How does one of the Internet’s most notorious pirate websites stay online despite years of the best efforts of the US government to shut it down? Every now and then I get questions about The Pirate Bay, in particular, something like this: These guys are sticking their fingers in the eyes of ... … Read entire article »

According to Wikipedia, the Schumann resonances are a set of spectrum peaks in the ELF portion of the earth’s electromagnetic field. Schumann resonances are global electromagnetic resonances, excited by lightning discharges in the cavity formed by the earth’s surface and the ionosphere. Professor R. Wever from the Max Planck Institute was ... … Read entire article »

Nothing happens without our permission. In one way or another, consciously and/or subconsciously, we give our approval or disapproval by our actions, words and intentions. Over time our accountability increases. A mad world swirls around us in this manifestation with our inherent agreement. Without our complicit cooperation in support of this insane ... … Read entire article »

“All governments are run by liars.” — Independent journalist I.F. “Izzy” Stone. President Obama has managed, with singular assistance from Congress and the courts, to mangle the Constitution through repeated abuses, attacks and evasions. This is nothing new, as I’ve documented in my book A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police ... … Read entire article »

Research on simulating the human brain is marching forward. Corporations are attempting to build devices that talk to their users in a “realistic” fashion. These computers would continuously update profiles of their owners, seeking to read their emotional states and preferences and respond to them. The old phrase, “the machine age,” takes ... … Read entire article »

You may or not be interested in the sexual practices of Trobriand Islanders. You may or not be interested in what some tribe in the Amazon jungle is doing on a slow Thursday. But what sociologists and anthropologists have written about such subjects is as much science as you sitting in ... … Read entire article »

The war behind all wars is a war on words; a war on language. For instance, in today’s world independence is overshadowed by “inter-dependence”, incessant talk of “democracy” overlooks our constitutional republic, “pooling” is now a substitute for sovereignty, “globalization” takes precedence over nation-states, economic growth has morphed into “sustainable ... … Read entire article »

One of the best questions a person asks himself is, “What if…?” People do ask themselves that question all the time, but they rarely take it seriously. They prefer to keep the answers at arm’s length. They prefer to assign someone else the task of putting answers into action. “What if…” ... … Read entire article »

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the Truth and expose lies. — Noam Chomsky. My book, The Wizards of Ozymandias, was dedicated “To the memory and spirit of Sophie and Hans Scholl and the White Rose, who reminded us what it means to be civilized.” These wonderful young people ... … Read entire article »