Chuck Spinney: The Arrogance of US Ignorance

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Transnational Crime, Corruption, Government, Idiocy, Ineptitude, Military
Chuck Spinney
Chuck Spinney

The excellent BBC documentary Bitter Lake is on youtube in two parts and can be found at these links:

It is well worth watching … stylistically I found its format somewhat distracting to my tastes and would have liked it more organized chronologically.   But that is a nit pick.  CS

Guardian Review by Emma Graham-Harrison below the line.

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Berto Jongman: 1% Buying Bug-Out Options

Commerce, Cultural Intelligence, Government
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

What Do They Know? Why Are So Many Of The Super Wealthy Preparing Bug Out Locations?

A lot of ultra-rich people are quietly preparing to “bug out” when the time comes

A lot of ultra-rich people are quietly preparing to “bug out” when the time comes.  They are buying survival properties, they are buying farms in far away countries and they are buying deep underground bunkers.  In fact, a prominent insider at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland says that “very powerful people are telling us they’re scared” and he shocked his audience when he revealed that he knows “hedge fund managers all over the world who are buying airstrips and farms in places like New Zealand”.  So what do they know?  Why are so many of the super wealthy suddenly preparing bug out locations?  When the elite of the world start preparing for doomsday, that is a very troubling sign.  And right now the elite appear to be quietly preparing for disaster like never before.

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Michael Flynn: Obama Delusional, CIA Unprofessional [PBI: and USDI a Waste]

Corruption, Government, Ineptitude, Military
Michael Flynn
Michael Flynn

Former Defense Intel Chief Blasts Obama

Lt. General Michael Flynn, former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, blasted the Obama administration’s approach to the War on Terror in a hard-hitting speech to a meeting of intelligence professionals. “The dangers to the U.S. do not arise from the arrogance of American power, but from unpreparedness or an excessive unwillingness to fight when fighting is necessary,” Flynn said, in an unsparing critique first reported by the Daily Beast.

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Martin Petersen: Lessons Learned Doing Intelligence Analysis for Makers of US Foreign Policy

Advanced Cyber/IO, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Government, IO Impotency
Martin Petersen
Martin Petersen

What I Learned in 40 Years of Doing Intelligence Analysis for US Foreign Policymakers

Martin Petersen, Studies in Intelligence, 2011

PDF (8 Pages): Petersen-What I Learned-20Apr2011

Policymakers do not always see how we can help them.

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Winslow Wheeler: Ashton Carter – The Triumph of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

Corruption, Government, Military
Winslow Wheeler
Winslow Wheeler

The Triumph of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

To understand perverse military decision-making, follow the money

by BEN COHEN & WINSLOW WHEELER

Medium.com/War-Is-Boring, January 25, 2015

Complete article below the line.

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Wes Thomas: 12 Ways to Kill Monsanto

01 Agriculture, 03 Environmental Degradation, 07 Health, 07 Other Atrocities, Commerce, Corruption, Government

Consumer Self-Defense: 12 Ways to Drive GMOs and Roundup off the Market

Given the current barrage of pro-GMO propaganda in the mass media, “GMO-Free” proponents need to put far greater emphasis on the fact that it isn’t just the imprecise and unpredictable nature of gene-splicing itself—a process that produces toxin and allergens, and shuts down essential gene functions—that threatens human health and the environment. The billions of pounds of systemic toxic pesticides (herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides), especially Roundup, that are used on GMO and so-called conventional crops, are equally, if not more, hazardous to human health and the environment.These systemic agro-toxins, for the most part, cannot be washed off before eating.

A 12-point agenda for driving GMOs off the market