The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Charles Hugh Smith Publisher’s Overview: With the soaring cost of higher education, has the value a college degree been turned upside down. College tuition and fees are up 1000% since 1980. Half of all recent college graduates are jobless or underemployed, revealing a deep disconnect between higher education and the job market. It is no …
Uncertainty on figures hampering food security efforts Mark Kinver BBC News, 4 October 2013 More than 600 scientists gathered in the Netherlands for a global food security conference, described as the first of its kind. Organisers said science could help end uncertainty surrounding efforts to meet the food needs of future generations. They added that, …
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Gene Zelazny 4.0 out of 5 stars Fundamentals Most Ignore A Bit Too Generic, October 6, 2013 I was lent this book by a colleague. Here is some context for my appreciation of the book: 01 The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (C/JCS) once BANNED all powerpoint presentations, for two reasons. First, because …
In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world’s leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking, in a consistently engaging and insightful account of how strategy came to pervade every aspect of our lives. The range of Freedman’s narrative is extraordinary, moving from the surprisingly advanced …
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Environmental crimes increasingly linked to violence, insecurity NEW YORK, 3 October 2013 (IRIN) – Organized environmental crime is known to pose a multi-layered threat to human security, yet it has long been treated as a low priority by law enforcers, seen as a fluffy “green” issue that belongs in the domain of environmentalists. But due …
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What has dominated human conflict since the turn of the Millennium? Posted: 26 Sep 2013 03:21 PM PDT Here’s an important question. What do the following have in common? 9/11 and Al Qaeda’s subsequent attacks The Iraq War (the guerrilla war) The Nigerian Conflict (MEND vs. Shell Oil – 2007 — cause of the oil …
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John McAfee vows to make Internet ‘impossible to hack’ By Dan Nakaso dnakaso@mercurynews.com >Posted: 09/24/2013 05:38:37 PM PDT | Updated: a day ago SAN JOSE — Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee, who buried himself in the sand to hide from police in Belize, faked a heart attack in a Guatemalan detention center and …
