The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
A key clue to Trump’s presidency: American Empire
That clue is embedded in a statement Trump made in his inaugural address:
“We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world… We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to follow.”
Is Trump absolutely serious?
Trump’s election saved world from great war – Kusturica
Trump faces American ‘war-making machine’ if he tries to strike deal with Russia – Pilger
Trump’s speech ‘declaration of war against political establishment’
Trump taking office spells end to world order of 20th century – German FM Steinmeier
Principles for an Age of Acceleration
MIT Media Lab is a creative nerve center where great ideas like One Laptop per Child, LEGO Mindstorms, and Scratch programming language have emerged.
Its director, Joi Ito, has done a lot of thinking about how prevailing systems of thought will not be the ones to see us through the coming decades. In his book Whiplash: How to Survive our Faster Future, he notes that sometime late in the last century, technology began to outpace our ability to understand it.
With BRI now at play, three implications and opportunities arise that transcend bilateral economic cooperation: infrastructural and trade interconnectivity, a closely-related “information Silk Road”, and Israel’s potential as mediator between the world’s two leading powers.
The nexus of infrastructure, transport and communications transmission routes paves the way for an unprecedented degree of interconnectivity embracing a community already exceeding 60 nations. China’s infrastructural footprint in Israel began with the Carmel Tunnels near Haifa in 2007, six years before BRI’s formal announcement. Yet, it is the projected “Med-Red” railway linking Eilat with Ashdod, reportedly to be constructed by China, that could transform Israel into a land bridge along the Maritime Silk Road.
Martin Armstrong: Trump Being Corralled by Establishment
Trump’s pick for White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, does call into question if the swamp will be drained. Priebus has brought in Johnny DeStefano who will work as the director of presidential personnel.
Continue reading “Phantom Phixer: Priebus Betrays Trump…Again”
I asked one of America's top pollsters why 47% did not vote in the US 2016 election. Mindful that this is common to past elections, generally 50% do not vote in presidential election years and fewer in the intervening congressional years, this is what he said, asking for non-attribution at the same time that he agreed his remarks could be published.
Continue reading “Betty Boop: Why Did 47% Not Vote in US 2016 Election?”
8 People Own Same Wealth As Half The World
To mark the annual meeting of political and business leaders in Davos, Oxfam today published a report stating eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion poorest.
The world’s 8 richest people are, in order of net worth:
Continue reading “Antechinus: Wealth Disparity – 8 Own As Much as 3.6 Billion”
