DeM Banter: This will be an interesting one to watch. I really have to wonder how we get to the percentages at the bottom. "...estimated overall military compensation costs have grown by 56 percent over the past decade, and in the case of health care spending, an increase of 110 percent." 56% is that counting …
Time For Minutemen Is Past By Julian ‘Jules’ Tolbert and Stephen J. Mariano
DeM Banter: Again... it is all about choices...and risk. How much risk do we want to assume? My fear is we accept a lot of risk more out of ignorance than anything else... we don't hear much of this debate in the public square... it seems we are more concerned in the tactical arena...not so …
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10 Characteristics of Great Team Leaders by Tyler Reagin
DeM Banter:  As mentioned is yesterday's post...huge fan of Catalyst.  Big fan of list such as this...as it forces us to take inventory of how we are doing as a leader...so, how you doing leader? I encourage you to read Tyler's entire piece... good info.  View Original / Catalyst 1. Leverage Influence for the …
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Bat Out of Hell Leadership: DeMarco Banter
The Catalyst Podcast has to be one of the best leadership podcasts out there.  Erwin McManus was on the other day (episode 226).  McManus is an American author, lecturer, artist, entrepreneur, and pastor-- McManus is (left and is now back) the lead pastor of Mosaic Church, a Christian community in Los Angeles, California which has been named one of the most influential …
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An Elizabethan Cyberwar By Jordan Chandler Hirsch and Sam Adelsberg
DeM Banter: interesting historical rubric...thoughts? NYTimes.com June 1, 2013 NEW HAVEN — AS Barack Obama and China’s president, Xi Jinping, prepare to meet in California next week, America’s relations with China are feeling increasingly like the cold war — especially when it comes to cybersecurity. With the two countries accusing each other of breaking the …
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Globalization Creates A New Worry: Enemy Convergence By Thom Shanker
DeM Banter: not sure this is new....well the use of the word "Convergence" may be... At War (NYTimes.com) May 30, 2013 At War: Notes From the Front Lines WASHINGTON — Adm. James G. Stavridis, who stepped down this month as NATO’s supreme commander, has been at war in two wars — overseeing the alliance’s role …
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Killer Drones: Out Of The Shadows: The Economist
DeM Banter: something we have discussed a great deal here on the m100Group over the past 18 months and it appears to rapidly becoming an issue of larger strategic international importance. When will Russia first use this capability in Chechnya? When will China use it in Nepal? What will the international response be? As John …
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Lincoln’s Call To Service—and Ours By Stanley McChrystal
DeM Banter: something I have been pondering for a good while...do we need a draft? I'm not sure, but we need service and commitment to our nation... We need civic duty. Thoughts? Wall Street Journal May 30, 2013 Pg. 15 A proposal that would help young Americans understand that civic duty is not restricted to …
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The Retreat Doctrine By Bret Stephens
DeM Banter: Mission Accomplished? (Just could pass up the picture) Wall Street Journal May 28, 2013 Pg. 13 Global View President Obama's speech last week at the National Defense University made clear the governing idea of his foreign policy. Nations in decline—democratic ones, at any rate—tend to be nations in retreat. When Britain informed the …
Budget Cuts Clip Fighter Squadron’s Wings By Steve Vogel
DeM Banter: I am so glad the sequester is not having any impacts [insert sarcasm here]... just read some of the press...that's why it is good to see this SAD story on page one of the Washington Post. There are... and there will be... serious impacts from this decision. Washington Post May 28, 2013 Pg. …
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