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Fast and “sexy” cars are appealing. Adding a celebrity, model or actor alongside the car may add to this appeal. As I noted in my paper, State of the Union: The President, “The Big Four,” and The Fox and the Lion,“You don’t sell a product; you sell the image of a product.” Of course, when …

“Indeed, unless we choose to decentralize and to use applied science, not as the end to which human beings are to be made the means… under the need for efficiency and stability, into the welfare-tyranny of Utopia. You pays your money and you takes your choice.” – from Brave New World, Aldous Huxley,1932, 1946. Is …

“A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps and a lion to frighten wolves.” – Machiavelli. 1532. …

“The technological society requires men to be content with what they are required to like; for those who are not content, it provides distraction-escape into absorption with technically dominated media of popular culture and communication… “ – Robert K. Merton, 1964 February is the month of candy, flowers, and sweet nothings in the U.S. And …

“The penetration of an adversary’s operation is the ultimate goal in foreign intelligence, and from all indications, the Chinese had succeeded masterfully.”  – I.C. Smith, FormerSpecial Agent at the FBI Thousands of lives were ruined or lost by the U.S. government’s attempt to combat communism this past century.  The use of propaganda, blacklisting, and witch …

Does it seem fit for the West, Britain and the U.S., to sanction, issue ultimatums, and make threats on countries they do business with, or attempt to infiltrate – all on the basis of criminal accusations from the international community? Let’s discuss three reported crimes:Kim Jong-nam’s assassination on 2.13.17; Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia’s …

“No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.” – Machiavelli The “controversial report” of malicious chips in the servers of American companies brings to mind the Trojans and Greeks. The tale of the Trojan horse is a lesson to all – it’s time to …

Image Credits: insideunmannedsystems.com Special Report tackles three subjects: U.S. “Active Shooters” and “Mass Shooters,” Debate on Second Amendment, and Geopolitical Impact of Weapons and Stakeholders. This policy analysis centers on U.S. National Security and how some firearms are being utilized as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) by “active shooters” or “mass shooters.” To address this issue, …

Image Credit: Griffey’s Sunshine Photography “God made the coal and he hid it. Then some fool found it, and we’ve been in trouble ever since.” From the United Mine Workers Journal, 1976 My paper was inspired by a 1939 novel and later film, “How Green Was My Valley” and the Blue Ridge Parkway Appalachian Mountains in the …

Image Credit: Title Stream By Leticia Matlock The recent hearings on data privacy and protection shine light on the importance of clarity in disclosure. What is the protocol for disclosure in the financial sector as it applies to Virtual Currencies (VC)? Are financial disclosures necessary and sufficient? An important hearing was held on February 6, …