Journal: Chuck Spinney Highlights Labor Day in a Kleptocracy

Where have All the broad Shoulders Gone? Or, Labor Day in a Kleptocracy posted by Juan Cole Sept 7, 2009 http.www.juancole.com/2009/09/where-have-all-broad-shoulders-gone-or.html The unemployment rate as I write is inching toward 10 percent nationally, and that is only counting people who were still looking for a job recently. A vast bank robbery by the corrupt on …

Journal: EarthGame–What DoD & NATO Want, What Can Be Done Faster, Better, Cheaper

Sentient world: war games on the grandest scale Mark Baard 23rd June 2007 Perhaps your real life is so rich you don’t have time for another. Even so, the US Department of Defense (DOD) may already be creating a copy of you in an alternate reality to see how long you can go without food …

Journal: Why the Gang of Six is deciding healthcare for 300 million of us

Six senators representing 3 percent of the population are running things because the White House wants it that way By Robert Reich Aug. 23, 2009 | On Thursday, the so-called Gang of Six – three Republicans and three Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee – met by conference call and, according to Max Baucus, D-Mont., …

Journal: Gartner Gets Stupid, Tries to Censor Any Mention of Its Name

Back to Cisco Subnet Putting Realism Into Your Network by Larry Chaffin When censorship goes too far, we cannot say Gar-ner anymore Gar-ner gets what it deserves, all blogs deleted with company name in it as an act of protest Click on the logo to visit the idiots being written about.  Click on the title …

Journal: Starting this year, Americans will have to get government approval to travel by air….

Starting this year, Americans will have to get government approval to travel by air. As Privacy Journal revealed last fall, henceforth “Permission Now Needed to Travel Within U.S.” Getting a reservation and checking-in for air travel will soon require Transportation Security Administration authorization. That permission is by no means assured: For example, if your name …