The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
In the last nine months of planning the Contact Summit, I’ve come across a range of projects and initiatives building toward the “Next Net.” Though they vary in their stages of development and specific implementations, they fall under the common themes of enabling peer-to-peer communication and exchange, protecting personal freedom and privacy, and giving people more …
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2011 THINKING ABOUT REVOLUTION Robert David Steele Intelligence Program, Marine Corps University, AY 1992-1993 Updated to Include Pre-Conditions of Revolution Graphic for USA Today (2011) Drawn from 1976 Thesis: Theory, Risk Assessment, and Internal War: A Framework for the Observation of Revolutionary Potential where all appropriate citations and data operationalizations can be found. Original As …
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When a system is so slosh with money that it does not know what its costs are, it is time to take serious action. But what do you do when no one cares? The US Air Force misreports, even to itself (and to Congress and OSD), the cost to operate and support its own aircraft. …
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The Cost-Savings Fantasy David Isenberg Huffington Post, 9/15/2011 Sometimes it is difficult to decide what to write about in the world of private military and security contracting issues, as there are usually a few different stories in the news on any given day that are relevant. Today, however, I don’t have that problem as there …
The Cold War Part 2, revisiting a failed strategy….. Good closing paragraph in the story…… The Pentagon’s new China war plan Despite budget woes, the military is preparing for a conflict with our biggest rival — and we should be worried This summer, despite America’s continuing financial crisis, the Pentagon is effectively considering trading two …
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Is Facebook a Liberator or The Man? This post is highlighting content areas for The Future of Facebook project, a six-part video series exploring the impacts of social networking technologies on our lives and business. Social networks are a tool for activism and civic engagement, as well as a means of control, manipulation, and surveillance. What …
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Mobile Technologies for Conflict Management: Online Dispute Resolution, Governance, Participation is the title of a new book edited by Marta Poblet. I recently met Marta in Vienna, Austria during the UN Expert Meeting on Croudsource Mapping organized by UN SPIDER. I’m excited that her book has just launched. The chapters are is divided into 3 sections: Disruptive Applications of …
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