Mini-Me: Smart Young People See Government as Corrupt and Ineffective — World On the Edge of a Sweeping Revolution

Huh? Global protest grows as citizens lose faith in politics and the state The myriad protests from Istanbul to São Paulo have one thing in common – growing dissent among the young, educated and better-off protesting against the very system that once enriched them. And therein lies the danger for governments Peter Beaumont The Observer, …

NIGHTWATCH: Pakistan to Execute Musharraf? Saudi Nuts Over Syria? US & Saudi Arabia Primary Spnsors of Destabilization in Africa?

Pakistan: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday named former president Pervez Musharraf as the prime suspect in the December 2007 assassination of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The head of the FIA’s Joint Investigation Team, Deputy Director Khalid Rasool, told the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court that Musharraf “hatched” a criminal conspiracy to cause a breach in …

Marcus Aurelius: The Future of Joint Operations

Everybody play nice together while the bulk of already inadequate and dwindling resources are weighted to Navy and Air Force in the Pacific.  [Oh, BTW, in separate Armed Forces Journal reporting, twp Army officers, a major general and a colonel, assert that former Chief of Naval Operations ADM (Ret) Gary Roughead and Hoover Institution analyst Kori Schake have recommended …

Mini-Me: Corrupted Science – Science in the Private Interest

Huh? This project titled “Corrupted Science” was developed as part of a series of lectures that explores the disengagement of science from its ethical roots, resulting in a loss of honesty, integrity, objectivity, autonomy, and public confidence. A series of power point presentations highlight the corrupting influences on scientific practice. This site grew out of …

Gordon Duff: Modern Cars As Murder Weapons — Just Attach A Transceiver to the On Board Computer, and Assume Control — Works on Aircraft as Well

“We Got The Message…” Hastings “Boston Brakes” Killing a Warning? Imagine a new “E Class” Mercedes exploding in flames, burning to a cinder.  220 km/hr crashes on the Autobahn are often survived, certainly without a fire. There is a reason to own a Mercedes, in normal circumstances the chances of dying in one are quite …