The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Great Content, Rotten Pricing, Free Options Online October 2, 2010 Antulio Joseph Echevarria I have known the author for many years, and my own work, monographs for the Strategic Studies Institute where he has been the Director of Research, benefited considerably from his mature and measured editing. His most helpful work for me is his …
Phi Beta Iota: We decided to post a long email about helping a major international bank decide not to fund mountaintop removal coal projects for the following reasons: 1) It illustrates the emergent power of focused citizen advocacy. 2) It documents the modified behavior of select major banks. 3) It highlights the complete fragmentation of …
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Limits to Growth in the 21st Century September 30, 2010 Laurence C. Smith This book was recommended to me and I recommend it to others, but with the following observations: 1) Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update was there in the 1970’s. It troubles me, as much as I read, how I seem to see …
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Before & After Books Recommended by Seth Godin. Before and After How To Design Cool Stuff By John McWade Before & After, How To Design Cool Stuff, is 226 pages of design for every designer, young and old, who is looking for inspiration as well as instruction. In a friendly and straightforward style, this book …
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Following editorial appeared in today’s Washington Post, commenting on a series of three excerpts of Bob Woodward’s new book, “Obama’s Wars.” Invite your attention to highlighted portions, particularly the final one, “,,, the president had treated the military as another political constituency that had to be accommodated …” Anybody wanna speculate how that’s making the …
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Updated 1 November 2012 to add core graphic: Graphic: Ethical Evidence-Based Decisions. Updated 13 April 2012 to add new book: THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING MANIFESTO: Transparency, Truth & Trust. Updated 8 March 2012 to add underlying philosophical reference: 2012-03-08 GOD MAN INTERVAL Reformatted & Linked. Updated 6 December 2011 to add this seminal reference: Journal: …
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FULL VIDEO HERE Century of the Self (ADAM CURTIS) DOCUMENTARY DESCRIPTION Episode 1: Happiness Machine Episode 2: The Engineering of Consent Episode 3: There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed Episode 4: Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering CENTURY OF THE SELF asks the deep questions about the roots and …
