Journal: Stronger Signals–Naked Virginia Police Chiefs

+++++++Phi Beta Iota Editorial Comment+++++++ We’ve seen quite a few stupid, abusive policemen–generally in Third World countries, struggling to make a living, treating corruption as a form of life insurance.  What we have not seen ourselves in Virginia, is stupid, abusive police chiefs and ignorant abusive “undercover” officers who go after citizens whose only crime …

Journal: Chuck Spinney Flags Israel’s Use of Economic Strangulation (A Form of Genocide or Other Atrocity)

SANCTIMONEOUS HERESY: Right-wing Israelis demonstrate in Jabal Mukabber after hundreds ransacked the village in occupied East Jerusalem, destroying Palestinian property, March 2008. (Meged Gozani/Activestills) A third uprising? Gary M. Burge,The Electronic Intifada,3 August 2009 Gary M. Burge is professor of New Testament at Wheaton College in Chicago. He is author of Whose Land? Whose Promise? …

Journal: Marcus Aurelius Flags Force Protection Blinders

Protection Rackets By Christopher Dickey | Newsweek Web Exclusive Jul 31, 2009 In Afghanistan, Americans should deploy Pvt. Social Worker and Maj. Sociologist. PBI:  The conclusion first: “You have to learn to discriminate if you’re going to win,” said Villalobos. “And in Afghanistan, that’s the problem. You don’t know how to do that. You don’t speak …

Journal: US Attorney General Homegrown Terror Threat Increasing

In ABC News Exclusive, Attorney General Eric Holder Says ‘American People Would be Surprised by the Depth of the Threat’ By PIERRE THOMAS, JASON RYAN and THERESA COOK WASHINGTON, July 29, 2009 Attorney General Eric Holder told ABC News in an exclusive interview today that he is increasingly concerned about Americans becoming radicalized and turning …