20120809 Open Source Everything Highlights

Open Source Everything TWITTER HASH: #openall DAILY HIGHLIGHTS: http://tinyurl.com/OSE-ALL THE LIST:  http://tinyurl.com/OSE-LIST THE AGENCY:  http://tinyurl.com/OSA2011 THE BOOK: http://tinyurl.com/OSE-PAPER THE AUTHOR: http://tinyurl.com/Steele2012 TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS:  All Opens Below Line  Includes Autonomous Internet, Crowd-Funding/Sensing/Sourcing, DIY, and Transparency, Truth, Trust, & True Cost

Chuck Spinney: Global Moral Downside of Privatizing US Military Support

In the late 1980s, under the leadership of Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, the Pentagon began to privatise many of  the military’s support services that had traditionally be done soldiers, sailors, and airmen — laundries, dining halls, security guards, cleaning latrines, some supply functions, etc.  It was argued at the time that this would save …

Event: 16-19 July Las Vegas 2012 International Conference on Internet Computing

2012 International Conference on Internet Computing Dates: Jul 16 – 19, 2012 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada   Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Social networks Next generation of internet + modeling and analysis Traffic models and statistics Metacomputing Electronic commerce and internet Resource management and location Design and analysis of …

Marcus Aurelius: Your Garbage Man is Watching You – Do Not Yawn

Sounds like good idea as long as everybody knows the rules of game. Garbage Collectors Around the U.S. Trained to Report Suspicious Activity Public Intelligence Several newspapers in southern Florida are reporting that trash collectors are receiving training from their employer Waste Management to work with local law enforcement to report crimes and other suspicious …

Chuck Spinney: For the Record – Government Complicit, Banks Walk Away from Mortgage Crimes with 1% Settlement

The Top Twelve Reasons Why You Should Hate the Mortgage Settlement Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, 9 Feb 2012 As readers may know by now, 49 of 50 states have agreed to join the so-called mortgage settlement, with Oklahoma the lone refusenik. Although the fine points are still being hammered out, various news outlets (New York …

Mini-Me: Warning Notice – America Burning in the Spring + RECAP

NIGHTWATCH: US: For the record. Declaring “war” on the United States, a militant Palestinian faction — Ma’sadat al-Mujahidin — claimed responsibility for a 19 January forest fire near Reno, Nevada. The group threatened more action and set a 3-month deadline for the “enemies of Islam” to “disavow” Israel’s control of contested lands and its “actions …

Eagle: Montana to Recall Two Senators and One Congressman Who Voted for NDAA

Montanans Launch Recall of Senators Who Approved NDAA Military Detention. Merry Christmas, US Senate From the press release (last revised 12/28/2011): Moving quickly on Christmas Day after the US Senate voted 86 – 14 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 (NDAA) which allows for the indefinite military detention of American citizens without …