The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
May 2, 2011 Meanwhile, Back in the Homeland Economic Terror Wins the Day: We’re in a Depression By MIKE WHITNEY, Counterpunch On Thursday, Gallup reported that “More than half of Americans say the U.S. economy is in a recession or a depression despite official data that show a moderate recovery…..The April 20-23 Gallup survey… found …
This is a great analysis of how the liberal/conservative political divide persists, and a suggested path to solving it. By Ethan Zuckerman at the Berkman Center. Great quote up front: “You don’t lead with the facts in order to convince. You lead with the values — so as to give the facts a fighting chance.” …
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One has to wonder how General Eric Ken Shinseki, USA (Ret) is faring as the 7th Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Out of War, Out of Luck: For Veterans, Skills Learned In Service Don’t Translate To Employment Laura Bassett, 13 April 2010 Huffington Post WASHINGTON — When Eric Smith, 26, returned home after his second tour …
Who Screwed the Middle Class? — By Kevin Drum | Fri Mar. 25, 2011 3:00 AM PDT EXTRACT: A lot has happened over the past 30 years, but if you’re looking for a single political sea change that’s had the biggest impact on middle class wages—more important than union decline, more important than NAFTA, more …
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Subject: AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? Ignorance and courage in the age of Lady Gaga By Joe Bageant Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico If you hang out much with thinking people, conversation eventually turns to the serious political and cultural questions of our times. Such as: How can …
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Middle East 11 March general warning; Bahrain, Gulf Cooperation Council, Saudi Arabia, US-Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt (multiple), Libya, Libya-Netherlands, Benghazi Council-France; Warning doctrine and lessons. Phi Beta Iota: The US Government appears to be lacking across the spectrum–no deep current knowledge and no contextual understanding of the difference between young digital natives and older dignity …
to solve them could effectively make its country economically uncompetitive, leading to inflation, unemployment, or even economic collapse. Simpol aims to break the vicious circle governments find themselves in by encouraging people around the world to oblige their politicians and governments to cooperate globally in implementing appropriate policies simultaneously for the good of all. Only …
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