The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
I have been mulling over your post, 2013 Robert Steele Reflections on NATO 4.0 — Key Challenges AND Solutions [Written for NATO ACT Innovation Hub]. My sense, for myself, is that we have moved into a new cognitive space in which issues of comprehensibility, credibility and deliverability become fundamental in a context in which attention …
Continue reading “Anthony Judge: Can NATO Learn to Think for Itself?”
Toward the Global Transition — 2012 and Beyond EXTRACT: A Time For Bridge-Builders* It is increasingly clear that the institutions of yesterday are inadequate for the challenges of tomorrow. Multinational corporations bent toward the myopia of quarterly returns are ill-fit for extended periods of volatility and turbulence. Centralized governments, with an opacity built in to …
Continue reading “Jean Lievens: Joe Brewer on the Global Transition – 2012 and Beyond”
New studies: ‘Conspiracy theorists’ sane; government dupes crazy, hostile Dr. Kevin Barrett PressTV, 13 July 2013 Recent studies by psychologists and social scientists in the US and UK suggest that contrary to mainstream media stereotypes, those labeled “conspiracy theorists” appear to be saner than those who accept the official versions of contested events. In short, …
Huh? US Intelligence Report a Cut-Paste on Chinese Missiles College students can be flunked for cut-and-paste reports, think tankers can be embarrassed, Defense News staff writers can be fired, but not, apparently, members of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC). Most of its so-called “updated” report, 2013 Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat, which …
China invests $1.1 billion in Nigerian infrastructure Less than two weeks ago, U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to Africa where he announced a $7 billion energy plan and welcomed development competition on the continent. “I want everybody playing in Africa,” he said. And it didn’t take long for China to show that it’s playing, and winning. …
Continue reading “SmartPlanet: China Invests $1.1B in Nigeria — While Others Destabilize Africa”
Some months ago I had the great pleasure of adding OSINT godfather Robert David Steele as a LinkedIn contact. We’ve progressed from that to occasional phone calls and regular emails, pointing out interesting technology and events to each other. NATO 4.0: Key Challenges AND Solutions was published with this short note, asking for broad consideration …
Continue reading “Neal Rauhauser: Steele on NATO, AIPAC Replaces US IC — Steele Comments”
When is a coup not a coup? With $1.5bn on the line Mark Mitchell BBC, 8 July 2013 Here are a couple of riddles for you: When is a coup not a coup? And why is the White House not like Humpty Dumpty? In Through the Looking Glass, Humpty tells Alice: “When I use a …
