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Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons, generating waves of fear in America for 20 years

By / 20 Comments / 5 May 2015

Summary:  We are afraid of so many things.  That makes us so easy to control.  A brave and skeptical citizenry would be our rulers’ greatest fear, if we were likely to change. The Long War requires a constant bombardment of the Homeland by exaggerated threats in order to produce a state of low-level fear in the people.  …

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Cyberwar: Conflating Threats (confusing ourselves, not the enemy)

By / 13 Comments / 21 August 2017

Summary:  When cyberwar proponents talk about our vulnerability to attacks, they play on our fears by freely mixing things that are obvious and likely – such as malware and online crime, with things that are highly unlikely — such as an entire country being brought to its knees by an electronic attack.  The third in a series about …

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