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Open Source Revolution – 3 Ways Humanity Will Never Be The Same

Jeffrey Jaxen

Waking Times, 9 November 2014

Taking a pulse check of the conscious awakening of humanity on all levels, it is sometimes difficult to describe the feelings and experiences we are all encountering. As covered in the recent documentary Collective Evolution III, many signs and yardsticks seem to concur with the filmmakers’ findings that we are riding the wave of something big. One thing is for sure, communities, societies, and the world are in the midst of throwing off any attempts at oppressive control and suppression of information with no signs of stopping.

Open Source Journalism . Open Natural Science . Open Source Archeology

Phi Beta Iota: We have a list of 55 “opens” and there are of course many more. It is an “all in” endeavor.

2014/11/092014/12/01

Review: The Good War – Why We Couldn’t Win the War or the Peace in Afghanistan

4 Star, Asymmetric, Cyber, Hacking, Odd War, Empire, Sorrows, Hubris, Blowback, Power (Pathologies & Utilization), Stabilization & Reconstruction

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Jack Fairweather

4.0 out of 5 stars British, CIA, US Flag Level View — Scores Settled, Some Facts Wrong or Missing, November 9, 2014

This is a preliminary review. My usual summary review with detail will be posted in a day or two. I did a fast read last night and formed the following impressions:

01 This is a British perspective heavily weighted by a very narrow range of sources that favor a small number of US Department of State, CIA, and US military officers.

02 It has enough meat to demand a second detailed reading with my usual extensive notes, such as I just provided for Afghanistan: The Perfect Failure – A War Doomed by the Coalition's Strategies, Policies and Political Correctness.

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2014/11/092014/11/09

Berto Jongman: Trevor Tim in The Guardian on American Lies and Fear-Mongering About ISIS and Mor Elective Unaffordable War

Corruption, Government, Idiocy, IO Deeds of War

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The American fear-mongering machine is about to scare us back into war again

So how, exactly, will the administration accomplish “destroying” Isis, when no amount of bombs and soldiers have been able to destroy al-Qaida or the Taliban in nearly 13 years of fighting? The administration openly admits it has no idea how long it will take, only that it won’t be quick. “It may take a year, it may take two years, it may take three years,” John Kerry said. He didn’t add, “it might take another 13”, but he might as well have.

Phi Beta Iota: The US Government lacks both intelligence and integrity. At the “bought and paid for” policy level t is wrong half the time, and lies to the public the rest of the time. As this article makes clear, the good people in the US Intelligence Community have it right on ISIS — not a threat. They are ignored. Who benefits?

2014/11/092014/11/09

Stephen E. Arnold: Does Amazon Lack Integrity? Where is Due Diligence on Authorship (Including Kindle Spam Fraud Books from Pakistan and India)?

Commerce, Corruption, Ineptitude, IO Impotency

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Amazon: Not Right for Some Authors

I wanted to call this write up Godforsaken ID. But you might plug in the letter “C” or you might not. I suggest you track down a dead tree edition of the still dog paddling New York Times. Check out the business section and look for the Google pleasing headline “Prominent Editor’s Exit a Setback for Amazon Publishing Unit.” I quite like the juxtaposition of prominent, setback, and everyone’s favorite online WalMart.” You may be able to view a version of the story at this link, but I make no promises in this money oriented era.)

The write up has a great quote or two.

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2014/11/082014/11/08

Berto Jongman: It’s Official — US an Oligarchy Controlled by 42 People

01 Poverty, 03 Economy, 07 Other Atrocities, 10 Transnational Crime, 11 Society, Civil Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government

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Six related headlines.

Princeton Study: U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy (TalkingPointsMemo)

Using data drawn from over 1,800 different policy initiatives from 1981 to 2002, the two conclude that rich, well-connected individuals on the political scene now steer the direction of the country, regardless of or even against the will of the majority of voters.

Russia Declares US An Oligarchy, Warns Constitutional Republic Is Dead (WhatDoesItMean)

What this past week’s US election shows, however, the MoFA in this report says, are that all of the Republican and Democratic Party candidates for office (Federal and State) were funded by just forty-two people who were responsible for nearly a third of Super PAC monies raised, and only 666,773 wealthy individuals out of a nation having a population of over 319 million.

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2014/11/082014/11/08

Review: Afghanistan: The Perfect Failure – A War Doomed By The Coalition’s Strategies, Policies and Political Correctness

4 Star, Asymmetric, Cyber, Hacking, Odd War, Congress (Failure, Reform), Corruption, Crime (Government), Culture, Research, Empire, Sorrows, Hubris, Blowback, Executive (Partisan Failure, Reform), Insurgency & Revolution, Military & Pentagon Power, Misinformation & Propaganda, Politics, Power (Pathologies & Utilization), Religion & Politics of Religion, Terrorism & Jihad, War & Face of Battle

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John L. Cook

4.0 out of 5 stars Deep Insights, A Couple of Misses, Certainly Recommended as Core Reading, November 8, 2014

A hold over from my time in Afghanistan, I finally got around to reading this book on a long flight and give it a solid four stars. There is some very good eye opening stuff in this book, including some facts I itemize below that I plain did not know before. However, the author is also very wrong on a couple of key points, I address those at the end of my review when I suggest ten other books to also read. I do respect this book and the author's candid useful appraisal, and recommend it to anyone thinking about how criminally insane our US national insecurity/fraud system really is. We are our own worst enemy, and as Martin Luther King said before he was assassinated for saying so, “the greatest purveyors of (illegitimate) violence in the world.”

At a meta-level, this is a five-star read and absolutely worthy of being included in any orientation collection. Meta points I salute:

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2014/11/082014/11/08

Stefan Molyneux: Bitcoin vs. Political Power – The Cryptocurrency Revolution — To Limit Money Is To Limit Political Power!

Civil Society, Commerce, Corruption, Ethics, Government

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When governments can print money,
they do not have to ask the people to make choices.

Tip of the Hat to Tom Miller of Unlimited You Education.

Phi Beta Iota: The Automated Payment Transaction (APT) Tax that remains central to Robert Steele's vision for an honest balanced government in the USA, is an alternative to BitCoin. The APT tax rate is set by national, state, and local ballot. This means that the government must have a balanced budget and bottom line need that is validated by the people, and it also means that the government cannot fund wars, bank bail-outs, and other atrocities without first getting the public to agree to raise the rate.