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2013/08/142013/08/14

John Maguire: Students offered grants if they tweet pro-Israeli propaganda

Students offered grants if they tweet pro-Israeli propaganda Ben Lynfield The Independent, 13 August 2013 In a campaign to improve its image abroad, the Israeli government plans to provide scholarships to hundreds of students at its seven universities in exchange for their making pro-Israel Facebook posts and tweets to foreign audiences. The students making the …

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2013/08/052014/04/25

Eagle: Police in Pittsburg Storm House Over Uncut Grass

More low-rent police terrorism. They mean well, they are simply stupid and over-empowered by the militarization of the domestic police function. The bond with society has been broken — this calls into question the legitimacy of the police and the government they represent. Published on Jun 21, 2013 TURTLE CREEK, PA — Police came barging …

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2013/08/032013/08/04

Marcus Aurelius: False Embassy Threat a Preamble to War? + Syria Islam Divide Iran Nuclear Israeli Insanity RECAP Update 1.1 — More Prison Breaks?

The retired Marine colonel who cued me to this report opined that, “This is a hell of a lot closer to the mark than any Administration or DoS blathering.” I would be totally unsurprised to find him 100% spot-on. I invite your attention to the final para, highlighted. If that is true, the (in)actions of …

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2013/08/03

John Maguire: James Randi On LENR

James Randi is considered by many to be the Godfather/Icon of “Modern Skepticism”. A former magician, Randi has been exposing fraudsters for years and is famous for offering a million dollar prize to any person who can definitively “prove” psychic abilities. While he and his JREF organization have rightfully brought the hammer down on a plethora of scammers, there remains a convincing …

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2013/07/282013/07/28

Chuck Spinney: Sick People at Aspin Summit II

FYI … some of this attached NYT report seems to have been sourced in part on the “meeting at the Aspen Inst., reported by Max Blumenthal in Alternet (See “Shocking ‘Extermination’ Fantasies By the People Running America’s Empire on Full Display at Aspen Summit”), which I distributed earlier this week. Note how the information in …

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2013/07/252013/07/25

Marcus Aurelius: Democratic Defense Play-Book — Truman Security Briefing Book Edition 5 — Idiocy Lite

From Politico Morning Defense: FIRST LOOK – THE STRONG-ON-DEFENSE PLAYBOOK: A leading national-security think tank is releasing the latest edition of its annual briefing book, which has become a kind of playbook for strong-on-defense Democrats. The Truman National Security Project, which spent more than $90,000 during the 2012 presidential campaign to help defeat Republican Mitt …

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2013/07/162013/07/16

Anthony Judge: Can NATO Learn to Think for Itself?

I have been mulling over your post, 2013 Robert Steele Reflections on NATO 4.0 — Key Challenges AND Solutions [Written for NATO ACT Innovation Hub]. My sense, for myself, is that we have moved into a new cognitive space in which issues of comprehensibility, credibility and deliverability become fundamental in a context in which attention …

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