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- NSA's current CTO works 20 hours a week for a private company founded by former NSA chief Keith Alexander > http://t.co/hYPmz9SHBpover a year ago
- For the masters of chaos, victory is not necessarily a military one. Rupturing sovereign states is just as good > http://t.co/6IasktwLckover a year ago
- Adobe DE4 tracks users' in the app, plus indexes the users' entire ebook collection, sending the data in plain text > http://t.co/4oGO5KadLWover a year ago
- US says it can hack into foreign-based servers without warrants > http://t.co/JFpWv33zHAover a year ago
- Industrial warfare is a business. Military factories produce the ultimate consumable. Let loose the hounds > http://t.co/ildfkbzIdoover a year ago
- How American Intelligence Works in the Twenty-First Century, from TomDispatch > http://t.co/5tobzNLEftover a year ago
- Secret recordings by Fed examiner reveal long history of Fed's deference to banks. Fed fired her for doing her job > http://t.co/QCNUZFH5v7over a year ago
- Botto Italian Bistro tires of Yelp extortion tactics. Offers 25% discount to one-star reviewers. Yelp is not amused > http://t.co/wEEktQQ59Nover a year ago
- California drought: before-and-after photos > http://t.co/11RfGZwcNtover a year ago
- RT @vicenews: A German company is offering $30 million for information about the MH17 attackers: http://t.co/HcfBvwWwRrover a year ago
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Panama Papers
Lots of speculation and misinformation about. I think Chris Black has it figured out.
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Turkey’s Act of War
The outrageous Turkish downing of the Russian bomber clarifies who is fighting whom. It is abundantly clear that Turkey is fully allied with ISIS, and the US is backing al-Qaeda in Syria. Russian success at taking out ISIS positions has … Continue reading
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What Happened in Paris
I don’t know. But here are some intriguing thoughts outside of the mainstream “it was ISIS” meme: The French Republic Taken Hostage – Thierry Meyssan Paris Attacks Who Benefits – Pepe Escobar How the Saudi/Gulf Money Fuels Terror – Daniel … Continue reading
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Sleeping through a Revolution
An excellent presentation by Jonathan Taplan of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab.
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Time to Panic?
If you can keep a calm head in these times, perhaps you just don’t understand the situation. Yield rates on 10y bonds have been really wacky. As have currency rates. Big movements. Lots of concern about liquidity in bond markets. … Continue reading
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Who has the Gold Makes the Rules
But, what if the gold does not exist? Can they still make the rules? Here is a fascinating analysis of US gold reserve audits by Koos Jansen. It is well worth the read. The net is US “audits” of its … Continue reading
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Currency Contagion
Something big is clearly going on. BoC lowering overnight lending rate by 25 basis points is a major move that will further weaken the Canadian dollar. The BoC appears to be joining other countries (plus Euro) in depreciating its currency … Continue reading
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Swiss Franc
Wow. Talk about shock and awe. Destroyed anyone short the Franc. I think the SNB wanted to decouple the Franc from the Euro before QE starts next week. Absolute turmoil in the markets right now. Oil, copper, US$ index pushing … Continue reading
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2015 – It ain’t going to be pretty
This is a collection of predictions for 2015 by various thinkers. Not much to be hopeful about, unless you like chaos and calamity. – James Kunstler – The giant con. Each dollar of debt generates less than a dollar of … Continue reading
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Double Helix: the Dragon and the Bear
The double helix of the Dragon and the Bear or here. From Vineyard of the Saker. More to come on this topic. – $9 trillion US$ carry-trade blew up oil – Institutionalized TBTF. Ellen Brown-5 Big Banks will Survive Next … Continue reading
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