The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Source Tip of the Hat to Winslow Wheeler Phi Beta Iota: Across most if not all US Cabinet budget categories, it has been established by multiple independent audits that roughly 50% of every dollar in federal spending is fraud, waste, or abuse. This is as true of agriculture-food and energy as it is of defense …
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Responding to Gordon Duff: Unit Murders In AF, Cover-Up Begins. There is an investigation that has shed light on the poor medical support being provided at Ft. Lewis…….this may, in fact, be the result of sheer incompetence by the Army Medical Corps and the resultant hiding of the fact that soldiers are being blamed for …
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We are fighting Islamism from ignorance, as we did the cold war The west wasted trillions in needless conflict with the USSR. Now we are being brainwashed into confrontation with Iran Simon Jenkins, guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 March 2012 20.00 GMT Were we wrong? I have lived through two global conflicts: the west against Russian communism …
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Complexity and Reflexivity Papers presented at the Washington Academy of Sciences Washington, DC, March 31-April 1, 2012 UPDATED 24 Feb to post all links Conceptions of Complexity and Implications for Economics Stuart Umpleby, The George Washington University, Washington, DC Experiments in Reflexive Inquiry Kent Myers, Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton Conceptual Difficulties and Pragmatic Responses to …
CJCS Profession of Arms PDF 6 Pages Phi Beta Iota: There is zero connection between this white paper and the real world. As much as the Chairman may wish to talk about trust, the fact is that there is no trust. Trust for a flag is like virginity for a courtesan. After fifty years of …
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In my opinion, one of the most important books written in recent years on the subject of the global arms trade and its corrupting effects is Andrew Feinstein’s, The Shadow World, Inside the Global Arms Trade. This voluminous book is mind numbing in its detail, but it is thoroughly sourced and, I believe, it will become a standard reference over time. …
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By now, most readers have probably heard of the critical report issued on Afghanistan by a serving Army Lt Colonel. For those readers who have not seen it, this email forwards it without commentary. In the attached 84 page report (pdf), Lt Colonel Daniel Davis (US Army) opens with the following charge: “Senior ranking US …
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