The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Syria- Arab Red Crescent: Over the past few days, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent has distributed aid provided by the ICRC to the Bab Amr district of Homs, to Hama, Idlib, Deraa, rural Damascus and the eastern city of Raqqa, a spokesman said. “The situation as we see it today is that unrest is still …
The truth about what happened in Japan will not be known for some time. Remarkable, however, is the below admission of two key attributes for successful governance: first, share all information broadly and quickly; and second, do not believe ignorant over-confidence (if not outright lies) told by “experts” from both the public and private sector. …
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Truthiness in Digital Media a symposium that seeks to understand and address propaganda and misinformation in the new media ecosystem March 6: Symposium at Harvard University March 7: Hack Day at MIT Truthiness Wiki Page (Berkman, not Wikipedia) Tip of the Hat to Patrick Meier.
Americans Will Need “Black Markets” To Survive Brandon Smith SHTFplan.com, 2 March 2012 EXTRACT If the events in EU nations such as Greece, Spain, and Italy are any indication, the U.S., with its massive debt to GDP ratio (real debt includes entitlement programs), is looking at one of two possible scenarios: default, austerity measures, and …
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Syria: Special comment: Over the weekend, news video footage from Homs, the so-called center of the opposition uprising, raised questions about the actual effectiveness of the opposition. The videos showed Syrian police, firefighters and militia using fire hoses to disperse a major opposition rally in Homs. So who controls Homs? Apparently the government does, with …
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Three interesting pieces — you decide how much disinformation and manipulation you see from piece to piece. Al Qaeda Financial Troubles Financial Derivatives as the Tulip Moment In Depth Look at Wall Street Ownership of US Media
What does it say about a country when a) half of its defense and intelligence program is arguably fraud, waste, and abuse; and b) the only people charged with espionage are the whistle-blowers that are invariably truthful about this same fraud, waste, and abuse? Blurred Line Between Espionage and Truth David Carr New York Times, …
