The CIA developed the Moscow Rules to guide operations in Moscow was during the Cold War. The content of the original Moscow Rules are debated, but they are generally agreed to consist of 40 different rules. Here’s the abbreviated list circulating today: Continue reading ‘Moscow Rules’
Monthly Archive for March, 2011
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Judge orders secret meeting to download Facebook account
The judge issued an order compelling Ms. Sparks’ lawyer, James Crocco, to secretly arrange to have a colleague call the woman to a surprise meeting without telling her why and then order to her download the entire contents of her Facebook site, including any photos and videos, so it could be examined in court.”
While conducting some research to help a client locate a new plant location in the U.S., I came across this:
Census: Near-record level of US counties dying
… roughly 760 of the nation’s 3,142 counties are fading away, stretching from industrial areas near Pittsburgh and Cleveland to the vineyards outside San Francisco to the rural areas of east Texas and the Great Plains.”
… the U.S. population grew by just 9.7 percent since 2000, the lowest decennial rate since the Great Depression.”
This trend may help Canadian companies move into the U.S. to avoid the border clogging security delays, however, this is only a short-term advantage.
If the U.S. does not take decisive action to reduce its deficit, control immigration, reduce taxes so that young couples will have children, and reform its education system, then it will not be long before the U.S.A. enters the ranks of once-great countries like the U.K., Spain, or Portugal.
Here is an amazing picture taken seconds after the Christchurch earthquake, at Imgur. Mouse-over to enlarge.