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2011/08/252011/08/25

Chuck Spinney: Richard Falk on USG Learning Disability

Reasoning by analogy is powerful, but dangerous for of thinking. Einstein, for example, showed how reasoning by analogy can unleash stunning insights , but only when properly tempered by critical observation, testing, and systematic analysis, can analogical insights lead to brilliant syntheses that literally change our view of reality. But that benefit comes with a heavy price, because this kind …

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2011/08/21

Who Are the Rebels Entering Tripoli?

Phi Beta Iota: This March 30 article continues to be one of the best available. Who Are the Rebels Fighting Libyan Government Forces? André de Nesnera Voice of America, 30 March 2011 EXTRACTS: But experts are wondering who is this opposition and who are the rebels fighting Ghadafi’s forces? . . . . . . …

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2011/08/032011/08/03

Joe Mazzafro: Deficit Deal and Impact on the US IC

The MAZZ-INT Blog DEFICIT DEAL AND ITS IMPACT ON THE IC At the time of the July edition of Mazz-INT Blog, the government was tied in a knot over coming to grips with how to get long term spending under control so there would be the political conditions to raise the debt ceiling on August …

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2011/07/242011/07/24

Koko: When Governments Fail, Humans Explode

Norway suspect says NATO bombs ‘tipped the scales’ By IAN MacDOUGALL, Associated Press – 34 minutes ago OSLO, Norway (AP) — Anders Behring Breivik said he was a boy when his life’s path began to turn. It was during the first Gulf War, when a Muslim friend cheered at reports of missile attacks against American …

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2011/07/242011/07/24

Koko: Water on Earth vs. Galactic Water

Astronomers Find Largest, Most Distant Reservoir of Water NASA JPL CIT July 22, 2011 Two teams of astronomers have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. The water, equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world’s ocean, surrounds a huge, feeding black hole, called a quasar, …

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2011/07/15

Chuck Spinney: Obama Implodes…the Story Continues

President Obama in trouble at home and around the world. The common denominator in his problems is a failure to follow through on expectations he recklessly excites … while this mismatch is clear in the mounting alienation of his domestic political base in the United States, it is also evident his plummeting popularity abroad, particularly …

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2011/07/15

John Robb: Attacks on Energy Infrastructure

Tracking Energy Attacks site. This is a great early site put up by my friend, the excellent analyst Jennifer Giroux. If the oil companies and defense/intel world isn’t fully funding her work analyzing attacks on energy infrastructrue, they are making a BIG mistake. Sample Headlines: Another Sinai EI Attack: Fourth times the charm Status of …

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