The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Paul Krassner 5.0 out of 5 stars Less Funny, More Provocative–Price is a WOW,November 20, 2011 First, a confession. I am 59 years old and had no idea who Paul Krassner was/is. The more I read through the book the more I marveled at his pioneering endeavors and their continuing relevance as Occupy struggles to …
#Occupy Listening and Process: Mic Check! Some people have asked why I am focusing on the Occupy movement. There are so many aspects of transformationally relevant co-intelligencebeing explored in and evoked by this movement, whether or not we are politically involved in or motivated by it. This post is a prime example. It is all about …
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Thinking about memory, association, and identification by jonl A lesson in memory. Phi Beta Iota: Full reflections below the line. Wait for the aha at the end. God is what happens when we create community which is inherently in contradiction with our identifying deeply with anything other than God/community. This is deep and worth swimming …
Human Intelligence (HUMINT): All Humans, All Minds, All the Time (US Army Strategic Studies Institute, June 2010) Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-HUMINT Below the line: full text for automated translation. The Amazon version is published by someone else abusing my original copyright granted only to SSI. Click on cover for free PDF download, or read full text …
Worth it? That’s a question you hear a lot. “Was it worth it?” Not certain what either “it” refers to, but generally we’re saying, “was the destination worth the journey? Was the effort worth the reward?” The thing about effort is that effort is its own reward if you allow it to be. So the …
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CIA runs all-source analytic competition for universities — neither the Open Source Center nor Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) are anywhere to be found. Deja vu? Covert Operation WC Wins High Honors at CIA Tri-State Intelligence Simulation Phi Beta Iota: This was probably a variation of the superb Mid-Career Course (CIA’s mini-war college) analytic exercise but …
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Washington Post Joins Hysterical Defense Budget Rhetoric Center for Defense Information, 7 November 2011 Monday, November 7, the Washington Post editorial board published its take on the extreme rhetoric the country has been hearing on the defense budget since Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta starting talking about the “doomsday mechanism” that would reduce defense spending. …
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