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Thoughts on politics, economics, life and creative works from the author including poetry

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Two Cons and the Emperor's new clothes

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The Security con and most securities cons have one important thing in common. They are both variations of the "emperor's new cloth...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Catch 22 and unintended/Intended consequence

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The other day in my article "Surveillance metastasizes" I wrote how the NSA has basically been spun off into various daughter org...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

The Ghost of J. Edgar Hoover lives on -- A review of Sirota's article

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Strategic thinking and Corporatism

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Strategic thinking means thinking about the long term effects: blow-backs, synergies, negative feedback -- suppresses an effect and positi...
Monday, August 12, 2013

Surveillance metastasizes

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Often the worst official crimes start out as well meaning attempts to improve the fight against criminality, but in a bureaucratic context. ...
Sunday, August 11, 2013

Privatization

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Privatization is the turning over of services and entities to private government. It is a form of rent seeking in which persons seek to gove...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Privacy protections like a string thong in a mens club

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Press Secretary Carney's Press Conference August 9 Snowden's whistleblowing has embarrassed the administration because domestic sp...
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A lifelong student of life, politics, economics. Even an advance degree is only an introduction to a lifetime of learning.
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