Worth a Look: Colin Ehren, Scotland Yard SO-11 Retired, Offering Internet Investigative Tradecraft Training and More….

Internet Investigation Tradecraft A comprehensive 3 Day Workshop designed to give delegates the skills and knowledge required to perform an Internet Investigation or Intelligence Operation The ability to identify and retrieve relevant and timely information, intelligence or evidence from the Internet and Open Sources has become a routine necessity for Investigators. However, the structure and …

Sepp Hasslberger: Scotland Forbids GMO

Smart, the Scots. It was a Scottish researcher who, about a decade ago or more, raised the first serious alarm on toxicity of GM potatos fed to rats, and who was promptly dismissed and silenced… Scotland Announces Total Ban on GM Crops  

Yoda: Neil Irwin in NYT Gets Its Right – Scotland’s Independence Vote Shows a Global Crisis of the Elites — Robert Steele Comments + Book Review RECAP

At last, NYT gets something right. Scotland’s Independence Vote Shows a Global Crisis of the Elites Neil Irwin New York Times, 18 September 2014 When you get past the details of the Scottish independence referendum Thursday, there is a broader story underway, one that is also playing out in other advanced nations. It is a …

Event: 27 SEP – 3 OCT Live Online from Scotland — New Story Summit Anchor for Growing Global Movement

The Summit will move though 3 big movements in the week – Sowing the Seeds, Emergence and Weaving the Threads. As we change our story, we change our world. We humans find our way by story. Our stories shape us, hold us and give meaning to our lives. Every so often it becomes clear that …

Jean Lievens: Gerry Mooney on Open Scotland — Hybrid Grassroots Activism Empowered by Social Media

Social media and grassroots activism have taken Scotland to the brink of independence Gerry Mooney The Conversation, 8 September 2014 EXTRACTS If you wanted an explanation for the momentum that has carried the Yes campaign to the brink of victory in the Scottish referendum, you have to look at what’s happening on the ground. The extent …

EVENT: 27 SEP – 3 OCT Free Online New Story Summit from Scotland — Inspiring Pathways for our Planetary Future

New Story Summit Inspiring Pathways for our Planetary Future Physically gathering in Scotland, free online. 27 SEP – 3 OCT 2014 To prosper going into the future, we must come together to define that future — to articulate a new narrative that reverses the dysfunctionality of past practices including the fencing of the commons and …

Anthony Judge: Independence of Scotland from a Crimean Perspective

Independence of Scotland from a Crimean Perspective Emerging strategic logic of the new century understood otherwise? Introduction Interpretation of the perspective of the UK Foreign Secretary in terms of the perspective of the Russian Foreign Secretary Interpretation of the perspective of the UK Envoy to the UN in terms of the perspective of the Russian …