The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Read this at least three times. This is a talking points memorandum for the Empire cabal, which is now ready to take on the white guys (including the white guys with guns). They believe blacks and hispanics are cowed, “weed and seed” has been a success story (in their view). This is a subtle hit …
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Daniel Kahneman 4.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Feelings About This Book,January 17, 2012 As one who was brought up with Herbert Simon and”satisficing,” I have mixed feelings about this book. As an intelligence professional I know for a fact that corrupt politicians have zero interest in the facts, only in what will profit them …
Presidential campaign needs to get real on salvaging middle class With the coming U.S. presidential election, 2012 offers voters, business leaders and politicians an opportunity for a joint debate over the fundamentals of capitalism in America. By Michael HiltzikLos Angeles Times, December 31, 2011 Occupy Wall Street and its coast-to-coast spinoffs captured the headlines in …
Bart DePalma Brilliant on the problems, missing the reality of the two-party tyranny,December 30, 2011 I received this book as a gift, along with Capitalism 101. Of the two I prefer this one. On the positive side, both books represent a growing body of citizens who understand that big government is very much alike to …
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Daniel Goleman Relevance, Content, Price–Solid Five,December 29, 2011 I chose this book over Ecological Intelligence: Rediscovering Ourselves in Nature and seeing the author’s note about this other book “by a physician, Jungian analyst, and poet” am certain I made the right choice. The author’s “big idea” is called “Radical Transparency,” what the rest of us …
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A Christmas Message From America’s Rich Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone, 22 December 2011 It seems America’s bankers are tired of all the abuse. They’ve decided to speak out. True, they’re doing it from behind the ropeline, in front of friendly crowds at industry conferences and country clubs, meaning they don’t have to look the rest …
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The core of neoliberalism is a political-economic theory masquerading as a scientifically pure economic theory. The central claim is that efficiency and economic growth is the means to maximize individual welfare, and in so doing, neoliberal policies maximize the collective welfare. In theory, Neoliberalism’s key tenets — the supremacy of the market, globalization of capital …
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