A selection from among many.
Marcus Aurelius: Graphics Circulating in Retired Military Circles
Cultural IntelligenceLee Camp: (YouTube 4:46) How to End Terrorism in a Single Day
Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, IO Deeds of Peace, Offbeat Fun, Peace Intelligence, YouTubeMini-Me: Matt Drudge Was Right? Citizen Journalism a Pre-Cursor to Citizen Intelligence…
Civil Society, Collective Intelligence, Crowd-Sourcing, Media
Huh?
Washington Post, June 6, 2013
Say the words “Matt Drudge” to any political junkie and you will get one of two responses.
Matt Drudge
The first will be strong disdain for Drudge’s eponymously-named news site and its tilt toward outrageous headlines and conservative viewpoints.
The second will be sheer awe for Drudge’s continued ability to pull in massive amounts of web traffic using a site that any teenager with an affinity for the Internet could make in under 15 minutes.
No one — and we mean no one — lacks an opinion when it comes to Drudge and the Drudge Report. The combination of the controversy surrounding Drudge and his legendary reclusiveness makes it difficult to have a conversation about his influence on the culture of web journalism that doesn’t devolve into a shouting match within seconds.
But, Drudge did — and does — have an impact. So, it’s worth going back 15 years this week to a speech Drudge gave at the National Press Club in which he outlined his vision of the future of journalism.
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It’s hard to argue that the vision Drudge had for the news business is what the news business has, in large part, become. It’s worth watching his whole speech, which is below, not only for his remarks but for the obvious and not-at-all-disguised disdain that Doug Harbrecht, the president of the Press Club at the time, has for Drudge.
Berto Jongman: Deviant Globalization + Legalized Crime Meta-RECAP
01 Poverty, 02 Infectious Disease, 03 Environmental Degradation, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 06 Genocide, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Proliferation, 09 Terrorism, 10 Transnational Crime, Academia, Civil Society, Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Idiocy, Ineptitude, Law Enforcement, Media, Military, Non-Governmental
Not new, but now becoming more transparent to the public.
Book: Deviant Globalization: Black Market Economy in the 21st Century (2011)
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Marcus Aurelius: CRS Overview of UCP & COCOMs
Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Idiocy, Ineptitude, Military, Peace IntelligenceReading between the lines recommended.
PDF (72 pages): 2013-01-03 CRS on UCP and COCOMS
Phi Beta Iota: Buried in the small print are severe shortcomings in intelligence support to strategy, policy, acquisition, and operations around the world; TRANSCOM thinking that Guam comprises a long-haul strategy; the Arctic uncovered and the Antarctic ignored; and at the very end, a tiny mention of the alternative concept of joint inter-agency commands–and of course no mention at all of the key concepts of Network-Enabled Capabilities, OSE (technical solution) and M4IS2 (human solution). The new National Security Advisor is inheriting a gawd-awful mess that is out of control, out of money, out of imagination and out of integrity.
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NIGHTWATCH: Pakistan, China, & India — Regional Accommodation As US Gets Kicked Out of the Neighborhood — Next Up the Persian – Russian Peace Zone
02 China, 03 India, 05 Iran, 06 Russia, 08 Wild Cards, Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
Pakistan: Pakistan's National Assembly on Wednesday formally elected Nawaz Sharif as prime minister. Sharif, 63, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N, was elected by an overwhelming majority. He received 244 of the 317 votes cast by assembly members. Many parties voted en bloc for Nawaz Sharif to curry favor with the new government.
President Zardari administered the oath of office at President House.
Prime Minister Sharif delivered a brief speech on the floor of the National Assembly after his election. He said, “The chapter of drone attacks on the country's soil should now be closed. As we respect others' sovereignty, ours should also be given respect. This campaign must come to an end.”
He also addressed Pakistan's many problems. In Churchillian fashion, he said he would not make attractive promises to the masses nor talk about any imaginary heaven on earth. He openly sided with the productive forces of the country agriculture, industry and exports, as the keys for economic revival. He said he would tolerate no corruption and nepotism and that the doors of dictatorship had been closed forever.
The only foreign country mentioned was China. The Prime Minister said he would form a study group to work on establishing a rail link to western China from Karachi and the Arabian Sea port of Gwadar via the Khunjerab Pass in the north. He plans to give free port status to the Chinese built and now managed new port of Gwadar in western Pakistan.
Winn Schwartau: Solar Storms Only Hurt Stupid
Earth Intelligence
SUM OF ALL FEARS:
- Idiots in politics
- Ignorance in business
- Apathetic about warnings
- Arrogance about Preparation
Nothing serious will happen if accurate forecasting of the solar storm is done. If we shut down all power grids during the solar storm, nothing will happen. Put the satellites into the Safe Mode and they are all safe.
Seven Slide Briefing: SOLAR ONLY
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