The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Viva The Revolution in Analytics! Viva Performance Analytics! A Shameless Parody Warning: This parody is a shameless exploitation of Bogart’s “Treasure of Sierra Madre” and Hemingway’s “Old Man & The Sea.” It pokes fun at the rising elite of consulting, i.e. those involved with performance analytics or “the revolution in analytics.” Yet it raises serious …
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WordPress is great but it cannot handle complex queries or triage within words. Here are some human-in-loop hits along with the search terms that worked in isolation–click on them to see the related hits surrounding the core hit. war is a racket review war is a racket butler Core: Review: War is a Racket–The Antiwar …
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Open Source Governance Peergovernance (Category) Metagovernment Active Projects Cognitive Capitalism Crowdsourcing Crowdrules Blog Crowdfunding Open Money Over-Arching Starting Point: P2P Governance, Politics, Social Movements
Giving Life After Death Row By CHRISTIAN LONGO March 5, 2011 Salem, Ore. EIGHT years ago I was sentenced to death for the murders of my wife and three children. I am guilty. I once thought that I could fool others into believing this was not true. Failing that, I tried to convince myself that …
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Development at Gunpoint? Why Civilians Must Reclaim Stabilization Aid Michael Young Foreign Affairs, December 19, 2010 Summary: Today, billions of dollars in aid is delivered by soldiers and private contractors at the behest of the political and military leadership. But this so-called “militarized aid” is ineffective, wasteful, and puts lives at risk. MICHAEL YOUNG is …
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People are more likely to lie, exaggerate and distort when they know they won’t be held accountable for what they said, and people like to say what their interlocutors want to hear, says Jordan Stancil. Jordan Stancil Jordan Stancil is a lecturer in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs of the University of …
Harrison Owen and Jim Turner will be hosting a co-convener’s exploratory lunch from 1155 to 1400 on Tuesday 30 November 2010 The Irish Inn at Glenn Echo, Maryland. Anyone who cares about any aspect of health planning, health programming, health budget, health policy, health waste, or health enforcement, is welcome BUT advance registration is required. …
