Anti-nanotechnology terror threat emerges in Mexico

Copying the views and tactics of the Unabomber an anti-nanotechnology group (or so they/he/she/them/it claim) launches terror bombing campaign against university researchers in Mexico. Time will tell if this is a genuinely new eco-terror/Luddite individual or group,  some unbalanced nut-ball crazies, or a cats-paw false-flag operation who's true purpose is unknown.

Blowback: Arms US provided to African Union’s peacekeeping force sold by them to terror group

When the hell are we ever gonna learn? To stay out of the problems of others and deal with our own that is. The Danger Room blog @ Wired.com is reporting that Ugandan peacekeeping forces in Somalia are selling their US provided small arms to the Al Shabaab terror group. They apparently do this for pocket money since the Ugandan government doesn't pay them. Their pay is sent to bank accounts in Uganda which they can't access except when back home. So the troops are selling off  machine guns, rifles, rocket launchers and lots and lots of ammo to their own enemies for beer money. Go figure? Who'd have thought?

"Weary from two long, costly Asian land wars," the post says, "the Pentagon is mulling an 'off-shore' strategy for future conflicts, where U.S. proxies 'partners' do most of the hard fighting. Sure, the U.S. Army and Marines would help with training assistance, and the Navy and Air Force would provide high-tech support. But it would be foreign armies actually pulling the triggers. But if, like the Ugandans, these armies end up arming their own opponents, how can we count on them to actually win their sub-contracted war?"

An "off shore strategy"? More like creating repressive puppet regimes kept in place with foreign troops in the pay of the US. Great way to win friends and influence people, no? Actually no it isn't. When US supplied peacekeepers end up arming their own opponents, how can we count on them to actually keep the peace?

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Some novel ideas about prison reform (Steve Sailor, iSteve blog)
Make them much smaller.

Adding Star Wars machines to classic paintings (Cyriaque Lamar, io9)
Geeks will love this.

A short telling of some ELF arson attacks by a participant (Mackenzie Funk, Outside)
The teller, Chelsea Gerlach,  is currently serving a nine year federal sentence .

How a well connected real estate developer destroyed a Brooklyn, NY neighborhood using eminent domain laws (Damon Root, reason.com)
You get the governance you deserve eh?

Around one accident in four is caused by someone dicking around with an electronic device instead of paying attention to the road (Bogen Dorpher, Slashdot)
Only one in four? That's low. I'd put it right around one in three myself.

U.S. Army brass wet dreaming about buying a new combat rifle (Lance Bacon, Army Times)
No word about where they expect to get the money for it though.