Review (Guest): Idiot America — How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free

Charles Pierce 5.0 out of 5 stars It’s True: We See This Everyday, July 2, 2009 By K. Johnson (US/Asia) – See all my reviews “Idiot America” is great, informative book about concepts we see everyday. Also, many of the 1-star reviews are likely biased because of some of the political and religious topics noted. …

Nuclear/Climate Change: CLOSED 17 May 2011

ROLLING UPDATE from Beginning of Crisis SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/PBI-Japan-Update 16 May 2011 ALL:  Study: Seaports unready for climate change CANADA:  Climate change threatens arctic coastlines CHINA:  China’s Nuclear Arsenal: Status and Evolution EUROPE-SPAIN:  Spanish Quake Jolts European Nuclear Debate GERMANY-JAPAN-USA:  Nuclear Nations Turn To Natural Gas And Renewables INDIA:  Manmohan Singh takes stock of country’s …

REVOLUTION 2.0 CLOSED 17 May 2011

16 May 2011 BAHRAIN:  How radical are Bahrain’s Shia? EGYPT:  Could Egypt’s revolution become mirage in the desert? IRAN-BAHRAIN:  Iranian ships carrying aid to Bahrain turned back in Persian Gulf IRAN-SYRIA:  ‘Nakba’ clashes: Iran, Syria trying to turn Arab Spring fury into attacks on Israel? ISRAEL:  The Arab Revolution is knocking at Israel’s door LEBANON-SYRIA:  …

Chuck Spinney: Obama’s Failure of Intelligence & Integrity

My friend Jeff Madrick, and old fashioned liberal democrat in the best sense of the term, has penned a pithy analysis of the anti-empirical madness now dominating the contemporary American political economy.  Jeff concludes that the Right ignores its track record, particularly regarding the clear economic effects of tax cuts, and is rarely challenged on …

Bin Laden Show 67: Paradigm Shift — Bin Laden and the Spring of Arab Revolutions

Towards a New Paradigm Shift: Bin Laden and the Spring of Arab Revolutions By ESAM AL-AMIN 13-15 May 2011 EXTRACT: Despite the dozens of meetings in the review process, it’s remarkable that the whole premise of the U.S. escalation in Afghanistan and Pakistan was not challenged or probed. The U.S. has committed tens of thousands …

Bin Laden Show 51: 1997 Tenet Kills Global Coverage

OSS.Net Posts CIA Report on Global Coverage from July 1997 – George Tenet Blew It Off, Giving Bin Laden Free Rein to Attack WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Robert David Steele Vivas, CEO of OSS.Net, a global open source intelligence (OSINT) provider, has posted to http://tinyurl.com/bzl4f a copy of the unclassified report written for then …