The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reportedly plans to supervise the construction of a mysterious five-story underground facility named “Site 911” for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at an Israeli Air Force base near Tel Aviv, Israel.…

The  National Security Agency better known as the NSA  has long been hidden as an agency that's all powerful and has computers and surveillance that's beyond anything we can imagine. They can monitor and intercept  all telephone calls, emails instant messenger and all communications on the Internet. If they can do this then why did 911 happen? We will take a look at NSA Whistle blower Edward Snowden and what he did and what may happen to him. Join Mario and I as we take on the topic of the…

Egypt: What if the President Is Toppled?

As many of You know, I have been managing at the behest of a friend.  Sadly, My friend cannot pay the rent any longer on My 16X16 cabin ($300 mo/inc util, plus phone & interweb) and there is no work for old arthritic ladies in these parts.

So... I will likely be packing My stuff and figuring out what to do with My two cats - breaking My heart to have no place for the two I rescued from certain death at the shelter, and who I adore with all My heart...  Maybe I will hitchhike to…

By Michael Arria

What happened to friendly neighborhood cops? The drug and terror wars happened. Via Oregon DOT/Flickr

In 2007, journalist Radley Balko told a House subcommittee that one criminologist detected a 1,500% increase in the use of SWAT teams over the last two decades. That's reflective…

The violation of civil liberties in the name of security has had a profound impact on those who came of age after 9/11

When Darrell Anderson, 22, joined the US military he knew there was going to be a war, and he wanted to fight it. "I thought I was going to free Iraqi people," he told me. "I thought I was going to do a good thing."

Until, that is, he realised precisely what he had to do. While on patrol in Baghdad, he thought: "What are we doing here? Are we looking for…

We will simplify the planning process by breaking down to three survival environments: 1) Inner city. Here you have little or no natural resources, city services provide most or all of the basic needs such as water, sanitation, and the energy sources used to cook and heat. The local population density is high, meaning resource competition will be high.  2)  Urban.  This would be neighborhoods removed from the city yards and some degree of natural foliage. Most basic services are provided by…

This scandalous statistic is revealed by Nicholas D. Kristof in an op-ed for the New York Times:

Here’s a window into a tragedy within the American military: For every soldier killed on the battlefield this year, about 25 veterans are dying by their own…

The G8 final communique communique – yet another diplomatic victory for Putin

This is a social network.  We need increased posts, discussion, agreeing, or respectfully disagreeing, just MORE INTERACTION PERIOD!

More intelligent discussion @ 12160 would be great!

We should all engage and promote posting of comments, anything, something!  Even if it's just to say, good post in reply to a comment.

This can be done by any member here: Admin, Mod, or Member. IT'S FREE!

MORE ACTIVE MEMBERS SHOULD BE JOB #1 And everyone can help if they appreciate…

Brazil Tries to Calm Protester Concerns, Rebuking Violence

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Brazilian protests continued on Friday in Belo Horizonte, where plans to increase public transportation fares were the focus.

By…

It has been the stuff of science fiction for generations - a wearable exoskeleton that gives human beings super powers.

And now the U.S. Army is one step closer to realising that dream after it began testing its latest hi-tech war fighting gadget.

The appropriately named Human Universal Load Carrier, or HULC, is a wearable exoskeleton that allows soldiers to…

Fisa court submissions show broad scope of procedures governing NSA's surveillance of Americans' communication



• Document one: procedures used by NSA to target non-US persons

• Document two: procedures used by NSA to minimise data collected from US…