The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Global Aircraft Carrier Infographic Some weeks ago I wrote Carriers Of The Pacific, a comparison of the U.S. fleet vs. other countries, prompted by the U.S. “pivot to the east”. One Chart Shows The Magnitude Of U.S. Naval Dominance provides an infographic that makes things crystal clear. Two thirds of all carriers belong to the U.S. …
Pentagon fiscal chief Robert Hale: ‘I am nervous’ “Frankly, I am nervous,” says Robert Hale, the Pentagon’s comptroller. And with reason. A month and half into the new fiscal year, Congress can’t seem to decide between what are three, wildly different scenarios for Hale’s world in 2014. The House endorsed most of President Barack Obama’s …
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Five Takeaways from a Decade of War Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, in a keynote address at the Center for Strategic and International Studies this week, signaled to military commanders that they should assume the across-the-board, automatic spending cuts imposed by sequester over the next decade will remain in place indefinitely. “We do not have …
The Objective force is one which maximizes the SECURITY of the American people. The American Security regime is a con and has been since Korea. All players–including Zion and Saud–have an interest in maximizing the INsecurity of the American people. DHS was the last imperial structure to be put in place. PRISM,et.al. was designed and …
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What this message is about: A good description of “the public” as a collective entity potentially able to think and respond as a whole. “The Public” is way deeper than “public opinion” Dear friends, This remarkable description of systemic problems in the quasi-democracy of the US, and of the proper conception of “the public” and …
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The triple bottom line — people, profits, planet — is a recent business concept. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_bottom_line. We are now facing major issues on all three: 1. People. The safety of people is threatened by a) vulnerable cyber infrastructure. See the National Geographic video American Blackout; and b) inequality leading to lower standards of living for …
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The CIA “Family Jewels,” Then and Now EXTRACT: In 1973, the Director of Central Intelligence ordered CIA officials to prepare a descriptive account of all CIA activities that were “outside the legislative charter of this Agency,” which is to say unauthorized or illegal. The purpose of the exercise was to identify operations that had “flap …
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