Le Groupe de Bilderberg ORGANISATIONS DES MAITRES DU MONDELe Groupe de Bilderberg La première réunion du Groupe de Bilderberg, à Oosterbeck en 1954 Contrôles policiers aux abords du château Un agent de "sécurité rapprochée" et la pancarte d'interdiction d'accès Le ballet des invités et de leurs limousines aux vitres fumées... on reconnaît ci-dessus la Reine d'Espagne et Richard Perle (l'ex-conseiller de Bush et l'un des inspirateurs de la guerre en Irak) Il y avait aussi un petit train pour promener les distingués invités dans le parc du château... à gauche, la reine Beatrix des Pays-Bas à gauche, Willy Claes, ancien secrétaire général de l'OTAN Jean-Claude Trichet, président de la Banque Centrale Européenne et ancien gouverneur de la Banque de France © Syti.net, 2003
MA Open Data Initiative The Massachusetts Open Data Initiative is working to make public data available and accessible to the citizens of the Commonwealth. Our Data Catalog is an inventory of public data in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . MassApps Data Catalog Education Data Energy Data Environmental Data Geographic Data Municipal Data Transportation Data Mass Department of Transportation Executive Office Data MBTA Data Legacy Data Catalog Get Involved! Please share your questions, concerns or data requests! Thank you! News New website mockups are up on the Website Wireframespage. For more detail see the status page and look at our slides from December's launch meeting. Gapminder.org - For a fact based world view. The Obameter Promises we’ve rated recently Develop a comprehensive cyber security and response strategy The Promise: "Barack Obama and Joe Biden will ensure that his administration develops a Cyber Security Strategy that ensures that we have the ability to identify our attackers and a plan for how to respond that will be measured but effective." Update March 21st, 2014: Progress on a framework, but trust shattered by Snowden revelations >> More Double American exports over the next five years "President Obama set a goal to create 1 million new manufacturing jobs by the end of 2016 and is working to double American exports over the next five years by promoting U.S. goods and removing trade barriers, expanding access to credit, and promoting strong growth." Update March 6th, 2014: Since he made this promise in 2012, exports aren't on a pace to double >> More Create a new trade enforcement unit that will address China's trade practices The unit has been created, but we're waiting on its results >> More >> More
theyrule - Renseignement, Défense, Technologie, Terrorism Money in Politics Best of TED: Hans Rosling | Epicenter Hans Rosling is probably the only academic who ends his PowerPoint presentation by swallowing a sword. He does this while wearing a muscle-T bedazzled with lightning bolts made from shiny, gold sequins. Rosling is probably also the only academic who can make dry sta tistics dance like musical theater stars while revealing startling facts about the world and debunking preconceptions. Think the developing world is less developed than the western world? Rosling will make you think again and make you laugh while doing so. Professor of international health at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, Rosling developed a Flash program called Trendalyzer that allows people to easily compare and contrast large volumes of data with animated charts (Google has since acquired the software). He designed the software with his son and daughter-in-law after surveying Karolinska’s top medical students and discovering how ignorant they were about the world. Wired: How did the idea for Trendalyzer come about?
TaxVox: the Tax Policy Center blog :: Main Page No, It Has Not 'Always Been This Way' One of the more common responses I get when I try to point out the alarming decline of basic civic values and practices in the US is one version or another of the following: "What are you getting so excited about? It is a dog eat dog world today, just as it has been for the entire trajectory of the human race. The powerful have always sought to fully exploit their ability to toy with the lives of “lesser beings”. Adolf Eichmann listening as the court declares him guilty on all counts at his war crimes trial in Jerusalem in December 1961. Courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives And with this response, these men--they are almost always men--feel they have really put the silly dreamer in his place, and that, moreover, that they have actually engaged in an argument and won it. Why? Last Thursday was the 50th anniversary of the hanging of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem, man who was, as you know, one of the prime architects of the Nazi plan to eliminate European Jewry.
Cryptome Open Gov't Directive This document is also available as pdf, txt, doc or view on Slideshare December 8, 2009 FROM: Peter R. Orszag, Director SUBJECT: Open Government Directive In the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, issued on January 21, 2009, the President instructed the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue an Open Government Directive. The three principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration form the cornerstone of an open government. This Open Government Directive establishes deadlines for action. This memorandum requires executive departments and agencies to take the following steps toward the goal of creating a more open government: Nothing in this Directive shall be construed to supersede existing requirements for review and clearance of pre-decisional information by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to legislative, budgetary, administrative, and regulatory materials. Attachment - Open Government Plan 2.
WUJS Zionism and Israel Advocacy Guide Writing this handbook has been a difficult task. Trying to strike a balance between support for Israel, and a realisation that some things just aren’t black and white has been our goal. We hope that what has resulted is useful to Jewish students everywhere, and that ultimately Israel is strengthened through our efforts. Jewish students in the Diaspora are not unconditional supporters of Israel, just as Israelis have different political preferences. That the Palestinian leadership has made some serious strategic mistakes is not in doubt. The reluctance of Jewish students to get behind Israel unconditionally is probably connected to the gradual shift in our generation towards attempting to find personal meaning in Judaism. Practically speaking, this Hasbara Handbook has attempted to show that different positions exist on issues, and that the pro-Israel banner is very wide indeed.