The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Flawed projects prove costly for Afghanistan, U.S. Contractor leaves Afghan police stations half-complete U.S. hires firms with questionable pasts for Afghan jobs Factory, coal mine show connections matter most in Afghan business Phi Beta Iota: Our political, policy, and military leaders simply do not know what they do not know. Assuming–desiring–that they have the best …
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1 January 2011 Haiti: One Year Later (TheNonProfitTimes) Haitians live in a make-shift camp close to the airport. Port au Prince Haiti was rocked by a massive earthquake, Tuesday January 12, devastating the city and leaving thousands dead. Photo Marco Dormino 31 December 2010 FILE – In this Nov. 13, 2010 file photo, an ambulance …
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5 Overlooked Stories (CSM) 1. Stuxnet 2. TARP is Cheap 3. Common School Standards 4. Rise of Natural Gas 5. Twilight of the Desktop 20 Hopeful Stories (YES! Magazine) 1. Climate Crisis Response Takes a New Direction 2. Wikileaks Lifts the Veil 3. Momentum is Building for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons …
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Worth reading for Nathaniel Fick’s introduction alone. And then some…. Dick Couch Dick Couch is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and served with the Navy Underwater Demolition and SEAL Teams in Vietnam. He is the author of twelve other books, including The Warrior Elite, Chosen Soldier and SEAL Team One. A resident of …
The author is a Lebanese journalist who is very well informed and knows many jihadists on a personal basis. He presents a view on AQ in the period just before 9/11 and its early aftermath.
Phi Beta Iota: There is no other person we hold in higher esteem than Tom Atlee. For America the Beautiful, at least, he is this generation’s Wise Man. Below in his own words. We urge one and all to contribute to his sustenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . …
The American public is getting a very high return on its investment in our current crop of junior officers. The are bright, industrious, and typically working significantly above their experience and training. And, day after day, they deliver for us. Iraq and Afghanistan are junior leaders’ wars. And OUR junior leaders — officer AND non-commissioned officer …
