Journal: UK Defence Bottoms Up, US DoD Next…

Joe Cirincione President of Ploughshares Fund Posted: October 20, 2010 02:13 PM British Budget Collapse Foreshadows Cuts to Come in U.S. Defense Budget Great Britain’s cuts, particularly to its nuclear forces, are the canary in the defense budget mine. Just as massive deficits forced the conservative UK government to cut deep into its military programs, …

NIGHTWATCH Extract: East Prepares for Big War

India-Russia: India will buy 250 to 300 advanced stealth fighter aircraft from Russian, according to Defence Minister A.K. Antony, as he announced the deal worth nearly $30 billion. Antony and Russian Defense Minister Serdyukov said Russia would supply the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) as well as 45 transport aircraft. India also will jointly manufacture …

Sick Systems on a Micro to Macro Level; Not All Vampires Suck Blood; Psychopaths Among Us

The following pieces are from June 2010 and 2001. They were found separately within the same day and provide inter-connected insights. Link to the full version..below is an extremely shortened version: PSYCHOPATHS AMONG US Dr. Robert Hare claims there are 300,000 psychopaths in Canada, but that only a tiny fraction are violent offenders like Paul …

Review: Blue Gold–The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water

6 Star Plus Foundation Work, August 28, 2010 Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke I read the authors’ more recent Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water yesterday and watched the also more recent Blue Gold: World Water Wars last night, all in the context of raeding 12 …

Journal: DoD Falling…30-50% Cut in KR, Cuts to Benefits Next

(COMMENT:  Retirees being targeted again…) Tom Philpott | August 05, 2010 Advisory Panels Say Military Benefits Unsustainable A consensus is building among current and former military leaders and defense industry executives that rising military personnel costs threaten the viability of the all-volunteer force. FULL STORY, Excellent Quotes from MajGen Arnold Punaro, USMC (Ret) former Staff …