Wired: Cyberwar Hype Intended to Destroy the Open Internet
[via:Joonas Mäkinen]
6 March 2010
8 February 2010
War is psychedelic: Dazzle camouflage
“Dazzle did not conceal the ship but made it difficult for the enemy to estimate its type, size, speed and heading. The idea was to disrupt the visual rangefinders used for naval artillery.”
[via:Waino]
14 November 2009
10 November 2009
30 October 2009
NY Times: Drug Trading Brother of Afghan Leader Said to Be Paid by C.I.A.
“Ahmed Wali Karzai [...] a suspected player in the country’s booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, and has for much of the past eight years [...] The C.I.A.’s practices also suggest that the United States is not doing everything in its power to stamp out the lucrative Afghan drug trade, a major source of revenue for the Taliban.”
[via:No Agenda]
17 July 2009
Anthrax War – documentary about the 2001 Anthrax Attacks
Recently aired by CBC, coming to European public broadcasters soon. The movie also discusses the death of David Kelly and other aspects of the messy world of bioweapons development, including the South African apartheid era government’s plans to control the black population.
14 July 2009
12 June 2009
11 May 2009
3 May 2009
Visualized statistics of consumption, spending in the US
Each item is displayed distantly, close up and IN YOUR FACE for your mindblowing pleasure(?).
[via:Nelg]
17 April 2009
30% of US military women are raped while serving
“…71% are sexually assaulted, and 90% are sexually harassed”
22 March 2009
Israeli soldiers ordered to shoot at Gaza rescuers
I could easily fill a body bag with post-it notes if I’d written one for every (recent) mental note I’ve made of “avoid the Middle East”.
[via:Helsingin Sanomat]
21 March 2009
15 February 2009
U.S. Army to recruit immigrants with temporary visas
Running out of cannon fodder?
1 July 2008
What a fantastic idea for an anti-land mine ad campaign