In case you missed it, Nicholas Kristof had an interesting piece about Afghanistan late last week where he posits that instead of a doomed-to-fail attempt at counterinsurgency, we should spend the money on education instead. Why? Because “for the cost of a single additional soldier stationed in Afghanistan for one year, we could build roughly 20 schools there.”

He builds the argument well, citing awesome organizations that have successfully built and maintained schools in the country—none of which get…

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I was reading “Critical Path” by Buckminster Fuller on my way back to Chicago from Ann Arbor. I have to admit I have started reading this book several times and still have not finished it. However there was this paragraph which made me smile and I just wanted to share. Keep in mind this was written around late 1970’s.

“Neither the great political and financial power structures of the world, nor the specialization-blinded professionals, nor the…

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfLsXl-GDe8   in todays turbulant times everyone’s going thru.

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Please ignore my last post....So I was watching the Rachel Maddow show the other day and as a special gust she had on a soldier who had served at the Guantanamo prisoner facility as a guard. Now after all the war stories that we have heard, this one wasn’t really different…you know..prisoner abuse,..
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Interview with Heal Africa will be posted on the E-advocate December 1st:  http://www.myspace.com/eadvocateradioTogether we can help protect women internationally and hear the voice of the women of the Congo.  Along with the NGO Heal Africa, we can urge the US to pressure the members..
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Technological developments have enabled the evolution of warfare from cavemen bludgeoning each other with blunt objects to career soldiers detonating explosives from miles away. What’s next on the battlefields of the future? Military robots are rolling, flying, and swimming into conflict zones, aiding and protecting their human counterparts. We take a closer look at these robo-warriors in our new series, “Military Robots.”

Continued in Part 2, “Soldiers and Their Bots.”

…
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”The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,” said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs. ”The sheer numbers, the wholesale brutality, the culture of impunity — it’s appalling.”

Rape is used as a weapon of war in Congo. Armed groups rape to terrorize and control women and communities and to humiliate families. It’s calculated and it’s brutal. The International Rescue Committee is focusing on emergency care, counseling,…

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I’ve voted in every election since 1970 and I’ve got to tell you, I’m worn out.  Watching, listening, reading about the two candidates, I only wish I could mix them together.  I mean, you can’t help but be impressed (regardless of your feeling about war) by McCain’s POW experience and how he persisted.  He’s been there and back from life to death, and is so humble about actually feeling good about being put through it…

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October, 2006: The U.N. sanctioned a long list of delectable goods that could no longer pass over North Korea’s borders. This was no typical maneuver to target military build-up or weapon designs. Instead, the U.N. hoped to entice Kim Jong Il away from his nuclear warheads by blacklisting luxury items specific to his extravagant tastes.

At first, we thought the strategy was a soft, hand-slapping diplomacy—more like a parent’s decision to forgo presents at Christmas…

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Who’s got ‘em? How many? What would one do to New York City? An original GOOD Video.

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In case you missed it, Nicholas Kristof had an interesting piece about Afghanistan late last week where he posits that instead of a doomed-to-fail attempt at counterinsurgency, we should spend the money on education instead. Why? Because “for the cost of a single additional soldier stationed in Afghanistan for one year, we could build roughly 20 schools there.”

He builds the argument well, citing awesome organizations that have successfully built and maintained schools in the country—none of which get…

Read & Discuss

I was reading “Critical Path” by Buckminster Fuller on my way back to Chicago from Ann Arbor. I have to admit I have started reading this book several times and still have not finished it. However there was this paragraph which made me smile and I just wanted to share. Keep in mind this was written around late 1970’s.

“Neither the great political and financial power structures of the world, nor the specialization-blinded professionals, nor the…

Read & Discuss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfLsXl-GDe8   in todays turbulant times everyone’s going thru.

Read & Discuss

Please ignore my last post....So I was watching the Rachel Maddow show the other day and as a special gust she had on a soldier who had served at the Guantanamo prisoner facility as a guard. Now after all the war stories that we have heard, this one wasn’t really different…you know..prisoner abuse,..
Read & Discuss

Interview with Heal Africa will be posted on the E-advocate December 1st:  http://www.myspace.com/eadvocateradioTogether we can help protect women internationally and hear the voice of the women of the Congo.  Along with the NGO Heal Africa, we can urge the US to pressure the members..
Read & Discuss

”The sexual violence in Congo is the worst in the world,” said John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs. ”The sheer numbers, the wholesale brutality, the culture of impunity — it’s appalling.”

Rape is used as a weapon of war in Congo. Armed groups rape to terrorize and control women and communities and to humiliate families. It’s calculated and it’s brutal. The International Rescue Committee is focusing on emergency care, counseling,…

Read & Discuss

I’ve voted in every election since 1970 and I’ve got to tell you, I’m worn out.  Watching, listening, reading about the two candidates, I only wish I could mix them together.  I mean, you can’t help but be impressed (regardless of your feeling about war) by McCain’s POW experience and how he persisted.  He’s been there and back from life to death, and is so humble about actually feeling good about being put through it…

Read & Discuss

Technological developments have enabled the evolution of warfare from cavemen bludgeoning each other with blunt objects to career soldiers detonating explosives from miles away. What’s next on the battlefields of the future? Military robots are rolling, flying, and swimming into conflict zones, aiding and protecting their human counterparts. We take a closer look at these robo-warriors in our new series, “Military Robots.”

Continued in Part 2, “Soldiers and Their Bots.”

…
Read & Discuss

October, 2006: The U.N. sanctioned a long list of delectable goods that could no longer pass over North Korea’s borders. This was no typical maneuver to target military build-up or weapon designs. Instead, the U.N. hoped to entice Kim Jong Il away from his nuclear warheads by blacklisting luxury items specific to his extravagant tastes.

At first, we thought the strategy was a soft, hand-slapping diplomacy—more like a parent’s decision to forgo presents at Christmas…

Read & Discuss

Who’s got ‘em? How many? What would one do to New York City? An original GOOD Video.

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