Berto Jongman: Saudi Arabia’s Efforts to Expand Radical Islam and Support Terrorism

Saudi Arabia’s Efforts to Expand Radical Islam and Support Terrorism Rachel Ehrenfeld and Ken Jensen American Center for Democracy, 23 February 2013 On the eve of the Arab Spring, Rachel Ehrenfeld published a lengthy and important study titled, “Their Oil Is Thicker Than Our Blood“*on Saudi support for Islamist terrorism and the global expansion of …

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 …

Berto Jongman: Does Power Make You Mean? Yes. Also Stupid and Very, Very Unethical

Does power make you mean? By Susanne Gargiulo CNN October 24, 2013 “Thinking Business” focuses on the psychology of getting ahead in the workplace by exploring techniques to boost employee performance, increase creativity and productivity. (CNN) — We all know the story. Someone gets promoted at work and suddenly they change — they start forgetting …

Berto Jongman: John Naugton on Edward Snowden and Public Indifference About Total Surveillance

Edward Snowden: public indifference is the real enemy in the NSA affair Most people don’t seem to worry that government agencies are collecting their personal data. Is it ignorance or apathy? John Naughton The Observer, Sunday 20 October 2013 Edward Snowden’s revelations exposed a terrifying level of ‘passive acceptance’ of surveillance. Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP One …

Event: 23-17 OCT 13 Austria & Online, Elevate Open Everything?

Elevate Open Everything? Offshore Leaks has released secret tax haven bank account details, WikiLeaks was responsible for the disclosure of politically explosive classified documents, while Edward Snowden exposed intelligence agencies and private businesses that were spying extensively on respectable citizens. These are all vivid examples of the ambivalence of new technologies. On the one hand …

Event: 5 NOV 2013 Million Mask March World Event

Million Mask March is a world event held every year on November 5th.  Increasing in number, this year there are over 350 worldwide locations including Washington, DC, London, Sydney and many, many more.  In the spirit of Anonymous, Occupy and WikiLeaks, it is a call to unite whistleblowers, hacktivists, marchers and occupiers to defend humanity …

Review: Pakistan on the Brink–The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan

Ahmed Rashid REF A — 12 Years of Lessons Learned in Time for 2014, October 13, 2013 This is an extraordinary book that required a great deal of time, not in the reading, but in the reflection. This will be a longer review than usual, even for me, because this book contains all of the …