The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The discussion of corruption–and the urgency of reasserting integrity–permeates this website. Here are a general comment and a few links. General comment: Corruption consists of a lack of integrity, which in turn is not just about dishonesty, but about a failure to achieve transparency, truth, trust, and accurate feedback loops. The cost of corruption, calculated …
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Ralph Peters Gifted writing, much less detail than expected April 1, 2011 Ralph Peters is an acquired taste for some, an addiction for others. I am in the latter camp and read everything he publishes, with a strong preference for his non-fiction books about reality, war, and the general lack of integrity across both …
The Politics of War: Are We Allowing US Vets to Die from Uranium Exposure? CityWatch The Russ Report Katherine Russ, March 26, 2011 EXTRACT: DU contains less than one third as much U-235 and U-234 as natural uranium. The external radiation dose from DU is about 60% of that from the same mass of natural …
Corruption works better, or Graphic: Corruption. Graphic: Corruption Slide 1 Nine Zones of Concern Graphic: Corruption Slide 2 Empire as Terrorism Graphic: Corruption Slide 3 Holistic Analysis There is also the category in the directory: JOURNAL: Corruption (280) REVIEWS: Corruption (125) See Also (Review: Corruption):
There is no doubt that, Pentagon Labyrinth is a first rate piece of work. However it did fail to mention an additional factor in defense procurement costs that is often overlooked and that is the need to subsidize U.S. defense industry giants such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman and General Dynamics. This also explains the over …
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Parag Khanna Extraordinary Personal Effort, Constrained by Publisher February 21, 2011 I received a copy of this book at my request from the author himself (I am unemployed, and globally available). I gave the author’s first book, The Second World: How Emerging Powers Are Redefining Global Competition in the Twenty-first Century, a five star leaning …
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Egypt: Today was the day of Epiphany. In Tahrir Square, the atmosphere changed from euphoria to fear in less than 24 hours. The anti-government demonstrators were outnumbered and surrounded by pro-Mubarak supporters, trapped. They discovered that Army tolerance of their street displays also extended to the pro-Mubarak activists. The Army showed that it was strictly …
