Marcus Aurelius: 1% of Youth Fit & Willing to Talk Enlistment in Military — Everyone Else is Fat, Tattooed, Uneducated, or Resistant

Nothing surprising here but … Pentagon: Young Adults Too Fat, Tattooed, Uneducated for Military The American military is facing a serious personnel issue: More than two-thirds of today’s youth are too uneducated, have behavior issues, and are not physically fit enough for service. “We’re trying to make decision makers see this is a national-security matter …

Berto Jongman: Atrocities, Cyber, War 1.5

AL QAEDA: Al-Qaeda training British and European ‘jihadists’ in Syria to set up terror cells at home AL QAEDA: Libyan Desert gives al-Qaida refuge after Mali defeat Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/19/3880184/desert-gives-al-qaida-refuge-after.html#storylink=cpy CYBER: SCADA Holes Exploited ETHICS: Greenwald on Whistleblowers FUTURE: Nye on Avoiding a Gated World LIFE: Food Around the World – Enough to Eat, …

Eagle: If McDonald’s Paid a Living Wage…..AND Served Healthy Food?

How Much Would A Big Mac Cost If McDonald’s Workers Were Paid $15 Per Hour? The plight of McDonald’s minimum-wage workersmade headlines earlier this month when the burger chain published a much-maligned sample monthly budget, purportedly aimed at helping its staffers save money. In recent days, armchair prognosticators have taken their concerns to the internet, …

Chuck Spinney: Sick People at the Aspen Summit — “Extermination” Fantasies of the Empire

What kind of people are running American?  Here are some insights. Shocking ‘Extermination’ Fantasies By the People Running America’s Empire on Full Display at Aspen Summit Security Forum participants expressed total confidence in American empire, but could not contain their panic at the mention of Snowden. AlterNet / By Max Blumenthal, July 25, 2013  Seated …