Blumenthal added: “Senior European security officials caution that AQIM is watching developments in Libya, and elements of that organization have been in touch with tribes in the southeastern part of the country. These [European] officials are concerned that in a post-Qaddafi Libya, France and other western European countries must move quickly to ensure that the new government does not allow AQIM and others to set up small, semi-autonomous local entities — or ‘Caliphates’ — in the oil and gas producing regions of southeastern Libya.”
Daniel Araya: Education and Underemployment in the Age of Machine Intelligence
03 Economy, 04 Education, 11 Society, Commerce, Corruption, Government, IdiocyEducation and Underemployment in the Age of Machine Intelligence
What is the root cause of persistent underemployment in the United States today? The short answer is technology.
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Steven Aftergood: CRS on Separation of Powers
Corruption, Ethics, GovernmentThe Congressional Research Service departed from its usual focus on current policy and legislative issues to produce a new disquisition on the separation of powers in the U.S. government. The separation of powers doctrine “is rooted in a political philosophy that aims to keep power from consolidating in any single person or entity, and a key goal of the framers of the Constitution was to establish a governing system that diffused and divided power.”
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Mongoose: Government Treason in Flint, Michigan
Corruption, Government, Idiocy, IneptitudeClassic government arrogance, corruption, and ignorance….treason.
Flint Wants Safe Water, and Someone to Answer for Its Crisis
In a scathing initial report last month, a task force appointed by Mr. Snyder found that the State Department of Environmental Quality’s response to health concerns “was often one of aggressive dismissal, belittlement and attempts to discredit these efforts and the individuals involved.” That approach, the report added, was “completely unacceptable.”
Mongoose: Germans Warn Saudi Arabia Destabilizing Middle East
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, Corruption, Government, Idiocy, IO Deeds of War, Officers CallGerman spy agency warns of Saudi intervention destabilizing Arab world
Germany's foreign intelligence agency BND has released a disparaging report on Saudi Arabia. Their assessment says the country is destabilizing the Middle East with proxy wars in Yemen and elsewhere in the region.
Mike Lofgren: Inside the US Deep State — How Elites Control Politicians and Bureaucrats — Openly
Civil Society, Commerce, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, GovernmentA corrupt network of wealthy elites has hijacked our government, ex-GOP staffer and best-selling author tells Salon
CounterPunch: Origins of the Oregon Confrontation Between Ranches and Federal Government
Corruption, Earth Intelligence, GovernmentShowdown in the Malheur Marshes: the Origins of Rancher Terrorism in Burns, Oregon
In the early 1990s, Hammond repeatedly transgressed federal environmental laws, trespassed on federal lands and hurled death threats at federal wildlife officials. Little action was taken against Hammond by a timid Clinton administration. Emboldened, Hammond and some of his fellow ranchers continued over the next two decades to flagrantly flout environmental laws and harass federal officials. These activities finally culminated in an act of poaching on Steens Mountain and two arson fires. Hammond and his son were convicted in federal court and sentenced to five years in prison. That conviction sparked the armed takeover of federal buildings now unfolding in Burns. Here is our report from 1995. — JSC