Owl: “Smart Grid” is NSA on Steroids, Expensive, Instrusive, & A Major Health Hazard

Worse than NSA, plus Hazardous to Health & Home (Causes House Fires) This is one of the 2-3 most important and perhaps alarming articles (and well documented) I’ve referred to on this site in the last twelve months. An absolute must-read for anyone living in the US and all other western countries and owns a …

Berto Jongman: Bits, Bytes, & Stuff

BOOK: Gender, National Security, and Counter-Terrorism BOOK: Indian Mujahideen: Computational Analysis and Public Policy CYBER: Best Practices Not To Be Found at NSA CYBER: Carmakers Track Driver’s Locations

2014 Rethinking National Intelligence — Seven False Premises Blocking Intelligence Reform

Is this the year in which populism defeats the two-party system, when the US stops borrowing to finance waste, and when the NSA debacle outrages the American people to the point that they call for a radical overhaul of the government? – DOC (12 Pages): Rethinking Intelligence 2.3 This post is available for complete re-posting …

Chuck Spinney: Gaza Drowning in Shit — Israel’s Long-Term Anti-Access Program Deepens the Atrocity

Anti-Access, Area Denial Israeli Style Mother Nature Intensifies the Gaza Siege by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch Gaza was recently hit by a severe winter storm, and it lacks the electricity, water, and sewage infrastructure to deal with the crisis. Here, FYI, is report in Ma’an, a Palestinian news agency, describing the disastrous effects of this storm. …

Tom Atlee: The rapid growth of serious responses to climate disruption

The rapid growth of serious responses to climate disruption A LOT of developments are emerging around the climate issue – a nonviolent insurgency, offensive and defensive fossil fuel divestment efforts, insurance industry responses, new forms of agriculture, dark humor, a cross country march, municipal preparedness, US administration actions, and more.  I also encourage action on …