Berto Jongman: Video of Clinton Signaling Holt in Rigged Debate Quickly Censored
Corruption, Media
A YouTube with very compelling evidence that Hillary Clinton could control Lester Holt with a finger to her face signal was seen world-wide via YouTube until it was removed by YouTube citing a copyright claim. The tape showed in very clear fashion how a finger signal from Clinton would yield a move by Holt to bring her into the conversation where she would deliver a pre-scripted “zinger.” A contrary opinion is also provided below.
YouTube (Now Censored) . Signaled and Triggered #RiggedDebate
The Bizarre Debate Conspiracy Theory That’s Spreading In Alt-Right Circles
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Del Spurlock: Propaganda Defeats the Public Interest — The Legalization of Lies, the Triumph of Corporations Over People
Civil Society, Ethics
Spinning the Inhumanity of our National Policies
We are failing to govern ourselves. The concept of American democracy has been driven from the field by the public relations industry.
Today we consume far beyond our means, are governed by the exploitation of our fears, and are denied the civic participation decreed by our Constitution.
…it was the Reagan Administration that delivered the most significant blow to our capacity to communicate with one another and thereby govern ourselves. The public relations cadre around the President lead by Michael Deaver and Charles Wick forced the abandonment of the FCC's Fairness Doctrine. The constraints on propaganda in the public media evaporated as did journalism's capacity to speak truth to power.
Berto Jongman: Military Victory is Dead
Corruption, Military, Peace Intelligence…military victory is dead. And it was killed by a bunch of cheap stuff.
By ML Cavanaugh
RealClear Defense, September 15, 2016
We live in the cheap war era, where the attacker has the advantage and the violent veto is always possible. Political leaders can speak and say tough stuff, promise ruthless revenge – it doesn’t matter, ultimately, because if you can’t disarm the enemy, you can’t parade the tanks.
Stephen E. Arnold: US Government Struggling with IT — 77% of funding consumed by O&M — while Palantir sues US Army for business….
#OSE Open Source Everything, Government, Ineptitude, IO Impotency, Military
US Government: Computer Infrastructure
Notice that the US Federal government spent $0.68 cents of every IT dollar on operations and maintenance in 2010. Jump to the 2017 estimate. Notice that the status quo is likely to consume $0.77 cents of every IT dollar.
Bam! Pow! Zap! Palantir Steps Up Fight with US Army
I recall one Master of the Universe telling me, “Keep the client happy.” Today an alternative approach has emerged [and is being pioneered by Palantir]. I term it “Fight with the client.” I assume the tactic works really well.
Stephen E. Arnold: The Dishonesty of Harvard (on Sugar)
Academia, CorruptionAbove headline by Phi Beta Iota editors. Below is original headline.
Harvard: Does the University Sell What the Customer Wants?
Consider fat and sugar. The answer is my reaction to “Sugar Industry Secretly Paid for Favorable Harvard Research.” For the moment, let’s assume that this article is spot on.
The write up informed me:
As nutrition debates raged in the 1960s, prominent Harvard nutritionists published two reviews in a top medical journal downplaying the role of sugar in coronary heart disease. Newly unearthed documents reveal what they didn’t say: A sugar industry trade group initiated and paid for the studies, examined drafts, and laid out a clear objective to protect sugar’s reputation in the public eye.
Berto Jongman: FBI Pays $1.3M for a $100 Hack
Government, Ineptitude, IO Impotency, Law EnforcementThe FBI spent $1.3M to crack the iPhone — this hacker spent just $100
A security researcher has demonstrated that the passcode of an iPhone can be cracked using off-the-shelf components which cost just $100 — a tiny fraction of the $1.3 million the FBI paid a third party to do the same thing in the case of an iPhone 5C belonging to the San Bernardino shooter earlier this year. In a video posted on YouTube and an accompanying paper describing the technique, University of Cambridge associate researcher Sergei Skorobogatov showed how a four digit passcode could be revealed in less than two days using a technique known as Nand mirroring.
