The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
One of Two “Best” on China in Africa February 22, 2010 Robert I. Rotberg, contributing editor Of the modest number of books focused on China in Africa, this is one of the two best, and both are unique–if you buy only one, at least read my summary of the other, China Safari: On the Trail …
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Almost a Five–Making Wrong Things Righter February 21, 2010 Beth Simone Noveck I sat down intending to make this a five, but the two fluff reviews have to be off-set. Robert Ackoff would say this is a spectacular book about making the wrong things righter instead of the right things righter–too many lawyers and focused …
Haiti aid still lacking a month after quake (CBC) Millions of people in Haiti still lack adequate food, shelter and security a month after the massive earthquake, problems sure to be exacerbated by the Caribbean country’s looming rainy season. Food has yet to reach all of the three million people who need it. Infrastructure problems …
“There’s a scholar who talks about ‘heart’s ease,’ ” Albrecht told me as we sat in his car on a cliff above the Newcastle shore, overlooking the Pacific. In the distance, just before the earth curved out of sight, 40 coal tankers were lined up single file. “People have heart’s ease when they’re on their …
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Aid organizations are announcing with great pride that they will feed two million over the new two weeks. What they don’t say is that is 143,000 a day–assuming best case circumstances, sucks for those they don’t reach in the last ten days of those fourteen days—the last day of which will be roughly thirty days …
NOTE: This offering ends 9 Feb 10 unless we can find a volunteer to do once a week. Hot Topics AA: How the OSCE Can Contribute to Energy Security 01/12/10 AA: Islamists Press Jordan to Stop Aiding US Forces in Afghanistan 01/13/10 EG: Liaison Office to Cairo (LOC) Change of Command 01/14/10 EG: Over 100 …
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British Search And Rescue Team Turned Away From Port-Au-Prince There were reports that the airport at Port-au-Prince had run out of aviation fuel, one of the factors that is understood to have led the US military to close it. . . . The scene at Santo Domingo airport was one of chaos, uncertainty and often …
