Journal: False Consciousness, False Government?

My good friend Werther has been beavering away again in the US manure pile and this time has resurrected Engels’ theory of False Consciousness to help explain the mismatch between ideology and reality that has become enshrined in contemporary American political psychology. False Consciousness By Werther* “If they can get you asking the wrong questions, …

MILNET Headlines, 26 February 2010

Cloud Games:  Microsoft to Open Government-Only Dedicated Cloud Facility Cyber-Security:  DoD Issues Responsible Internet Use Policy Cyber-Security: Microsoft Wins Court Approval to Topple Botnet Cyber-Security: RIAA CEO Tries To Connect China Google Hack With Google’s Attitude US Civil Rights:  Lawmakers Punt Patriot Act to Obama US Civil Rights:  Majority Say Government Threatens Rights US Economy:  …

MILNET Headlines, 25 February 2010

Afghanistan:  Night Raids Violate Afghans’ Deepest Moral Code Cloud:  Ranum& Peterson Vidoe on Cloud Computing Commentary:  Opinion: Running Out of Time Copyright:  New ACTA Leak–U.S., Korea, Singapore, Denmark Do Not Support  Transparency Cyber-Security:  Cybersecurity Coordinator Lacks Accountability Cyber-Security:  Federal Regulation Urged on Cybersecurity Cyber-Security:  Software Defects Threaten Census Rollout Cyber-Security:  US Would Lose Cyberwar Cyber-Security: …

NIGHTWATCH: Pakistani Education as Weapon Against USA–The Failure of US Militarization

Pakistan: Special note. The second part of yesterday’s PBS show Frontline concerned the condition of the public school system in Pakistan. It has collapsed in nearly every respect. The video report noted that nearly half of the 65 million school age kids in Pakistan do not attend public schools. It did not follow-up that datum …

MILNET Headlines, 24 February 2010

Bush-Obama Share Lawyers:  My Gift to President Obama Corporate Misbehavior:  Blackwater in Kabul, or Eric Cartman gets an AK-47 Corporate Misbehavior: Microsoft Takes Down Whistleblower Site, Read the Secret Doc Here Corporate Misbehavior: Must Watch TV: Blackwater’s ‘Team South Park’ vs the Senate Cyber-Security: Avoiding a Digital Dark Age Cyber-Security: Determining the motives for cyberattacks …