SchwartzReport: Religious Treason within US Military

This is what I mean by the Theocratic Right’s aggressive program to convert armed services personnel.  Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired United States Army colonel, and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Wilkerson is an adjunct professor at the College of William & Mary where he teaches courses on …

Michelle Monk: Angelina Jolie’s Breasts Part of Massive PR Scheme to Protect Patents, Coinciding with Supreme Court Decision?

Angelina Jolie part of a clever corporate scheme to protect billions? EXPOSED: Angelina Jolie part of a clever corporate scheme to protect billions in BRCA gene patents, influence Supreme Court decision (opinion) Mike Adams, Editor NaturalNews.com, 16 May 2013 (NaturalNews) Angelina Jolie’s announcement of undergoing a double mastectomy (surgically removing both breasts) even though she …

Chuck Spinney: Wanna Bomb Iran?: No Worries — Think Fukushima X 10 — Good-Bye Dubai, End of Gulf States — With Compelling Graphics

It is a brutal fact that no country benefited more from war during in the 2oth Century than the United States. World War I enriched and invigorated the US economy, and the self destruction of the 19th Century European state system left the US as the world’s mightiest industrial power.  World War II ended the …

SchwartzReport: The Dark Side of Home Schooling — And Public Schooling + Education Meta-RECAP

Anyone who reads SR regularly knows my views on religious fundamentalism in general, and the threat posed to America by the Christian version particularly. Here is the latest. Notice the universals of fundamentalism of whatever faith: Deeply distorted views on sexuality, the suppression and subordination of women, the emphasis on guilt, and the commitment to …

Berto Jongman: Bee Apocalypse, Big Data Bah Humbug, C2O Hits 400ppm, Geography of Hate (US), Journalism Done Right, US Cyberwar “Strategy — Oops

Carbon dioxide levels hit historic high: Scientists warn pollution creating prehistoric climate as gases break 400 parts per million threshold for first time. Chemicals affecting entire food chains–bee apocalypse coming soon Geography of Hate: Interactive map of twitter texts with racist term Journalism Done Right — Is Terminal Cancer a Pre-Requisite for Empathy and Integrity …

Penguin: General James “Mad Dog” Mattis, USMC, on Why “Too Busy to Read” Is a Moron’s Cop-Out on Leadership Responsibility

A model for all of us. General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis Email About Being ‘Too Busy To Read’ Is A Must-Read Geoffrey Ingersoll In the run up to Marine Gen. James Mattis‘ deployment to Iraq in 2004, a colleague wrote to him asking about the “importance of reading and military history for officers,” many of whom …