Reference: Approach to Study of Terrorism & Countermeasures
The author is a US Army Col who retired to Italy in 1996. He has written prolifically for the past thirty years and remains active in various informal capacities.
Journal: Get America Working–A Conversation Part III
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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Reference: Pay for Healthy Food or Pay for Unhealthy Medicine
INGREDIENTS.m4v QUOTE: No country in the world pays less for food and more for medicine than the USA. Phi Beta Iota: Phenomenal. Trailer for a larger “must see” movie. A potential salvation for America built around agriculture, family, food, health, and water.
Reference: American Soft Power is Vanishing + RECAP
“American soft power is vanishing” by jonl on January 6, 2011 Bruce Sterling and I are well into our annual State of the World conversation over on the WELL. Bruce, who’s traveled the world all his life and has been in unique situations (like his travels through Russia and Eastern Europe after the fall of …
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NIGHTWATCH Extract: Trusted Bodyguard Executes Governor in Pakistan for Being a Blasphemer–Observations on Meaning for Church & State
Pakistan: An elite police commando from the provincial police force who was assigned as a bodyguard for the governor of Punjab Province murdered the governor today in Islamabad. The commando dropped his weapon and surrendered to the police, bragging that he was proud he killed a blasphemer. With that, Pakistan’s political crisis deepened.
Iceland Charts Its Course with Integrity
2009 First Results from the National Assembly Integrity is the value the representatives of the National Assembly considered most important for society. Equal rights, respect and justice follow. Next are love, responsibility, freedom, sustainability and democracy. The family, equality and trust are also high priorities. Read more…. 2010 The main conclusions from the National Forum …
Journal: Deradicalizing Islamist Extremists, Internal Al Qaeda Critiques
Deradicalizing Islamist Extremists by Angel Rabasa, Stacie Pettyjohn, Jeremy Ghez, Christopher Boucek RAND Monograph 2010 242 Pages Free Online or $26 Proactive measures to prevent vulnerable individuals from radicalizing and to rehabilitate those who have already embraced extremism have been implemented, to varying degrees, in several Middle Eastern, Southeast Asian, and European countries. A key …
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