Berto Jongman: TX Hammes on Future War — Many Small versus Few Expensive

Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Military, Peace Intelligence
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

The Future of Warfare: Small, Many, Smart vs. Few & Exquisite?

EXTRACT

To illustrate how small, many, and smart are emerging as major shifts in warfare, this article will start by examining why it is now possible to create small, smart, and cheap platforms that have sufficient range and combat capability to fulfill the very challenging role of power projection. It will then examine the implications for U.S. defense.

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T X Hammes @ Phi Beta Iota

Mini-Me: If California Splits Into X States, This Opens X-1 Slots for States to Secede, Leaving 50 Stars Unchanged

Civil Society, Ethics, Government
Who?  Mini-Me?
Who? Mini-Me?

Huh?

Plan to Split California Into Six States May Make 2016 Ballot

Zeninjor Enwemeka

Boston.com, 15 July 2014

A plan to split California into six separate states? Wait, what? The billionaire venture capitalist behind the idea said he had collected enough signatures to get the proposal on the 2016 ballot, Reuters reports.

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Yoda: Promise Language – Language of Commerce Rooted in Trust and Reputation

Commerce, Ethics
Got Crowd? BE the Force!
Got Crowd? BE the Force!

Promise Language – The Language of Commerce

Open source, free marketplace software.

How does one gain trust without an authority?

Commerce between anonymous people is possible with a P2P database and open source.

A public record of one's previous transactions is reputation.

This is exchange software, payment processing software, and procurement software.  It provides reputation, but does much more than that.  Anything of value can be traded freely.  Value-added services can be provided by new and existing companies.  It works with today's companies and allows new ones to thrive.

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Jean Lievens: American Thinker Heretical Thoughts on Ethics and Capitalism

Commerce, Ethics
Jean Lievens
Jean Lievens

Some Heretical Thoughts on Politics and Economics

Glenn Fairman

American Thinker, 21 June 2014

The belief that the raw mechanics of Capitalism, uninformed by any moral penumbra of ethics, religion, or philosophy, has alone caused the great material increase of the West, is of itself suspect. Indeed, the Protestant Work Ethic, the idea of fair play, the conception of noblesse oblige, respect for contracts and law, the forbearance of pleasure for industriousness, thrift, moderation, Christian charity, and a host of other ideals and virtues, have invariably tinctured capitalism’s character for better or worse.

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Berto Jongman: Sandy Hook Confirmed as Exercise — No One Died — A Total Media False Flag with Paid Actors

Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Government
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

Sandy Hook Redux: Obama officials confirm that it was a drill and no children died

By Jim Fetzer (with Sofia Smallstorm and Paul Preston)

“I have a lot of sources in regards to as to what’s going on with the president and the administration and so on, and every one of my sources said it was a false flag”--Paul Preston

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Sandy Hook @ Phi Beta Iota

Robert Steele: NYT Finally Gets It Right – Ghani Transformed Plus Fareed Zakaria on Iran and Maliki Not Signing BSA in Iraq — as Abdulllah will not sign if fraudulently “elected” in Afghanistan

Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Government, Media
Robert David Steele
Robert David Steele

Better late than never.  Ghani won the election — now we need to see if the US Government will stand by our principles and help assure a legitimate count. See also the second headline, for an understanding of how Iran controlled the non-signing of the BSA in Iraq to create this situation. If Abdullah is fradulently election, I anticipate that he will NOT sign the BSA, this having been a condition for Iran's funding of his campaign and Karzai-Daudzai fraud.

Technocrat to Afghan Populist, Ashraf Ghani Is Transformed

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NYT Asia Pacific, JUNE 11, 2014

KABUL, Afghanistan — When dealing with Western officials, Ashraf Ghani presents himself as the rare technocrat who possesses both the cultural savvy and practical expertise needed to put Afghanistan back on track if he is elected president in the runoff vote on Saturday.

After all, as Mr. Ghani readily reminds people, he has written a book titled “Fixing Failed States.”

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