Chuck Spinney: America, the Muslims, and a Video That Went from Zero to Mach 2 – Origin of the Video Known, Who Took It Into Arabia and Africa Not Known

Below is an outstanding essay on an unfolding issue of great importance. Chuck Spinney WEEKEND EDITION SEPTEMBER 14-16, 2012 The Reality Behind the “Free Speech” Argument America and the Muslims by ESAM AL-AMIN, Counterpunch Thousands of angry Muslims demonstrated in front of American embassies and consulates in Egypt and Libya because of a newly released …

Mini-Me: Earthquakes, East Coast, Fukushima Redux + Meta-RECAP

Huh? In Japan during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami? Radiation exposure estimates now available The Pentagon says that none of the nearly 70,000 members of the DoD-affiliated population (service members, DoD civilian employees and contractors, and family members of service members and civilian employees) who were on or near the mainland of Japan between March …

Tom Atlee: From Stuck in the Game, to Liberating Public Wisdom

From Stuck in the Game, to Liberating Public Wisdom Dear friends, What’s going on with our politics? On the one hand, we in the US are watching grotesque income inequality and extreme wealth being used to buy power and more wealth to further control our political and economic systems.  On the other hand, we have …

Mini-Me: Fears Grow of Big Tokyo Quake That (A) Blows Up the Spent Nuclear Fuel and (B) Brings Down Transportation, All Trapped in Tokyo … + RECAP

Huh? Fears Grow of Big Tokyo Quake By Sam Eaton ⋅ May 4, 2012 Color-coded lines track seismic activity at Tokyo University’s Earthquake Research Center. The yellow and red clumps reveal a small quake in the Tokyo-area district of Tsukuba. (Photo: Sam Eaton) In a quiet room at Tokyo University, seismologist Shinichi Sakai points to …

Chuck Spinney: Analysis of Cost of Neo-Con Idiocy on Iran

The attached essay by investigative journalist Robert Parry is an excellent — and important — summary of the trashing of the Iranian nuke deal in 2010. CS How Neocons Sank Iran Nuke Deal Exclusive: Iran is resuming talks over its nuclear program with leading international powers – the United States, Britain, Russia, China, France and …