Zen on Panetta
Good look at why Panetta’s as good a guy as any for this gig (in some ways better).
Number one priority for fix the IC, CIA in particular has to be fixing the bloated clearance process. If you don’t do that, you’re wasting everyone’s time, money, and effort.
How Kaua’i is Coping
Inspiring read.
A major goal in the plan is to develop a network of community gardens in all seven districts of Kaua‘i and Hontz has enlisted experienced individuals in farming and gardening from across the island to help see it through.
The trick to make this scale is to capture this experience and training and make it viral. (Microsoft) If you can’t do that, firewall your community and bring the experts in. (Apple)
Generational Model – Tactics
Only valuable contribution to tactical thinking is that it accepts that new effective tactics are easy to generate. This results in a requirement for Boydian thinking – largely embodied by Vandergriff’s approach to training.
Solar At Grid Parity?
Here.
A veteran analyst has calculated that the facility can produce power at a cost of 7.5 cents a kilowatt-hour, less than the 9-cent benchmark for conventional electricity.
Wasting More On DoD Is Not the Solution
At a time when city and state governments are collapsing, amping up the DoD is not the right move. Gutting most of it investing in core governance stacks that actually work is a much better idea.
It’s better for the economy (wealth distribution), better for fragile nation-state legitimacy (small governments are responsive governments), and more useful in terms of fighting off real threats rather than the ghost of Cold war past.
Of course, none of that is likely to happen given the degree of waste, corruption, and ineptitude that is rampant in the military’s massive procurement system.