Journal: Death of a Hostage, End of Empire

Linda Norgrove: how the rescue operation was bungled (Telegraph UK) U.S. Navy Seal may have killed hostage (Telegraph UK) British hostage killed during rescue bid (The Hindu) Aid worker Linda Norgrove was close to freedom, Afghan tribal elders claim (Telegraph UK) We can’t rely on American intelligence, so why entrust hostages’ lives to U.S. forces? …

Journal: Food Addiction–Could It Explain Why 70 Percent of Americans Are F

Mark Hyman, MD Practicing physician Posted: October 16, 2010 09:04 AM Food Addiction: Could It Explain Why 70 Percent of Americans Are Fat? Our government and food industry both encourage more “personal responsibility” when it comes to battling the obesity epidemic and its associated diseases. They say people should exercise more self-control, make better choices, …

Journal: WikiLeaks Losing Funding Channel, Plot Thickens

WikiLeaks says funding has been blocked after government blacklisting Founder Julian Assange hits out at decision by Moneybookers, which collects the whistleblowing website’s donations David Leigh and Rob Evans guardian.co.uk, Thursday 14 October 2010 17.55 BST The whistleblowing group WikiLeaks claims that it has had its funding blocked and that it is the victim of …

Newt Gingrich, Vice-President for Global Engagement–Waging Peace

Robert David Steele Recovering spy, serial pioneer for open and public intelligence Posted: October 12, 2010 10:52 AM Newt Gingrich, Vice-President for Global Engagement–Waging Peace Click on Title to Read at Huffington Post and Make Comments. Below, as a memory aid, are the elements and proposed leaders within the Vice Presidency for the Commonwealth, each …

Journal: Financial War, Expropriation of Assets Next?

Economic historians have long recognized that one of the biggest mistakes deepening and prolonging the Great Depression was the establishment of beggar-thy-neighbour policy wars, like trying to protect domestic production by imposing protective tariffs.  But these tariffs hurt everyone, because the reduction in world trade depressed demand and  production to a greater extent than tariffs …

Journal: Five Myths Debunked–Treasury Run by Crooks

I asked my good friend Marshall Auerback, an investment advisor and lawyer by training and a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, to evaluate Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s claim that TARP has been a stunning success.  Geithner made this claim in a 10 October op-ed in the Washington Post, entitled, “Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tackles …