The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
White America is getting very angry. The below screed by Pat Buchanan has a great deal of substance to it, and is being picked up across New England and across the West and South. Buchanan’s letter to Obama by Vermont Woodchuck There is a kernel of truth in this, about the size of Gibraltar. Let …
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The Man Who Makes Your iPhone September 9, 2010 By Frederik Balfour and Tim Culpan Foxconn founder Terry Gou might be regarded as Henry Ford reincarnated if only a dozen of his workers hadn’t killed themselves this year. An exclusive look inside a postmodern industrial empire. On a crushingly hot mid-August day at Foxconn’s Longhua …
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Worthwhile, Not as Epic as I Hoped, But Still Tops August 27, 2010 Malcolm McDowell I’m watching this in the context of reading and reviewing twelve books on water before I leave Guatemala. Having read Marq de Villier’s book, Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource several years ago, and more recently The Water …
New York Daily News August 17, 2010 Pg. 18 Fired McChrystal Gets Yale Grad School Gig WASHINGTON — Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the too-outspoken Afghan commander sacked by President Obama, picked up a consolation prize yesterday from the Ivy League. Yale announced McChrystal would teach a “ leadership seminar” for grad students. McChrystal said …
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UPDATED 17 August 2010 to add: NIGHTWATCH Extract: Iran: Ali Shadmani, head of the armed forces Department of Operations, outlined three plans that Iran could carry out in the event of an act of aggression from the United States, Iranian news website Tabnak reported 17 August. First, Shadmani said Iran would take over complete control …
CrisisWatch N°84 Two actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and one improved in July 2010, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group’s monthly bulletin CrisisWatch released today. July 2010 TRENDS Deteriorated Situations Rwanda, Somalia Improved Situations Somaliland
Gandhi’s movement for non-violent social change challenged America. Can Martin Luther King, Jr. do the same for China? Bringing King to China is a documentary film about culture, race and human rights. The film takes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream of equality and peace to China—and then brings it back to the U.S. It’s …
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