SchwartzReport: Citizens Name US Government as #1 Problem — 69% Not Satisfied PBI: More Attacks on Police Certain

Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government
Stephan A. Schwartz
Stephan A. Schwartz

This is dangerous territory. When two thirds of the people in a democracy are dissatisfied with the government but feel unable to change it, social unrest arises.

Americans Name Government as No. 1 U.S. Problem

Though issues such as terrorism, healthcare, race relations and immigration have emerged among the top problems in recent polls, government, the economy and unemployment have been the dominant problems listed by Americans for more than a year.

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Berto Jongman: Colonial Borders Not the Problem – Ethnic Inter-Mingling More Complex, More Nuanced

Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

First one has high value maps and links.

Not the Map You’re Looking For: Nations and Borders Are Always Messy

Stop Blaming Colonial Borders for the Middle East's Problems

Below the line: Video of Daily Show take on arbitrary national borders.

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Marcus Aurelius: Obama Amnesty Plan: Legalize Foreigners, ‘Take Over the Host,’ ‘Push Citizens into the Shadows’

Civil Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius

Without comment.

Obama Amnesty Plan: Legalize Foreigners, ‘Take Over the Host,' ‘Push Citizens into the Shadows'

It was supposed to be a phone call for Obama administration ears only. But hear it the radio host did, she says. And what she heard should make your blood run cold — and perhaps your rage hot. Obama’s amnesty plan is to use illegal aliens as “seedlings,” said the federal officials. They will “navigate, not assimilate,” as they “take over the host,” create a “country within a country” and start “pushing the citizens into the shadows.” Welcome to the “fundamental transformation” of America.

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Robert Steele: Electoral Reform Before Supreme Court (One Tiny Piece)

09 Justice, 11 Society, Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Officers Call
Robert Steele
Robert Steele

Election reform is on the line at the Supreme Court

SUPREME COURT observers focused on the Affordable Care Act case this week. But the justices heard arguments Monday in another case with potentially major implications for the country’s proper functioning: a dispute over whether voters can break the self-serving system in which state politicians manipulate voting districts to their own and their party’s benefit.

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