The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
One Presidential Debate You Won’t Hear: Why It is Time to Adopt a Sensible Grand Strategy America’s descent into a state of perpetual war ought to suggest it is time to rethink our approach to grand strategy. So, how do we define grand strategy? More to the point of this essay, what considerations make up …
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Labour’s Corbyn: British Establishment in Destroy Mode August 20, 2015 … Judging by the vitriol being heaped on Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn it is a sure sign that Britain’s political establishment is deeply rattled by his runaway popularity. The ruling elite are thus moving into “destroy mode”.
The Obama Administration, with the support of the NATO, the EU, the NeoCons, and the mainstream media is stumbling blindly towards a New Cold War with Russia over Ukraine. The Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex (MICC) feeding off the Pentagon’s budget is preparing for another boom in defense spending triggered by the resurrection of …
Sheldon’s Stooges Uri Avnery, 25/07/15 [The author is a former member of the Irgun, a hero of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, a former member of the Israeli Knesset, and Israel’s leading peace advocate. His awe inspiring biography can be found here.] EXTRACT He has practically declared war on the President of the United States, the Leader …
The High Cost of the Military Technical Revolution Flush With Cash, Running on Empty One of the never ending claims made by proponents of the military technical revolution is that emerging complex weapons technologies create more combat power per unit of labor — that we are substituting capital for labor and technology-intensive capital goods are …
Below is the abbreviated transcript of a wide-ranging interview with Segei Ivanov, chief of staff to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ivanov, a former KGB officer, is a long-time colleague of Mr. Putin dating back to Leningrad in the 1970s. The interview was conducted in Russian and translated by Kathrin Hille for the Financial Times. The summary analysis of …
Below is an informative presentation (in pdf format) entitled the State of the U.S. Climate Debate. It has been produced by Professor Judith Curry of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology and will shortly be presented to the House of Lords in the UK Parliament. The pdf file includes her slides with her …
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