20120820 Open Source Everything Highlights
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: All Opens Below Line – Includes Autonomous Internet, Crowd-Funding/Sensing/Sourcing, DIY, and Transparency, Truth, Trust, & True Cost Core Short Links at End of Post
15 Nov 2012 Proposal Deadline 30-31 May 2013 San Francisco Public Administration Theory Network 2013 –
Public Administration Theory Network 2013: Call for Proposals Call for Proposals: “Governance and the Utopian Imagination” – Public Administration Theory Network This year’s meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) seeks to re-engage “the utopian imagination” and invites contributions from across the social sciences, humanities, and fields of professional and community practice that critically …
Review: The Age of Fracture
Daniel T. Rodgers 4.0 out of 5 stars An entire book without the words “corruption” or “paradigm failure”,August 19, 2012 I bought this book expecting it to be a six star special, and then was tempted to drop it to three stars for completely missing the point. I’ve settled on four. It is a brilliant …
Anthony Judge: Laetus in Praesens – Convergence of 30 Disabling Global Trends
Convergence of 30 Disabling Global Trends Mapping the social climate change engendering a perfect storm Introduction Checklist of 30 disabling trends Spiraling trends: cyclones in a climate of change? Interweaving “cyclones” and “anti-cyclones” in a global system Emergent polyhedral configuration of alternating systemic functions Insights from the Conference of the Birds? Conclusion References See Also: …
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Reflections on United Nations Intelligence & Counterintelligence
Your Aide Memoire came to my attention today. Apart from wishing you every success, I thought to contribute a few ideas. 01 The new meme that has replaced Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) — I taught this to 90 countries including all NATO/PfP and six UN missions in Lebanon — is M4IS2 (Multinational, Multiagency, Multidisciplinary, Multidomain …
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Chuck Spinney: Romney-Ryan Travesty, Obama the Enabler Carries On
A Retired Defense Reformer’s Take on the Ramifications of Romney’s Choice of Paul Ryan Get Ready for the Slaughter by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY. Counterpunch WEEKEND EDITION AUGUST 12-14, 2012 Gaeta, Italy. Romney’s choice of the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Congressman Paul Ryan, as his running mate mirrors John McCain’s disastrous choice of Sarah …
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NIGHTWATCH: Pakistan Flags Going Islamic – Pakistan as Islamic Israel
Pakistan: A Pakistani military court convicted five military officers, including Brigadier Ali Khan, for maintaining links to a banned organization. The Brigadier is the most senior of the five and received a sentence of five years in prison. The others received sentences of 18 months to three years. The army did not name the banned …
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