https://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/ I realise that Democracy Now are, to some extent, gatekeepers, but both these interviews are worth a listen. “Top Secret America” Washington Post Investigation Reveals Massive, Unmanageable, Outsourced US Intelligence System” https://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/19/top_secret_america__washington_post “Tim Shorrock Asks Why It Took the Washington Post So Long to Investigate the US Intelligence System” […]

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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/7895242/Mystery-trader-buys-all-Europes-cocoa.html Even Willy Wonka might struggle to use this much chocolate. Yesterday, somebody bought 241,000 tonnes of cocoa beans. The purchase was enough to move the entire global cocoa market, sending the price to the highest level since 1977, and triggering rumours and intrigue in the City. It is […]

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Watch this movie. On at the Auckland film festival https://www.nzff.co.nz/default.aspx?id=8791&region=2 Still tickets available for the last two shows. … ooooh but hurry. ========================= The official ‘redband’ trailer for American The Bill Hicks Story www.americanthemovie.com This groundbreaking new documentary uses a stunning new animation technique to tell the story of the modern cultural […]

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