The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Narrative Battle & Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century By John Marke Warfare in the 21st century is about the battle for the mind – it is about ideas and perceptions. Understanding how people make sense of what’s happening around them, i.e., socially constructed reality is a key element of this dynamic. Military strategists, at …
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Special report: Government in cyber fight but can’t keep up Reuters, 16 June 2011 EXTRACT: Notwithstanding the military’s efforts, however, the overall gap appears to be widening, as adversaries and criminals move faster than government and corporations, and technologies such as mobile applications for smart phones proliferate more rapidly than policymakers can respond, officials and …
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Is there a new geek anti-intellectualism? Is there a new anti-intellectualism? I mean one that is advocated by Internet geeks and some of the digerati. I think so: more and more mavens of the Internet are coming out firmly against academic knowledge in all its forms. This might sound outrageous to say, but it is …
Anonymous [US counterterrorism analyst] NOTE: Free Online, Table of Contents Beyond Five Stars–Epic, Poetic, Startling, Reasoned, June 11, 2011 I have been totally absorbed with this book, and I HATE electronic books. At the age of 58, if I can’t hold it and flip back and forth and quickly check the index, and so on, …
The Lost Villages Saying goodbye to a once-friendly land, now taken without a fight by the Taliban. ANNA BADKHEN, Foreign Policy, 03/06/11 BALKH PROVINCE, Afghanistan — The villages fell without a battle. Read full article…. See Also: Open Source Insights Into the Taliban New Army Chief of Staff: Out of Touch? NEW: Blistering Bullshit Flag …
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Advisers urge military to rely less on drones, more on expertise Eli Lake, 1 June 2011 The Washington Times Military operations in Afghanistan rely too much on intelligence gathered by unmanned drones, often exclude important publicly available data and do not focus enough on the recruitment of human agents, a Pentagon report says. The report …
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Here are a few of the BIG lies used to support the status quo. What we need, rather urgently, is a counter-narrative LIE 1. The earth is an open system with infinite supplies and sinks; POSSIBLE TRUTH: Earth is a closed system, changes that used to take 10,000 years now take three, humanity is “peaking” …
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