GI Wilson: American Thinker on US Arms Smuggling into Syria as Root of Benghazi Attack + Libya / Syria / Video Meta-RECAP

Benghazi Reveals Obama-Islamist Alliance By James Lewis American Thinker, November 1, 2012 The nature of the Benghazi disaster is now clear.  Ambassador Stevens was engaged in smuggling sizable quantities of Libyan arms from the destroyed Gaddafi regime to the Syrian rebels, to help overthrow the Assad regime in Syria.  Smuggling arms to the so-called “Free …

Search: open education / digital learning [as of 30 Oct 2012]

Open education has at least three components:  free access to learning resources; digital access to formerly analog learning resoources (e.g. instructors in classrooms); and learning accomplishment validation (becoming common) or credentialing (rare at this time).  More broadly defined, open education is “root” for any society desiring to be both democratic and prosperous.  Open education has …

Chuck Spinney: Mike Lofgren on How Democracies Die (Loss of Integrity)

Below is an outstanding essay by my close friend and colleague Mike Lofgren. How Democracies Die By Mike Lofgren, Truthout | Thursday, 25 October 2012 10:19 “Picture a country at the height of its international power and prestige. It has military forces stationed around the globe. It is an intellectual leader….” It’s not the one …

Marcus Aurelius: General Failure — Neil Sheehan Reviews Thomas Rick’s New Book Plus Chapter Extract

An adapted excerpt from this book, cued to me by a friend, can be found as indicated below, followed by Neil Sheehan’s review of the book. General Failure Looking back on the troubled wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, many observers are content to lay blame on the Bush administration. But inept leadership by American generals …

Gordon Duff: An Alternative View of the Benghazi False Flag Murder of US Ambassador

Imaginary Planes, Imaginary CIA Armies, All Invented as Election Ploy – By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor (with Top US Intel Specialists) Veterans Today, 26 October 2012 A trained team of up to 120 [foreign] special forces personnel with radio jammers and heavy weapons killed the US ambassador.  There were only two America CIA employees in …

Gordon Duff: Benghazi Story Revisited — Military-Style Operation, Set-Up By Terry Jones, GOP and Romney Campaign Complicit? + Benghazi RECAP

BACK-GROUND I Military-style tactics seen in US Consulate siege Read full article. BACK-GROUND II Terry Jones Loses it Again, Sets up the Film (YouTube 2:43) BACKGROUND III Newsweek Cover Alleged to be Actors BACKGROUND IV Death Photo of Ambassador Dragged by Mob in Hands of Romney Campaign Instantly Read full article by Gordon Duff.