Some random items of interest:
- Thai guerrillas attempt attempt systems disruption of electricity grid. "Seven bombs were found at three electricty towers. Four bombs exploded and the other three malfunctioned." Think: thermite.
- 8 IEDs seized by the Mexican military. This is a follow up to a cache found earlier this month. "The Mexican military disabled an IED in Oaxaca, Mexico in February. Another IED blew up in Nuevo Leon last month."
- Long Now Video on "Six easy steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization" These are presented as Internet patches to the current social/economic paradigm. However, the only way to get to the point were any these recommended innovations can be realized is through establishment of mesh networked resilient communities.
- Reuters. Somali pirates are developing segmented marketplaces (per OSW theory).
- Two thumbs up for the documentary, "Bulletproof Salesman."
- Mexico is planning to disconnect 30 million unregistered cellphones to fight crime.
- Running COIN ops in Rio's favelas.
- Parkour training camp video. Variant for low overhead RC and urban combat training?
- US consumer spending holding together due to strategic default? That's not going to last long, banks are using the current stability to rush the exit.