Chuck Spinney: Open Letter to Obama by Drone Operators Denounces Drone Assassination

07 Other Atrocities, Drones & UAVs
Chuck Spinney
Chuck Spinney

Obama's drone war a ‘recruitment tool' for Isis, say US air force whistleblowers

Four former service members – including three sensor operators – issue plea to rethink current airstrike strategy that has ‘fueled feelings of hatred’ toward US

Ed Pilkington in New York and Ewen MacAskill in London

Guardian, 18 November 2015

Phi Beta Iota: Closing down or transferring the drone program should have been John Brennan's first order of business when he assumed his position as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. That he did not do so is his epitaph.

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Robert Parry: Tangled False US Narratives

Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
Robert Parry
Robert Parry

Tangled Threads of US False Narratives

Exclusive: Official Washington’s many false narratives about Russia and Syria have gotten so tangled that they have become a danger to the struggle against Sunni terrorism and conceivably a threat to the future of the planet, a risk that Robert Parry explores.

. . . .a counter-argument to the fake narratives is possible if some candidate seized on the principle of an informed electorate as vital to democracy.

 

Berto Jongman: The Real Terrorists Are…Farm Animals

01 Agriculture, 03 Economy, 11 Society, 12 Water, Earth Intelligence
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

There’s a population crisis all right. But probably not the one you think

While all eyes are on human numbers, it’s the rise in farm animals that is laying the planet waste

EXTRACT

Human numbers are rising at roughly 1.2% a year, while livestock numbers are rising at around 2.4% a year. By 2050 the world’s living systems will have to support about 120m tonnes of extra humans, and 400m tonnes of extra farm animals.

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UNASUR: Agencia de Fuentes Abiertas (de technologia)

#OSE Open Source Everything, Advanced Cyber/IO, Collective Intelligence, Commercial Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Government, Peace Intelligence
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Para el Secretario General de UNASUR: esta idea ha sido presentado a los líderes de los Estados Unidos de América y probablemente será ignorado. Esta sería una excelente iniciativa con la que comenzar la moderna independencia y auto-sostenible prosperidad de las Américas. Les deseo todas las posibilidades en el futuro. Respetuosamente, Robert David STEELE Vivas

MEMORANDUM PARA EL VICEPRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
LA SECRETARÍA DE ESTADO
LA SECRETARÍA DE DEFENSA
EL DIRECTOR, DE LA OFICINA DE ADMINISTRACIÓN Y PRESUPUESTO
EL ADMINISTRADOR DE LA AGENCIA AMERICANA PARA EL DESARROLLO INTERNACIONAL

TEMA: Apoyar los intereses del Presidente en las áreas de defensa, diplomacia y desarrollo de la innovación para el año 2015 – La Agencia de Fuentes Abiertas (de tecnología), Desiertos Digitales y Estabilización global.

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The Rules.org – New Story Focused on Poverty

Cultural Intelligence

Logo RulesInequity and poverty are monstrous achievements, reflections of a world created without global consent. The future belongs to all of us, though precious few of us get to really imagine it for ourselves. Not millions, but billions of us are left out of the global equation, relegated to the tattered edges of the universal dream. We’re writing a new story – one that changes the rules for a world that works for all. What about joining in?  Home Page

Chris Hedges: Ralph Nader on Death of Electoral Politics — and Bernie Sanders as a Sheepdog

Cultural Intelligence
Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges

Days of Revolt: The Death of Electoral Politics

In this episode of teleSUR's Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges and Ralph Nader analyze Bernie Sanders' campaign and the role of the two-party system in shutting out third parties. –   November 10, 2015

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