The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This is the most absurd intelligence item so far this week. Air Force Tackles New Intel Mission Carlo Munoz AOL Defense, 9 August 2011 Washington: The Pentagon’s top intelligence official has ordered the Air Force to set up a new intelligence unit to analyze the behavior of foreign-based commercial aircraft and integrate intelligence from the …
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Defense Budget Hysteria and Business as Usual – or Reform? By Winslow T. Wheeler Military.com, 9 August 2011 The rhetoric of people rushing to rescue Pentagon spending from “completely unacceptable” cuts is quite hysterical. Leading the chorus has been Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. He termed the possible defense budget cuts (about $850 billion over …
August 9, 2011 The Whack-a-Mole Endgame Begins in Afghanistan Americans Have the Clock, But the Taliban Have the Time By FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch Cap Ferrat, France Obama’s surge and de-surge has, therefore, created a reinforcing dynamic that is playing into the hands of the insurgents by seducing the United States into increasing its reliance …
Can George Soros, Michael Bloomberg save New York’s troubled young men? CSM, 4 August 2011 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a $127.5 million plan Thursday to help young black and Hispanic men. The effort includes money from financier George Soros and his philanthropy. Education Socioeconomic and Health issues Employment Incarceration Read more…. Koko signs: …
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Making an Enemy of Iran By Patrick Seale Agence Global, 2 August 2011 It is now widely accepted – and lamented — that US President Barack Obama failed dismally in attempting to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Defeated by Israel’s hard-line Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, and by Israel’s friends in the U.S. — …
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Early Warning is nice. Honest politicians willing to listen and learn is even nicer. We conclude that early warning must be very public and very understandable to the public at large. The challenge for Early Warning is to achieve coherence–no one cares about single issue early warning. The acme of skill is to achieve M4IS2 …
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Useful survey on when the recent as well as the further back decisions on going into debt were made. From April, but so very relevant today. Running in the red: How the U.S., on the road to surplus, detoured to massive debt By Lori Montgomery The Washington Post, April 30, 2011 The nation’s unnerving descent into …
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