Daniel Villegas: How language can affect the way we think

Advanced Cyber/IO, Cultural Intelligence
Danielle Villegas
Danielle Villegas

This is a fascinating article about differences in language, and shows how things can truly be “lost in translation.” My husband, a native Spanish speaker and I will have heated debates about English because he's translating in his head, and some expressions he'll claim he's never heard (despite living in this country for almost 35 years), or he'll say they don't make sense.

How language can affect the way we think

There’s a wide field of research on the link between language and both psychology and behavior. Here, a few fascinating examples:

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Marcus Aurelius: National Commission on Future of the Army — an Immaculate Conception

Military, Sources
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius

Hot off the press, just released today, invite your attention to report of the statutorily-mandated National Commission on the Future of the Army at following link:

Click for Report
Click for Report

Have not fully read but expect a couple of things:

* It will likely be contentious, both for what it says and does not say and for various factions' assessments of its quality.

* It will generate some degree of workload for the Army Staff as the Chief of Staff and the Secretary decide what they want to do with/about it and how.

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Robert Perry: Nazi Roots in Western Ukraine — Funded by CIA

Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
Robert Parry
Robert Parry

Nazi Roots of Ukraine’s Conflict

Exclusive: Few Americans understand the ugly history behind the Nazi-affiliated movements that have gained substantial power in today’s U.S.-backed Ukrainian regime. Western propaganda has made these right-wing extremists the “good guys” versus the Russian “bad guys,” as Jonathan Marshall explains.

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Mongoose: US Navy Director of Naval Intelligence Barred from Seeing Classified — No One Cares — Classified Irrelevant?

Idiocy, Military
Mongoose
Mongoose

Only in America. The criminal irresponsibility continues.

The admiral in charge of Navy intelligence has not been allowed to see military secrets for years

For more than two years, the Navy’s intelligence chief has been stuck with a major handicap: He’s not allowed to know any secrets. Vice Adm. Ted “Twig” Branch has been barred from reading, seeing or hearing classified information since November 2013, when the Navy learned from the Justice Department that his name had surfaced in a giant corruption investigation involving a foreign defense contractor and scores of Navy personnel.

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