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John Robb: Can Middle Class Be Saved? Too Late.
03 Economy, 06 Family, 07 Other Atrocities, 09 Justice, 11 Society, Civil Society, Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence
Great article. Starts with Citigroup's Plutonomy report (the report has been ruthlessly removed from the Web by Citi's lawyers) — wherein they show that, in the US, the middle class doesn't really exist. In reality, there are only two groups, a small percentage of rich households (that drive all consumption and investment) and the rest (that live hand to mouth). The last time this happened (in the 1920s) a global depression was the inevitable result
Can the Middle Class Be Saved?
The Great Recession has accelerated the hollowing-out of the American middle class. And it has illuminated the widening divide between most of America and the super-rich. Both developments herald grave consequences. Here is how we can bridge the gap between us.
By Don Peck
The Atlantic, September 2011
Michael Ostrolenk: The Transparitan Policy Imperative
11 Society, Civil Society, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Movies, YouTube
Michael Ostrolenk: The Transpartisan Imperative in Public Policy. Recorded July 29, 2011 as part of The Rutherford Institute's Summer Speaker Series.
Michael was Co-Director for Reuniting America 2006-2007, then President of Reuniting America in 2007-2008. He is now the Executive Director of the Transpartisan Center in Washington DC.
Steven Aftergood: USG Information Sharing Update
IO Impotency
Information Sharing Still a Work in Progress
August 12th, 2011 by Steven Aftergood
While information sharing among government agencies has increased dramatically over the past decade, it still falls short in some areas.
Due to “impediments to intelligence information sharing between U.S. forces and coalition partners,” information sharing with U.S. allies in Afghanistan has faltered to the detriment of the military mission, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense said in a mostly classified report last month.
Continuing impediments have “resulted in information not being tactically useful by the time it is authorized for release,” the Inspector General said. See “Results in Brief: Improvements Needed in Sharing Tactical Intelligence with the International Security Assistance Force Afghanistan,” excerpted from DoD Inspector General Report 11-INTEL-13, July 18, 2011.
The 2011 Annual Report on the DNI Information Sharing Environment (pdf) said that “steady progress has been made” in information sharing, especially with respect to homeland security and law enforcement.
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Mario Profaca: Pentagon Insanity, DARPA Corruption
Corruption, Military, Peace Intelligence
Pentagon sinks fastest aircraft ever
EXTRACT
The US military began work on the Falcon back in 2003 in hopes of creating an aircraft that could be anywhere internationally within an hour. Of course, why the military would need to be anywhere, in the sky, that quickly, could be considered catastrophic for all of mankind, but a completed Falcon free of glitches and bugs won’t be ready any time soon. Meanwhile, the US military has dubbed that ability to be anywhere, anytime a “Conventional Prompt Global Strike,” or CPGS.
So far over $300 million has gone into the aircraft, which is expected to be ready for production in 2025.
Pentagon future-tech chief pocketing funds
Documents obtained by the Danger Room blog on Wired.com revealed important conflicts of interest regarding DARPA contractors and DARPA Chief Regina Dugan, who it turns out, is part owner and is owed money by a contractor.
Phi Beta Iota: This is a sadly classic example of funded idiocy. This program should be cut immediately, and the DARPA chief investigated and then if appropriate fired while also losing her clearances. The US Government generally, but the Pentagon and DHS most specifically, are out of control and pulling the USA down with them.
Graphic: Open Everything Pyramid
Balance, Budgets & Funding, Capabilities-Force Structure, Citizen-Centered, Earth Orientation, Innovation, Leadership-Integrity, Multinational Plus, Policies-Harmonization, Processing, Reform, Strategy-Holistic Coherence, True Cost
Tip of the Hat to Michel Bauwens at P2P Foundation, Purin Planichphant creator, and to Roxana Dobrescu Stefanescu at Facebook for flagging it.
Graphic: Mike Bloomberg Tests Cyber-Perceptions
Cultural Intelligence
Phi Beta Iota: He certainly looks Presidential. Unfortunately, he's also at 2 strikes between the inauthentic manipulators that concocted NO LABELS and the hedge-fund slight-of-hand experts behind Americans Elect. We like Mike Bloomberg. If he can connect to reality and learn from the collective intelligence/open space communities, he could and should be President. Seven Promises to America–Who Will Do This?–pure common sense. Not from New York.
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