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Paul Fernhout: Open Letter to the Intelligence Advanced Programs Research Agency (IARPA)

EDIT 4 Sep 2011: Link and misc. fixed. Dear IARPA staff- The greatest threat facing the USA is the irony inherent in our current defense posture, like for example planning to use nuclear energy embodied in missiles to fight over oil fields that nuclear energy could replace. This irony arises in part because the USA’s …

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Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Government Secret Intelligence

Updated 22 July 2019 SHORTCUT: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-Spy-Reviews A fraction–the most relevant, from Intelligence (Government/Secret)  (408).  Does not include Information Operations (154), Information Society (247), Information Technology (118), or Misinformation & Propaganda (242). Does not include Intelligence (Collective & Quantum) (114), Intelligence (Commercial) (90), Intelligence (Extra-Terrestrial) (24), Intelligence (Public) (326), Intelligence (Spiritual) (6), Intelligence (Wealth of Networks) …

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Review: The Long Twentieth Century – Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times

Giovanni Arrighi 4.0 out of 5 stars Adding Links In Support of Review by Joseph Martin,August 10, 2011 This is how your review will appear: 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars Adding Links In Support of Review by Joseph Martin,August 10, 2011 By Robert D. Steele (Oakton, …

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Winslow Wheeler: Defense Cuts, Defense Flim-Flam

There are numerous misleading and misinformed assertions being made about the defense spending parts of the debt deal. The White House’s “fact sheet” asserts a $350 billion savings in the “base defense budget.” The $350 billion in defense savings that the White House declares apparently uses a different “baseline” (basis of comparison) and pretends that a …

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John Robb: Toyota Prius is NOT (Not) a Resilient Car

RESOLVED: The Toyota Prius IS NOT a resilient car The Toyota Prius, and electric cars in general, are NOT resilient. Some major reasons why: Global manufacture.  Exotic materials. Replacement and repair.  Cost is high and it requires complex methods/parts. Conditional:  If electricity isn’t produced locally, there is a dependence on a remote power source. Phi …

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