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    A Problem of Asymmetrical Knowledge

    Back in the late 90s, when I was still hanging around with venture capitalists and investment bankers, I remember one telling me, “most of the time, if you can find asymmetric knowledge, you can monetize it.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • July 6, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground, Capitalism is a disease, Terrorism

    Memorial Day, 2018

    The US is still at war: overt war such as Afghanistan, and covert wars all over the world. Let’s have a day of remembrance.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • May 28, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground, Terrorism, War is a Racket

    One Way To Keep The Civilian Casualty Count Down

    If there are no civilians, there can be no “civilian casualties” in the assassination war the US is waging worldwide.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • May 4, 2018
    • Nationalism is Bullshit, Terrorism, War is a Racket

    The Original Weapon of Mass Destruction

    Years ago, I read Massey’s Dreadnought and the Coming of The Great War [amzn] and one tidbit stuck in my mind: naval blockades are an act of war. Of course, it’s more complicated than that, usually cutting down to the core of the conflict – war supplies or food.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • March 7, 2018
    • Burn it to the ground, Terrorism, TrumpUS, War is a Racket

    Merry Christmas: Operation Linebacker II

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 – A Pentagon spokesman confirmed today for the first time reports of damage to the Bach Mai Hospital and Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi during heavy air raids last month over North Vietnam but he denied that the damage was either massive or intentional.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • December 22, 2017
    • Militarism, Terrorism, War is a Racket

    The Killing Begins Saturday: Be There

    Out here in reality land, most people don’t know that antifa is plotting an uprising and massacre this saturday.

    Have you got your tactical spork cleaned and ready? Stealth sunglasses on? Grizzly-blinding Navy SEAL flashlight handy? I’ll be in my bunker.

    [Read more…]

    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 3, 2017
    • Silliness, Terrorism, Totalitarianism

    Trolling for Terrorists

    The FBI has hit on a splendid way of catching terrorists: you create them.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • August 15, 2017
    • Cops, Terrorism

    Operators in Libya

    In an earlier posting about “operators” (special forces/CIA) in Libya,[stderr] I posted a picture that I had saved from early in the rebellion there.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • July 11, 2017
    • Burn it to the ground, Terrorism, Totalitarianism, War is a Racket

    Authoritarian Bleatings

    It’s hard to understand the bizzaro-world where authoritarians live. As a skeptical person, I tend to think about what authority figures say, and question their motives and whether what they’re saying even makes any sense at all.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • July 1, 2017
    • Burn it to the ground, Cops, Terrorism, Totalitarianism

    Sunday Sermon: Torture – Why?

    Content Warning: Torture

    After this, I am going to stop posting about torture, and resume being my usual fake happy soap-making, nihilist, anarchist, technology strategy-loving self. I promise.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • May 28, 2017
    • Burn it to the ground, Propaganda, Sunday Sermon, Terrorism, Totalitarianism
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