The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Theresa Amato, who served as campaign manager for Ralph Nader’s 2000 Green and 2004 independent runs for president, has an opinion piece in the Harvard Law Record entitled “The Two Party Ballot Suppresses Third Party Change”. She notes that although Nader wrote a piece on discriminatory ballot access laws for the same publication in 1958, …
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 …
Hot Topics AA: Assam-Bangladesh border fencing almost over, says minister 12/08/09 AA: Norway UFO Was Out-Of-Control Russian Rocket 12/10/09 AA: To Beat Al Qaeda, Look to the East 12/12/09 AU: Australia heeds Obama’s call 12/11/09 BD: Bangladesh: Getting Police Reform on Track 12/11/09 CN: China’s New Security State 12/09/09 CN: New arrests over China’s Xinjiang …
Chuck Spinney Sends…. Here are two opposing views on how to win in Afghanistan: 1. An Air Force general’s view from the Top Down 2. Army Special Forces major’s view from the bottom up My comment: While I think the major is far closer to reality than the general, I would argue that the Pentagon, …
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Five for the Voice, Four for the Substance December 12, 2009 Thom Hartmann Thom Hartmann is one of a handful of individuals that I consider to be true guides for the rest of us, and I consider two of his earlier books, Cracking the Code and SCREWED, to have been instrumental in my own transformation …
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The Ron Paul Revolution Continues Lauren Kawam Issue date: 12/10/09 Section: News He calls himself the “The ‘Real’ hope for America – not hype,” according to his MySpace page, and if the number of friends he has on there is any indication – nearly 200,000 – Ron Paul isn’t fading into the dust, at least …
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Chuck Spinney sends…. Obama’s Big Sellout The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway MATT TAIBBI Rolling Stone Dec 09, 2009 Phi Beta Iota: We include the entire article below to share Chuck Spinney’s value-added highlights. See the original article without highlights by …
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