Journal: Haiti Multinational Decision-Support Challenge

HAITI: The 2010 Earthquake This initiative is a joint effort between Ushahidi, UN OCHA/Colombia and the International Network of Crisis Mappers (CM*Net). OCHA/Colombia recently deployed Ushahidi for an earthquake response excercise so we’re very grateful for their invaluable contribution to this Haiti deployment. We’re completing the customization of the platform as fast as we can. …

Journal: MILNET Selected Headlines

U.S. Mobilizes to Send Assistance to Haiti Phi Beta Iota: US military has been slow but more attentive than in the past.  They still lack Peace Jumpers, rapid-response peace flights, and multinational intelligence and logistics coordination “in a box.”  Afterthought:  PSYOP facilities, personnel, budget, and air leaflet capabilities could all be beneficially transfered to the …

Journal: Endless Money for War, No Checks & Balances

It is becoming increasingly clear that 1981 was a watershed year in the history of the American political economy. What checks and balances that remained broke down. Deregulation, for example, took off and the bomb of private debt exploded (recall the chart I circulated earlier). The trade deficit skyrocketed after 1981, and deindustrialization, which started …

Worth a Look: Empathetic Smart Civilization

Phi Beta Iota: this specific book is rocketing around Reuniting America, Transpartisan (Left) and Post-Partisan (Right) circles, the 50 million or so Americans–possibly more now–that consider themselves Cultural Creatives.  This book will be reviewed here in a week or two.  Below are related books with links to their review page and from there to their …