The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Best of TomDispatch: Chalmers Johnson, Dismantling the Empire Chalmers Johnson (RIP) TomDispatch.com, 7 August 2011 EXTRACT Three Good Reasons to Liquidate Our Empire and Ten Steps to Take to Do So 1. We Can No Longer Afford Our Postwar Expansionism 2. We Are Going to Lose the War in Afghanistan and It Will Help Bankrupt …
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The Perils of Cutting Defense Spending The Public Intelligence Blog has speculated that the financial elites who indirectly are the principal influencers the U.S. Congress and the Presidency have decided that their best interests will be served if U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) spending is substantially reduced. It has long been obvious that DOD budgets …
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British press report, unusually thorough, but miss the core point: why so many sent into combat in a single very old, very slow transport helicopter. Special forces helicopter shot down in Afghanistan was on a mission to rescue U.S. Army Rangers Daily Mail, 7 August 2011 Chopper brought down in rocket attack was on its …
It is obvious that this man has no clue. We are developing fighters (F-22/35) that have no threat that cannot be handled by the F-117 (which is the be all to end all) but we are dangerously close to imploding if more budget cuts come our way? Strengthen the force, reduce the technology (which doesn’t …
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Wardriving Evolves Into Warflying Researchers release specs for a DIY radio-controlled plane that hacks systems by air By Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Editor Dark Reading, 4 August 2011 BLACK HAT USA 2011 — Las Vegas — Yesterday at Black Hat, two security researchers demonstrated how a radio-controlled model airplane outfitted with a computer and 4G connectivity …
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The MAZZ-INT Blog DEFICIT DEAL AND ITS IMPACT ON THE IC At the time of the July edition of Mazz-INT Blog, the government was tied in a knot over coming to grips with how to get long term spending under control so there would be the political conditions to raise the debt ceiling on August …
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The government is certain we are stupid. This deal cuts $1.5 trillion over ten years while continuing the practice of borrowing $1 trillion a year. The net increase in debt is roughly $8.5 trillion. The deal, point by point By Katy O’Donnell National Journal August 1, 2011
