Debt Renunciation as a Presidential Campaign Trump Card
Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence
Jon Rappoport: Understanding Zika & Inner Cities
Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence
‘Safe’ Zika pesticide nukes millions of bees
Millions of bees have just died in South Carolina, because Dorchester County officials decided to attack Zika mosquitoes from the air, from planes, with a pesticide called Naled. The Washington Post reports, in an article headlined: “‘Like it’s been nuked’: Millions of bees dead after South Carolina sprays for Zika mosquitoes.”
Message to Colin Kaepernick: the real disaster of inner cities
Mr. Kaepernick: As you keep sitting down or kneeling during the National Anthem, you keep focusing on police brutality. Many people now see incidents of this brutality as THE face of what is ruining life in the inner cities of America. They’re wrong. When people buy the wrong problem, they’ll never find the right solution. Police brutality is not what is ruining life in the inner cities of America. I offer you a different perspective, in an article I wrote recently: “The gift that keeps on giving: inner cities, violence, poverty, gangs, drugs, BLM, shaming, guilt, Globalism”
Mongoose: Doug Casey on Why the U.S. Global RoboCop Is Going to Self-Destruct
Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
Doug Casey on Why the U.S. Global RoboCop Is Going to Self-Destruct
What set Western Civilization—and America, in particular—apart was the elevation of persuasion over force… That’s why we became the wealthiest society in history. But our bloated military, and all of our foreign adventures, are going to bankrupt us while making millions of enemies who want revenge.
Parag Khanna: USA Losing the New Arms Race
Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
Connectivity and Competition
Whereas the United States sees China through the lens of defense, Europe’s view of China is shaped by its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies. Of the 25 top EPC companies in the world, 23 are European and Asian (Bechtel and Fluor are the only American firms that make the list).
There is no doubt that China’s infrastructure-driven grand strategy is crafted to last at least two generations, riding out any changes of government in host countries along the way. The United States, too, needs a strategy not just for the next administration but for the rest of this century. Even though the country is geographically detached from Eurasia, three factors ensure that it will remain a deeply essential superpower for connectivity for at least two decades: Energy, money, and technology.
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