Review: Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA

First Rate Deep Current Insider View Cannot Be Denied October 16, 2009 Charles S. Faddis I am quite certain this author has been “black-balled” behind his back–Blair and Panetta, if they even have a clue this book exists–are being told reassuringly that the author is a disgruntled former employee, something of a “cowboy,” and not …

Review: Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines

Excellent Primer, Narrowly Focused, Provokes Reflection October 16, 2009 Richard Heinberg I was tempted to limit this book to four stars because it fails to properly recognize, among many others, Buckminster Fuller, e.g. his Critical Path and it provides only passing reference to such foundation works as Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update and Human …

Event Report CORRECTED LINKS: Responding to Real Time Information, Open Systems and the Obama IT Vision [Google-Microsoft Meld]

FIXED Big File Problem.  Three Separate Files, each at Their Respectuve Thumbnails. EVENT REPORT: Have you been wondered just how we are going to implement M4IS2* and add to it Real-Time-Processing (RTP) and Near-Real-Time Processing (NRTP)?  This event introduced to the Washington, D.C. environment, for the first time, the concept of operations and related technologies …

PACOM Week in Review Ending 11 Oct 2009

Hot Topics AU: Former Australian Prime Minister on Afghanistan 10/06/09 BD: President calls countrymen to be vigilant against anti- liberation forces 10/08/09 CN: Where China leads, the US follows 10/06/09 ID: President to Ensure End of Armed Forces’ Businesses 10/06/09 ID: Indonesia’s defense company to export ammunition to US 10/10/09 IN: Relief agencies respond as …

Journal: The New “Cold War” Pakistan vs India, Many vs. Israel

Taliban claim Afghan bomb, say [Indian] embassy was target KABUL – The Taliban have claimed responsibility for Thursday’s suicide car bomb in the Afghan capital, saying their target was the Indian Embassy. Phi Beta Iota: India’s hands are not clean.  There are ample reports of India offering safe-haven bases for cross-border terrorism into Pakistan, and …