Journal: Crazy Conspiracy Memes–Theirs & Ours

  Those irrational, misled, conspiratorial Muslims BY GLENN GREENWALD, Salon, 26 May 2010  FULL STORY ONLINE The New York Times this morning has a particularly lush installment of one of the American media’s most favored, reliable, and self-affirming rituals — it’s time to mock and pity Those Crazy, Primitive, Irrational, Propagandized Muslims and their Wild …

Journal: Pentagon Strategy & Policy Oxymoron Squared?

Phi Beta Iota: We don’t make this stuff up.  The Pentagon has no strategy because the U.S. Government has no strategy.  The National Security Council is managed by a General who emphasized getting along with the Chief of Naval Operation, never-mind leaving Marines wounded on the battlefield for lack of Naval Gunfire Support (NFS). Join …

EVENT REPORT: State of the Planet 2010, Columbia Univ, New York City

Panels and keynotes program schedule I was told via email from someone involved in the event that a video will be posted online.I will be posting this over a the Earth Institute blog (especially since it has zero comments for the March 25 event) as a challenge to improve the overall framework of the “State …

Review: Endless War–Middle-Eastern Islam vs. Western Civilization

27 March 2010: Full spread sheet and optimal links added below Amazon review.GOT TO RUN, Links later today. Beyond Five Stars…Gifted Mix of Intelligence, Integrity, Insight Deeply Rooted in History and Firmly Focused on Today’s Reality March 21, 2010 Ralph Peters I do not always agree with Ralph Peters, but along with Steve Metz and …

Journal: Secretary of State Lacks Intelligence Support

Egged on by a nuclear-armed Israel and its wholly owned subsidiaries throughout the US government, a blizzard of recent news reports make it clear that President Obama’s foreign policy team is becoming obsessed with Iran, particularly, but not exclusively, its nascent atomic energy program. Obsessions are dangerous, because in any conflict, be it political, economic, or …

MILNET Headlines 15 February 2010

Cyber-Security: DISA to establish safe haven outside the Internet Cyber-Security: U.S. Internet security plan revamped Threat-China: The Last Shuttle and the Rise of China Threat-China: Who needs aircraft carriers and cruise missiles when you have IOUs? Threat-China: Why China’s Naval Rise Could Help The World Threat-Google: Google Buzz Abandons Auto-Following Amid Privacy Concerns Threat-Google: Too …