Review (Guest): Global Risks 2011 – Governance Failures & Economic Disparity (World Economic Forum)

Phi Beta Iota:  The interactive edition is well worth going through.  Below are highlights from our own review. Six Risks Stand Out:  Fiscal crisis, Geopolitical Conflict, Climate Change, Extreme Energy Price Volatility, Economic Disparity, Global Governance Failure. Risk Interconnectivity Map:  Central to the map are Economic Disparity and Global Governance Failures.  Three clusters add depth …

Robert Steele: Secrecy, Self-Restraint, & Democracy Done in By Elites and “Experts”

The times they are a’ changing.  I was asked to comment on  the recently published Reference: Protecting Sensitive “Open” Information and do so gladly.  The author of that work means well, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with the substance of what he expouses.  It is simply not reasonable nor feasible in context. I know …

DefDog: US Army Blows Intelligence Computing (Again)…

I suppose a lack of integrity makes it impossible to learn…. US Army’s $2.7bn Intel-sharing computer still not up-to-speed at work Afghanistan Sun Saturday 9th July, 2011 (ANI) The Distributed Common Ground System, the US Army’s 2.7 billion dollars computing system that was designed to share intelligence with troops fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, has …

TDL-4 Rules–Industrial Era Governments Helpless

New Botnet, Now 4.5 Million Machines Strong, is ‘Practically Indestructible’ Today in cyber threats: more than four million Windows PCs have been commandeered by a botnet that cybersecurity experts are calling nearly “indestructible.” Known as TDL-4 (it’s the fourth iteration of the malicious program), this particular little nuisance hides in places security software rarely checks …