The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Hardware Über Alles in the Spendagon (Note to Readers, the following essay is a revised version of one that appeared in Time Magazine’s Battleland blog found at this link.) For a good example of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex’s (MICC’s) value system — which is hardware before ideas and people — read this New York Times column by Nicholas …
According to the New York Times, for every U.S. soldier killed on the Battlefield this year, 25 committed suicide. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/15/veteran-death-nation-shame_n_1427263.html The whole story: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/opinion/sunday/kristof-a-veterans-death-the-nations-shame.html?_r=1 A related topic: MDMA (known on the street as ecstasy) is showing promise as a psychotherapeutic tool for helping people with post traumatic stress disorder. Here’s some info from Vanderbilt University: …
Starting to see initial indications that at least one part of DoD is gearing up to cut anywhere from 6% to 50% of its workforce within the fairly near term, perhaps beginning as soon as 01 Oct. Drivers could be generic deficit reduction, sequestration, and historic limitations on strength levels in certain types of organizations. Expect it …
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Huh? Panetta: Political dysfunction threatens security By Walter Pincus The Washington Post, 30 March 2012 (J. Scott Applewhite — Associated Press) “Dysfunction in Washington … threatens our security and raises questions about the capacity of our democracy to respond to crisis.” That warning came from Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta Thursday night at a dinner …
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CORRUPTION is the common enemy, both in government and in the private sector. ELECTORAL REFORM is the singular demand. COALITION CABINET is the method. INTEGRITY is the core value. COMMONWEALTH RESTORED is the outcome. Occupy Revolution OccupyWallStreet (Home Site) Original Electoral Reform Documents (Updated) We the People Reform Coalition 25 March 2012 Penn Badgley …
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In my capacity as a private citizen, I invite your attention to attached Torchbearer Alert from the Association of the United States Army, the Army’s private, non-Governmental, professional association. It describes in clear and simple terms the “screw job” that the Administration and Department of Defense propose to deliver to those military personnel who have retired, …
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Tough to only have a hammer when you really need a fly swatter. Washington Post March 25, 2012 Pg. 1 The CIA’s Enigmatic Al-Qaeda Hunter Convert to Islam has led spy agency’s renewed assault on terror group By Greg Miller For every cloud of smoke that follows a CIA drone strike in Pakistan, dozens of …
