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Public intelligence in the public interest is the sole basis for restoring the Republic, legitimate polices, and a prosperous world at peace. All entries listed and linked below the line.
DefDog: Completely False Story from Coalition on Taliban
This story is completely false. NightWatch’s compilation of data reveals that “March saw the highest level of fighting up to March 2011 and May was higher still. July looks down, but much more focused and lethal against senior officials.” Just more of the aversion of truth that permeates Washington…..it also goes against all the previous …
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Robert Steele: Secrecy, Self-Restraint, & Democracy Done in By Elites and “Experts”
The times they are a’ changing. I was asked to comment on the recently published Reference: Protecting Sensitive “Open” Information and do so gladly. The author of that work means well, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with the substance of what he expouses. It is simply not reasonable nor feasible in context. I know …
Patrick Meier: Renaissance Crowd Sourcing — and Who Won
Crowdsourcing Solutions and Crisis Information during the Renaissance Clearly, crowdsourcing is not new, only the word is. After all, crowdsourcing is a methodology, not a technology nor an industry. Perhaps one of my favorite examples of crowdsourcing during the Renaissance surrounds the invention of the marine chronometer, which completely revolutionized long distance sea travel. Thousands of lives were …
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Paul Fernhout: Comments on Integrity at Scale
Just from the topics, it seems like a more coherent version of this stuff I wrote in 2004: Achieving the Star Trek Society. “This essay shows how a total of $14000 billion up front and at least another $2085 billion per year can be made available for creative investment in the USA by adopting a …
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Review: A Democratic Approach to Sustainable Futures — A Workbook for Addressing the Global Problematique
Thomas R. Flannagan, Kenneth C. Bausch 2011 Workbook 49 Problems, 10 Clusters, & Software,July 22, 2011 This is a very reasonably priced workbook that can also be purchased in bulk (presumably at the standard 50% discount) from the publisher, and I certainly do recommend it as a toolkit for any level–undergraduate to postgraduate to professional–discussion …
Review: Critical Choices – The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global Goverance
Wolfgang H. Reinicke (Editor), Francis Deng (Editor), Jan Martin Witte (Editor), Thorsten Benner (Editor), Beth Whitaker (Editor), John Gershman (Editor) 5.0 out of 5 stars Global Hybrid Network Governance Primer for UN+, July 21, 2011 By Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) – See all my reviews Last week I reviewed the first book …
