To Be Intelligent or Not — The Future of Earth
May 29, 2011 David Warsh, Proprietor Now Change the Rest The Economist was founded in 1843 by James Wilson, a hat manufacturer temporarily brought low by one of global capitalism’s first identifiable business cycles. By a series of courageous re-inventions over 168 years, it has managed to become, and then remain, one of the most …
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Bugles Across America: Rightious Stuff
Bugles Across America, NFP was founded in 2000 by Tom Day, when Congress passed legislation stating Veterans had a right to at least 2 uniformed military people to fold the flag and play taps on a CD player. Bugles Across America was begun to take this a step further, and in recognition of the service …
Carterizing Obama–Netanyhu Tells Him Off…
This important essay by Robert Parry contextualizes Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s arrogant stuffing of President Obama, which took place after Obama gave a weak-kneed speech on the Middle East. If Parry is right, a really dirty game is in the offing. And look at the banality of language that provoked Netanhahu: Obama’s speech purported to …
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Bin Laden Show 00: DNA Testing Fraud
Bert Laden was buried at sea within 24 hours of being gunned down in what was probably a CIA safehouse set up with help from Blackwater. Claims by the White House and CIA that DNA confirmation of his identity are bogus. DNA tests take 3-10 days to run and are not something that can be …
Teachers: Our Front Line at Home, Abused
What would taking $5B from Defense and put into nation wide teacher’s salaries (not administrators who are grossly overpaid in comparison to their teachers) do? The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries By DAVE EGGERS and NÍNIVE CLEMENTS CALEGARI The New York Times, April 30, 2011 WHEN we don’t get the results we want in …
Bin Laden Show 27: No Tape Measure, No Body
Navy SEALs forgot to bring a tape measure CBS Dan Farber 7 May 2011 The odds that Osama bin Laden was the mysterious figure seen walking around the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan were estimated by U.S. intelligence at between 60 and 80 percent. When the Navy SEALs shot the tall figure on the upper floor …
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