“Without thinking too much about it, name the first five movies that come to mind”

The question came from Facebook. My answer: – Vertigo- Casablanca – Kick-Ass- Big Trouble in Little China- The Last Emporer

Is Amazon.com broken? I can’t add items to shopping cart.

I haven’t been able to add items to my cart all weekend. WHen I “click” on to add to cart, a “loading” layer comes on the screen…and then nothing. While this will save me money, it is quite annoying. It sucks.

WTF Video [Not Safe For Work or Kids]

Update (better pic): Ray Bradbury Pictures Orig Picture: Still has game?

5GW related – The Foundation Trilogy

I didn’t actually read Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy. Somehow, I had managed to not read it after all of these years. Instead, I listened to a Radio/Podcast adapation from the BBC. The 5GW actors are sort of Puppet Master 5GWers, acting over long timeframes using magic a new science to make perfect predictions over long time [...]

Reference: Thomas Barnett’s 5GW Posts

When Barnett upgraded his blog to the current “Globlogization”, it broke the old links. So, I don’t have to search and search for his 5GW stuff again. this is a quick reference page. – 20061008 The sandwich generations-of-war strategy [My Note: This is mostly a long quote by RevG who was an early 5GW thinker [...]

Cyber Security – APT – Advanced Persistant Threats – Capture Phrase…

…from here [The bolding is mine]: Unlike traditional malicious attacks that occur over a number of minutes (days to weeks at most) and result in a demonstrable system payload, APTs are far more subtle. There is no single event to indicate compromise; the threat is made up of a number of small activities occurring over [...]

Watch and Understand

Found via Dr. Sanity:

Grand Strategy Definition – Notes

Blog Guerrilla Diplomacy: Grand strategy is a unifying, long-term vision of a country’s global values and interests; an expression of where that country is, and wants to go in the world, and; an analysis of its potential and capacity to achieve the objectives, and to reach the destination set forth. B. H. Liddell Hart/Wikipedia: [T]he [...]

Capturing My Thoughts: “Who are We”

From a question by Cannoneer No. 4 made here: When I say “We”, I mean US Citizens and Future US Citizens aligned with the core beliefs of the USA (e.g. All are created equal; natural right to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness; GOV exist only at the consent of the people, not [...]

Now Shipping? The Handbook of 5GW

I ordered the print version of The Handbook of 5GW last night from Amazon.com. It does appear to be in stock and shipping even though the Pub date is September. Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #251,817 in Books as of 13 Aug 2010

My “Tweet Cloud” for the Last Week

Tweet Cloud

That sounds like 5GW to me

Cannoneer No 4 spots it: @PurpleSlog In the real world the KGB is winning now. Look at us. Seeds planted by KGB generations ago now bear poisonous fruit Let’s see… – Memetic Engineering? Check.- Long Time-lines? Check.- Small Actions, step by step? Check.- Institutional infiltration? Check.- N-Order Effects are goal? Check.- Done quietly? Check.- The [...]

Time for a new tagline…

…”Lazy Pundit and Armchair Senator”. How about that? I might just go back to “The Future Will Be Kludged” or variant “Kludging the Future”