Allen Roland: Honoring Chalmers Johnson, Prophet of Truth + Empire Meta-RECAP

Prophet for a Dying Empire Every dying Empire has its truth telling prophet and America had its own with Chalmers Johnson. Johnson correctly compared the decay of the American empire, with its well over 600 overseas military bases, with the fall of the Roman Empire whereas the Senate becomes a wealthy corporate club and irrelevant …

Berto Jongman: GLADIO B Comes Home to London — USA Next?

UK pays price for MI5 courting terror By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed Asia Times, 30 May 2013 The brutal murder of an off-duty British soldier in broad daylight in the southeast London district of Woolwich raises new questions about the British government’s national security strategy, at home and abroad. Officials have highlighted the danger of “self-radicalizing” …

Richard Stallman: Free Software Supporter Issue 62 May 2013

Free Software Supporter Issue 62, May 2013 Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation’s monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 68,736 other activists. That’s 268 more than last month! El Supporter en español se esta traduciendo. En los próximos dias estará disponible en: https://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/2013/free-software-supporter-numero-62-mayo-2013 Para cambiar …

Paul Craig Roberts: The Social Cost of (Predatory) Capitalism — What Prostituted Economists Will Not Address

The Social Cost of (Predatory) Capitalism When I was a graduate student in economics, the social cost of capitalism was a big issue in economic theory. Since those decades ago, the social costs of capitalism have exploded, but the issue seems no longer to trouble the economics profession. Social costs are costs of production that …

Jean Lievens: Stigmergic Collaboration: The Evolution of Group Work

Collaboration depends on communication, and content depends on combination of social negotiation and creative energy. Stigmergic Collaboration: The Evolution of Group Work Mark Elliott M/C Journal, May 2006 Introduction 1The steady rise of Wikipedia.org and the Open Source software movement has been one of the big surprises of the 21st century, threatening stalwarts such as …

Winslow Wheeler: US Navy Status Quo Culture — Lessons Not Learned, Substituting Pork and Lies for Effective Weapons Systems + US Flag Officer Lack of Integrity RECAP

I recently finished reading Roger Thompson’s Lessons Not Learned: The U.S. Navy’s Status Quo Culture (Naval Institute Press, 2007).  I urge those who think we enjoy now and will enjoy in the future some sort of superiority on the seas to read this book.  You will find tidbits that you contest, but you will also …

Berto Jongman: Interview with a BlackHat + Related + USA Cyber-Idiocy RECAP

Interview With A Blackhat (Part 1) 61 Replies [This interview openly discusses criminal activities from the perspective of an admitted criminal. You may find this content distressing, even offensive, but what is described in this interview is real. We know from personal experience is that these activities are happening on websites everywhere, everyday, and perhaps …