The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Nick Turse 5 of 5 stars. I was there, he is right on some things. By George James Kalergis on September 8, 2013 There is some evidence for his proposition. He greatly overstates the incidence of rape and deliberate murder of civilians however. He makes it sound as if this was a routine/daily occurrence. In …
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Jack Devine 5.0 out of 5 stars Modern Bible for Covert Operations — Joins Dulles, Helms, Colby as a Classic, June 3, 2014 I strongly recommend this book! I happily disclose that I received the book from the publisher at my request and that I have worked for Jack directly. I have also reviewed hundreds …
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Micro windmills. As the windmills for wind farms get larger and larger, these go in the oppoite direction. Small isn’t only beautiful, it also seems to be efficient – if you can just make enough of them and put them to use all at the same time… Innovative Wind Turbine Smaller Than a Penny Could …
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Baltimore 2.0: How the millennial generation and a new “sharing economy” are transforming the way cities function Something about the empty driveway next to his off-campus house in Georgetown always bugged Nick Miller. But he couldn’t quite put his finger on it. EXTRACTS: Today, Parking Panda, which receives a cut of all transactions, makes locating …
These books will be reviewed: Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Vintage, 1992) Katz, Bruce and Jennifer Bradley. The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy (Brookings, 2013) McGahey, Richard and Jennifer Vey (eds). Retooling for Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America’s …
Attached below are two very important reports by two of the most astute observers of conflicts in the Middle East. The first is a precisely-focused report by Rami Khouri, editor at large of Lebanon’s Daily Star. Khouri analyzes how the recent assassination of Mohamad Chatah needs to be interpreted in the context of complexities of …
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Of cooperation between men and machine For a peer-to-peer approach to collective intelligence It’s eight a.m. on a Monday morning in 2007. In the Arcueil examination centre, a thousand heads crane with difficulty over wooden desks that are damaged by pens scratching across thin sheets of paper. Railway lines surround the enclave; trains make the …
