Mini-Me: Time for NATO Truth & Reconciliation Commission? + NATO RECAP

Huh? DATE OF EVENT:  1980-06-27 2012-08-26  Botched 1980 Gaddafi Assassination Kills All Aboard 2012-08-25 An Assassination of International Proportions 27 June 1980 and A Cover-Up by NATO : civilian jet with 81 civilians shot by French Mirage instead of Qaddafi Plane over Sicily 2012-07-06 Wikipedia / Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 2011-10-18 Libyan secret documents said to …

Reference: US Treasury Intelligence Unit – Strategic Direction

PDF:  USTreasury-OIA-2012-2015 Phi Beta Iota:  Three facts jump out from this excellent overview noticed by David Isenberg.  First, in focusing so pointedly on illicit threats, the document is explicitly articulating a “hands off” policy against corrupt Congressional decision and licit theft such as made possible by the combination of deregulation and “control fraud” where US regulatory …

Mini-Me: NATO Admiral Says the Future of Global Security is Strategic Communication — Robert Steele Corrects + META-RECAP

Huh? NATO Admiral Says the Future of Global Security is Strategic Communication Written by ruston on August 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment by Scott W. Ruston The title of this post is my interpretation of what ADM James Stavridis, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and Commander of United States European Command (USEUCOM), says …

Marcus Aurelius: DoD Tries to Rip 3/4 Billion Out of Health Care – Panetta Caught and Challenged by Congress on Integrity & Intelligence

Looks like Congress has caught DoD in a credibility and integrity breach: For years, DoD — including the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Service Chiefs, have been crying poormouth on military health care and trying to use military beneficiaries as cash cows to fund what should be 100% taxpayer-funded, …

Chuck Spinney: Drones — Of Idiots, By Idiots, For Idiots + Meta-RECAP

Attached is a really first rate assessment of the real benefits and costs of the American infatuation with drone warfare.  The writer, Patrick Cockburn, is one of the very best reporters now covering the wars in the Middle East and Central Asia. Chuck Spinney Cap Ferat, France America is deluded by its drone-warfare propaganda World View: …

THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING MANIFESTO – Transparency, Truth, & Trust . . . the meme, the mind-set, and the method

CULTURE | Read ‘Open-Source Everything Manifesto’ for FREE Book Being Serialized One Chapter at a Time Amazon Kindle Page for Book Steele At Togather:Book Him Online for a Local Event 28 August 2012 Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,085 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #48 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks …

Jon Lebkowsky: Infinite spectrum vs scarcity hype

Spectrum is infinite – do not trust anyone who hypes scarcity David Isenberg explains that spectrum for various forms of wireless transmission and communication is treated as scarce, similar to real estate, because a scarcity model works for “cellcos” (cellular communication companies, former telcos) In fact, spectrum is infinite. [Link] The core of the story …