The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Deja vu, n’est pas? IC Virtual Career Fair: Priority Languages by Agency Phi Beta Iota. Below the line is the actual priority chart. The FBI is fishing for everything but probably not serious. CIA and NSA are still focused on Priority 1 and ignoring everything else.
Friendly Dictators Back in 1989 Bill Sienkiewicz illustrated a deck of cards designed to bring to light some of the sleazier folks that the U.S. government had done deals with. The text on each card was written by Dennis Bernstein and Laura Sydell. I wish there was an updated version covering the last 17 years, …
Essay of the Day: Why Localization is Inevitable in a Resource-Scarce World * Article: The New Geography of Trade: Globalization’s Decline May Stimulate Local Recovery. By Fred Curtis, David Ehrenfeld. Solutions Journal, Volume 3 | Issue 1 | Page 35-40 | Jan 2012 Introductory Citation “It is an article of faith that global trade will …
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This is UNOFFICIAL at this time, it has NOT been validated as an official document. The depiction of most Army contractors as small to mid-size businesses with moderate to severe risk of bankruptcy if sequester cuts take place, is a useful point for investigators. What is missing is a global “picture” of what different kinds …
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Map or Be Mapped: Otherwise You Don’t Exist “There are hardly any street signs here. There are no official zip codes. No addresses. Just word of mouth” (1). Such is the fate of Brazil’s Mare shanty-town and that of most shantytowns around the world where the spoken word is king (and not necessarily benevolent). “The sprawling …
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Dishonest slime. (Retired) Military leaders oppose Hagel nomination Center for Security Policy | Jan 29, 2013 January 29, 2013 (Washington, D.C.): A distinguished group of fourteen retired generals and admirals, representing all branches of the United States Armed Forces, has signed a letter opposing the nomination of Sen. Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense. The letter …
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The Asia Pivot–with “Air-Sea Battle” deeply embedded into it–has become the accepted wisdom in Washington for America’s post-Afghanistan national security strategy. Is it affordable? Is it competent? Is it even a strategy? It also presents a useful test for SecDef-designate Hagel’s ability to separate the wheat from the chaff regarding defense issues. While Hagel has already shredded–to …
