The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Berto Jongman recommends… The Future Strategic Context for Defence (UK 2007) Revolution, flashmobs, and brain chips. A grim vision of the future (UK Guardian 9 Apr 2007) Phi Beta Iota: C4I is the only “revolutionary” technology–Michael O’Hanlon said it first inTechnological Change and the Future of Warfare (2000). Other highlights: private sector, not defense, is …
Starting in July 2009, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists fielded a multinational team of reporters to uncover the special interests attempting to influence negotiations leading to the pivotal December talks on a climate change treaty in Copenhagen. The project built upon the Center’s previous reporting in Washington on efforts to influence the U.S. Congress …
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Berto Jongman Recommends: Impacts of Climate Change: A System Vulnerability Approach (2007) By Nils Gilman, Peter Schwartz, Doug Randall Over the past two decades, and especially in the last few years, climate change has become one of the most heavily researched subjects in science. Yet climate change impact studies remain at the low end of …
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Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm. The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005 and some geologists believed then that it would spawn a new ocean. But that view was controversial, and …
Righteous search. Here’s the short answer, see also all the six-star reviews. 1. Do not confuse humanity with life. Humanity may well wipe itself out, but life will continue. See for example Review: The Resilient Earth–Science, Global Warming and the Future of Humanity 2. The primary obstacle to the future of humanity on earth is …
The Detritus of Katrina and the Paralysis of Fear: A Metaphor for Contemporary Politics The vast Mississippi Delta in Louisiana is sinking as sea water from the Gulf of Mexico seeps in to destroy its fresh water marshlands. The Army’s Corps of Engineers says it can not protect New Orleans from the inevitable storm surges …
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