The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Online promo flyer with graphics from Cognito Who: Author Stephen Kinzer, Grand Theft Auto Director Navid Khonsari, Newscaster Amy Goodman, Emmy-nominated Mike de Seve, Columbia University Chair of Iran Studies Hamid Dabashi Where: 2 West 64th St. & Central Park West, NYC, (New York Society for Ethical Culture) When: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 7 p.m. …
Posted By Elizabeth Dickinson Thursday, January 13, 2011 – 6:17 PM Foreign Policy EXTRACT: As in the recent so-called “Twitter Revolutions” in Moldova and Iran, there was clearly lots wrong with Tunisia before Julian Assange ever got hold of the diplomatic cables. Rather, WikiLeaks acted as a catalyst: both a trigger and a tool for …
A new feature built into Google Translate for Android, Conversation Mode is a little rough around the edges, but it’s basically your own personal Babel Fish. It does what Wordlens does but in real-time speech, translating English and Spanish. Illingual Also see: http://mashable.com/2010/09/13/translation-mobile-apps/ Phi Beta Iota: A new book is about to come out on …
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China jet upstages US defence chief visit Sydney Morning Herald VIDEO: Stealth Race: China test flies Chengdu J-20 ‘Black Eagle’ Key point: It’s a demonstrator, not a production model. China is years from getting to production model. VISIT: Centre for Analysis of Strategies & Technologies (CAST) Minor league open source on plasma stealth: Secret revealed: …
11 January 2011 ‘Gay demon’ exorcist claims mass animal deaths due to ‘don’t ask’ repeal Thousands of fish washed up dead in Chicago in latest bizarre mass animal deaths Google Map Reveals Weird Weather Caused Half of Mass Animal Death Incidents Overeating and indigestion blamed for 1,000 turtle doves falling dead in Italy with strange …
A note about “network neutrality” by jonl on January 10, 2011 This is something I posted in the “state of the world” conversation with Bruce Sterling on the WELL… I give talks on the history and future of media, and on the history, evolution, and history of the Internet. I gave the talk this week …
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The Pentagon likes to refer to combat euphemistically as “kinetic” activity. This very important report documents the truly impressive advances in battlefield medicine in Afghanistan to cope with the kinetic activity that hurts our troops. The bottom line: the ratio of killed to wounded has decreased at an amazing rate, because many troop suffering from …
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