The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Is ‘Arab Spring’ Coming To Kabul? Radio Free Europe, 13 May 2011 The recent emergence of the first, large-scale Facebook movement among Afghan university students calling for reform can’t help but raise the question — will the wave of antigovernment dissent in the Middle East reach Afghanistan? Since March, some 1,500 university students in Kabul, …
It is amazing that nowhere in this article does it mention the media coup that the Taliban scored. I also am not sure that the information released by NATO is accurate. If so, it contradicts previously reported Taliban strength levels. Nor does NATO address the recent high profile security breaches….. NATO says insurgency weakened By …
“When even one American – who has done nothing wrong – is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth, then all Americans are in peril. ” – Harry S. Truman “Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one” …
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The consortium in charge of restructuring the world’s most infamous private-security firm just added a new chief in charge of keeping the company on the straight and narrow. Yes, John Ashcroft, the former U.S. attorney general, is now an “independent director” of Xe Services, formerly known as Blackwater. Ashcroft will head Xe’s new “subcommittee on …
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“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” – George Orwell See Also: America’s Core Values: We the People vs. Them Crooks CURVEBALL: The Interview + Integrity RECAP Journal: USA Slouching Toward Tyranny Reference: Empire of Lies & Secrecy Search: cost of corruption + Corruption RECAP Strong Signals: Truth or …
What would taking $5B from Defense and put into nation wide teacher’s salaries (not administrators who are grossly overpaid in comparison to their teachers) do? The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries By DAVE EGGERS and NÍNIVE CLEMENTS CALEGARI The New York Times, April 30, 2011 WHEN we don’t get the results we want in …
Original Story: The hip, transparent and social media-loving Obama administration is showing its analog roots. And maybe even some hypocrisy highlights. White House officials have banished one of the best political reporters in the country from the approved pool of journalists covering presidential visits to the Bay Area for using now-standard multimedia tools to gather …
