The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
For months I have been reading in the press about Robert Gates “cancelling more than 30 [defense hardware] programs.” A May 24 Bloomberg article by Viole Gienger (“Gates Says Military Cuts May Protect F-35, Submarines”) came up quick on a Google search. Other articles credit Gates with “saving more than $300 billion” with these – …
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Should We Talk to Terrorists? (15 July 2010) Video of Event Online Talking to Groups That Use Terror (USIP, 2011, PDF 105 Pages) Phi Beta Iota: Both the USA and Israel used terror tactics to achieve their original independence from British dominion. Terrorism is a tactic, nothing more. To demonize it is to betray one’s …
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FACT: USG poised to borrow $1.6 TRILLION in 20 FACT: No one is talking about stopping borrowing as a pre-condition for addessing the problem. FACT: No one is talking about strategic analytics across the entire budget FACT: Democrats are demanding tax increases without any reference to reduced borrowing. FACT: Some, not all, Republicans beginning to …
31 May 2011: BBC Link corrected. Dear friends, The personal is political. This is true in so many ways. I am part of my culture and social systems, and they are part of me, embedded in me. They shape how I think and act, how I respond, what I think is right and possible — …
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Washington’s war on Chavez By Stephen Lendman, Tehran Times, May 30, 2011 Since George W. Bush took office in January 2001, efforts to oust Hugo Chavez failed three times. . . . . . . Nonetheless, disruptive activities continue, including malicious propaganda, CIA subversion, funding opposition forces, sanctions, and militarizing the region, notably in Colombia …
The Gates Farewell Warning America can be a superpower or a welfare state, but not both. Phi Beta Iota Sidenote: BOTH of the above “choices” are corruption incarnate. The correct choice was articulated by Thomas Jefferson: “A Nation’s best defense is an educated citizenry.” EXTRACT: In a series of farewell speeches, Mr. Gates has warned …
AU demands end to NATO Libya strikes India calls for immediate cessation of hostilities in Libya NATO launches fourth night of Libyan strikes Phi Beta Iota: We consider the attacks on Tripoli to be outrageously illegal and immoral by every standard. There is every reason for the non-NATO world to bring war crime charges against …
