Summary: 2016 was the breakout year for cybercrime, a revolution largely ignored by journalists. Here Stratfor looks at one aspect that has gotten attention lately -- hackers operating from Russia. It is a natural match - a nation with a first class educational system and high rates of poverty. The West cannt suppress Russian hackers without Russia's help. That becomes less likely with every volley between Trump and Putin.
http://fabiusmaximus.com/2017/04/29/stratfor-russian-hackers
Summary: Why did France's Left collapse leaving a neoliberal "centrist" to take the Presidency? In 2012 the Socialist Party dominated France. Then they applied a large dose of neoliberalism. This betrayal of their principles and the subsequent weak economy almost destroyed them as an effective political force. The story is similar to America's, just one chapter ahead. Let's watch and learn from their experience.
http://fabiusmaximus.com/…/collapse-of-french-socialist-par…
Today's big read: Intimidation Is the New Normal on US Campuses. Another step on a dark path for America. This could quickly spin out of control. We can still stop it. Delay will make doing so more difficult.
http://www.chronicle.com/…/Intimidation-Is-the-New-…/239890…
Summary: Yesterday was a big day for political terrorism in America, with wins for the terrorists in Berkeley and Portland. Plus applause from many on the Left. Success is copied. Expect more threats of political violence and violence -- until we no longer tolerate such behavior.
http://fabiusmaximus.com/…/two-wins-yesterday-for-political…
Another win by leftist terrorists: they threaten violence if Portland GOP marches in Rose parade. Event is cancelled. Each win encourages them to more violence, and encourages the Right to vigilante responses. This can spiral out of control quickly if not stopped.
http://www.kgw.com/…/avenue-of-roses-parade-cance…/434090945
The Left's terrorists win again in America: Ann Coulter cancels her speech at Berkeley, as the city is unable to maintain public order when challenged by thugs of Left (and the Right, also spoiling for a fight). This encourages further political violence. It's a slippery slope.
https://www.nytimes.com/…/…/ann-coulter-berkeley-speech.html
Summary: Emmanuel Macron will soon become President of France. He is their Bill Clinton and Obama, leading them into the next phase of the neoliberal revolution. But France's elites have chosen a different way to manipulate their people than America's. We can learn much from these events in France.
http://fabiusmaximus.com/…/the-secret-strategy-of-emmanuel-…
Summary: Trump is committing America to the overthrow of a 4th secular regime in the Middle East, probably to be replaced (like the others) by a fundamentalist Islamic government (or chaos). Amidst the cheering for Trump, let's look at what we have done for the women in Afghanistan. Let's remember that before we wreck another country.
http://fabiusmaximus.com/…/girls-of-afghanistan-show-americ…
Summary: 2016 was the year of the Trump surprise. The Berkeley riot suggests that 2017 might hold a bigger surprise - the uprising of an underclass of America's young men. It might change America's politics for a generation, or forever.
http://fabiusmaximus.com/…/4chan-anonymous-black-bloc-young… #4chan
About the internal struggle cripping the US military in its #WOT:
Summary: Sixteen years of the War on Terror have made our jihadist foes stronger, more virulent, and more widely spread — few Americans realize that America’s internal divisions are mirrored by equally serious problems within the US military. The “Attritionist Letters” described one facet of that conflict, written by Marine Corps officers. We should listen to them as we start a second phase of WOT.
https://fabiusmaximus.com/…/attritionist-letter-1-the-usmc…/ #usmc
Summary: Attention swirls around North Korea (the DPRK), capturing the attention of Washington. But the situation might differ from its press clippings. China often leverages the DPRK’s bellicose and deviant behavior to its advantage. While the DPRK persists in its missile-rattling, we should not ignore China pulling its puppet’s strings to create a diversion to distract our attention from its campaign against America’s interests. This is classic 4GW, “war by other means.”
https://fabiusmaximus.com/…/is-north-korea-or-china-the-bi…/
Essential reading to understand the global village: How Japan’s online warriors, the netto-uyoku, shaped America's far-right movement.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatest…/the-far-right-weeb-army
Summary: Martin van Creveld looks at a disturbing trend in the West -- the increasing age of adulthood. We expect less maturity from young adults and deny them the responsibility that helps them grow. They live down to our expectations. Both they and society are the losers from this.
http://fabiusmaximus.com/…/martin-van-creveld-warns-about-t…
Matt Taibbi is one of America's best political analysts and book reviewers. This review of "Shattered", tales of the Clinton campaign, is one of his best. Essential reading to understand today's politics.
http://www.rollingstone.com/…/taibbi-on-the-new-book-that-b…
Finally some on the Left are speaking out against leftist agitators suppressing speech.
Today, officials at the University of California, Berkeley, where I’m a professor, canceled a planned speech by Ann Coulter. They cited safety concerns. In a le...tter to a campus Republican group that invited Coulter to speak, university officials said that they made the decision to cancel Coulter’s appearance after assessing the violence that flared on campus in February, when the same college Republican group invited right-wing provocateur and Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos to speak.
This is a grave mistake. Coulter should be allowed to speak. How can students understand the vapidity of Coulter’s arguments without being allowed to hear her make them, and question her about them?
It’s one thing to cancel an address at the last moment because university and local police are not prepared to contain violence – as occurred, sadly, with Yiannopoulos. It’s another thing entirely to cancel an address before it is given, when police have adequate time to prepare for such eventualities.
Free speech is what universities are all about. If universities don’t do everything possible to foster and protect it, they aren’t universities. They’re playpens.
What do you think?
Left-wing terrorists win again in America: Berkeley cancels a speech by a conservative over safety concerns.
https://www.nytimes.com/…/berkeley-ann-coulter-speech-cance…
Summary: Was Louise Rosealma an innocent victim or a thug throwing bottles? Was Nathan Damigo a white knight defender or a right-wing thug? See the truth about stories of the #BerkeleyRiot! They reveal much about America today.
http://fabiusmaximus.com/…/after-action-report-on-the-berke…
The bravest article you will read today -- David French boldly goes where few men will go today, challenging the myths of the kick-ass women warrior:
http://www.nationalreview.com/…/feminist-intolerance-tradit… #Feminism
