The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
American democracy is up for sale, and it’s a warning to us all By the end of June this year, $388m had been contributed to the campaigns of presidential candidates in 2016 It is imperative in a democracy that those opposed to the government of the day can cherish the prospect of peacefully changing its …
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Earlier this year, Apple pulled a cannabis app without warning, then this happened: “Apple wasn’t appeased until nearly 10,000 MassRoots users emailed the tech giant to get their app back.” (Massroots is a mobile app/community).
Too Many Secrets: What Washington Should Stop Hiding (Review by Ron Wyden and John Dickas in Foreign Affairs) From Dick Cheney’s man-sized safe to the National Security Agency’s massive intelligence gathering, secrecy has too often captured the American government’s modus operandi better than the ideals of the Constitution. In this important new book, Frederick A.O. …
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One perspective is that the more energy and trust we direct at a system that doesn’t deserve our energy and trust, the more lost opportunities accumulate (what could have been). People will counter this broken system, but I don’t think it’s going to be led by those within the political structure/re-structuring, or even be overtly …
John Michael Greer 5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Primer, July 8, 2015 I come at this book with something most readers do not have, over 2,000 non-fiction book reviews here at Amazon, and I mention it only because there are some negative reviews that I think are lacking in the larger context one gets …
Study: Democracy Declining in More Than Half of U.N. Member States A new report released by a long-established civil rights advocacy group says democracy is waning and authoritarianism is on the rise in more than 96 of the 193 states that belong to the United Nations.
A Fantasy: On the Seventh Day DAY ONE The fat sweaty Capitol Hill policeman was in lust. The perfect babe was walking past him toward the steps of The Capitol, wearing only a T-shirt and the shortest of shorts, carrying only a cell phone and a jug. The possibilities of a wet T-shirt fully occupied …
