Journal ISSN 1078-1935 – Page 2607 – Public Intelligence Blog

But Nobody Pays That

G.E.’s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether

The New York Times, March 24, 2011

General Electric, the nation’s largest corporation, had a very good year
in 2010.

The company reported worldwide profits of $14.2 billion, and said $5.1
billion of the total came from its operations in the United States.

Its American tax bill? None. In fact, G.E. claimed a tax benefit of $3.2
billion.

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Phi Beta Iota: This is an atrocity, a crime against humanity. Legalized crime in the US has reached heights not seen in modern history. There is no social contract between the government and those puportedlyostensibly governed. GRIFTOPIA meets Empire of Illusion. The systemic corruption of America–the Paradigms of Failure–is daunting to those who strive to serve the public interest. Integrity–one word–absent across the board. Why? Because they can get away with it.

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Reference: US CoC on Cyber-Security

Advanced Cyber/IO, Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Government, Military

Source Online (26 Pages)

Phi Beta Iota: This is interesting at multiple levels. It demonstrates that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) endeavor to achieve common solutions is not only not working, but does not properly integrate industry. It demonstrates that Cyber-Command is off on its own warpath, and not thinking deeply about the issues that this White Paper raises. Finally, it is a perfect display of the tail end of Industrial Era thinking, assuming that top down coordination of anything is going to be effective in a bottom-up world. The Autonomous Internet is NOT something these people are even aware of….

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Fatal Game of Chess–Obama Moves, Public Loses

Corruption

Phi Beta Iota: This email is circulating in gold trading circles. It does two things: establishes the absolute corruption of the US Congress in abdicating all of its Constitutional responsibilities in the public interest; and draws a line between “high Jews” that do not support Israel and “low Jews” that are now allegedly “not counted” anymore by the Obama Administration.

THE FATAL GAME OF CHESS.

Have you ever heard of the Scotch Gambit? It is not as often plaid as the Ruy Lopez or The Indian Defense, and if you are not a chess player, you may have a problem following the logic of this article. If some of you will be offended I propose you take a wait and see attitude and let time expose the game and its results. This is about the Middle East Chess Game and the latest moves. Perhaps it will explain some seemingly unconnected events and point out possible future moves by the players.

One of the basic characteristics of the Scotch Gambit followed by a “swindle” was best played by an old US chess master F.J. Marshall. Assume that Pres. Obama and his advisers want to accomplish a “swindle” that is three moves removed from today’s action. Attacking Libya was a move calculated to mislead Congress and the various political alignments in the US, but it has laid the foundation for a future similar drastic move. Willing to accept attacks form both right and the left seems to be a high price to pay by President Obama, but once the objective is accomplished, he will be forgiven. So what is the objective?

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2011/03/24

Obama fails to grasp the gravity of going to war

08 Wild Cards, 10 Security, 11 Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, IO Impotency, Military, Officers Call

Although a partisan paper, the Examiner does show the lack of
understanding that is permeating the current administration……..

By: Byron York 03/24/11 8:05 PM

The Examiner

“I see Obama's visiting the United States,” said Rush Limbaugh on
Thursday, the president's first full day back in Washington after a spring
break diplomatic tour of Latin America….

. . . . . . .

After ordering troops into action, the president headed off to South
America with his wife, daughters, mother-in-law, and mother-in-law's
friend in tow. There was no solemn, reasoned speech to explain why the
U.S. was going to war…..

obama goes to war ii — Click on Image to Enlarge

Meanwhile, the White House is at times having difficulty simply making
sense. The president talked about an “exit strategy” in which American forces would not exit at all. And administration officials are going out of their way to deny that the Libyan fighting, which involves a significant fleet of U.S. warships and U.S. warplanes, is a “war.” Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters Wednesday that Libya
wasn't a war, describing it instead as a “kinetic military action.”

OpenBSC & OpenBTS

Autonomous Internet, Collective Intelligence, Commercial Intelligence, Communities of Practice, Ethics

OpenBSC is worth a close look.

OpenBSC is the current name for a software program that started with the name bs11-abis.

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What is OpenBSC

It is a BSC (Base Station Controller) side implementation of the A-bis protocol, as implemented in the GSM Technical Specification 08.5x and 12.21. It implements a minimal subset of the BSC, MSC and HLR. It does not implement ant of the interfaces (like the A and B interfaces) between the higher-order GSM network components.

The goal of the project is to

provide a basis for experimentation and security research with GSM from the network side
document, publicized and point out any security related issues that we find as part of that
learn more about GSM networks on a lower level, particularly the practical aspects with real-world equipment

We are not primarily interested in

building a stable/reliable BSC/MSC for deployment in networks requiring high-9 (99.999….) availability
building something that follows the GSM spec to the last detail
disrupting actual commercial GSM network

Learn more…..

Phi Beta Iota: We have learned that the OpenBTS pioneers are working with and admire OpenBSC–the latter has different goals and the architecture is traditional.

See Also:

OpenBTS at Burning Man: Best Full Story

Range Networks: The ONLY OpenBTS Real Deal

Reference: Freedom & Sovereignty in the Cloud

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Syrian Domino Teeters….

05 Iran, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 11 Society, Advanced Cyber/IO, Civil Society, Corruption, Counter-Oppression/Counter-Dictatorship Practices, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Peace Intelligence

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad faces most serious unrest of his tenure

By Leila Fadel, Thursday, March 24

Washington Post

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was facing the most serious unrest of his 11-year tenure Thursday as anti-government protests in a southwestern city threatened to escalate after a deadly crackdown.

. . . . . . .

On Wednesday, security forces launched a pre-dawn raid in the city in which dozens of people were killed, according to witnesses and activists. Precise estimates of the death toll range from 15 to 51.

On Thursday, witnesses said, thousands of people gathered in the city to bury the dead, chanting, “Syria! Freedom!”

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Phi Beta Iota: “Freedom” is neither a partisan term, nor one that can be bought by Lockheed Martin or discounted by Goldman Sachs. Young, freedom, and the autonomous Internet. Not at all what the “elite” had planned. Most interestingly, the dominos falling to non-violent public will are in sharp contrast to the published plan of the neo-conservatives to take down the Middle East by force–nuclear if necessary.

Reflections on Revolution, Information & Civil Affairs

2011/03/24

Taliban Controls Cell Service in Helmand

08 Wild Cards, Civil Society, Commerce, Cultural Intelligence, Government, IO Technologies, Military, Peace Intelligence

what now, army cow? who's actually in control of the guts of Helmand?

BLOG: Taliban Cuts Cellphone Service in Helmand

Media: At War (NY Times)
Byline: RAY RIVERA
Date: 24 March 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai surprised some people this week when he announced that his forces would take over security responsibilities from international forces in the city of Lashkar Gah, capital of the volatile southern province of Helmand, this summer.

But if the news spread quickly, it did not travel by cellphone. That’s because mobile phone networks throughout the province have been silenced for nearly a week now under orders of the Taliban, according to company officials.

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Category: Journal ISSN 1078-1935

General Electric 2010: No Taxes, Claimed 3.2B Credit

Reference: US CoC on Cyber-Security

Fatal Game of Chess–Obama Moves, Public Loses

Obama fails to grasp the gravity of going to war

OpenBSC & OpenBTS

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What is OpenBSC

Syrian Domino Teeters….

Taliban Controls Cell Service in Helmand

Learn More.... What is OpenBSC

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What is OpenBSC