Lessons Learned on National Security Reform

Terrorists To Protest Organizers: Lessons Learned From The Demise Of bin Laden and The Future Of U.S. National Security Phi Beta Iota: Below the line is a very ably crafted press release from the Project for National Security Reform (PNSR) led by Jim Locher and Dennis Blair, long-time champions of inter-agency reform or “Beyond Goldwater-Nicols.”  This is a …

Defense Insanity: U.S. Military Dependent on Russian Pilots and Planes

Defense Insanity: U.S. Military Dependent on Russian Pilots and Planes By George Landrith May 17, 2011 6:18 am GOPUSA The U.S. is hiring the Russians to deliver sensitive equipment and supplies to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Why? Because the U.S. military has a shortage of the highly dependable and amazingly versatile C-17 airlifter …

REVOLUTION 2.0 CLOSED 17 May 2011

16 May 2011 BAHRAIN:  How radical are Bahrain’s Shia? EGYPT:  Could Egypt’s revolution become mirage in the desert? IRAN-BAHRAIN:  Iranian ships carrying aid to Bahrain turned back in Persian Gulf IRAN-SYRIA:  ‘Nakba’ clashes: Iran, Syria trying to turn Arab Spring fury into attacks on Israel? ISRAEL:  The Arab Revolution is knocking at Israel’s door LEBANON-SYRIA:  …

Reference: Cynthia McKinney Speaks in Tehran

The Tehran Peace Conference started on 14 May and ended today, 15 May, (63rd Anniversary of Palestine’s Nakbah ) with me chairing the 7:30 am panel entitled, “Terrorism:  Concepts and Contexts.”  Members of the Clergy from Brazil, Greece, and the U.S. made presentations as well as international lawyers, academicians, and peace activists from Australia, Canada, …

Review (Guest): Up from Eden–A Transpersonal View of Human Evolution

Ken Wilber Phi Beta Iota: Harrison Owen considers this one of Ken Wilber’s most important contributions to humanity. 5.0 out of 5 stars The Painful History of Mankind- and a way Beyond…, July 12, 2002 By Nicq MacDonald (Sioux Falls, SD United States) After the success of his initial works (The Spectrum of Consciousness and …

Bin Laden Show 67: Paradigm Shift — Bin Laden and the Spring of Arab Revolutions

Towards a New Paradigm Shift: Bin Laden and the Spring of Arab Revolutions By ESAM AL-AMIN 13-15 May 2011 EXTRACT: Despite the dozens of meetings in the review process, it’s remarkable that the whole premise of the U.S. escalation in Afghanistan and Pakistan was not challenged or probed. The U.S. has committed tens of thousands …