Chuck Spinney: George Hishmeh – Pope Francis Confronting Zion in Courageous Brilliant Manner

My new friend George Hishmeh has written a very interesting opinion piece for the Gulf News on the Pope’s upcoming visit to the holy land (attached beneath this introduction). Assuming George’s reporting is accurate, it is clear Pope Francis is raising the stakes by using something like a Motherhood and Mismatch (M&M) Strategy [1] to place …

Event: 30-31 May 2014 George Mason University Transparency Camp

TransparencyCamp 2014: Friday May 30– Saturday May 31 at George Mason University Arlington Campus TransparencyCamp is an “unconference” for opengov, an event where, every year hundreds of people gather to share their knowledge about how to use new technologies and policies to make our government really work for the people—and to help people work smarter …

SchwartzReport: 81 Communities in Illinois 100% Clean Energy

This is very cool news. Very positive showing the transition away from carbon can be done by communities. Illinois Powers 91 Communities With 100 Percent Clean Energy BRANDON BAKER | – EcoBusiness Many people don’t know of a state with more than one community using 100-percent renewable electricity, but one state has nearly 100 of …

SchwartzReport: A Coup (Treason), Electoral Reform, or Continue Business as Usual Looting the Commonwealth?

TREASON noun treachery, disloyalty, betrayal, faithlessness; sedition, subversion, mutiny, rebellion. ANTONYMS allegiance, loyalty. This is the voice of the Theocratic Right. Fox News Analyst Tells Tea Party Group He Can Lead a Military Coup Against Obama TRAVIS GETTYS – The Raw Story A retired Army general and Fox News analyst told a Tea Party group …

Veterans Today: Suppressed 2002 German Report on 9/11 — Probable Fabrication But Pulls a Lot Together

Suppressed 2002 German Report on 9/11 (Translated from German.  The original document, after careful forensic examination is considered “inconclusive.”  It has not been proven fake in any way. Ed.) On Monday 6, August, 2001, at 17:50, [German] Ambassador Ischinger personally  notified the President of the United States that information developed by the  Bundesamt fur Verfassungsschutz …