Mini-Me: Dr. Steve Pieczenik on War in Middle East from 25 September 2012 – Jim Fetzer Reports Plus Interview & Links

Huh? Steve Pieczenik: World War III starts 25 September 2012 by Jim Fetzer Veterans Today, 21 September 2012 Dr. Steve Pieczenik, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in three administrations, who earned his Ph.D. at MIT, has revealed that he has been told by a high-ranking general–whom I believe to have been Gen. Richard Myers–that …

John Pilger: The War on Democracy Comes Home

Recommended by Paul Craig Roberts, Institute for Political Economy John Pilger describes the reality hidden behind the cloak of anglo-american “democracy.” Phi Beta Iota:  This describes the crime against humanity, the atrocity, of cleansing the population of the islands now known as Diego Garcia.  If We the People do not hold our government accountable, then …

Koko: Crowd-Sourcing Weather Forecasting

Koko Sign:  Gorillas better forecasters than computers. Crowdsourcing Snowstorm’s Westward Model Shift AccuWeather.com, Dec 7, 2011 I was surprised to see this HRRR forecast model prediction of tonight’s Northeast snow showing no snow for Harrisburg and York, PA, and showing the axis of heaviest snow (4-8″) over or west of State College, PA. This disagreed …

Howard Rheingold: Infotention Skills + Citizen Intel RECAP

Infotention Skills: From Information Overload to Knowledge Navigation An immersive learning experience from the Institute for Social & Network Literacy 21st Century Information Fluency Self-guided Assessment and Tutorial Packages Phi Beta Iota:  US education, like the rest of government-dominated programs, is totally broken.  Apart from the 22% now unemployed, another 22% can expect to be …

Review: Cosmic Weather Report — Notes from the Edge of the Universe

Mark Borax and Ellias Lonsdale Phenomenal Starting Point for Anyone Opening Up, May 24, 2011 Disclosure: I bought this book because I am negotiating a contract with the publisher for a book in their new Manifesto series (tentative title: Manifesto for Truth–Public Intelligence in the Public Interest). I wanted to get a “sense” of where …