The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The future of global online journalism by jonl on April 3, 2011 (Update: Alfred Hermida blogs Vivian Schiller’s 7 reasons to be cheerful about journalism at Reportr.net.) The evolution of networked global communication infrastructures is disrupting and changing delivery of news and the way journalists work. While some publishers have been wringing hands and tearing …
Phi Beta Iota: A young man sought advice on whether to join the US secret intelligence world despite its many ethical issues and poor leadership. Below is the answer as provided to us by Robert Steele, to whom the email was addressed. The inquiring email is below the line. To Anonymous: This is simple. Continue …
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Subject: AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? Ignorance and courage in the age of Lady Gaga By Joe Bageant Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico If you hang out much with thinking people, conversation eventually turns to the serious political and cultural questions of our times. Such as: How can …
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EXTRACT I: I walked into SXSW with a sense that the world is profoundly changing, with the change driven by forces, not by people. It felt like I was in a bubble where time and the world had frozen, a world with its own laws driven by old-school capitalism and marketing. A very pleasant world …
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Phi Beta Iota: The below commentary is so spectacularly intelligent and concise we are cross-posting it from Quora, with a link to the original project and multiple questions as the end of the observations. Kari O’Brien, Digital Strategist The biggest threat to Facebook is innovation. We forget before there was Facebook, there was Friendster, there …
Two new reviews of The Pentagon Labyrinth: 10 Short Essays to Help You Through It appeared yesterday and today. One is from Dina Rasor; “A New Guide to Reform the Pentagon Even if You Feel Overwhelmed by the Mess” appears at Truthout.org. The other is from David Isenberg; “How to Take Proper Aim at a Target …
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