The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Concise, Relevant, Documents New Knowledge, Respects Work of Others July 6, 2010 George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton This book is a solid five, and one of those instances when brevity adds value. While I was concerned to see no discussion of “true cost” economics and the book is overly fawning on Goldman Sachs (written before …
(COMMENT: If GEN McChrystal had had THIS poster displayed in his headquarters, then maybe there would have been some cause for Presidential concern….) Phi Beta Iota: Over 43% of the eligible voters in America are now self-described Independents, at the same time that our fraudulent and hijacked electoral process no longer qualifies the US as …
WARNING: This is the GERMAN language edition. For English see Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book). I received this book as a gift at one of the Silicon Valley Hackers/THINK Conference where I was elected to membership in 1992 or so, and it remains for me the first window into the cyber-chaos that results when CIA …
COMMENTS: 1. The “fact of” PDB distribution is well known; Administrations influence who is on the distro list. 2. Of the principals showcased here, some are (at least sort of) competent patriotic and some…well… 3. This article is, perhaps unknowingly, deceptive in that it creates an impression that USG is postured to continue mission 24/7 from …
Ladies and Gentlemen: Attached is somewhat dated; you may or may not have seen. But the basic message almost certainly remains valid. For LTG Hughes’ part, he was certainly part of the problem. At the time he retired out of DIA, 15 months or so before 9/11, one of the key operational support elements of …
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South Korea – North Korea: Special comment. On the sidelines of the G-20 meeting, President Obama agreed to a formal request by South Korean President Lee to delay the transfer of wartime operational control of Allied forces in Korea. The transfer had been in preparation for since 2007 and was set to occur in 2012. …
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William R. Polk recently sent out the attached letter to his distribution list. It is a very comprehensive and I believe important review of Afghanistan. I urge you to take the time to read it. Appended to the end are a series of notes he used in the construction of his letter. Polk know …
