Review: Wingnuts–How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America

John P. Avlon Theater–Follow the Money to Understand October 28, 2010 Unquestionable a great book, with one big missing piece: it does not follow the money back to Wall Street. Buckminster Fuller understood in the 1960’s that the White House had become theater, I did not understand his meaning until the economic meltdown and my …

NIGHTWATCH Extract: US, Venezuela, Libya…

Venezuela- US: For the record. The Caracas government seized two factories owned by U.S.-based glass maker Owens Illinois, because it caused “environmental damage and exploited workers,” Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on 25 October. Today Venezuelan soldiers took possession of the factories. Venezuela-Middle East: President Chavez said his government and Libya are creating a $1 …

Royal Dutch Shell Oil ‘Watchdog’ Website

Mission royaldutchshellplc.com is an entirely non-commercial website Our objectives are simple. We want Royal Dutch Shell executives to act at all times in accordance with Shell General Business Principles which include the claimed core principles of honesty, integrity, openness and respect for people in all of Shell’s dealings. This is surely not an unreasonable ambition …

Search: osint advantages

The single best articulation of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) advantages remains: 2008 Open Source Intelligence (Strategic) The single best articulation of how to get OSINT right in the context of global and US needs remains: 2009 DoD OSINT Leadership and Staff Briefings OSINT is a sub-set of M4IS2 (Multinational, Multiagency, Multidisciplinary, Multidomain Information-Sharing and Sense-Making), …

Review (Guest): Science, Strategy and War–The Strategic Theory of John Boyd

Frans P.B. Osinga 5.0 out of 5 stars “Hell of an Engineer” October 24, 2010 By Retired Reader (New Mexico) – See all my reviews Phi Beta Iota: This is the long review provided directly to Phi Beta Iota.  A shorter review can be read at the Amazon Page. I have just completed a first read …