Stephen E. Arnold: DuckDuckGo Clobbering Google Goose – Robert Steele Comments

The Duck Is Gaining Over the Google Goose July 5, 2013 Remember the old child game “duck duck goose?” It is now time to play “duck duck Google” with the top search engine chasing DuckDuckGo around in a circle. The privacy-based search engine may still end up being in the metaphorical pot, but Search Engine …

Chuck Spinney: Is Syria About Natural Gas Under the Mediterranean?

The attached essay describes the natural gas bonanza in the Eastern Mediterranean is packed with facts, and it will give you a headache reading it, but it is very important and I recommend it to your attention. Chuck Spinney Bastia, Corsica   Is the US Playing With Gas in Syria? Evan Taylor, Counterpunch, 2013-06-28 4:59 …

Worth a Look: Books by Folk-Hero Farmer Joel Salatin

Drawing upon 40 years’ experience as an ecological farmer and marketer, Joel Salatin explains with humor and passion why Americans do not have the freedom to choose the food they purchase and eat. From child labor regulations to food inspection, bureaucrats provide themselves sole discretion over what food is available in the local marketplace. Their …

Congressional Research Service — Index Frozen 2 JUNE 2015

NOTICE: We are suspending our update of this index. All CRS reports will continue to be offered at the Federation of American Scientists, and updated as new version are received, but we will not longer maintain this separate index.   Updated FAS new 2 June 2015. All links lead to Federation of American Scientists (FAS) …

REVEALED: The True Story of Dr. Dr. Dave Warner and the Synergy Strike Force

The Merry Pranksters Who Hacked the Afghan War It was a dark time in a long, drawn-out war. Afghanistan was festering with resentment. The Pentagon brass were desperate. It was the kind of last-ditch moment when authorities start throwing an era’s weirdest ideas at its most hopeless bureaucratic mistakes. (ILLUSTRATIONS: GRAHAM SMITH) By Brian Calvert …

Mini-Me: US reportedly bugged EU offices, computer networks, according to Der Spiegel magazine

Huh? US reportedly bugged EU offices, computer networks, according to Der Spiegel magazine The United States has been accused of bugging European Union offices and accessing EU computer networks, according to secret documents cited in German magazine Der Spiegel. EXTRACT: The president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, says if the report is correct it …