Most of what is worth knowing did not come from academics (or spies).
Reviews of Anti-Fragility and Skin in the Game will be posted shortly.
Ben Garrison: Bowling for Justice — FISA Ball = Strike [PBI Comment: NYT Just Switched Sides with Rosenstein’s Head Offered Up]
Ethics, Government
Re-Published with Permission. Visit Ben at https://grrrgraphics.com/.
Paper Tiger: China is Bluffing on Tariffs, Time to Invite Others to Bid UPDATE 1 Graphics Added
02 China, 03 Economy, 03 India, 08 Wild Cards, 11 Society, Commercial Intelligence, Ethics, Government
Alert Reader based in China and heavily invested in Chinese manufacturing brokerage reports that Trump tariffs are exactly what has been needed to bring the Chinese to the table so as to correct the imbalance that may have been fair 30 years ago but is grossly unfair to US companies and workers now.
He reports that over 100 factories have closed overnight as US companies have started cancelling orders that would not arrive in time to miss the new 10% tariffs that start 24 September, and that the Chinese government is under massive pressure to work with Trump to avoid triggering the 25% tariff rate that would be implemented on 1 January 2019 if talks do not progress.
Thomas Jefferson: True Federalism = State & Local Sovereignty
Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Government, Peace Intelligence
True Federalism.
“The way to have good and safe government is not to trust it all to one, but to divide it among the many, distributing to every one exactly the functions he is competent to.
Let the national government be entrusted with the defense of the nation, and its foreign and federal relations; the State governments with the civil rights, law, police, and administration of what concerns the State generally; the counties with the local concerns of the counties, and each ward direct the interests within itself.
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TRUMPET: President Takes Action on Election Security
Ethics, Government
President Trump issued an executive order to increase the security of American elections and protect against foreign interference therein.
Randy Short & Robert Steele: 12 Pardons = Black Male Vote [Comment by Cynthia McKinney]
Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Government, Law Enforcement
RANDY SHORT: There is no faster route to the heart of the black men of America than through a sincere recognition of the degree to which the US prison system is used as a profit center with black men (and increasingly poor white youth) as the “animals” being processed without mercy. To win the hearts and minds of black men, President Donald Trump can do three things:
Robert Steele: Prime Suspects for NYT Op-Ed Are Kelly and Mattis UPDATE We Believe Woodward on Kelly & Mattis We Do Not Believe Slate on Huntsman
Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Government, Media, Peace Intelligence
UPDATE: We believe Woodward in relation to Kelly & Mattis. The book as a whole is a hit job, but on these specifics, Woodward rules.
Woodward: Kelly, Mattis denials of his book quotes untrue
I consider Slate completely off the mark.
