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2013/10/09

Anthony Judge: Systematic Gerrymandering of Declared Threats and Legality of Response – Opportunistic exceptionalism underlying promulgated rules of governance

Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government

Systematic Gerrymandering of Declared Threats and Legality of Response

Opportunistic exceptionalism underlying promulgated rules of governance

Introduction
Defining threat, especially from terrorism
Defining legality, especially in response to threat
Defining proof, especially in a context of perceived threat
Enabling gerrymandering through doublespeak in response to threat
Unsuspected “crown jewels” of intelligence community: backdoors to the mind?
Ensuring confidence in democratic supervision
Enabling oversight through simulation of requisite complexity
Transforming from paranoia through metanoia and hyponoia?

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Eagle: US Adults Dumber Than Average Human

03 Economy, 04 Education, 11 Society, Academia, Civil Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Idiocy

300 Million Talons... — 300 Million Talons…

Did not make this up! Associated Press says so.

US adults are dumber than the average human

Associated Press, 8 October 2013

WASHINGTON — It’s long been known that America’s school kids haven’t measured well compared with international peers. Now, there’s a new twist: Adults don’t either.

In math, reading and problem-solving using technology – all skills considered critical for global competitiveness and economic strength – American adults scored below the international average on a global test, according to results released Tuesday.

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Owl: Dominionists — Rabid, Stupid, and Unchecked by a Government That Lacks Integrity

Cultural Intelligence, Government, Idiocy

Chris Hedges: Ted Cruse and Radical Republicans Implementing Dominionst/Christian Reconstructionism Agenda, “They seek total cultural and political domination”

Hedges explains one of the largest pieces of the puzzle on why the Republicans are willing to go for broke in the battle of the budget default and government shutdown and unlikely to halt the stalemate with Obama and the Democrats. The prize they seek to gain is, for them, well worth the chaos and breakdown they seek to precipitate to gain that prize, which is nothing less than total domination and control of all aspects of life in America.

Looking for which highly organized and intellectually developed manifestation – articulated over the course of decades and much longer if we factor in John Calvin's profound inspiration on them – of American fascism and which is waiting in the wings, still half-hidden, but perhaps soon to be center-stage? Look no further than the Dominionists, who counts Ted Cruz's father as a rabid and influential member. Chris Hedges, a graduate from major theological seminary and former NYT reporter is well-qualified to recognize their real character, and plans:

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2013/10/09

Rickard Falkvinge: US Corporations Lie, Abuse, and Ignore European Privacy Data Regulations

Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption

US Corporate “Safe Harbor” For European Private Data Lied About, Abused, Ignored; Europarl Calls For Immediate Scrapping

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 01:57 AM PDT

Privacy – Henrik Alexandersson: US corporations routinely ignore and abuse the strict privacy rules of European private citizen data, which they have accessed under the “safe harbor” agreement of the European Union. This surfaced in this week’s Europarl hearing on mass surveillance, causing the European Parliament’s rapporteur to call for a complete scrapping of the safe harbor arrangement right in the middle of the hearing. This is a further erosion of already-brittle trust in privacy respect by the United States.

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2013/10/09

Lee Camp: Supreme Court Murder of Democracy

07 Other Atrocities, 09 Justice, 11 Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Law Enforcement

Supreme Court Preps The Final Nail For The Coffin Of Democracy

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2013/10/09

SchwartzReport: Is Justice Scalia Insane? Or Merely Possessed by the Devil?

07 Other Atrocities, 09 Justice, 11 Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Law Enforcement

When I read this interview I was stunned. I have never thought much of Scalia. Like Clarence Thomas I have always thought of him as first and foremost an ideologue, and as with Thomas there are also growing ethical issues involving him. But I really had no idea how very inappropriate it is for this man to be an Associate Supreme Court Justice. This is like having your crazy un! cle oversee your rearing of your children. Read this interview and ask yourself: Would I even like to have this man as a neighbor?

This is why it matters who wins the Presidency, and why voting is important.

‘No. No. Not That I Know Of.”
DAHLIA LITHWICK – Slate

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NIGHTWATCH: Afghanistan – 12 Years of Half-Measures

08 Wild Cards, Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence

Afghanistan: In an interview with the BBC which aired on 7 October, President Karzai strongly criticized the NATO military campaign in Afghanistan. “On the security front, the entire NATO exercise was one that caused Afghanistan a lot of suffering, a lot of loss of life, and no gains because the country is not secure.”

“I am not happy to say that there is partial security. That's not what we are seeking. What we wanted was absolute security and a clear-cut war against terrorism.”

He also said the NATO leadership fought the wrong war. He said initially, relations with the US were good. “In those beginning years there was not much difference of opinion between us”.

“The worsening of relations began in 2005 where we saw the first incidents of civilian casualties, where we saw that the war on terror was not conducted where it should have been.”

Mr Karzai said the war should have been conducted “in the sanctuaries, in the training grounds beyond Afghanistan, rather than that which the US and NATO forces were conducting operations in Afghan villages, causing harm to Afghan people.”

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