Mini-Me: Boston Casualties Vanish Into Thin Air + Boston/Texas Meta-RECAP

Huh? Treating the Marathon Casualties: Inside One Boston Emergency Room Ellen Harrell TIME, 15 August 2013 EXTRACT: Before long, they had set up a makeshift triage center in the lobby of the ER and began to treat the incoming — sewing up victims’ wounds and sending those with more-serious injuries through to be admitted. “We …

Berto Jongman: US Government Fabrication and Cover-Up on Detonation Cause in Texas Fertilizer Explosion — Media Being Lied to and “Steered Away” From Facts — Small Nuclear Meme Starts

Media ‘steered away’ from explaining true ‘detonation’ in Texas Christopher Busby Russia Today TV, 19 April 2013 It always amazes me (and many others I expect) that no-one asks the right questions in these affairs.  I was asked by RT to give my “expert analysis” of the health risk from the fumes produced by the …

Daniel Ellsberg: On Secrecy & Whistleblowing with Comment by Robert Steele

Secrecy and National Security Whistleblowing Daniel Ellsberg on January 8, 2013 [Originally published in Social Research] I) Reflections on Secret-keeping and Identity In the “national security” area of the government–the White House, the departments of state and defense, the armed services and the “intelligence community,” along with their contractors–there is less whistleblowing than in other …

Anthony Judge: 30 Disabling Global Trends (Checklist)

Checklist of 30 disabling trends Systemic erosion of confidence and trust, most notably with regard to: Politicians, with a vested interest in ensuring their re-election at any cost Science, with a vested interest in justifying costly research Professions, with their vested interest in overselling on the basis of their authoritative advice Business (especially the financial …

2013 Robert Steele in HighGainBlog on Open and Secret Intelligence

Robert Steele Discusses Open Source and Secret Intelligence HighGainBlog, 4 April 2013 Robert Steele has been a prescient thinker in the fields of search and content processing for decades. Best known for his work in open source intelligence, Mr. Steele has published widely on what I call  “politico-info issues.” One April 2, 2013 Mr. Steele …

Richard Stallman: Free Software Supporter — Issue 60, March 2013

TABLE OF CONTENTS Tell W3C: We don’t want the Hollyweb LibrePlanet 2013 conference Google backslides on federated instant messaging, on purpose? Petition to protect the right to unlock cellphones garners 111,000+ signers; White House must now respond Interview with Adam Hyde of Booktype 2012 Free Software Award winners announced New and improved label for DRM-free …