The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
US-China showdown looms over climate talks COPENHAGEN – A showdown between the world’s two largest polluters loomed over the U.N. climate talks Tuesday as China accused the United States and other rich nations of backsliding on their commitments to fight global warming. Phi Beta Iota: The Secretary General means well, but he has no clue …
Strategic Focus: South Asia Boats in Bangladesh. Photo credit: Ahron de Leeuw. Home to well over one-fifth of the population, South Asia continues to be a hotbed of conflict and upheaval. Human rights abuses, the war in Afghanistan, and climate change all present critical challenges to the region and to U.S. foreign policy. In our …
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Hot Topics AA: Australia in 82 billion dollar LNG deal with Japan 12/06/09 AA: India downplays China’s grouse 12/05/09 AA: Uighurs flee China, seek asylum in Cambodia – exile group 12/06/09 BD: Arrest of wanted terrorist in Bangladesh to be verified 12/01/09 CN: China police chief warns of unrest; Internet testing control 12/01/09 IN: GM …
REVIEW (Guest) by By Malvin Historical perspective on China’s ascent, December 19, 2007 Giovanni Arrighi “Adam Smith in Beijing” by Giovanni Arrighi delivers a sophisticated history and analysis of the rise of the Asian economy. Displaying a deep knowledge of world history including novel insights into the works of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, Mr. Arrighi …
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Beyond 6 Stars–Could Help Destroy Strong, Gore, & IPCC December 4, 2009 This is a preliminary review as there are no others. I will spend the week-end creating a timeline, sorting out the good guys and the bad guys, and charting the costs real and projected. Short version: bad science, bad media, bad politics, bad …
Chuck Spinney Sends: Viewed at the level of epistemology, the distinction be the search for truth in science and religion is stark: In science the structure of the world view — i.e., the brain’s interior model of reality — is evolved to match observations taken from the external world, whereas in religion, observations are evolved …
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Phi Beta Iota: ClimateGate has outraged us for two reasons–first, the lack of integrity among the scientists and the selected United Nations officials concerned; and second, the naivete, ignorance, or corruption of government officials all too eager to create a new Global Warming Complex that profits from carbon trades (another form of phantom wealth) while …
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