Stephen E. Arnold: A Fresh Look at Big Data & Big Data (-) Human Factor (+) Transformation (+) RECAP

A Fresh Look at Big Data May 8, 2013 Next week I am doing an invited talk in London. My subject is search and Big Data. I will be digging into this notion in this month’s Honk newsletter and adding some business intelligence related comments at an Information Today conference in New York later this …

Chuck Spinney: The Real Scare in Syria is Not Chemical Weapons But Rather Regional War

I visited Levantine Syria [1] for three memorable days in 2008 and was struck by the welcoming, friendly nature of the Syrian people, their effusive pride in Syria’s multicultural heritage,  and a pervasive atmosphere of optimism.  I had the impression Syria was emerging from the darkness of the Hafez Assad dictatorship. To be sure, his …

Berto Jongman: YouTube Audio (48:10) Sibel Edmunds On Boston Bombing, CIA, and US Empire — US Buying Russian Okay on Invading Syria with Hands Off on Caucasus?

Extraordinary — virtually a monologue drawing on deep FBI knowledge of CIA false flag operations in Caucasus and Central Asia, ties in Turkish role for decades as CIA and NATO silent partner in false flag terrorism across Caucasus and Central Asia, with Graham Fuller, CIA’s man man “a despicable person” and the family of the  …

Review (Guest): Classified Woman-The Sibel Edmonds Story: A Memoir

Sibel Edmonds 5.0 out of 5 stars Sibel Edmonds Finally Wins, April 30, 2012 By David Swanson (Charlottesville, VA) – See all my reviews   This review is from: Classified Woman-The Sibel Edmonds Story: A Memoir (Paperback) Sibel Edmonds’ new book, “Classified Woman,” is like an FBI file on the FBI, only without the incompetence. …

Owl: Saudi Terrorists and Zionist Terrorists — From Same Jewish Roots?

This post refers to some new and remarkable historical findings (at least for the English-speaking world), stemming from new translation to English from Arabic, that can put more pieces into the the puzzle of the apparently amicable relationship between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The first part of this post is not new, though useful in …

Chuck Spinney: Iraq Army Losing North, Partition Being Discussed

The author of the attached report, Patrick Cockburn, is one of very best reporters reporting on the Middle East, and perhaps the most knowledgeable on Iraq.  This is a very important report, in my opinion. Partition could really have a destabilizing influence on the entire Arab region, but especially Syria, as well as non-Arab Turkey. …

Arabia Rising: Understanding Transformations & Revolutions in the Middle East

Esam Al-Amin, The Arab Awakening Unveiled: Understanding Transformations and Revolutions in the Middle East. Washington, DC: American Educational Trust, 2013. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book, and how would you describe it? Esam Al-Amin (EA): The Arab Awakening Unveiled: Understanding Transformations and Revolutions in the Middle East is a collection of essays about the Arab uprisings and awakening …