Koko: Idiot Humans – Creating Mutant Viruses? Eugenics Play?

Deadly GM flu research that could ‘wipe out significant portion of humanity’ set to restart Flu experts overturn self-imposed ban on creating mutant firms of the H5N1 bird flu virus They claim the risky research is needed to prepare in case it naturally mutates to human transmissible form But leading experts condemn decision to restart …

Tom Atlee: The Shift NOT Made by Obama – From Two to Many

Post-election: A collective shift from divided to wise Dear friends, President Obama said in his 2012 victory speech that “we are not as divided as our politics suggests”.  He also argued that we are more united than our politics makes us think we are.  Finally, he hinted that we are more diverse than our politics …

Steven Aftergood: New Policy on Mitigation Risks of Bio Research

NEW POLICY ON MITIGATING RISKS OF BIO RESEARCH Certain types of life science research involving “high consequence pathogens and toxins” would be subject to new review and risk mitigation procedures which might include classification of the research or termination of the funding, according to a U.S. government policy issued yesterday by the National Institutes of …

Penguin: War is Bad for the Economy – Not Obvious Before, Now It Is Documented

The Consequences Of War On The US Economy Joshua Brown, The Reformed Broker Business Insider,23 February 2012 Psst…wanna learn something today? The Institute for Economics and Peace is out with a monumental piece of research on how wars affect the US economy… Using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, figure one shows the composition …

Berto Jongman: From the Edge of the Abyss – FBI, DNS Routers, Mossad & You – Back-Up Everything, Wait and See?

I do not know what this means but it is interesting. February 11, 2012 Planned US Internet Blackout On March 8 Raises Concerns By: Sorcha Faal A disturbing Ministry of Trade report circulating in the Kremlin today is raising serious concerns over the United States plan to shut down significant parts of the Internet on …

Review: Whole Earth Discipline – An Ecopragmatist Manifesto

Stewart Brand Surprising, Challenges, Perhaps Wrong on Some Points,September 13, 2011 This book is an absorbing read, and several of the top reviews are very useful to anyone considering buying the book (also available in paperback, Amazon is now NOT crossing reviews over from different forms, a mistake in my view, but perhaps motivated by …