The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
“Since the end of the Cold War, impulse and ideology, generously seasoned with fantasy, have displaced principled strategy as the basis for U. S. policy. In this important and timely volume, Barry R. Posen illuminates the path back toward good sense and sobriety. Restraint is a splendid achievement.”―Andrew J. Bacevich, Boston University, author of Breach …
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Steele, Robert. Reinventing the US Army Part I – An American Grand Strategy, Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Press, Projected Publication 2017. Part I in the Reinventing the US Army monograph series. Updated November 15, 2016 Robert Steele This is the author’s preliminary draft of the first of three monographs focused …
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Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers The US military made maps during the Cold War too, of course, but the two superpowers had different mapping strategies that reflected their different military strengths … the US military rarely made maps more detailed than 1:250,000, and generally only did so for areas of special …
Exxon Knew about Climate Change Almost 40 Years Ago A new investigation shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation EXTRACT By 1989 the company had helped create the Global Climate Coalition (disbanded in 2002) to question the scientific basis for concern about climate …
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Top-Secret Pentagon Program Exploited Aid Workers as Covert Spies Experts warn that Department of Defense espionage program places international NGOs at great risk After a months-long investigation, The Intercept‘s Matthew Cole, with help from Margot Williams and Lee Fang, exposes the reach of a highly-classified Department of Defense program, which ran from December 2004 to …
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In his own words — treason comment starts at 1:50. Tip of the hat to Owl — has been noticed in financial circles.
How The U.S. Government “Covers Up” 72% Inflation Before Your Very Eyes Dear Bureau of Labor Statistics: please pay careful attention to this case study of how your CPI “inflation” gauge, hedonically, seasonally-adjusted or otherwise, is completely inaccurate, and how what you record as 0% inflation is really 72%. As Consumerist points out, for the …
