The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Featured Article The Emerging Global Mind Noetic Now, Issue Fourteen, September 2011 by Tiffany Shlain Fifteen years ago I founded the Webby Awards. I was fascinated by how the Internet was connecting people all over the world in new and unexpected ways. I have also been struck by the many conversations about the problems of …
Tuesday, 06 September 2011 HOLLOW STATES and a CRISIS OF CAPITALISM Had fun with this post. Working on getting the thinking on this right. Tough to do. ________________________ Hollow, bankrupt states and crisis of capitalism is not a “dystopian future” if it is actually happening now. With almost hourly updates. I coined the term, “hollow …
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The new normal, era persistent conflict. A decade after the 9/11 attacks, Americans live in an era of endless war Gregg Jaffe Washington Post, September 5, 2011, p. 1 Video: The attacks of September 11, 2001 forced Americans to reevaluate their views on the nation’s security. A decade later, is the country stronger and better …
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U.S. Special Forces Training Mexican Assassination Squads to Battle Cartels Public Intelligence.Net, 2 September 2011 A small but growing proxy war is underway in Mexico pitting US-assisted assassin teams composed of elite Mexican special operations soldiers against the leadership of an emerging cadre of independent drug organizations that are far more ruthless than the old-guard …
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Dana Priest and William M. Arkin 5.0 out of 5 stars 6 Stars–A Nation-Changing Public Mind Opener of a Book,September 2, 2011 I generally take a very jaundiced view of books that emerge from Washington Post columns I have already read, but this book surprised, engages, and out-performs the columns by such a leap that …
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EDIT 4 Sep 2011: Link and misc. fixed. Dear IARPA staff- The greatest threat facing the USA is the irony inherent in our current defense posture, like for example planning to use nuclear energy embodied in missiles to fight over oil fields that nuclear energy could replace. This irony arises in part because the USA’s …
Dick Cheney 3.0 out of 5 stars Here’s the Documented View of Others, and Then Some,August 30, 2011 At three stars–everyone deserves to tell their side of the story, I am pleased to note that this is the ONLY review that is in the middle, all others being on the extreme of blind hate or …
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