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April 9, 2014 0

Introducing "The Spark"

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Links Introducing "The Spark" April 9, 2014 ( Tony Cartalucci – LocalOrg ) – " The Spark "( Facebook / Vimeo ) is an interesting and ongoing grassroots project that fits in well with an older article featured on LocalOrg titled, " Decentralizing Big-Retail ." The article illustrated the waste, disparity, and exploitation promoted by the current "big-retail" monopolies and the consumerist paradigm modern society is dependent on, and suggests as an alternative the leveraging of technology to replace entirely this paradigm with local solutions. It featured a combination of projects from urban farming to technological havens called "makerspaces" or "hackerspaces" working in tandem to turn a city block into a sustainable, self-sufficient economic unit driven by open source collaboration, technology, and local entrepreneurship.

A Tale of Two Protests: Ukraine and Thailand – End Game
April 8, 2014 0

A Tale of Two Protests: Ukraine and Thailand – End Game

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Links A Tale of Two Protests: Ukraine and Thailand – End Game April 8, 2014 ( Tony Cartalucci – NEO ) – Nothing illustrates the bottomless hypocrisy of the West’s alleged principles more than its stance on two simultaneously unfolding political conflicts – one raging in Eastern Europe’s Ukraine, the other in Southeast Asia’s Thailand. Not only is the West’s rhetorical stance on each protest hypocritical, but the support they have demonstrably lent to players in each conflict illustrates a troubling pattern of foreign special interests meddling in, and shaping the future of nations around the world. Such meddling is divergent of any principle it is generally done in the name of, with such principles serving merely as a facade behind which the West advances its hegemonic designs

Egypt Vs. The Muslim Brotherhood – Preventing the Next Syria
April 1, 2014 0

Egypt Vs. The Muslim Brotherhood – Preventing the Next Syria

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How Egypt Got Here    Egypt’s current turmoil is a direct result of the 2011 so-called “Arab Spring.†While nations like Libya lie in ruins with the “revolution†a “success†and the Libyan people now subjugated by pro-Western proxies, and Syria as it continues to fight on in a costly 3 year conflict that has cost tens of thousands of lives, Egypt has taken a different path.  When violent mobs began inching Egypt toward violence of Libyan and Syrian proportions, the Egyptian military, who has been the primary brokers of power in Egypt for decades, bent with the winds of change. Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power and the military tolerated the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood itself into power.

NATO’s Proxy Offensive Continues in Northern Syria
March 28, 2014 0

NATO’s Proxy Offensive Continues in Northern Syria

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Links NATO’s Proxy Offensive Continues in Northern Syria Fighting continues in northern Syria – as NATO-backed Al Qaeda militants desecrate churches, displace local population, and impose "Sharia law." March 28, 2014 (Mimi Al Laham) – Fighting on the Syrian-Turkish border near the northwestern Syrian town of Kassab between AlQaeda insurgents Jabhat Al Nusra and the Syrian military continues for the fifth day. Insurgents are shelling the towns near Kassab in Latakia province while the military is returning fire on their positions. Point 45, a strategic hilltop overlooking Latakia’s countryside and Kassab, was regained by the Syrian army, initially lost to the mlitants flooding in from the Turkish side of the border.