The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Wikileaks vs. the Empire: the Revolutionary Act of Telling the Truth
To the rulers of the world in Washington and Europe, Syria’s true crime is not the oppressive nature of its government but its independence from American and Israeli power – just as Iran’s true crime is its independence, and Russia’s true crime is its independence, and China’s true crime is its independence. In an American-owned world, independence is intolerable.
Aircraft come in November.
A Chinese aircraft carrier docks at Tartus to support Russian-Iranian military buildup
Chinese warplanes to join Russian air strikes in Syria. Russia gains Iraqi air base
UPDATE 1: Debka lies… No one can find the carrier, no photo of it anywhere near Syria.
Chinese naval expert denies PLA joining fight against ISIS
China's Main Mission: South China Sea, Not Syria
Continue reading “Owl: Chinese Aircraft Carrier in Syria? UPDATE 1 Debka Lies…”
Source: U.S. Department of State-USAID FY 2014–2017 Joint Strategic Plan
Surveillance: A Golden Age or Dark Days?
My friend and info-perceptive wiseman Peter Swire, who helped to formulate the post-Snowden NSA reforms issued by the Obama Administration, has a series of articles and white papers of interest to anyone who is serious about the core topic of our era.
Workers are about to become much more powerful: How will capitalism adapt ?
In Britain, three basic things would lay the groundwork for a more controlled shift of pricing power towards the workforce and away from employers: the right to a written contract; the obligation to publish salary bands for specific job titles in private-sector firms; and limiting temporary contracts to genuinely temporary or seasonal tasks.
CIA goes live with new cyber directorate, massive internal reorganization
The DDI’s formation implies that the CIA is increasingly bent on securing 21st century relevance on the overall American spying landscape, where other agencies — namely the cyber- and electronic-surveillance-focused National Security Agency (NSA) — have emerged as dominant shapers of U.S. intelligence policy.
One of the poorest regions in Afghanistan is teaching the world about sustainability
The Rural Green Environment Organization is entirely rewriting the environmental narrative for 90 villages and 40,000 people in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. The region has endured decades of conflict, insecurity and the overharvesting of natural resources. What was once a region battered by conflict and environmental degradation is now flourishing.
