Owl: More Evil from Google

More Evil from Google “Portland Tugboat has posted a photo of another Google mystery barge on their Facebook page. On October 27, CNET reported that a similar barge was docked in the San Francisco Bay. “Is it a floating Google data center? A floating Google Glass store? Or something else altogether?” asked Daniel Terdiman, writing …

Review: The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate

Robert Kaplan 2.0 out of 5 stars Neither new nor original nor reliable, September 1, 2013 I am getting pretty sick of Stratfor and the pimps of empire. There is nothing new in this book other than self-promotion. For better more original reads consider, among many, many others: Zones of conflict: An atlas of future …

Tom Atlee: Surveillance and parasitism harm society’s collective intelligence

Surveillance and parasitism harm society’s collective intelligence What this post is about:  Society’s collective intelligence needs to be able to see clearly what’s going on and take action about it.  Both NSA surveillance and corporate suppression of activism interfere with that vital dynamic.  This post clarifies what’s going on in these dynamics and suggests strategies …

Marcus Aurelius: What Languages Does the US Intelligence Community NOT Speak? The List…..

Dated by 18 months, but still a good overview. Cash! Bonuses! for Speaking Dhivehi Posted on March 2, 2012 | Leave a comment Who exactly is spying on who, and for what? The latest Wikileaks peak into STRATFOR Emails is being described as a unique insight into some shadow CIA, while meanwhile some are worried that …