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Yoda: Data Producing Intelligence — But Not in the “Intelligence” Community

Intelligence, this is. Predicting presidents, storms and life by computer Associated Press, Saturday, November 10, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget political pundits, gut instincts, and psychics. The mightier-than-ever silicon chip seems to reveal the future. In just two weeks this fall, computers models displayed an impressive prediction prowess. It started when the first computer model …

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Owl: Both Parties Died on 7 November 2012 — The Angry White Guy GOP *and* the Well-Intentioned Liberal Left — Gone, Gone, Gone

None of my liberal friends who I sent this article have responded or commented on it. Perhaps they cannot be bothered, since they are rejoicing at Obama’s win? Or could it be that Professor James Petras, who wrote it, and an outstanding scholar with many books and articles to his name, is puncturing their illusions …

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SmartPlanet: Gap in Weather Satellites [While Secret World Spends Madly]

In the future, Hurricane Sandy is invisible By Tyler Falk | October 28, 2012, 7:28 AM PDT With 60 million people expected to be impacted by Hurricane Sandy, days of advanced notice have allowed the New York governor to issue a state of emergency, evacuations to take place along the Atlantic coast, and (at least …

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SmartPlanet: Corrupt Government Allows Corporate Socialism – Privatized Profits and Externalized Losses

How corporations are crippling U.S. prosperity By David Worthington | October 15, 2012 A dearth of competition in major U.S. industries and a government that’s policy making has been severely corrupted by moneyed interests has led to depressed wages and stifled innovation, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist says in a new book. In essence, you’re …

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Chuck Spinney: LIBYA – It’s About the Tribes, NOT Islam vs. “Democracy”

Libyan democracy hijacked The Libyans clearly indicated in July what kind of government they wanted, and who should be in it. But things are not working out that way and the security situation is deteriorating   by Patrick Haimzadeh, Le Monde Diplomatique Nothing is going to plan in Libya. It took the death of the …

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