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Chuck Spinney: Afghan Fraud, Permanent War, VERY Expensive – Robert Steele: $2 Trillion a Year for DoD is Criminally Insane

Obama may want out of Afghanistan, but he is under to pressure to stay, and the Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex (MICC) still has a budgetary interest in maintaining perpetual war, be it cold or hot ( for reasons I explained here). The bloom is off the Karzai rose (as Amy Davidson explained in her 11 Jan …

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Marcus Aurelius: Pentagon Would Furlough All Civilians Under Revised Sequestration — This Is a Lie Being Told By Mixing Half-Truths and Eschewing Intelligence with Integrity

Reading the report, the fine print says sequestration is unlikely to occur. Pentagon would furlough all civilians under revised sequestration, analyst says Chalres S. Clark Government Executive, 9 January 2013 Unless Congress achieves a deal to head off the revised schedule for across-the-board spending cuts, the Defense Department in March will be forced to begin …

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Berto Jongman: Sandy Hook Reprise — What? + Plus Lack of Truth in USA RECAP

Sorcha Faal is a known fabricator with a gift for identifying legitimate sources worth reading on their own. Obama Death Squads Kill Top Gun Activists As New Massacre Fears Rise EXTRACT Unfortunately for the Obama regime, this report says, and the reason for another “tragic event” needing to happen, is that the “official story” about …

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Pierre Cloutier: Grag Palast on Hugo Chavez — Justice in Venezuela, Ignorance and Arrogance in Washington

How can it be possible that a reverend like Pat Robertson can promote God and assassination in the same time? Big Oil, Big Ketchup and “The Assassination of Hugo Chavez” Greg Palast TruthOut, 9 January 2013 Greg Palast reviews the extraordinary career of Venezuelan President and Robin Hood figure Hugo Chavez, how he has cheated …

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Review: Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds – American Intelligence Agency Report on the Megatrends, Gamechangers, and Black Swans of the Future, the Rise of China, Alternative World Scenarios

CIA National Intelligence Council 3.0 out of 5 stars Report Lauds Fracking as Energy Solution, Disappoints on Multiple Fronts, December 27, 2012 Certainly worth reading, along with other and generally better reports linked below, but a huge disappointment. There is nothing here actually useful to a national or corporate leader, and generally nothing new. To …

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Reference: Atlantic Council Envisioning 2030: US Strategy for a Post-Western World

Document:  Envisioning 2030: US Strategy for a Post-Western World (Atlantic Council, 10 December 2030) Executive Summary Agree that we are at a potentially historic transition point.  However, the Atlantic Council lacks the strategic analytic model to make the most of its otherwise formidable brain trust.  Agree on the need for a new mental map, but …

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