Journal ISSN 1078-1935 – Page 1331 – Public Intelligence Blog

2015/05/262015/05/28

Robert Steele: Homeland Security – The Much Bigger Picture

01 Poverty, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Transnational Crime, Civil Society, Collective Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence

Robert David Steele Vivas

Homeland Security: The Much Bigger Picture

Homeland Security Today, May 26, 2015

By: Robert David Steele

As I scan the horizon across our homeland, what many of us think of as America the Beautiful, I cannot help but see something different — a troubled, even shocked, dysfunctional government, corrupt industry, the shallowness of our chattering class (academics, media and think tanks) and an apathetic citizenry.

From the perspective of a long-time intelligence professional – a former spy who helped create the Marine Corps Intelligence Center and spent 20 years as a CEO pioneering commercial intelligence – not only do most of the preconditions for revolution exist in America right now, but the federal government seems determined to ignore realities across the board.

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2015/05/262015/05/24

Worth a Look: Makers – The New Industrial Evolution

Manufacturing, Worth A Look

Wired magazine editor and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, driving a resurgence of American manufacturing. A generation of “Makers” using the Web’s innovation model will help drive the next big wave in the global economy, as the new technologies of digital design and rapid prototyping gives everyone the power to invent — creating “the long tail of things”.

2015/05/262015/05/24

Nik Peachy: Tool for Making Posters

IO Tools

This is a great tool for creating classroom materials or for getting students to show the outcomes of their projects.

LucidPress

AN ONLINE POSTER MAKER FOR EVERYONE

Lucidpress is a professional-quality poster maker for everyone. With a library of templates and a drag-and-drop interface, you'll have an attention-grabbing poster made in no time.

2015/05/262015/05/25

SchwartzReport: Farming in the (Singapore) Sky

01 Agriculture, 07 Health, 12 Water

Just as non-carbon innovation is pushing carbon energy out of the picture, so new forms of agriculture, such as those described in this article, are going to change agriculture. A significant segment of society now understands that locally grown organic produce is the most life-affirming option. Note also the list of unanticipated benefits to these systems.

Farming in the Sky

Why agriculture may someday take place in towers, not fields

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2015/05/252015/05/23

Worth a Look: Democracy Collaborative

Worth A Look

DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE

The Democracy Collaborative is a national leader in equitable, inclusive and sustainable development through our Community Wealth Building Initiative. This initiative sustains a wide range of Advisory, Research and Field Building activities designed to transform the practice of community/economic development in the United States. Another important program is the Next System Project, ongoing intellectual work designed to connect Community Wealth Building to the larger context of systemic economic transformation.

2015/05/252015/05/24

Robert Parry: Daniel Lazare on Why Islamic State is Winning

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, IO Deeds of War

Why Islamic State Is Winning

Exclusive: The Saudi-Israeli alliance and U.S. neocons have pressured President Obama into continuing U.S. hostility toward the secular Syrian government despite major military gains by the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front, leading to an emerging catastrophe in the Mideast, as Daniel Lazare explains.

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2015/05/252015/05/24

Sheila Casey: Dave McGowan — on 9/12 He Wrote About a New and Improved Police State

07 Other Atrocities, Collective Intelligence, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, IO Deeds of War, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence

Dave McGowan battling aggressive cancer: wrote 9/11 was a lie on 9/12

This post features the full text of an article Dave McGowan wrote on Sept. 12, 2001, questioning the official story of the “terrorist attacks” 9/11. This is preceded by introductions from me and from Truth and Shadows contributor Sheila Casey.(CM)

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