April 2011 – Page 15 – Public Intelligence Blog

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UK Guardian on Bolivia–and Rights for Nature

03 Environmental Degradation, Advanced Cyber/IO, Communities of Practice, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, Ethics, IO Multinational, Key Players, Policies, Politics of Science & Science of Politics, Power Behind-the-Scenes/Special Interests, Standards, Strategy, Waste (materials, food, etc)

Bolivia enshrines natural world's rights with equal status for Mother Earth

10 April 2011: John Vidal: Bolivia is set to pass the world's first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans. The Law of Mother Earth, now agreed by politicians and grassroots social groups, redefines the country's rich mineral deposits as “blessings” and is expected to lead to radical new conservation and social measures to reduce pollution and control industry

We should look to Bolivia for inspiration

19 Apr 2011: Jonathan Glennie: Bolivia under President Evo Morales is seeking a radical development model based on equality and environmental sustainability – and there are lessons we can all learn.

‘Indigenous thinking can solve climate crises,' says Bolivia's foreign minister

13 Apr 2011: John Vidal: Development, by the west, creates considerable imbalances and a million problems. Indigenous people can solve these, says David Choquehuanca, Bolivia's foreign minister

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Obama Pakistanizes [Undeclared] War on Libya

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Security, 11 Society, Articles & Chapters, Civil Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, IO Impotency, Military, Officers Call

REFERENCE

Obama Takes the Cape

Pakistanizing the Libyan War

By FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch

Weekend Edition, April 22 – 24, 2011

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In other words, someone has sold Obama on Pakistaning the Libyan War, i.e., pursuing a military strategy of relying on drone attacks to a destroy an adversary hiding in the environmental background. What is astonishing is that Obama took the cape, despite the fact that only 12 days earlier, a report in the Los Angeles Times by David Cloud illustrated once again the absurdity of Cartwright's and Gates' claims.

Read complete blaster….

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2011/04/22

Unions Taking Money Out of Banks

03 Economy, 11 Society, Civil Society, Commerce, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, Ethics

Unions pulling money from banks backing Florida Chamber

Mark Schleub, Orlando Sentinel, 20 April 2011

Unions representing Central Florida teachers, firefighters, police and other government workers are pulling an estimated $10 million from five banks affiliated with the Florida Chamber of Commerce, blaming them for an attack on public employees.

The unions are also asking their members — an estimated 20,000 people — to withdrawal their personal money from Bank of America, PNC Bank, Regions Bank, SunTrust and Wachovia. And labor leaders across the state could follow in the coming weeks, union officials say.

Rest of story….

Comment at the Story:

Archangel73 at 11:59 AM April 22, 2011I have noticed that all of these attacks on Public servants [are] having an opposite effect.

The Fire and Police depts used to be mostly Republican, now all of those folks are leaving the party because they're upset that the burden of everything is being put on THEIR backs.

What was intended to WEAKEN the Unions appears to be having the opposite effect, and employees are becoming more resolute. More importantly, they are becoming angry with the GOP.

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Ayn Rand in the 21st Century–M4IS2 Bottom-Up, Liberation Technology, and Open Everything

About the Idea

Ayn Rand is back. Between my persistent search for a home for the Open Source Agency and the related Multinational Decision-Support Centre and World Brain Institute (with Global Game), I read and visit with smart people.

As most know, the global fight that I have led since 1988 for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) has evolved into both an appreciation for Open Everything, and a recognition that intelligence qua decision-support is infantile at this time, not at all mature, and that integrity is the core value of all time. Together, intelligence & integrity are the definition of what it means to be human.

Most recently, I have been devoted to creating an approach to Liberation Technology rooting in the creation of an Autonomous Internet that is infinitely scalable and inherently empowering of the individual over any falsely-justified hierarchy–it is impervious to corruption by government or corporation.

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Obama & Facebook: Clueless on DEEP Innovation

03 Economy, 04 Education, Advanced Cyber/IO, Commerce, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Methods & Process

Why Facebook Town Hall Shows Obama is Missing the Point on Innovation

Haydn Shaughnessy

Re:thinking Innovation

Yesterday’s Town Hall meeting at Facebook produced one big surprise – the tepid questioning fired at President Obama from America’s tech elite.

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[Instead of Obama and Facebook look to Don Tapscott and collective intelligence…]

Tapscott’s take on the current state of the economy?

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2011/04/212011/04/21

Search: presentation re leadership strategy

Searches

presentation re leadership strategy much too general

presentations Briefings & Lectures (81), Historic Contributions (265), Briefings (Core) (38)

leadership (book reviews): Leadership (58) strategy (book reviews): Strategy (102)

Wild ass guess as to what you were looking for:

2010 M4IS2 Briefing for South America — 2010 M4IS2 Presentacion por Sur America (ANEPE Chile)

2010: Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Trilogy Updated

2009 DoD OSINT Leadership and Staff Briefings

2000 Presidential Leadership and National Security Policy Making

Reference: Leadership & Whole of Government

Leadership should be about nurturing clarity, diversity, and integrity to achieve sustainability. Leadership strategy is how you get there, combining an absolute demand for the best truth in a holistic fashion, with an absolute demand for integrity across all boundaries.

Journal: Politics & Intelligence–Partners Only When Integrity is Central to Both

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Ancient History: When the CIA was Serious…

Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Intelligence (government)

CIA Decides Not to Get Serious: Memories of a Lost Time and Place

“These documents remained classified for nearly a century until recent advancements in technology made it possible to release them,” CIA Director Leon E. Panetta said. “When historical information is no longer sensitive, we take seriously our responsibility to share it with the American people.” The Director released this statement on the occasion of CIA’s declassification of a handful of WWI documents describing the use of invisible ink for secret messages. CIA originally claimed that these documents had to be classified because they contained information that could be used to identify sources and methods used today (2011)! This whole affair demonstrates to me that CIA has ceased to be a serious intelligence organization.

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