NIGHTWATCH: Fatwa Against Christian Sites – Pope’s Assisi Peace Summit a Clear Failure for Lack of Strategic Depth

Saudi Arabia: For the record. European Christian websites have reported Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Shaikh, one of the most influential religious leaders in the Muslim world, issued a fatwa against non-Muslim places of worship last week. In response to a Kuwaiti lawmaker who asked whether Kuwait could ban church construction in Kuwait, the Sheikh …

#OWS Rolling Update + US Revolution RECAP

CORRUPTION is the common enemy, both in government and in the private sector.  ELECTORAL REFORM is the singular demand.  COALITION CABINET is the method.  INTEGRITY is the core value.  COMMONWEALTH RESTORED is the outcome. Occupy Revolution OccupyWallStreet (Home Site) Original Electoral Reform Documents (Updated) We the People Reform Coalition   25 March 2012 Penn Badgley …

Marcus Aurelius: Chinese(?) Use Fake Facebook Page for NATO Chief to Diddle His Subordinates

Not sure I agree with NATO advice to their seniors to all start social networking sites.  I personally avoid that stuff like the plague. How spies used Facebook to steal Nato chiefs’ details NATO’S most senior commander was at the centre of a major security alert when a series of his colleagues fell for a …

Robert Steele: Itemization of Information Pathologies

In support of the Berkman Center’s conference on truthness, below is an extract from THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING MANIFESTO: Transparency, Truth & Trust (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Book / Evolver Edition, 5 June 2012). EXTRACT: I now realize that neither governments nor corporations are “fixed” obstacles. In a world of constantly changing information, it is …

Tom Atlee: Rebecca Solnit on Mad, Passionate Love — and Violence — Occupy Heads into the Spring

Dear friends, Rebecca Solnit has written a great article on Occupy, relationships, differences, violence, and a lot more.  A potent, passionate framing for our times, worth a full, reflective read.  Note that the original is full of juicy links. Coheartedly, Tom ======== Mad, Passionate Love — and Violence: Occupy Heads into the Spring by Rebecca …