Bin Laden Show 55: Waterboarding for Morons

Fact Check: No evidence presented waterboarding helped find bin Laden Phi Beta Iota: An excellent objective piece that  confirms what all of us–and particularly Col Stuart Herrington, USA (Ret)–as well as some of those actually involved in the CIA campaign–have been saying.  Waterboarding does not work.  It leads to fiction that wastes time and money …

AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? Ignorance and courage in the age of Lady Gaga

Subject: AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? AMERICA: Y UR PEEPS B SO DUM? Ignorance and courage in the age of Lady Gaga By Joe Bageant Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico If you hang out much with thinking people, conversation eventually turns to the serious political and cultural questions of our times. Such as: How can …

Reference: Religion, Science, & Philosophy

2012 is a year of awakening, and a year of convergence.  Inspired by two books by Capt Doug Johnston, USN (Ret), Religion, The Missing Dimension of Statecraft (1995) and Faith-Based Diplomacy–Trumping Realpolitik (2003), our collective concept of public intelligence has treated faith as essential and integral to the advanced Information Operations (IO) Cube. Ref A:  …

Michael Moore on the Class War & Looting of America

Recommended! Phi Beta Iota: Two items are included in full below the line in sequence.  To read them in their original online form, here are the two headlines: How I Got to Madison, Wisconsin …a letter from Michael Moore Michael Moore: The Smug Wealthy Have Gone Too Far — And We’re Finally Fighting Back