Penguin: Trans-Pacific Partnership – Corporate Legalized Theft in 3 Parts

Spengler salivates for the continuing sell-out of Prols whose grandparents built, with the direct support of government, the infrastructure he thinks “entrepreneurial innovation” will rebuild. Try activating the cement-mixers. Part 1: The Trans-Pacific Partnership: This is What Corporate Governance Looks Like Part 2: Why So Secretive? The Trans-Pacific Partnership as Global Corporate Coup Part 3: …

SchwartzReport: Growing Food in Desert with Solarized Seawater — AND Stabilizes Sea Level

Growing food in the desert: is this the solution to the world’s food crisis? Philipp Saumweber is creating a miracle in the barren Australian outback, growing tonnes of fresh food. So why has he fallen out with the pioneering environmentalist who invented the revolutionary system? Jonathan Margolis The Observer, Saturday 24 November 2012 The scrubby …

Practical Reflections on United Nations Intelligence + UN RECAP

Updated 21 Dec 2012 1800 Short Persistent URL for This Post: http://tinyurl.com/UN-21-Intel DOCUMENT:  2012 Reflections on UN Intelligence 2.3 21 Dec 2012 I had occasion to look at the Report of the Secretary General on the Work of the Organization, and thought this would be a good time to integrate some of what I have …

NIGHTWATCH: Analytic Overview of Eight Day Gaza Scuffle

Phi Beta Iota:  NIGHTWATCH is the gold standard for political-military analytics.  We doubt anyone now serving at CIA or DIA could have drafted this in one sitting without references.  Here is the key finding brought forward: This eight-day war is, thus, a turning point because Hamas, like Hezbollah in Lebanon, has proven it can strike …

Review: Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way between West and East

NOW AVAILABLE AT AMAZON Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan Gardels 5.0 out of 5 stars Influential, Integrative, with Integrity, Avoids Three Core Topics December 6, 2012 Here’s what is really great about this book: 01)  The authors are connected, admired, and conversant with the great minds of Silicon Valley (Eric Schmidt offers a very strong blurb) …

Michael Moore: Open Letter to President Obama That Misses the Point

An Open Letter to President Obama …from Michael Moore Monday, November 19th, 2012 Dear President Obama: Good luck on your journeys overseas this week, and congratulations on decisively winning your second term as our president! The first time you won four years ago, most of us couldn’t contain our joy and found ourselves literally in …

John Steiner: Cyber Dirty Tricks Crashed Karl Rove / ORCA?

Karl Rove Loses Election After Being Checkmated By Cyber Sleuths? CL OccupyforAccountability, 15 November 2012 Last month, we offered a million dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who rigged a federal election on November 6th.  We urged computer experts to contact us with information about any election manipulation of …