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2010/12/122011/10/22

Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Save Democracy

Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Save Democracy “The most durable and dangerous ‘special interest’ – the only one that can directly traduce the Constitution – is the political class.” George F. Will Robert David Steele (Vivas) has produced a significant, but short, political essay for the Huffington Post, titled, “Citizens Fiddle, Obama Dances.” The central argument …

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2010/12/11

Journal: The Wall Street Pentagon Papers–Biggest Scam In World History Exposed–Are The Federal Reserve’s Crimes Too Big To Comprehend?

The Wall Street Pentagon Papers: Biggest Scam In World History Exposed: Are The Federal Reserve’s Crimes Too Big To Comprehend? By David DeGraw The Public Record Dec 10th, 2010 What if the greatest scam ever perpetrated was blatantly exposed, and the US media didn’t cover it? Does that mean the scam could keep going? That’s …

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2010/12/07

Review (Guest): ECONned: How Unenlightened Self Interest Undermined Democracy and Corrupted Capitalism

Yves Smith Product Description Why are we in such a financial mess today? There are lots of proximate causes: over-leverage, global imbalances, bad financial technology that lead to widespread underestimation of risk. But these are all symptoms. Until we isolate and tackle fundamental causes, we will fail to extirpate the disease. ECONned is the first …

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2010/12/072011/02/06

Reference: Citizens Fiddle, Obama Dances

Robert David Steele Comprehensive Architect, Prime Design Posted: December 7, 2010 07:48 AM Citizens Fiddle, Obama Dances When things are not going well, until you get the truth out on the table, no matter how ugly, you are not in a position to deal with it. — Bob Seelert, Chairman, Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide (New …

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2010/12/07

NIGHTWATCH Extract: Sudan Denounces NGOs

Sudan: Sudanese media broadcast the following decree on Monday. Marshal Umer Hassan Al-Bashir the President of the Republic, the president of the National Congress Party has authorized the state governors to expel NGOs and persons that do not respect the country’s sovereignty, work guidelines within 24 hours. He added we respect the NGOs that come …

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2010/12/052010/12/05

Reference: On WikiLeaks and Government Secrecy + RECAP on Secrecy as Fraud, Waste, & Abuse

People are more likely to lie, exaggerate and distort when they know they won’t be held accountable for what they said, and people like to say what their interlocutors want to hear, says Jordan Stancil. Jordan Stancil Jordan Stancil is a lecturer in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs of the University of …

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2010/12/042010/12/04

Review: Harry Brown

Actors: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, David Bradley, Charlie Creed-Miles, Iain Glen Directors: Daniel Barber Writers: Gary Young Surprising–Did Not Disappoint December 4, 2010 I got this on a whim because Michael Caine is one of my top three serious actors along with Alec Guinness and Anthony Hopkins, and my assumption was that he would not …

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