Owl: Why Has Qatar Spent $3B on Syrian Rebels? And Saudi Arabia? And Why Does Russia Want Syria to Stick “As Is”? Natural Gas!

“Why has the little nation of Qatar spent 3 billion dollars to support the rebels in Syria? Could it be because Qatar is the largest exporter of liquid natural gas in the world and Assad won’t let them build a natural gas pipeline through Syria? Of course. Qatar wants to install a puppet regime in …

Andrew Garfield: War and T/Error: The U.S. Counter-propaganda Failure in Iraq

Middle East Quarterly (Fall 2007) pp. 23-32. by Andrew Garfield Defeat of the insurgency and terrorism in Iraq requires not only a military approach but also a political component. Although the “surge” may stabilize parts of Iraq and reduce the level of violence while the additional troops remain in place, long-term stability requires a more …

Milt Bearden: HIST Nov/Dec 2001 Afghanistan Graveyard of Empires

使用谷歌翻译在下一列的顶部。 गूगल अगले स्तंभ के शीर्ष पर अनुवाद का प्रयोग करें. Google sonraki sütunun üstünde Çevir kullanın. Используйте Google Translate на вершине соседней колонке. گوگل اگلے کالم میں سب سے اوپر ترجمہ کا استعمال کریں. Foreign Affairs, November/December 2001 Afghanistan Graveyard of Empires Milton Bearden MILTON BEARDEN served as CIA station chief in Pakistan from …

Anthony Judge: Sensing Epiterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

Sensing Epiterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Embedding of “extraterrestrials” in episystemic dynamics? Introduction Indicative prefixes: contrasting “epi” with “extra” Searching otherwise for “epiterrestrials” Potential implications of category theory Implications of category theory for social networking and interrelationships Dynamic insensitivity of the natural sciences Phenomenological implications of “fundierung” for “epi-thinking” Clues to the nature of “epiterrestrials” from usage …

2013 26 Oct DC OSS Society Donovan Award Dinner

Please join the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Society  for the presentation of the William J. Donovan Award® to Admiral William H. McRaven USN, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), in Washington, DC, on October 26, 2013. Prior to assuming command of USSOCOM in August 2011, Admiral McRaven served as commander of the Joint Special Operations …

Rickard Falkvinge: The French government is dumber than a squirrel with broccoli in its socks…

…when it comes to anti-terror laws.  I am currently in Paris, and I have seen really stupid things around the world, but this takes the cake. I’m sitting in a Starbucks and logging on to their wi-fi, and I’m greeted with this login screen, where I must fill in my name and address before going …