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everetttrue wrote 4 days ago: … you haven’t got your arses over to Drowned In Sound this week, do so now! Article (an … more →

Tags: Music criticism, andrew mcmillen, Ben Myers, Beth Ditto, chris roberts, Drowned in sound, Everett True, Jesse Darling, John & Doran

Great 80s DIY and Pop - 5: The Membranes

everetttrue wrote 1 week ago: Just about the only band I followed round the UK (me and Geoff the Postman, in his car). The Membra … more →

Tags: 80s DIY and Pop, c86, Commercially Unfriendly, The Membranes

THE INCREASING FREQUENCY OF BLACK SWANS

thomaswalpole wrote 4 weeks ago: Interesting  link to a John Robb blog post below on the increasing frequency of hithereto improbable … more →

Tags: Economic Issues, Finance/Mathematics, black swan, chaos theory, Nassim Taleb, benoi mandelbrot, Taleb, nassim nicolols taleb

California's Descent

Todd MacDonald wrote 1 month ago: Although I have noted the importance of political legitimacy for COIN practitioners and “natio … more →

Tags: political legitimacy, California

Simon Price reviews Casanova by the Divine Comedy and David Stubbs reviews Expert Knob Twiddlers by Mike & Rich, 13th July 19961 comment

Charles wrote 1 month ago: Simon Price reviews Casanova by the Divine Comedy and David Stubbs reviews Expert Knob Twiddlers by … more →

Tags: melody maker, Music Reviews, Advertisements, david stubbs, Simon Reynolds, Simon Price, Ian Watson, 1996, Blue

A modest projection...

Todd MacDonald wrote 2 months ago: Warmaking, statemaking, protecting clients, and extracting resources are the primary characteristics … more →

Tags: Global Guerrilla

Are Americans easily panicked cowards? I think not, but many experts disagree.30 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 months ago: This question was raised during a few rounds of cyber tennis between two experts on 4th generation w … more →

Tags: 4 GW, america, chet richards, Tom Engelhardt, Terrorism, Somalia, weeki wachee mermaids

A postcard from Forever Manchester Island13 comments

4evrmanchester wrote 3 months ago: Welcome to the Forever Manchester blog that begins this week with Manchester music and The Stone Ros … more →

Tags: manchester, stone roses, Manchester Music, Spike Island, Forever Manchester

John Robb's testimony to Congress (mentions my work)

don wrote 3 months ago: MY TESTIMONY Download Congressional Testimony  Here’s the testimony I’ll be giving to … more →

Tags: adaptability, How to develop adaptability, Adaptive Leader Methodology (ALM)

Manc music scene

kcneon wrote 3 months ago: Found the video of John Squire debunking the Stone Roses reunion from last week.  He simply said he … more →

Tags: Music, UK Bands, Books, Manchester band, stone roses, john squire

Terrorism in Egypt

Max wrote 4 months ago: Scott MacLeod at Time’s Middle East blog has a good post on last week’s bombing in the K … more →

Tags: Terrorism, Egypt, cairo, Muslim Brotherhood, Khan el-Khalili, 5GW, Scott MacLeod, Luxor Massacre, IEDS

Surveillance and the 'Open-source Insurgency'

David wrote 5 months ago: The US military-industrial complex is always trying to identify new threats to bolster its budgets. … more →

Tags: Drones, Economy, Fear, Internet, México, military, Security, Surveillance, Terrorism

remarks on John Robb's "Industrial Education"

casuist wrote 6 months ago: [...] “Education, in its current form is an admixture of industrial and artisan processes, … more →

Tags: Speculative, Royal Roads University, PhD, Humanities, University, Education, Pedagogy, Online Education, Higher Education

Super-Empowered Individuals and 5GW: Heads or Tails.

Arherring wrote 6 months ago: Originally posted on 8/9/07 at Dreaming 5GW. As globalization economically and socially connects the … more →

Tags: D5GW, xGW, 5GW, Tom Barnett, Thomas X. Hammes, Thomas L. Friedman, robert kaplan, zenpundit, super-empowerment

Welcome to the World of 5GW

Arherring wrote 6 months ago: Originally published on 10/11/06 at Dreaming 5GW First off I would like to give a big thanks to Tom … more →

Tags: D5GW, xGW, 5GW, Tom Barnett, black swan

Some Apocalyptic Thoughts for Monday Afternoon7 comments

Chris Dierkes wrote 7 months ago: Warning:  This is some very disturbing analysis.  I hope I’m 100% wrong on this one.  I’ … more →

Tags: Politics, iraq, long war, global guerrillas, US-Domestic, Iran, National Surveillance State, Middle East Politics, Economics

Live from Boyd 2008

don wrote 7 months ago: Well, nearly live. Here’s an excellent summary of John Robb’s presentation plus an mp3 of mine on t … more →

Tags: chet richards, Boyd Conference 2008

Global Guerrilla's John Robb weighs in on the Mumbai terror attacks2 comments

... and the cow goes moo wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been waiting for his opinion on the event.  Sadly, he does not go into too much detail bu … more →

Tags: International Politics, global guerrillas, Terrorism, mumbai, Danger Room, wired

How can America adapt to a new world? A conference about national security lights the way.5 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 9 months ago: As the post-WWII era ends, America’s public policy must adapt to a changed world, with new dom … more →

Tags: 4 GW, Our Military, america, chet richards, John Boyd, Prince Edward Island, Conferences


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