Josh Kilbourn: The Rise (Increase in Numbers) of America’s Lunatic Fringe

The Rise Of America’s Lunatic Fringe Tyler Durden Zero Hedge, 01/30/2013 Authored by chindit Anyone who spends any amount of time on the internet has seen them. They are the moonbats, the wingnuts, the whackjobs, the Conspiratorialists.  They are America’s new Lunatic Fringe, and their numbers are growing. While the rise of the internet fed …

Graphic: Evaluating Intelligence (Decision-Support) – Four Aspects 1.1

Slide: Evaluating Intelligence 1.1 Caption:  Robert David Steele, “Graphic: Evaluating Intelligence (Decision-Support) – Four Aspects 1.1,”  Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog, 30 January 2013 Updated to add Real-Time 1 February 2013. Inspired by:  Dover, Robert and Milja Kurki (2013), “Unwritten Assumptions: The Role of Theories in the Study of Intelligence,” UNPUBLISHED DRAFT See …

Reflections on the Inability of Washington to Think with Integrity

Power corrupts, no doubt about it.  What most people miss is that it is not just about financial corruption that explicitly mis-directs scarce resources to benefit the few over the many (with Congress taking its standard 5% kick-back for delivering earmarks).  Power also corrupts intellect.  People forget how to think.  They begin talking among themselves, …

Reflections on Lincoln, Principle, Compromise, Autonomous Internet & Citizen Intelligence / Counter-Intelligence 2.0 with Meta-RECAP

EDIT of 21 January 2013:  I have gotten both sharp criticism from folks I revere, and complements.  I am more than willing to delete this, but I am more interested in having people think outside the lines.  I’ve made some revisions, adding issues and readings in each section.   Email me as you please, robert.david.steele.vivas [at] …

Michel Bauwens: Economic Value of Nature – Priceless — AND Irreplacable

Why the economy needs nature Nature is not a drag on growth – its protection is an unavoidable prerequisite for sustaining economic development Tony Juniper The Guardian, 9 January 2013 One of the greatest misconceptions of our time is the idea that there is somehow a choice between economic development and sustaining nature. The narrative …

Berto Jongman: Sandy Hook Reprise — What? + Plus Lack of Truth in USA RECAP

Sorcha Faal is a known fabricator with a gift for identifying legitimate sources worth reading on their own. Obama Death Squads Kill Top Gun Activists As New Massacre Fears Rise EXTRACT Unfortunately for the Obama regime, this report says, and the reason for another “tragic event” needing to happen, is that the “official story” about …