The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Koch Brothers, The Cato Institute, And Why Nations Fail Simon Johnson, Baseline Scenario, 8 March 2012 A dispute has broken out between the Cato Institute, a leading libertarian think tank, and two of its longtime backers – David and Charles Koch. The institute is not the usual form of nonprofit but actually a company with …
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Southern Poverty Law Center Report: As Election Season Heats Up, Extremist Groups at Record Levels The American radical right grew explosively in 2011, a third consecutive year of extraordinary growth that has swelled the ranks of extremist groups to record levels, according to a report issued today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The …
A Propaganda Windfall for the Imperial State: Steven Pinker on the Decline of Violence Edward Herman, Z Magazine | Book Review TruthOut.org, Sunday 4 March 2012 Steven Pinker’s new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, is a propaganda windfall for the leaders and supporters of the U.S. imperial state, currently …
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The truth about what happened in Japan will not be known for some time. Remarkable, however, is the below admission of two key attributes for successful governance: first, share all information broadly and quickly; and second, do not believe ignorant over-confidence (if not outright lies) told by “experts” from both the public and private sector. …
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In support of the Berkman Center’s conference on truthness, below is an extract from THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING MANIFESTO: Transparency, Truth & Trust (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Book / Evolver Edition, 5 June 2012). EXTRACT: I now realize that neither governments nor corporations are “fixed” obstacles. In a world of constantly changing information, it is …
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Permanent Record Podcast: http://www.si.edu/consortia/limitstogrowth2012 JORGEN RANDERS: Decision delays killing us. Have all the technology we need to address all these problems. Economists killing us by not factoring in true costs over time. Mention Norwegian citizen council, decision to use roughly 1% of Norwegian GNP to solve all these problems, citizens agree. Citing Jeff Immelt, CEO …
Below is the beginning of an integrated bibliography with links to Amazon pages for each book or DVD, a few links to articles or papers. It provides a searchable means of considering many authors whose books question the mainstream myths while challenging the integrity of the existing blend of neo-everything.
