countries are up or down. It is therefore essential to demand an itemization of assumptions, and to question those risk maps that are so conventional in nature as to ignore both rising sea levels and dropping drinkable water aquifers. Dun & Broadstreet has never been …
POLITICS The `K Street Clausewitz’ Remembered By CHUCK SPINNEY | December 30, 2011 Mark Thompson’s 27 December posting, “General Newt,” alerted readers of Battleland to Karen Tumulty’s pastiche of mini portraits of Newt Gingrich’s martial prowess. Mark highlighted one the few passages that zeroed in on the insubstantial essence of the K Street Clausewitz. Unable to contain my …
UPDATE: I was not happy with these, the first one got a lot of views, the other two did not, so I have removed them. Instead I recommend the below mid-1990’s condensation of my 1976 thesis. Learn more: Download Single-Page Graphic 2011 Thinking About Revolution in the USA and Elsewhere
Q&A I’m often stunned by the lack of questions that adults are prepared to ask. When you see kids go on a field trip, the questions pour out of them. Never ending, interesting, deep… even risky. And then the resistance kicks in and we apparently lose the ability. Is the weather the only thing you …
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2011 in Review: The Year Secrecy Jumped the Shark As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2011 and discussing where we are in the fight for a free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. December 23, 2011 | By Trevor Timm The government …
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Occupy Update (Inter-Occupy National Initiatives) Posted on 2011/12/26 Past Call Notes Official Announcements and Notes for This Meeting Informal notes below the line. Direct Report on Media Group VERY impressive. Monitoring media better than any government. Thinking creatively about messaging, outreach. Discussion of National Hearts and Minds Strategy Working group forming Discussion of …
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