Great to see a man using his power for good.

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“In “societies where there’s been intergenerational, intercommunal war,” Fields says, many adults never outgrow the vendetta, and are trapped in righteous indignation”.

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Tremble the Devil

“Tremble the Devil was written by a Harvard-educated counterterrorism analyst, it’s an accessible, fast-paced distillation of everything you need to know about the world’s most dangerous phenomenon.

“…a work of non-fiction that divides the aforementioned three levels of comprehension into three parts, and illustrates terrorism theory by recounting the most important modern attacks and tying them to the past, each other, and the future – in the process creating the richest and most complete work on terrorism to date, a book that will change the way you look at everything from organized religion to sports drinks.”

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By Jeanna Bryner, Senior Writer
posted: 26 August 2009 08:10 am ET

“Heated partisan debate over President Obama’s health care plan, erupting at town hall meetings and in the blogosphere, has more to do with our illogical thought processes than reality, sociologists are finding.”

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Chris Rock (nsfw audio)

“No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.” — George Jean Nathan

“You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis. You’re the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.”  – Tyler Durden

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“Series offering a definitive account of what happened to create the greatest financial crisis for eighty years.”

More info: unrealityprimetime – DigiGuide

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Wikipedia:

“… a four part documentary series written and presented by Simon Schama which aired on BBC Two in the UK during October 2008, in the run up to the 2008 US presidential election. The first episode was broadcast on BBC Two at 9:00pm on 10 October, 2008, and it was shown over four consecutive Fridays.

The series saw Schama travelling through the United States as he investigated the conflicts from its past in order to understand the country’s contemporary political situation.”

Reviews: NY Times – Amazon UK – the Independent

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The Eagle’s Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World

Reviews: Rusty Pipes – Conservative Monitor – foreignaffairs.com

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“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.”     – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“The government’s new energy adviser says the UK could face blackouts by 2016 because green energy is not coming on stream fast enough.

Ministers have previously denied that the UK is heading for an energy gap.

But David MacKay, who takes up his post at the Department of Energy on 1 October, says that the public keep objecting to energy projects.

This, he says, is creating a huge problem, which could turn out the lights.”

Winning over the ‘Nimby blockade’

By Alasdair Cross

“Developers of wind turbines and other energy schemes need to learn to work with – not against – local communities to get their plans approved, according to a new UK government study.”

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