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ICH News - Nov 12, 2013


 

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"Information that is consistent with our pre-existing beliefs is often accepted at face value, whereas evidence that contradicts them is critically scrutinized and discounted. Our beliefs may thus be less responsive than they should to the implications of new information" -  Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
 
"I'm an expert in homo sapiens behavior. They can rationalize anything. Take war. They'll bankrupt their economies, sacrifie the best of their young, unleash a bloodbath that impresses even me, at the expense of providing shelter, food, and medicine for their own people." -  Mario Acevedo, The Undead Kama Sutra
 
"What sets our species apart is not just what men will do to other men, but how tirelessly they justify it." - William Dietrich, Napoleon's Pyramids
 
"No one really knows why humans do what they do." -  David K. Reynolds
 
 
 Why France Sank an Iran Nuke Deal
 
By Robert Parry
 
Saudis and Israelis wanted to sink the negotiated deal on Iran's nuclear program, so the French launched the diplomatic torpedo to take it down. But behind France's action were Saudi financial muscle and Israel's political skill.
 
 
The Secret Diary of Abu Zubaydah, from Student to Hardline Jihadi and CIA Torture
 
By Rupert Cornwell
 
Remarkable personal account released of Guantanamo detainee allegedly responsible for planning 9/11 atrocity and other major attacks.
 
 
I Believe There Will Not Be a United Ireland
 
By Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate.
 
Be honest and face the realities that there will not be a united Ireland and we can together build a Northern Irish identity.
 
 
Poppycock - Or Why Remembrance Rituals Make Me See Red
 
By Robert Fisk
 
How come this obscene fashion appendage - inspired by a pro-war poem, for God's sake, which demands yet further human sacrifice - still adorns the jackets and blouses of the Great and the Good? Even Tony Blair dares to wear a poppy.
 
 
The Greatest Generation?
 
By Francis Boyle
 
58,000 young men
Of my generation
Were murdered
By The Greatest Generation.
 
 
Veterans Day - From Another Angle
 
By Fred Reed
 
How many Laos did we butcher for nothing, how many Vietnamese, how many Cambodians? Millions, literally. For nothing. Nothing. How many Iraqis? Afghans? Pakistanis? If any of it preserved my freedom, I am unaware of it.
 
 
It's Business That Really Rules Us Now
 
By George Monbiot
 
Corporate interests have captured the entire democratic process. No wonder so many have given up on politics.
 
 
The Revolutionaries in Our Midst
 
By Chris Hedges
 
Jeremy Hammond sat in New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center last week in a small room reserved for visits from attorneys. He was wearing an oversized prison jumpsuit.
 
 
"I Won't Back Down"
Russell Brand In Conversation With HuffPost UK's Mehdi Hasan
 
Video
 
A Brand New Politics: Here's the full conversation between comedian, actor and activist Russell Brand and the HuffPost UK's Mehdi Hasan.
 
 
For Intelligent Civilization - on Earth
 
By Paul Street
 
Imagine that an advanced species capable of inter-galactic travel and research came upon the remains of human society on Earth in, say, the year 2500.
 
 
The Indian "Miracle"
 
Video
 
Underneath the glittering surface of India's economic boom lie the ugly realties of modern day India: mass suicide by debt-ridden farmers and a caste system which condemns millions to a life of servitude.
 
 
 
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ICH News - Nov 12, 2013



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