The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Lest We Forget: Why We Had A Financial Crisis Steve Denning Forbes, 22 November 2011 When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this infallible sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. Jonathan Swift It is clear to anyone who has studied the financial crisis of 2008 …
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Crowdsourcing vs Putin: “Mapping Dots is a Disease on the Map of Russia” 4 December 2011 I chose to focus my dissertation research on the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) during elections in repressive states. Why? Because the contentious relationship between state and society during elections is accentuated and the stakes are generally higher than periods in-between …
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Two excellent and important articles follow. They address the corrupt nature of America’s general officer corps, and they are examples of journalism and think-tank work at their best. “Corrupt officer corps?” An overstatement? You be the judge. The first article is yet another in USA Today‘s Tom Vandenbrook’s long and continuing series about DOD’s “mentor” program. It …
Human Intelligence (HUMINT): All Humans, All Minds, All the Time (US Army Strategic Studies Institute, June 2010) Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-HUMINT Below the line: full text for automated translation. The Amazon version is published by someone else abusing my original copyright granted only to SSI. Click on cover for free PDF download, or read full text …
YouTube Library Howard Rheingold on essential media literacies [6:09] Howard Rheingold on Crap Detection (Part 1) [9:59] Creating a Critical Society – Howard Rheingold on Crap Detection (Part 2) [4:49] Determining Site Credibility – Howard Rheingold on Crap Detection (Part 3) TED: Howard Rheingold: The new power of collaboration (19:34) Selected Books on Thinking by …
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“Dropout Economy” meets “Twilight of Elites” in OWS Dear friends, A number of commentators have noted the unusual gathering of liberal/green folks and conservative/libertarian folks that constitute the Occupy Wall Street movement. While admitting the movement has a long way to go to actually represent “the 99%” (e.g., From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy the …
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Washington Post Joins Hysterical Defense Budget Rhetoric Center for Defense Information, 7 November 2011 Monday, November 7, the Washington Post editorial board published its take on the extreme rhetoric the country has been hearing on the defense budget since Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta starting talking about the “doomsday mechanism” that would reduce defense spending. …
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