The New World Order Update

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The New New World Order.

Does Facebook have an operational nuclear weapon yet? What do the analysts think Google’s leadership change will mean to its foreign policy? Is Twitter a destabilizing influence on world peace?

Sure these questions are satirical (sort of) and over the top. But when it comes to navigating the intricate, byzantine landscape of digital power in today’s business, communications and media world, is there any better model than geopolitics? Next Tuesday at ad:tech San Francisco, I’ll be leading a discussion called “The New Power Brokers: Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter & Beyond” featuring Molly Wood (CBS Interactive), Scott Symonds (AKQA) and Shawn Carolan (Menlo Ventures). The first thing I’ll ask them to do is help us understand today’s “Power Brokers” by comparing them to countries. If nothing else, it’s a fascinating parlor game. But it just might end up being a great tool for really making sense of a nonsensical world.

Who did Mossad catch – terrorist or engineer? — RT

Who did Mossad catch – terrorist or engineer?

A Palestinian engineer has been charged with terrorism by an Israeli court. Dirar Abu Sisi, who was kidnapped from a train in Ukraine by Israeli agents in February, is also accused of conducting training for Palestinian militants in Gaza.

“The rocket godfather of Hamas” – that is how Tel-Aviv has labeled this Palestinian engineer. Israel claims this man was behind the development of Qassam rockets and missiles that can penetrate steel.

“He’s accused of developing Qassam and Grad rockets, and creating rockets with a range of over six kilometers. Belonging to Hamas is a simple accusation. There are charges referring not only to weapons design and military training, but to planning a murder attempt. Such accusations may send him to prison for many years,” explains defense lawyer Tali Linor.

Saudis destroy Bahrain mosque: Video

New footage from Bahrain shows a mosque in the northern town of Bu Quwah destroyed in attacks by Saudi forces as a growing anti-Riyadh sentiment overruns the Persian Gulf nation.

The video, the latest in a series of pictures depicting the brutal crackdown of anti-regime protests in Bahrain, shows burned pages of the Holy Qur'an buried under masses of debris.

Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo negotiating surrender

Ivory Coast's president, Laurent Gbagbo, has been holed up in a bunker with his family and a handful of supporters as army generals negotiated his surrender.

Convoy of soldiers loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Ouattara in Abidjan

Verizon customers exposed in massive U.S. data breach

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Customers of Verizon Communications had their email addresses exposed in a massive online data breach last week, according to an email to customers obtained by Reuters.

In what could be one of the biggest such attacks in U.S. history, a computer hacker penetrated the online marketer Epsilon, which controls the customer email databases for a broad swath of companies.

They're Selling Our Future For A Profit - Mike Rivero

Wealthy Americans Clueless to Economic Crisis

Pentagon sock puppet trolls attack alt media

Dylan Ratigan April 5 2011

MSNBC supporting Ron Paul

Ron Paul to Announce Presidential Bid Next Month

Alex Reaffirms Jesse Ventura's Facts on 9/11 Stand Down Order

Illegal War In Libya Is CIA Run, Media Shills Cover For Obama! Whistlebl...

Libya chaos 'allows al-Qaida to grab surface-to-air missiles'

Al-Qaida is exploiting the conflict in Libya to acquire weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, and smuggle them to a stronghold in northern Mali, a security official from neighbouring Algeria told Reuters.

The official said a convoy of eight Toyota pick-up trucks left eastern Libya, crossed into Chad and then Niger, and from there into northern Mali where in the past few days it delivered a cargo of weapons

"Bradley Manning Is In Jail But The Helicopter Murders Are Free!" Jesse ...

US commander: Libya mission upset some in Africa

By DONNA CASSATA

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The military force unleashed on Libya by the U.S. and its partners upset several African nations despite the international community's widespread concerns over Moammar Gadhafi's use of force against his own people, the top U.S. commander for the continent told Congress on Tuesday.

Deadly Clashes in Yemen As Saleh Clings to Power

Bachman to appear at Columbia Tea Party rally - S.C.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., -- a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate -- will speak at the Columbia Tea Party's State House rally on April 18, according to the group.

Bachmann, an outspoken opponent of federal spending and the national health-care law, is one of the national faces of the Tea Party. Bachmann flirted with announcing a presidential run last month, before saying she will make a decision later this year.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011