The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Laying the Foundation for the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is coming, but so far it's a fragmented mess. In order for it to work the way it's envisioned, some coopetition may be in order. The business models that reward innovation, that are open, and that are fully interoperable at all levels are the ones that will be successful. The Internet of Things will come into being only when the interoperability challenges are conquered.
An online textbook by Rob J Hyndman and George Athanasopoulos.
A print version of this book will be made available via Amazon in the second half of 2013. This online version will remain freely available. If you have any comments or suggestions on the book, feel free to add them to the comments at the end of the Preface.
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Iraq Vet Kills Himself After Being Ordered to Commit “War Crimes”
“These things go far beyond what most are even aware of”
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
June 24, 2013
Iraq war veteran Daniel Somers committed suicide following an arduous battle with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that was caused by his role in committing “crimes against humanity,” according to the soldier’s suicide note.
Somers was assigned to a Tactical Human-Intelligence Team (THT) in Baghdad which saw him involved in more than 400 combat missions as a machine gunner in the turret of a Humvee, in addition to his role in conducting interrogations.
Somers’ suicide note is a powerful indictment of the invasion of Iraq and how it ruined the lives of both countless millions of Iraqis as well as innumerable US troops sent in to do the dirty work of the military-industrial complex.
“The simple truth is this: During my first deployment, I was made to participate in things, the enormity of which is hard to describe. War crimes, crimes against humanity,” wrote Somers. “Though I did not participate willingly, and made what I thought was my best effort to stop these events, there are some things that a person simply can not come back from. I take some pride in that, actually, as to move on in life after being part of such a thing would be the mark of a sociopath in my mind. These things go far beyond what most are even aware of.”
Somers also complains about how he was forced to “participate in the ensuing coverup” of such crimes.
I think any small investor in the market has taken their life in their hands. In an age of algorithm computer trading, rampant dishonesty and corruption, small investors strike me as being as vulnerable as baby bunnies. Because of that view I don't spend a lot of time following markets in detail. But I do maintain a general overview, and the number of articles in the financial press sounding a klaxon, as this one d! oes, are growing in frequency. I have chosen this one because it is a compendium of the others. I think we need to take this seriously.
Doomsday Poll: 87% Risk of Stock Crash by Year-end
PAUL B. FARRELL – MarketWatch
We are never going to reverse the country's decline until we are willing to tell ourselves the truth about ourselves. Here's what I mean. Click through the to see the charts that accompany this report.
Big Lie: America Doesn't Have #1 Richest Middle-Class in the World… We're Ranked 27th
LES LEOPOLD – AlterNet (U.S.)
The evidence against glyphosates — a poison found in Roundup and other weed killers is insinuating itself literally into our tissues. The implications of this are only now beginning to be considered, and none of the news is good. Note that this is a European study where glyphosates are far less prevalent than they are in the U.S. No one has done the American study. Why is that do you think? And, of course, Monsanto says there's no problem.
Weed Killer Glyphosate Found in Human Urine Across Europe
ANNE SEWELL – Digital Journal
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“If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles”
Food For Thought
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally … You might live in a country run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion … You might live in a country run by idiots.
If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor or check out a library book, but not to vote who runs the government … You might live in a country run by idiots.
If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt … You might live in a country run by idiots.
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After leaving The Washington Post in 1977, Carl Bernstein spent six months looking at the relationship of the CIA and the press during the Cold War years. His 25,000-word cover story, published in Rolling Stone on October 20, 1977, is reprinted below.
How Americas Most Powerful News Media Worked Hand in Glove with the Central Intelligence Agency and Why the Church Committee Covered It Up
BY CARL BERNSTEIN
In 1953, Joseph Alsop, then one of America’s leading syndicated columnists, went to the Philippines to cover an election. He did not go because he was asked to do so by his syndicate. He did not go because he was asked to do so by the newspapers that printed his column. He went at the request of the CIA.
Alsop is one of more than 400 American journalists who in the past twenty‑five years have secretly carried out assignments for the Central Intelligence Agency, according to documents on file at CIA headquarters. Some of these journalists’ relationships with the Agency were tacit; some were explicit. There was cooperation, accommodation and overlap. Journalists provided a full range of clandestine services—from simple intelligence gathering to serving as go‑betweens with spies in Communist countries. Reporters shared their notebooks with the CIA. Editors shared their staffs. Some of the journalists were Pulitzer Prize winners, distinguished reporters who considered themselves ambassadors without‑portfolio for their country. Most were less exalted: foreign correspondents who found that their association with the Agency helped their work; stringers and freelancers who were as interested in the derring‑do of the spy business as in filing articles; and, the smallest category, full‑time CIA employees masquerading as journalists abroad. In many instances, CIA documents show, journalists were engaged to perform tasks for the CIA with the consent of the managements of America’s leading news organizations.
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