The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Culturomics 2.0: Forecasting large-scale human behavior using global news media tone in time and space Kalev Leetaru First Monday, Volume 16, Number 9 – 5 September 2011 Abstract News is increasingly being produced and consumed online, supplanting print and broadcast to represent nearly half of the news monitored across the world today by Western intelligence agencies. …
Anonymous 5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond 5 Stars, Epic, Poetic, Startling, Reasoned,September 9, 2011 I am the one who urged the author to get his book into Amazon’s excellent CreateSpace. As much as I personally hate electronic books, I absorbed this book in electronic form and can only say that in print it has …
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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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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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A good summary of the Arab Revolt and explanation of why the West ought to let Arabs sort out things for themselves Remaking the Arab State by Patrick Seale Agence Global, 30 Aug 2011 The Arabs face a formidable task — nothing less than rebuilding the entire state structure and system of government in countries …
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All prior RECAPs plus Series CLOSED below the line. Updated 2 August 2013.
Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini is slamming the run up in the gold market: it’s the new subprime bubble only worse. It’s leveraged 25-40x not just 5-10x. It’s just another example of the global market’s central planning directorate in action. Another massive/bad investment by those with all the decision making power. It may also be a good …
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