The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Is Flawed Terrorism Research Driving Flawed Counterterrorism Policies? More than thirteen years after the U.S. intelligence community named the prevention of terrorism its number one goal, it seems to have little understanding of what drives terrorism, or how to counter it. And, if the recently increasing criticism is correct, the government’s investment in academic terrorism …
The Greek Tragedy: Some things not to forget, which the new Greek leaders have not. American historian D.F. Fleming, writing of the post-World War II period in his eminent history of the Cold War, stated that “Greece was the first of the liberated states to be openly and forcibly compelled to accept the political system …
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Very few people know that I was accepted as a candidate for the Reform Party nomination for the presidency in 2012. I used that experience to seek out wizards across the country and consolidate their transpartisan wisdom (not to be confused with bi-partisan complicity) at one web site, We the People Reform Coalition. On 28 …
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Patrick Meier 5.0 out of 5 stars World-Changing Book Documenting Intersection of Humans, Technology, and Policy-Ethics, February 2, 2015 This is a hugely important work, one that responds to the critical needs outlined by Micah Sifry in The Big Disconnect: Why The Internet Hasn’t Transformed Politics (Yet) and others such as myself writing these past …
OSE Chinese – Chapter 7 – 2015_01_22 在中国所有章节 – All Chapters in Chinese 全文下方折 – Full Text Below the Line
Global Witness and Open Knowledge – Working together to investigate and campaign against corruption related to the extractives industries Sam Leon, one of Open Knowledge’s data experts, talks about his experiences working as an School of Data Embedded Fellow at Global Witness. Phi Beta Iota: We are seeing convergence. See also #TrueCost and #ConflictFree See …
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The Open Source Everything Manifesto – Transparency, Truth & Trust By Robert David Steele (2012) Notes by Fiona Bywaters of the World Futures Council DOC (4 Pages): Notes on the OSE Manifesto (Fiona Bywaters) Full Text Online Below the Fold
