Naomi Klein: How science is telling us all to revolt

Posted by Contributing Editor Berto Jongman Naomi Klein: How science is telling us all to revolt Is our relentless quest for economic growth killing the planet? Climate scientists have seen the data – and they are coming to some incendiary conclusions. By Naomi Klein NewStatesman, 29 October 2013 In December 2012, a pink-haired complex systems …

Berto Jongman: Bits, Bytes, & Stuff

Atrocities in Central African Republic Crime Pays — Development Role of Gangsters Failure of NSA — Wretched, Truly Wretched IARPA — Equally Wretched Ignorance Project Artemis – OSINT activities on Deep Web Unlocking the NSA Vault with Snowden Documents US Intelligence Reform Act (Have a Puke Bag Handy)

Chuck Spinney: Strategy? Or Stupidity on a Grand Scale?

Professor Brenner gave me permission to distribute and post the attached essay.  Without saying so, he describes a way that seems tailor-made to systematically violate just about all the criteria for a sensible grand strategy.    Chuck Spinney The Blaster   27 OCTOBER 2013 NSA DOES THE GRAND TOUR by Michael Brenner, PhD Professor of International …

SchwartzReport: Celibacy Syndrome in Japan — An End to Skin on Skin, Heart to Heart?

This is an extraordinary trend going on in Japan. It is a very clear example of how national beingness is shaped through unnumbered small seemingly mundane choices made by individuals. Why Have Young People in Japan Stopped Having Sex? Abigail Haworth – The Guardian/Observer (U.K.) Ai Aoyama is a sex and relationship counsellor who works …