Robert Steele: The Virtual Caliphate – Between Two (or More) Evils
SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/Saudi-Threat-2016 All slides below the line — downloadable PPT at end of post.
Robert Steele: Who Owns What When Virtue Counts?
DefDog: John Hamre Gets It Wrong — and Politico Lets Him Slide — “Electronic Pearl Harbor” is Original to Winn Schwartau
The ‘electronic Pearl Harbor’ Eighteen years ago I was the first to use that term publicly. It was the wrong analogy then. Not anymore. The phrase became a touchstone in the long national argument over cybersecurity, for better or worse. I was not the author of the phrase. That honor goes to a dear friend of …
Jean Lievens: The Linux Approach to Human and Eco-System Well Being
The Linux Approach to Human and Eco-System Well Being Democracies are in dire need of an upgrade to deal with social complexity Current versions of democracy are a bit like the DOS operating system in the 1980s. In the best cases, they may hold the promise of a more user-friendly Windows beaconing on the horizon. …
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Yoda: Carnegie on Complexities of Global Protest
99% rising…. The Complexities of Global Protests The spike in global protests is becoming a major trend in international politics, but care is needed in ascertaining the precise nature and impact of the phenomenon.
Chuck Spinney: Benghazi, Libya, Dysfunctional Congress, End of All Checks and Balances
The Republican antics in the hearings of the Benghazi Committee in the House or Representatives are a good example illustrating how broken American politics have become. The clear aim is narrowly political: to embarrass Hillary Clinton (and President Obama) for partisan reasons, while avoiding the roots of the larger Libyan debacle that flowed from the …
Mongoose: US Government & Monsanto — a Joint Crime Against Humanity
WikiLeaks Cables Reveal U.S. Government Planned To “Retaliate & Cause Pain” On Countries Refusing GMOs If information about our food needs to be concealed from the public domain, then something has gone seriously wrong with the food industry.
