The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Christopher Hayes 4.0 out of 5 stars Strongest on Collapse Part, Very Weak on What Next…,July 1, 2012 This is one of two books I read on the plane back to DC from Seattle, the other was Van Jones’ Rebuild the Dream This is a light book with a poor bibliography, more of an essay …
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http://tom-atlee.posterous.com/derivatives-challenge-citizenship-and-economi Short URL: http://post.ly/83Ojt Dear friends, I’m interested in derivatives as a symbol of an economic system that’s NOT based on productivity that satisfies real human needs. Derivatives are contracts that shift risk from players who are risk averse (and want insurance against loss) to players who have an appetite for risk (and want a …
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Intelligence for the 99 Percent David Isenberg Huffington Post, 27 June 2012 As someone who spends a lot of time thinking about the three Ds (Death, Doom, and Destruction) of international geopolitics I often ponder the way policymakers get their information. Admittedly, there are all sorts of ways to get information but for people in …
As I have indicated in earlier blasters, I find the parallels between the political forces corrupting defense “science” and climate “science” to be stunning (e.g., directly here or more subtly here). Attached is a very thoughtful piece by the distinguished Australian scientist Garth Paltridge. His subject is the psychological state of play in the politicization of climate science, …
Worth reading. SPIEGEL 06/14/2012 05:49 PM The President of Disappointments How Obama Has Failed to Deliver By Ullrich Fichtner, Marc Hujer and Gregor Peter Schmitz Barack Obama entered the White House as a savior. But he hasn’t delivered. The ideological chasms in the US are as deep as they have ever been, with Republicans blocking the …
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The Spread of Sacrifice Zones By David Swanson Chris Hedge’s and Joe Sacco’s new book, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, is a treasure. Hedges wrote the plain text. Sacco produced the text-heavy cartoon sections and other illustrations, which even I — not a big fan of cartoon books — found to enrich this book …
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Government larceny and criminality just never ends, it seems to be increasing, especially against those who can least to afford to defend themselves against it: Another Way to Kill Small U.S. Farmers: Seize Their Bank Accounts on Phony Charges The farmers, Randy Sowers and his wife Karen, made deposits totaling more than $295,000 from May …
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