Richard Wright: IARPA Clutches at Straws, DNI Refuses to Grow Up

IARPA clutches at straws…. University studies crowdsourcing for intelligence Matthew Barakat, AP Fosters.com, October 24, 2011 FAIRFAX, Virginia (AP) — Maybe you’ve got a hunch Kim Jong Il’s regime in North Korea has seen its final days, or that the Ebola virus will re-emerge somewhere in the world in the next year. Your educated guess …

Marcus Aurelius: WSJ on Viet-Nam War – Lack of Integrity

Well, this is harsh w/r/t Westy… Wall Street Journal October 8, 2011 Pg. C5 Bookshelf The War Over The Vietnam War By Max Boot Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam. By Lewis Sorley, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 416 pp., $30 September 2006. Violence levels are spiking in Iraq. Every day brings reports of more suicide bombings, …

Cynthia McKinney: Fidel Castro Makes Sense, Slams Barack Obama for “Gibberish” and Moral Hazard

Fidel Castro calls Obama UN address ‘gibberish’ Tuesday, 27 September 2011 14:28 “Who understands the gibberish of the president of the United States before the General Assembly?” Castro asked. AFP – September 26, 2011 HAVANA – Cuba’s Fidel Castro blasted Barack Obama’s speech to the United Nations as “gibberish” on Monday, saying the US president …

Koko: American Patriot Del Spurlock Speaks to the NAACP in Oberlin, Ohio

Koko Signs:  A small sign of life within the comatose US democracy. OBERLIN 2011 A Speech Given to the NAACP at the Oberlin Inn September 24, 2011 by Delbert L. Spurlock, Jr. Mr. Spurlock was introduced by Robert K. Jones (B.J.), Chief of Police, Retired Oberlin Police Department. EXTRACT: We live in a country that …

John Robb: China’s Growing Spy Threat + China RECAP

China’s Growing Spy Threat Alex Newman The Diplomat, 19 September 2011 The Chinese government’s ‘vacuum cleaner’ approach to espionage is worrying foreign governments, companies and overseas dissidents. They’re right to be concerned. Read 5 screen article. Phi Beta Iota:  China graduates more honors students from high school than the USA graduates from high school across …