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2015/07/112015/07/11

Mongoose: American Psychological Association Pandered to DoD, Threw Ethics Aside to Validate Torture UPDATE 1

Sacks of shit. Report: American Psychological Association colluded with U.S. interrogation programs EXTRACT The probe concluded that the association’s ethics director and others had “colluded with important [Department of Defense] officials to have APA issue loose, high-level ethical guidelines that did not constrain” the Pentagon in its interrogation of terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. …

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2015/07/082015/07/07

Stephen E. Arnold: Social Media Fakery

Misinformation and Truth: An Issue in Play Navigate to “Italian Newspaper Creates Fake Restaurant to Prove TripAdvisor Sucks.” The story tells the story of a real journalistic operation which created a non existent restaurant. Then the real journalists contributed reviews of the vaporous eatery. TripAdvisor’s algorithms sucked in the content and, according to the write …

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2015/07/042015/07/03

Review: Killing Hope – US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II

William Blum 5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Reference on the Toxicity of US Military at Direction of Political Criminals, July 3, 2015 This is the UPDATED edition bring this long-standing historical tour de force up from the last edition that ended in 2008, to 2014. This means that it includes the newest elective wars …

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2015/06/092015/06/08

Jean Lievens: Can Evolution Explain Kindness? Are Political, Social, & Economic Altruism Important?

The hard problem: Tom Stoppard on the limits of what science can explain Can evolution explain acts of kindness, and morality? We arranged a debate between a sceptical Tom Stoppard and the evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson. Stuart Jeffries acted as referee selfishness beats altruism within groups, but altruistic groups beat selfish ones

2015/05/092015/05/09

Mongoose: NATO Relies on Social Media, Not CIA

US NATO envoy: ‘I get most info on Ukraine conflict from social networks’ “We should all ask ourselves: why is it that we know so little really about what is going on in Donbass,” the US ambassador to NATO told “Friends of Europe” forum in Brussels. “I mean, frankly, I read more on social media …

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2015/04/26

Owl: It’s Official – ISIS in Mexico, Jade Helm in USA — Collision Looms

It’s Official Now – TSA Warns of Possible ISIS Attack on U.S. Soil Somebody in the government appears to be finally taking notice of the story that came out about 10 days ago in alternative media that ISIS is close to US border in Mexico. Together with Jade Helm “occupation” of Southwest USA, this could …

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2015/04/242015/04/23

Stephen E. Arnold: Social Media Demographics

Social Network Demographics by the Numbers EXTRACT: Here are some of the facts: Facebook is still mostly female and remains the top network. Twitter leans heavier on the male demographic, while YouTube reaches more adults in 18-34 demographic than cable TV. Instagram is considered the most important of teenage social networks, but Snapchat has the …

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