mercenary

May 27, 2017

Standing Rock: Counterterrorism Tactics Used by Energy Transfer Mercenaries to “Defeat Pipeline Insurgencies”

I really wish that reporters would just call “private security firms”–military-for-hire–what they really are: Mercenaries. More than 100 internal documents leaked to The Intercept by a TigerSwan contractor, as well as a set of over 1,000 documents obtained via public… Continue reading
July 4, 2012

The ‘Busy’ Trap – NYTimes.com

I have spoken a lot to folks over the years about how AKEDIA or Sloth is not “mere laziness” but “spiritual/mindful laziness.” This manifests in two ways: Either as allowing yourself to just sit around in a dulled idle doing nothing… Continue reading