The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Open Access, Open Data are rocking forward…. Tip of the Hat to Frank van Harmelen at Twitter for the leads. The Dutch Approach to Research Data Infrastructure See Also: 2004 Statement by Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science on Access to Research Data from Public Funding 2009 Open Government Data Netherlands Update 2009 Open …
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The Art of Economic Complexity A new way to visualize a country’s development. By TIM HARFORD Graphic by CÉSAR A. HIDALGO and ALEX SIMOES New York Times, 11 May 2011 EXTRACT: Strip away the mathematical language of economists, and conventional theories of economic growth are rather crude. Economies produce “stuff,” and if you want more …
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Politico The Arena, 26 April 2011 The Ron Paul Revolution in 2008 and the tea party movement that followed shows that the American conservative mainstream is starting to awaken to its own pre-neocon past and potential future. It is seeing itself as the bulwark needed to protect our Republic, the rule of law, individual liberty …
Why haven’t any high-profile execs been prosecuted for their role in the financial crisis? In Financial Crisis, No Prosecutions of Top Figures By GRETCHEN MORGENSON and LOUISE STORY The New York Times, April 14, 2011 It is a question asked repeatedly across America: why, in the aftermath of a financial mess that generated hundreds of …
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Sweet: per CBO’s numbers, the epic budget showdown didn’t even produce enough cuts to pay for a week of bombing Libya. Six Days of Odyssey Dawn (Libya) Cost $400 Million March 30th, 2011 by Steven Aftergood The first six days of Odyssey Dawn, the US war in Libya, cost an estimated $400 million, according to …
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The most important video they have every offered (we agree). Sample headlines Costliest Government Program Of All? – The $5 Trillion In Undeclared Wars Over The Last Decade Senator’s Husband’s Firm Cashes In On Crisis “You put Lloyd Blankfein in pound-me-in-the-ass prison for one six-month term, and all this bullshit would stop, all over Wall Street,” says …
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FROM Electronic Frontier Foundation: On Monday, April 11, 2011, we launched a petition to the largest Internet companies asking them to stand with their users and be transparent in their practices. Here’s a chart showing how we think each of the companies is doing right now — a gold star indicates that the company is …
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