On Defense Intelligence – Seven Strikes
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Worth a Look: Parag Khanna on Technocracy & Democracy in America (Not Good Enough)
American democracy just isn’t good enough anymore. A costly election has done more to divide American society than unite it, while trust in government–and democracy itself–is plummeting. But there are better systems out there, and America would be wise to learn from them. In this provocative manifesto, globalization scholar Parag Khanna tours cutting-edge nations from …
Don Vandergriff: The US Army’s Poor Leadership — How Did It Get So Bad?
How did the US Army’s leadership problem grow so bad? Summary: The US spends $600 billion on the US military (narrowly defined; almost a trillion broadly), yet repeatedly fails to defeat our poorly trained and equipped foes. In this chapter of our series asking “why”, Don Vandergriff points to ways the Army selects and promotes officers …
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Yoda: Open Source Seed
Open Food within Open Provisioning, this is. How ‘Open Source’ Seed Producers From the U.S. to India Are Changing Global Food Production Around the world, plant breeders are resisting what they see as corporate control of the food supply by making seeds available for other breeders to use.
Ty Simpson: 85% of Research Wasted – Fix?
An International Team of Experts Just Released A “Manifesto” on How to Fix Science Experts have published a “manifesto” on how to improve science research in four areas: methods, reporting and dissemination, reproducibility, and evaluation and incentives. With research showing that many published scientific papers fail to move science forward, this manifesto provides a much-needed …
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CIA Training Handbook: How to Fake Intelligence Plus Case Study on Faking Russians Hacking US Election
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Jon Rappoport: Ten Forms of Fake News (or Fake Intelligence)
Ten basic forms of fake news used by major media The basic purpose of these ten forms is the presentation of a false picture of reality. You could find more forms, or divide these ten into sub-categories. The ten basic forms are:
