Chuck Spinney: Fed Up With Larry Summers + Immoral Economics RECAP

IMO … Greider is one of the most astute observers of the Fed and the pro-plutocratic antics of the Neo-Liberal Democrats. Fed Up With Larry Summers by William Greider Extract: Don’t be misled. Those who dig into his old speeches and pronouncements will find rich material to make the case for rejecting him. The question …

Reflections on Tired Databases versus Wired Analytics + Jack Davis & Analytic Tradecraft RECAP

There are multiple analytic flaws with most source data, and particularly with any source data labeled in relation to terrorism. If Israelis have have touched the data in any way, shape, or form (especially including the software), it must be considered contaminated and severely suspect.  While I have nothing critical to say about the application …

Stephen E. Arnold: Corruption in Academic Publishing, Microsoft Code Development, and Reuters Insider Trading

Academic Corruption Judge the Work By Its Quality This methodology causes false facts to be considered truth. Briggs brings up the “Trust In Science Would Be Improved By Study Pre-Registration” signed by more than eighty signatories and for the scientific community to require pre-registration for publishing before results are in. The idea is that journals …

Marcus Aurelius: Reserve C-130’s as Poster Child for Strategic Dishonesty

No Clipping These Wings By David Ignatius Washingtonpost.com, July 5, 2013 For an illustration of why the federal government has become so unmanageable, consider the Air Force’s attempt last year to cut its budget by retiring unneeded warplanes. This sensible policy ran into a shredder — largely because of the political clout of the Air …

Search: management, integration, and oversight of intelligence collection and covert action

Here is the original post of the document and our critique. Reference: Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) Number 300: Management, Integration, and Oversight of Intelligence Collection and Covert Action Since then the position of the ADDNI/OS has been abolished, the long-standing director of the OSC that did so much damage in his ignorance and arrogance has …

Worth a Look: Science in the Private Interest: Has the Lure of Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research?

Book Description: Something has changed in the culture and values of academic science over the last quarter-century. University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. How can an academic scientist honor knowledge for its own sake, while also using knowledge as a means to …