Penguin: Cataloging Wounds of War to Help Heal Them — Not Big Data, Not Small Data, But Rather Integrated “Smart” Data

Cataloging Wounds of War to Help Heal Them By C. J. CHIVERS New York Times,  May 17, 2012 FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — To those unfamiliar with a battlefield’s bleak routine, Col. Michael D. Wirt’s database could be read like a catalog of horrors. In it, more than 500 American soldiers are subjected to characteristic forms …

David Swanson: Colin Powell’s Treason – Lest We Forget

Colin Powell’s Tangled Web “I get mad when bloggers accuse me of lying — of knowing the information was false. I didn’t.” — Colin Powell. Can you imagine having an opportunity to address the United Nations Security Council about a matter of great global importance, with all the world’s media watching, and using it to… …

Marcus Aurelius: The Pentagon’s New Defense Clandestine Service

The Pentagon’s New Defense Clandestine Service American Thinker, 27 April 2012 Earlier this week, the Associated Press reported a new intelligence initiative coming out of the Pentagon. We are constantly reminded that intelligence agencies have difficulty sharing their work, yet the Pentagon has decided to create another intelligence agency — the Defense Clandestine Service. Many …

John Steiner: Occupy-Tea Party Connection

The Tea Party Occupy Connection A Small Movement with Huge Potential Tea party, Occupy supporters find they have many similarities | DailyTidings.com Tea party, Occupy groups find common ground in Worcester Common ground for Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street? (2011)

Berto Jongman: Interesting Global Security Links

Al Qaeda Struggles with Training, Diminishing World Influence, says TRAC Black-Scholes: The maths formula linked to the financial crash Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation Has the internet run out of ideas already? Internet censorship listed: how does each country compare? Internet Hall of Fame (Pioneers, Innovators, …