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This is an emerging possibility.  Below is the original but newly revised link on the Open Source Agency.  Central to the revision is the growing understanding within NATO, SOCOM, and AFRICOM that “traditional” C2 (proprietary) and “traditional” intelligence (secret) are Dead on Arrival (DOA).  The new meme within official circles is Alternative C2 and Alternative …

Sepp Hasslberger: Sun Splits Water to Produce Hydrogen — the Holy Grail of Energy + Water Energy RECAP

Slowly getting there … when the universities get in on the act, we just might end up with a clean energy economy! Have we found the ‘holy grail’ in cutting emissions? Power plant claims to produce hydrogen by splitting water with sunlight The University of Colorado at Boulder has designed a hydrogen plant that uses …

Marcus Aurelius: Hagel Choosing Bad Platforms Over Good People

Looks as if SECDEF has identified the alternatives — humans or hardware– and has picked hardware. Hagel: Pentagon Must Choose Between People or Platforms WASHINGTON — The Pentagon might have to cancel many modernization programs over a decade-long period should mandatory federal spending caps remain in place over the next decade, US Defense Secretary Chuck …

2013 Robert Steele in NATO Watch — NATO 4.0 Challenges AND Solutions

PDF (4 Pages):  2013-07-30 nato_4.0_-_key_challenges_and_solutions Original Post: 2013 Robert Steele Reflections on NATO 4.0 — Key Challenges AND Solutions 1.2 Note that in the original post, each image expands to a full-size graphic at full resolution. See Also: NATO OSINT to OSE/M4IS2 Round-Up 2.0 This is my last post for the foreseeable future.  Entering on …

Patrick Meier: Why Digital Social Capital Matters for Disaster Resilience and Response

Why Digital Social Capital Matters for Disaster Resilience and Response Recent empirical studies have clearly demonstrated the importance of offline social capital for disaster resilience and response. I’ve blogged about some of this analysis here and here. Social capital is typically described as those “features of social organizations, such as networks, norms, and trust, that facilitate …

SchwartzReport: American Health Declining by Every Measure — USA 27th Among 34 Developed Nations

Our passive servitude to the Non-geographical Corporate States and their minions is literally costing us years off our lives. And, not surprisingly, life is even shorter in Red value states as compared to Blue value states. Read this carefully and note, particularly, the observations about inequality and stress. Why Do Americans Live Lives So Short? …