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Slush funds for the executive branch in authorization and appropriations bills are a big no-no, but if they are intended for Members and their staff to use, that would seem to be different. What I found in the House Armed Services Committee’s defense authorization bill is described at Time’s Battleland blog at http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/05/29/a-peek-at-pentagon-pork-a-taxpayers-guide/, and below: A Peek …
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The Amazing Expanding Pentagon After a decade of ‘mission creep’–into diplomacy, agriculture, even energy policy–the Department of Defense has become America’s default tool for dealing with the world. Where does this leave the next president? By Thanassis Cambanis Boston Globe, May 27, 2012 When President Obama and Mitt Romney cross swords on defense policy, it …
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From Gunfire at Sea to Maps of War: Profound Implications for Humanitarian Innovation MIT Professor Eric von Hippel is the author of Democratizing Innovation, a book I should have read when it was first published seven years ago. The purpose of this blog post, however, is to share some thoughts on “Gunfire at Sea: A Case Study …
Lewis Sorley A Man Promoted Above his Ability September 12, 2011 By Hrafnkell Haraldsson VINE™ VOICE I grew up during the Vietnam War. I was seven years old when General William Westmoreland was sent to Vietnam by LBJ to take charge of things there. I was eleven when he lost his job and by then, …
Huh? Greeks Bank Run; Lines Form at ATMs; Nearly $1 Billion Withdrawn in Past Week Without a government for the last eleven days, and amid mainstream discussion of a Euro Zone exit, the Greek people are realizing that the economic and political system as they know it is rapidly descending into chaos. With massive jobless …
The Emperor is Naked: David Stockman Testosterone Pit, May 9, 2012 Contributed by Karen Roche and JT Long of The Gold Report. A “paralyzed” Federal Reserve Bank, in its “final days,” held hostage by Wall Street “robots” trading in markets that are “artificially medicated” are just a few of the bleak observations shared by David Stockman, former Republican …
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