The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
« Keynote on the Future of Global Media in New York | Main | The role of BRIC in the future of global media » Launch of Newspaper Extinction Timeline for every country in the world. Ross Dawson, October 31, 2010 10:47 PM US PT Back in August I predicted that newspapers in their current …
How crowdsourcing will change the way the world works. As the amount of digital work increases and the amount of physical work decreases, our notions of employment and work change profoundly. Digital work doesn’t require roads and factories; it requires a laptop and an Internet connection–equipment that people have access to in their homes. The …
Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink….. NAIROBI, 9 November 2010 (IRIN) – Fighting between two sub-clans over grazing pasture and water has left 20 dead and thousands of families displaced from several villages in central Somalia, say locals. “In my own town of Galinsor, about 1,300 families [7,800 people] have been displaced, …
Interesting insight….. Petraeus drafts map of US withdrawal from Afghanistan The US commander in Afghanistan, David Petraeus, has drafted a timetable for the handing over of control of its provinces to local security forces. The news emerged as officials recovered the bodies of five of 16 policemen who vanished a week ago after an apparent …
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Taliban Seek to Sway U.S. Congress With ‘Open Letter’ Wall Street Journal, November 8, 2010 Matthew Rosenberg KABUL—Add another group to the list of people with a message for the newly elected U.S. Congress: the Taliban. In a rambling “open letter” to Congress, the Taliban’s spokesman said he wanted to present American lawmakers with “a …
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Christian Science Monitor, 7 November 2010 A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Monday in a lawsuit challenging an alleged secret Obama administration plan to use lethal force against an American-born Islamic cleric hiding in Yemen. In July, US authorities listed al-Awlaki as a “specially designated global terrorist.” According to press reports, he …
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www.MountainRunner.us National Security will require Smarter Networks (Ali Fisher on June 1, 2010) An Introduction to Using Network Maps in Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication (Ali Fisher on October 8, 2009) Ali Fisher is Director of Mappa Mundi Consulting and a former Director of Counterpoint, the cultural relations think-tank of the British Council. Ali blogs …
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