The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Days of “Manager Knows Best” Are Ending Sujai Hajela Harvard Business Review, 1 February 2012 EXTRACT: As companies resolve these issues, management styles will evolve. The days when a leader can confidently say “I know best” will come to an end. Managers will no longer be able to communicate with just a small circle …
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Open Access to Scientific Information By Adrian Janes Source: House of Commons Library (UK) Overview: Open Access (OA) to scientific publications could provide more effective dissemination of research and thus increase its impact. The costs and benefits of different models of providing OA to publications need to be considered if a comprehensive shift to OA …
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Guess CIA did not get the memo. Michael Ross: Rule No. 1 for would-be spies — stay away from the embassy Michael Ross is a former deep-cover officer with the Israel Secret Intelligence Service (Mossad). National Post, 24 January 2012 I have to admit that the arrest of alleged spy Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle has …
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Gabriel Kolko 5.0 out of 5 stars Simplify, Simplify, Simplify,June 22, 2009< By Tracy McLellan (Chicago) – See all my reviews One could almost condense the whole of Kolko thought into a single sentence: “Political problems have political and social, not military solution.” He says this at least four or five times in the current …
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Day of the Dead State Jeff Berwick LewRockwell.com, 19 January 2012 The most surprising thing about the recent downgrading of nine Eurozone countries by S&P is that anyone is surprised to hear that the government debt of any of these countries is risky! From the Financial Times: The eurozone debt crisis returned with a vengeance …
Daniel Kahneman 4.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Feelings About This Book,January 17, 2012 As one who was brought up with Herbert Simon and”satisficing,” I have mixed feelings about this book. As an intelligence professional I know for a fact that corrupt politicians have zero interest in the facts, only in what will profit them …
Matthew M. Aid 5.0 out of 5 stars Inside the Secret World,January 16, 2012 By Retired Reader (New Mexico) This is an interesting and informed account of how the major players of the U.S. Intelligence Community have conducted what the administration of President George W. Bush usually called the Global War on Terror. In the …
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