Robert Steele: McKinsey on Big Data & Internet of Things – Four Missing Perspectives

A May 2011 report from McKinsey, “Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity,” is assuredly worth reading. McKinsey Page with various download options While current commentaries, such as this February 2012 overview from The New York Times, “The Age of Big Data, focus on McKinsey’s emphasis on the explosion of data, the …

Josh Kilbourn: Strong Signs of Major Inflation Coming Soon

While You Were Sleeping, Central Banks Flooded The World In Liquidity Tyler Durden ZeroHedge, 16 February 2012 There are those who have been waiting to buy undilutable precious metals in response to a headline announcement from the Fed that it is starting to buy up hundreds of billions of Treasurys or MBS.  This is understandable …

Susan Lindauer: IRAQ – The Legacy of Deception and Its Costs

IRAQ: THE LEGACY OF DECEPTION AND ITS COSTS Susan Lindauer, Former CIA Back Channel to Iraq at the United Nations Most Americans are astonished to discover that right up to 9/11, the CIA was developing a “Real Politik” vision of Iraq that recognized the fast approaching collapse of U.N. Sanctions. The CIA was preparing for …

John Robb: Occupy Portland “Snake” March Defeats Police Innovatively, Non-Violently, and Continuously

Occupy Portland’s “Snake” March Tactic Wins Big An open source protest/insurgency doesn’t have a formal doctrine.  The tactics and methods (the conflict’s source code) used are developed bit by bit, by the participants.  This is why the insurgency/protest is “open source”.   For a bit of tactical innovation to make it into the conflict’s source …