Yoda: Why OpenStreetMap Worries Old Industry (and Old Government?) — the End of Intellectual “Property” and Rise of “Value Added”

The New Cartographers: Why OpenStreetMap Worries Tech Companies Nevermind Apple’s maps misfire, the free, volunteer-made OpenStreetMap may end up reigning supreme anyway, as companies increasingly choose it for map data over Google. But as the project grows, it’s becoming harder and harder for its members to agree on what direction to go in next. Part …

David Isenberg: The True Cost (Locally) of Military Strikes Against Iranian Nuclear Targets + Iran Nuclear Meta-RECAP

The Myth of “Surgical Strikes” on Iran By David Isenberg TIME Battleland | October 18, 2012 For all the years that the world has focused on the confrontation between Western nations and Iran, oceans of ink have been spilled over many aspects of its nuclear program — the quantity and quality of its enriched uranium, …

Mini-Me: Eustace Mullins Books & Videos — a Deep Look Into the Origins of Western Financial Crime & Terror with Politicians as the Best of the Servant Class

Huh? First read Wikipedia / Eustace Mullins EXTRACT: A central theme of Mullins’ book is that the Federal Reserve allows bankers to monetize debt, creating it out of nothing by book entry, and thus they have enormous leverage over everyone else. Near the end of the book, he said of the Federal Reserve: The Federal …

Stephen E. Arnold: Email Gets THE HONK (Not Indexed by Any Search Engine) and a Free Copy of Landscape of Search Monograph

Email thehonk@yandex.com to subscribe to this unindexed newsletter, and also receive a free copy of the monograph by Stephen E. Arnold, The Landscape of Search. See Also: Steven Arnold: The Google Trilogy E-Book Stephen E. Arnold: From Bad Search to Predictive Analytics Snake Oil 2002 Arnold (US) Nomadic Computing: Anytime, Anyplace Access 1998 Arnold (US) …

NIGHTWATCH: Switzerland Prepares for Refugees & Civil Unrest

Switzerland: In September, Swiss authorities launched a military exercise to test its preparedness to deal with internal civil unrest as well as refugees from the Eurozone crisis, according to international media. Comment: The Swiss are not prone to overreact to threats. They do not spend defense funds in order to be prepared for potential threats. …