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2014/10/222014/10/22

George Por: Augmenting the Collective Intelligence of the Ecosystem of Systems Communities – Introduction to the Design of the CI Enhancement Lab (CIEL)

Augmenting the Collective Intelligence of the Ecosystem of Systems Communities: Introduction to the Design of the CI Enhancement Lab (CIEL) George Pór* Director Community Intelligence, London, UK The quality of collective intelligence flowing in and across systems communities of various disciplines, and the fragmentation or connectedness of their mental models of the world, shape their …

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2014/10/19

Chuck Spinney: Trusting Iran — Not US-Based Liars

Phi Beta Iota: We use the TIME Cover for Chuck Spinney to make the point that today, 35 years after he blew the whistle on defense mis-management, in such depth as to warrant a TIME Cover, we still have not corrected any of the deficiencies he brought forth. Defense acquisition remains corrupt to the bone, …

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2014/10/112014/10/11

Chuck Spinney: Crusaders and Zionists — Ending State Terrorism?

Crusaders and Zionists Yuri Avnery, 11/10/14 [The author is Israel’s leading peace advocate. He has been a member of the Irgun, a hero of the 1948 war, a member of Knesset, has worked with leaders of the Palestinian national movement, and is a prolific writer. His amazing biography can be found here.] LATELY, THE words “Crusaders” and …

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2014/09/15

Patrick Cockburn: Letter from Arabia — ISIS is the Lesser of All Evils — And Most Certainly Less Evil Than an Invading Occupying USA…

The Impossible War Isis cannot be beaten as long as there is civil war in Syria BY PATRICK COCKBURN CounterPunch • SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 A letter printed at the bottom of this article was emailed by a friend soon after her neighbourhood in Mosul was hit by Iraqi airforce bombers. This was some hours before …

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2014/09/04

SchwartzReport: Why Walking Helps Us Think

As a life long traveler and walker this piece, although not about a trend, just appealed to me. Perhaps you will like it as well. Why Walking Helps Us Think FERRIS JABR – The New Yorker In Vogue’s 1969 Christmas issue, Vladimir Nabokov offered some advice for teaching James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses”: ‘Instead of perpetuating the …

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2014/08/042014/08/04

Berto Jongman: US Intelligence Veterans Slam Obama for Lies Against Russia in Relation to MH17 and the Ukraine

The MH17 Crash: US Veteran Intelligence Officers Slam the Flimsy “Intelligence” Against Russia Senior U.S. Intelligence Officers: Obama Should Release Ukraine Evidence Preface: With the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine turning a local civil war into a U.S. confrontation with Russia, former high-level U.S. intelligence veterans released a statement today urging President …

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2014/06/092014/06/09

Chuck Spinney: Diana Johnstone on NATO Provocation of Russia Over Ukraine PLUS Slide Show on History of Ukraine (Maps)

Tightening the U.S. Grip on Western Europe Washington’s Iron Curtain in Ukraine by DIANA JOHNSTONE, COUNTERPUNCH, WEEKEND EDITION JUNE 6-8, 2014 NATO leaders are currently acting out a deliberate charade in Europe, designed to reconstruct an Iron Curtain between Russia and the West.