The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
A biography of the author of this excellent essay can be found here. Phi Beta Iota: When the public disconnects from public policy, policy is made without regard to intelligence. This is one reason we concluded that to save the value of secret intelligence (i.e. prevent its being ignored and manipulated) we needed to create a …
The Secessionist Campaign for the Republic of Vermont By Christopher Ketacham, 31 January 2010 The President on Wednesday may have reassured Americans that the state of the Union is “strong,” but, just the week before, a group of Vermont secessionists declared their intention to seek political power in a quest to get their state to …
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Full-body scanner blind to bomb parts: Todger, yes. Combustibles, no (The Register) U.S. enables Chinese hacking of Google (CNN Opinion Online) ‘Shadow Elite’: Information Is Power And Who’s Controlling Our Information? (Huffington Post) Moslems Fighting Moslems Becomes Respectable (Strategy Figure) Gates Sees Fallout From Troubled Ties With Pakistan (New York Times) Al-Qaeda Has Trained Female …
Judge Tosses NSA Spy Cases U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision was a major blow to the two suits testing warrantless eavesdropping and executive branch powers implemented following the 2001 terror attacks. The San Francisco judge said the courts are not available to the public to mount that challenge. “A citizen may not gain standing …
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Provided for information as representative of the increased consciousness across America of the inconsistency between a two-party tyranny and the democratic values inherent in the Constitution and the Republic. See also:
NOTE: This offering ends 9 Feb 10 unless we can find a volunteer to do once a week. Hot Topics AA: We should take the lead on human rights in South-East Asia 01/18/10 BD: The Cautious Handling of Secularism in Bangladesh 01/19/10 CN: Google’s Act Of War Against China 01/14/10 CN: Remembering Chinese peacekeepers in …
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Hubris means extreme haughtiness or arrogance. Hubris often indicates a loss of touch with reality and overestimating one’s own competence or capabilities, especially for people in positions of power. In its modern usage, hubris denotes overconfident pride and arrogance; it is often associated with a lack of humility, not always with the lack of knowledge. …
