Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
U.S. Plans to ‘Fight the Net’
January 31st, 2007Oh what a difference a decade makes. A little less that that, in this case. In 1995, when I first suggested to a professor that net centric warfare would become a core military competency, right along with rockets, rifles and bombs, I got a bit of a laugh. He let me write my paper anyway. […]
Raw Milk and Lifting the Veil that has Been Pulled Over Our Eyes
January 28th, 2007As all of you know, I find the “expert” opinions on medicine, energy, economics and several other areas to be riddled with bullshit. I have found that experimentation always trumps theory. No number of people with PhDs, paid trolls or “peer reviewed” journals are going to convince me that something that works for me isn’t […]
China Censorship Damaged Google, Founders Admit
January 27th, 2007Does Sergey Brin have a secret degree in rocket science? Via: Guardian: Google’s decision to censor its search engine in China was bad for the company, its founders admitted yesterday. Google, launched in 1998 by two Stanford University dropouts, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, was accused of selling out and reneging on its “Don’t be […]
If Tesco and Wal-Mart Are Friends of the Earth, Are There Any Enemies Left?
January 25th, 2007Via: Guardian: You batter your head against the door until you begin to wonder whether it is a door at all. Suddenly it opens, and you find yourself flying through space. The superstores’ green conversion is astonishing, wonderful, disorientating. If Tesco and Wal-Mart have become friends of the earth, are there any enemies left?
Microsoft Offers Cash for Wikipedia Edit
January 24th, 2007Can’t bribe em’? Just get the crappy browser to declare them a phishing site! Via: Yahoo/AP: Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site. While Wikipedia is known as the encyclopedia that anyone can tweak, founder Jimmy Wales […]
Change Blindness: Real Power and the Coolest Psychology Experiment… Ever
December 30th, 2006This is a simple, clinical expression of how the game is played. This is the basic framework that underlies real, tangible power. We all know that subduing the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. But how? How is it done, specifically? “By way of deception thou shalt do war.” Keep Mossad’s motto in […]
Bush, Democrats Agree: More Troops to Fight the War on Terror
December 20th, 2006The Democrats take over and what’s going to be the result? A larger military, and more troops for Iraq and Afghanistan! That’s right. * yawn * Who actually thought that the last midterm election was going to result in a course change on the ship of fools? Anyone? The old and overused Carroll Quigley quote […]
For Super-Sized Kids, a McGym Is New on the U.S. Menu
December 14th, 2006Pushing the limits of absurdity, in Jesus Land and beyond! Via: Yahoo/AFP: US fast-food giant McDonald’s, often accused of catering to expanding waistlines, has a new item on its menu for kids — gyms. The company is testing R Gyms — in-restaurant mini-gyms with stationary bicycles hooked to video games, obstacle courses and aerobics exercises […]
New on the Web: Politics as Usual
December 4th, 2006Politicians are now buying bloggers. And if you thought it was cheap for a corporation to buy a politician, wait until you see how cheap it is for a politician to buy a blogger (chart)! Via: NY Times: “THE Netroots.” “People Power.” “Crashing the Gate.” The lingo of liberal Web bloggers bespeaks contempt for the […]
Lou Dobbs: North American Union Orwellian Brave New World
December 2nd, 2006After you watch this Lou Dobbs piece, check out the new Visa commercial. People who use cash cause the machine to break down! Trouble makers. Terrorists?
