Troops or Contractors: Loss of Defense Integrity
Tip of the Hat to Penguin.
Tip of the Hat to Penguin.
Tip of the Hat to Contributing Editor Marcus Aurelius. Comments below the line
(1) This **could** be DoD’s near-term future; (2) honestly have not heard anything bad about her; (3) my principal concern is that she has no personal military experience, which I personally think should be mandatory for any SECDEF. Chuck Spinney Sends: Truely nuts. The article is a puff piece about an incompetent fraud who happens …
24 Dec Journal: Get America Working–A Conversation 3 Jan Journal: Get America Working–A Conversation Part II Andrew Carpenter responds (Robert Steele’s opening at end): I offer here a cautionary note in three areas. First, Robert, I get that you have a prior commitment to electoral reform, and that’s your proprietary thing close to your heart. …
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PART I: The Only Way to Fix the Deficit–Multiply Jobs (William Drayton) PART II: Nice Ideas But So Is Icing Cover Feces (Robert Steele) PART III: Create Jobs? As an End In Themselves? To Do What? Why? (Alexander Carpenter) PART IV: Related Recommended Reading (Robert Steele) The core take-away (from PART III) Beyond its inherent …
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UPDATE of 19 Oct to resurface the CORE COMMON ISSUE and add THIRD PARTY book reviews (immediately below the line). The legislative proposal still needs work, e.g. ballot access not well covered, but this is the starting point. It was created by Jim Turner and Robert Steele based in large part on points made by …
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Russians in Spy Exchange Include Hanssen Case Figure (July 9) — A former Russian intelligence officer who may have provided information that helped uncover two of the worst spies in U.S. history — Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames — is among the four Russians swapped for 10 sleeper agents in an elaborate Cold War-style spy …
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