Owl: Seeding Fear – The Monsanto Story
01 Agriculture, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Transnational Crime, Commerce, Corruption, GovernmentWorth a Look: Governance Structures of Free/Open Source Software Development
Software
Free online, PhD dissertation defended 10 December 2012, 321 pages.
Governance Structures of Free/Open Source Software Development
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Jean Lievens: OpenMinTeD Cross-Science Text and Data Mining
Advanced Cyber/IO
The next step in Open Science? Text and Data Mining!
The new H2020 European project “OpenMinTeD” will be the first to build an infrastructure that makes it much easier to mine, by making existing text mining tools discoverable, interoperable and usable. The infrastructure brings together text and data registries/databases and will develop a standard layer, that makes it possible to easily find text and data from all over the world, and mine it. . . . It brings together the different stakeholders, content providers and scientific communities, text mining and infrastructure builders, legal experts, data and computing centres, industrial players and SMEs.
Sahil Kini: The India Internet – in 780 Languages, 86 Scripts, 29 Major Languages, 22 of Them Official
Advanced Cyber/IO
One LaaS Thing: Building the Indian Internet in local languages
India today speaks 780 languages represented in 86 different scripts. 29 of them are spoken by at least a million people, 22 are recognized by the Constitution as official languages. One of them, of course, is English. From being the language of colonial oppression, it has now risen to the status of the language of aspiration. Whenever I bring up the topic of the need for the promotion of India languages, I’m waved away by most who say that the rise of English speakers is inevitable. And perhaps it is.
Gareth Porter: Framing Iran for Khobar Towers — Who Benefits? Saudi Arabia & Zionist Israel UPDATE 1
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 09 Terrorism, Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War, Peace Intelligence
Who Bombed Khobar Towers? Anatomy of a Crooked Terrorism Investigation
- The official Khobar Towers investigation led by FBI Director Louis Freeh was precooked to arrive at the outcome that had been politically determined by the White House.
- The only evidence of Saudi Shi'a involvement in the bombing was from confessions obtained by torture by Saudi secret police.
- The investigation ignored compelling evidence that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda – not Iran-supported Saudi Hezbollah” – planned and executed the bombing.
UPDATE 1: With Khobar Bomber's Arrest, Saudi Arabia Deals Blow to Iran
Phi Beta Iota: Asked about this, Gareth Porter responded: It doesn't change in the least any of the analysis in my article about the politicized investigation and conclusion by Louis Freeh and the FBI. Will the Saudis now seek to revive their accusations against the Saudi Shi'a in the Khobar Towers bombing? Perhaps so, but it is difficult to see how it would have any more credibility than it did in 1996-2001.
Mongoose: When Propaganda Displaces Democracy
Cultural Intelligence
When propaganda displaces democracy
Nothing in a democracy is outside the reach of propaganda, from media to politics to education. Its influence on citizens’ choices can’t be overstated — and is even harder to overcome. In his new book, How Propaganda Works, Jason Stanley, a Yale philosophy professor, explains it’s always been that way. Stanley tracks propaganda’s history across continents and through decades, illuminating its power to make people vote against their own best interests.
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