networked inference

This is not a rule without exception, but the world of military PowerPoint briefings is ugly and filled with un-ironic, inadvertent self-debasement. That's not what this post is about, but it's true. You're so vain, you probably think this bomb is about you pic.twitter.com/Bq40iSB6wA — Kenneth Lipp (@kennethlipp) September 12, 2016 Actually many of the briefings I've browsed for this post about AFRICOM (or about looking for it), the US African Command, are quite dull, they may even make some people depressed. I'm not going to attempt to explain or report on AFRICOM, I'm just going to show you how to learn about it using some Googling techniques I've crafted over time. Google's advanced operators require strict adherence, but my approach is not totally prescriptive, to find what *you* want, you'll have to somewhat wing it. The choice of AFRICOM is speculatively topical: PEOTUS Donald Trump has signaled an aggressive stance toward China, fr...