The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The US President’s Hit List or “Death by PowerPoint” Posted: 29 May 2012 12:01 PM PDT Last Friday, I wrote a post on how: – US national security agencies increasingly use computerized analysis of collected data to designate a person as an enemy combatant. – The US currently uses non-judicial Presidential “hit lists” to simplify …
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The Automation of Government Coercion Posted: 25 May 2012 09:10 AM PDT I recently did a series of interviews for an international venture investing newsletter called Capitalist Exploits. Here’s a question I got that I thought we be of interest to GG readers. I’ve extended the answer a bit from the original in the interview. …
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Techcrunch Interview Posted: 28 Apr 2012 10:15 AM PDT I did an interview the Jon Evans at Techcrunch (the social technology hub) earlier this week. Here it is. I’m spending most of my time writing and editing the Resilient Communities letter (it’s free to subscribe). As I said in the interview, the reason I started the …
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When Elites Depart One of the benefits of having a son that is a scholar of ancient warfare, from Alexander the Great to the Byzantine Empire to the Mongols, is that we can have wide ranging discussions on very deep topics. Of perennial interest to us: why do complex societies/civilizations collapse? One of interesting working …
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You Don’t Need a Cyber Attack to Take Down The North American Power Grid The Obama administration simulated a cyber attack on New York City’s power supply in a Senate demonstration aimed at winning support for legislation to boost the nation’s computer defenses. Senators from both parties gathered behind closed doors in the Capitol Wednesday …
HR 341: One more step towards Neo-Feudalism Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:54 AM PST In feudal times, you could be put to death if you didn’t kneel when the carriages of the nobility passed by. This is a step in that direction (although very few people care). ‘ I’m not that excited to write about …
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Oil Disruption is Zooming and Global Panic Awaits Oil is up to $110 and it is on a roll. The last time oil went in this direction, it caused a slowing in the global economy that led to a global financial panic. What’s causing it? Peak oil, Chinese growth and lots of potential oil disruption. …
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