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2011/12/062011/12/06

John Robb: Libertarians Give Up Sea, Focus on Honduras

Libertarian seasteaders give up on the sea, focus on autonomous regions starting with Honduras. Former “Seasteaders” Come Ashore To Start Libertarian Utopias In Honduran Jungle Forgoing the plan to build independent floating cities away from chafing laws, some libertarians—led by Milton Friedman’s grandson, no less—have found something better: desperate countries willing to allow the founding …

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2011/12/04

John Robb: War with Iran Very, Very Close

WAR with IRAN? It’s closer than you think…. Israel’s hawks are VERY close to manufacturing a full scale war with Iran. On Monday the 28th of November, it used special operations forces (referred to below as the “Hand of God”) to blow up a portion of an Iranian Nuclear facility near Isfahan (confirmed by satellite …

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2011/11/30

John Robb: How to Win Any Conflict – Como Ganar Cualquier Conflicto

HOW TO WIN ANY CONFLICT Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:42 AM PST NOTE: I’m in the process of modernizing conflict theory (for wars, insurgencies, protests, etc.) and needed to get this backgrounder on John Boyd’s thinking out of the way first. IF any part of it is unclear/difficult to understand, let me know. I’ll improve …

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2011/11/30

John Robb: US Hollowing Out

Tuesday, 29 November 2011 The US is Hollowing Out (Quickly) There are two great stories from the news that are worth reading: A new bill called the National Defense Authorization act is on its way (promoted by Senator John McCain). This bill will make it legal for the federal government to arrest (both within and …

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2011/11/212011/11/21

John Robb: The Hidden Logic of the Occupy Movement

OCCUPY NOTE 11/20/11: The HIDDEN logic of the Occupy Movement This is what happens when authority is unaccountable and has lost any sense of human connection to a subject population James Fallows, the celebrated American author and columnist. It appears that Occupy’s extreme non-violence/passivity has finally generated a social system disruption. Videos and pictures showing …

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2011/11/18

John Robb: Occupy as a Global Contagion for Good

OCCUPY NOTE 11/17/11 Contagion #ows Occupy is an open source protest. That means it doesn’t have a specific message. It is a container for may groups/motivations/passions held together by simplest of ideas: it is possible to permanently occupy of places of power. Anyone that tells you it needs to have a specific policy agenda is …

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2011/11/17

John Robb: Solar Farming, Localized Power Resilience

SOLAR FARMING Photovoltaic (PV) technology (aka solar panels) is advancing steadily. That advance will occur regardless of whether we have an economic depression or booming prosperity. This advance means that price of PV modules are dropping at a rate of 7% per year (as it has been doing that for decades). This means that by …

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