Reference: Five Major Trends Into the Future Include Severe Weather (More Severe, Frequent, & Costly)

Trocaire reports severe weather as global trend ThePost.IE 20 March 2011 By John Burke An increase in severe weather incidents has been identified as one of the five major trends in global development aid. The trends, which also include shifting geopolitical alliances, urban poverty, demand for natural resources and widening inequality, are contained in a new …

Michael Moore on the Class War & Looting of America

Recommended! Phi Beta Iota: Two items are included in full below the line in sequence.  To read them in their original online form, here are the two headlines: How I Got to Madison, Wisconsin …a letter from Michael Moore Michael Moore: The Smug Wealthy Have Gone Too Far — And We’re Finally Fighting Back  

Indications & Warning — Dead Birds, Fish, Crabs–Across Multiple Countries–Worldwide & Unexplained

11 January 2011 ‘Gay demon’ exorcist claims mass animal deaths due to ‘don’t ask’ repeal Thousands of fish washed up dead in Chicago in latest bizarre mass animal deaths Google Map Reveals Weird Weather Caused Half of Mass Animal Death Incidents Overeating and indigestion blamed for 1,000 turtle doves falling dead in Italy with strange …

Review: Endless War–Middle-Eastern Islam vs. Western Civilization

27 March 2010: Full spread sheet and optimal links added below Amazon review.GOT TO RUN, Links later today. Beyond Five Stars…Gifted Mix of Intelligence, Integrity, Insight Deeply Rooted in History and Firmly Focused on Today’s Reality March 21, 2010 Ralph Peters I do not always agree with Ralph Peters, but along with Steve Metz and …

Journal: Afghanistan & Iraq–Opportunity Knocks for an Afghan Airlift and a Six-Month Muslim-Centered Multinational Multiagency “Advise & Assist” Transition Toward Departure from Both Countries

NIGHTWATCH Special Report:  October in Afghanistan 27 November 2009 Taliban and other anti-government fighters have begun to go to winter quarters, in Pakistan or in Afghanistan. The fighting will drop somewhat during the winter, but in the core provinces of the Pashtun south, weather is not a factor. Based on Taliban public statements, their attacks …

Journal: Chuck Spinney Flags Jeff Madrick on Greed and Corruption in Form of Economic “Rents” in Form of Massive Unwarranted Bonuses and Salaries Among Wall Street, Federal Reserve, and Revolving Department of Defense Leaders

In the attached essay, my friend Jeff Madrick uses the unbridled greed of the finance industry (now trying to rescue itself from its own excesses by sucking at the government teat) to highlight the basic hypocrisy in the so-called free-market economy of go-go capitalism.  Jeff summarizes the results of two recent mainstream economic studies which …