David Swanson: Harvey Wasserman on Fukushima’s Coming Mega Meltdown

The Crisis at Fukushima 4 Demands a Global Take-Over By Harvey Wasserman, WarIsACrime.org We are now within two months of what may be humankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis. There is no excuse for not acting. All the resources our species can muster must be focussed on the fuel pool at Fukushima …

Sterling Seagrave: Benjamin Fulford Comments on Trillions of dollars’ worth of bonds now in the possession of the White Dragon Society

Thanks Jill for passing this over…..I will comment throughout.  This is exactly where I got my feet wet and where the real power of the world resides and that is with the true owners of these instruments.  All governments are loaned these and of course there is a history on that alone. benjamin July 2, …

Berto Jongman: Daniel Castro on Internet of Things and New Thinking on Data

The “Internet of Things” Requires New Thinking on Data In the world of tech where buzzwords come and go faster than you can say “synergy”, the “Internet of Things” is a bit of an oddity. It is an old concept (first coined in 1999) used to describe a futuristic world where everyday objects—from toasters to …

NIGHTWATCH: Russia, Syria, Lebanon — and Adana, Turkey [US Air Base]

Russia: Russia will send another large landing ship, the Nikolai Filchenkov, toward Syria’s coast, a Russian navy source said Sept. 6, Reuters reported, citing Interfax. The ship will take special cargo on board in Novorossiysk before heading to Syria. No details about the cargo were provided. Comment: This is the sixth large landing ship that …

Berto Jongman: Cyber Security Solutions for the DoD and Intelligence Community

Cyber Security Solutions for the DoD and Intelligence Community Guest Authors / Jon M. Stout Tripwire.com/State of Security, 3 September 2013 At first glance, it appears that the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence Community (IC) have the same cyber security needs as other large organizations in the commercial world. While this is true …

Berto Jongman: Ahmed Kashid on Why, and What, You Should Know About Central Asia

EXTRACT: China and Central Asia None of the works under review provides the full answers to these questions, although Alexander Cooley’s book, Great Games, Local Rules, comes closest. They all agree on the unprecedented rise of China’s influence in Central Asia. Marlène Laruelle and Sébastien Peyrouse, scholars at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., demonstrate …