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2012/06/052012/06/05

Patrick Meier: Big Data Philathropy aka Big Data Commons

Big Data Philanthropy for Humanitarian Response My colleague Robert Kirkpatrick from Global Pulse has been actively promoting the concept of “data philanthropy” within the context of development. Data philanthropy involves companies sharing proprietary datasets for social good. I believe we urgently need big (social) data philanthropy for humanitarian response as well. Disaster-affected communities are increasingly the source …

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2012/06/042012/06/04

John Steiner: Joseph Stiglitz on 1% Problem and 1% Solution

The 1 Percent’s Problem Why won’t America’s 1 percent—such as the six Walmart heirs, whose wealth equals that of the entire bottom 30 percent—be a bit more . . . selfish? As the widening financial divide cripples the U.S. economy, even those at the top will pay a steep price. By Joseph E. Stiglitz, Vanity …

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2012/06/022012/06/03

Berto Jongman: Interesting Global Security Links

Anonymous Book – The Secret Lives of Dangerous Hackers Bedouin Uprising Cheat Sheet: Behind The U.S. Cyberattacks on Iran Conscious Leadership for Sustainability Earth 2062: An Optimistic Outline ELECTRICITY SUBSECTOR CYBERSECURITY CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL (MAY 2012) Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Drones FBI: New Internet addresses could hinder police investigations Genocide Forecasting Going Rogue: …

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2012/06/02

DefDog: Pentagon: sabotaging U.S. computers is an act of war against U.S. – but Iran cannot hold Stuxnet against US….

Pentagon: sabotaging U.S. computers is an actor of war against U.S. Homeland Security Newswire, 1 June 2012 The Pentagon has concluded that the act of sabotaging U.S. computers by another country may constitute an act of war against the United States. This conclusion opens the door for the United States to respond to such cyber …

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2012/06/02

Mini-Me: Obama-Biden – Velvet Killer & Velvet Crook

Huh? A Killer In the White House [ 88523 ] – John Grant This Can’t Be Happening, 1 June 2012 “No, Charlotte, I’m the jury now. I sentence you to death.” The roar of the .45 shook the room. Charlotte staggered back a step. “How c-could you?” she gasped. “It was easy.” – Mickey Spillane, …

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2012/05/302012/05/30

Chuck Spinney: Global Moral Downside of Privatizing US Military Support

In the late 1980s, under the leadership of Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, the Pentagon began to privatise many of the military’s support services that had traditionally be done soldiers, sailors, and airmen — laundries, dining halls, security guards, cleaning latrines, some supply functions, etc. It was argued at the time that this would save …

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2012/05/272012/05/27

Marcus Aurelius: For the Record – DoD Eats Entire US Government

The Amazing Expanding Pentagon After a decade of ‘mission creep’–into diplomacy, agriculture, even energy policy–the Department of Defense has become America’s default tool for dealing with the world. Where does this leave the next president? By Thanassis Cambanis Boston Globe, May 27, 2012 When President Obama and Mitt Romney cross swords on defense policy, it …

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