Berto Jongman: Alexis C. Mardrigal on Obama’s Technical Team – Soul of a New [Chicago] Machine

Extreme detail. When the Nerds Go Marching In Alexis C. Madrigal The Atlantic, 16 November 2012 EXTRACTS: . . . . . . . . . “The real innovation in 2012 is that we had world-class technologists inside a campaign,” Slaby told me. “The traditional technology stuff inside campaigns had not been at the same …

Ron Paul: 32 Questions – One More Fight?

32 Questions That All Americans Must Answer Activist Post, 16 November 2012 Ron Paul, in his historic farewell speech to Congress this week, asked 32 thought-provoking questions addressed to his fellow Americans. It’s very clear upon examination of these questions that something is very wrong with our government.  Below are his questions:

2012 Robert Steele: Addressing the Seven Sins of Foreign Policy — Why Defense, Not State, Is the Linch Pin for Global Engagement

Short Persistent URL: http://tinyurl.com/Kerry-Flournoy I wrote this with John Kerry and Michele Flourney in mind, but regardless of who is eventually made Secretary of Defense, the core concept remains: the center of gravity for massive change in the US Government and in the nature of how the US Government ineracts with the rest of the …

Tom Atlee: How to address corruption in the U.S. government and elections NOW

  How to address corruption in the U.S. government and elections NOW There’s a flash of hope here: A remarkable U.S. transpartisan group called Represent.Us is promoting a brilliantly designed Anti-Corruption Act. Check it out! The proposed law pulls together a number of anti-corruption and money-out-of-politics approaches into one piece of national legislation. It exposes …

Owl: $20 Table Storms the World — Four Million Back Ordered

How a $20 tablet from India could blindside PC makers, educate billions and transform computing as we know it “This is going to be revolutionary for the developing world” On Sunday Nov. 11, the president of India, Pranab Mukherjee, will have unveiled the seven-inch Aakash 2 tablet computer Tuli’s company is selling to the government …

Owl: Paula Broadwell nee Kranz as Zionist Honey? — Probably Not But Some Questions Do Need to Be Asked

A Covert Affair: Petraeus Caught in the Honeypot? Justin Raimondo has uncovered the connection that Petraeus’ lover, Paula Blackwell [nee Kranz], has to neocon and Zionist entities, which may explain who really brought Petreaus down: “While Broadwell’s current academic affiliation is with Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, her previous post was deputy director of the …