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US Economy, US Federal Budget–To Cut or Not to Cut?

ECONOMIC SCENE Why Budget Cuts Don’t Bring Prosperity By DAVID LEONHARDT New York Times, February 22, 2011 Remember the German economic boom of 2010? Germany’s economic growth surged in the middle of last year, causing commentators both there and here to proclaim that American stimulus had failed and German austerity had worked. Germany’s announced budget …

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Worth a Look: Cathedral vs. Bazaar (structure-design & public outcomes)

The world is assembled along the lines of certain logics.  Human organisations are also outcomes of such logics. Some organisations are assembled following the logic of the “cathedral”.  Other organisations are assembled following the logic of the “bazaar”. Cathedrals are organised as military-inspired command hierarchies.  Superior humans give orders, which must be executed by subordinate …

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Search: algeria yemen somalia tribal maps

Google Search (Images) works just fine.  The US Government has never been serious about anthropology or ethnic-religious or “peoples” instead of artificial states (the simpleton’s approach to international relations). Below are images for Algeria, Yemen, and Somalia, with source credits.  As Panarchy becomes the primary mode of global self-organization, we should see a diminuition of …

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MIRROR: How to Communicate & Restore Collective Power if the US Government Shuts Down the Internet

HOW TO COMMUNICATE IF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN THE INTERNET 02-07-2011 8:48 pm – Wallace Liberty News Online Scenario: Your government is displeased with the communication going on in your location and pulls the plug on your internet access, most likely by telling the major ISPs to turn off service. This is what happened …

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Reference: Wireless Mesh Internet–A List

16+ Projects & Initiatives Building Ad-Hoc Wireless Mesh Networks For those interested in alternative internet infrastructures, I’ve been assembling a list of projects and initiatives working to build mesh network solutions, as well as communities and resources around this topic. I’ve also posted this on Quora. Please feel free to add any projects I’ve missed. We’re …

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