The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
On the Wrong Side of Globalization By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ New York Times, 15 March 2014 Trade agreements are a subject that can cause the eyes to glaze over, but we should all be paying attention. Right now, there are trade proposals in the works that threaten to put most Americans on the wrong side …
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The Dream vs. the Kleptocracy Here’s a strong motive for open source warfare — the model of warfare that has become the hallmark of 21st century conlfict, from potest movements to fullscale insurgencies. It’s the driver of the recent conflict in Ukraine. A conflict we’re going to see much more of. A struggle between the …
John Weeks 4.0 out of 5 stars While Relevant and Pointed, Suffers from Hyperbole and Lack of Clarity, February 16, 2014 On balance, Lionel Tiger’s book The Manufacture Of Evil: Ethics, Evolution, and the Industrial System is the better book, along with those by William Greider, John Bogle, and Matt Taibbi: The Soul of Capitalism: …
This is one of the most amazing stories SR has ever published. This is what vampire capitalism has produced. Think about this: There are seven billion people on earth, 85 of them have so much wealth that it equals the collective wealth of three billion two hundred million co-inhabitants of the Earth. How can anyone …
Interesting — and a useful counterpoint to the top ten threats identified by the UN in 2004.* A single word, corruption, would seem to cover all ten. Table 1: Ten Global Risks of Highest Concern in 2014 No. Global Risk 1 Fiscal crises in key economies 2 Structurally high unemployment/underemployment 3 Water crises 4 Severe …
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I completely support this. The last place where power still resides with ordinary people lies in the vote. Everything else in our government may increasingly be a charade of retained form underneath of which lies corrupted substance. But the vote still matters because it determines who gets to play. Any compromise in the already tattered …
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This new database will be useful for Robb’s global guerrillas to compile “Highly Accurate Lists”: A Database of Names and How They Connect By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN It sounds like a Rolodex for the 1 percent: two million deal makers, power brokers and business executives — not only their names, but in many cases the …
