John Steiner: Global Brain at Huffington Post [Don’t Laugh, Please…]

Global Brain What Is the ‘Internet of Things’? Cadell Last | Posted 11.26.2013 | Technology Read More: Global Brain, Intelligence, Human Evolution, Computers, Science, Future, Technology, Robots, Internet, Internet of Things, Futurism, Technology News Welcome to the Internet of Things (IoT). Currently the idea of the IoT has many definitions. Most include a world in …

Yale The Politic: The Intelligence Gathering Conundrum + Toxic Secrecy RECAP

SHORT URL This Post: http://tinyurl.com/Steele4Yale The Politic Introducing The Yale Undergraduate Journal of Politics The Intelligence Gathering Conundrum As distrust of the U.S. abounds, reliable intelligence is more difficult to procure. By Zachary Mohriing “Snowden and Manning fucked us. Who would want to work with us?” asked one former CIA officer.  Edward Snowden and Bradley …

Stephen Aftergood: White House Sets New Goals for Open Government

WHITE HOUSE SETS NEW GOALS FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT In a new Open Government National Action Plan that was released today, the White House affirmed its support for open government values, and set an agenda for the remainder of the current Administration. “The new plan includes a wide range of actions the Administration will take over …

Tikkun Rabbi Michael Lerner: Sigfried Gold on 7 Reasons for Spiritual Progressives to Engage Humbly with Fundamentalists

7 Reasons for Spiritual Progressives to Engage Humbly with Fundamentalists by: Sigfried Gold on November 12th, 2013 | 6 Comments » Progressives deliver lofty words about embracing people who are different from us, but we often fail to put those words into practice when it comes to religious fundamentalists. In truth, there are many deep …

Paul Craig Roberts: For the Record – Bin Laden’s 2001 Obituary Notice

Bin Laden’s Obituary Notice A Funeral Notice for Osama bin Laden was published on December 26, 2001, in the Egyptian newspaper al-Ward. An English translation is provided below. Anyone fluent in Arabic is invited to verify or correct the translation. This item was sent to me from a reader abroad. Also below are is a …