Catherine Austin Fitts: $19 Trillion in Undocumentable Adjustments and Counting with Dr. Mark Skidmore
Corruption, Government
The Missing Money – $19 Trillion in Undocumentable Adjustments and Counting with Dr. Mark Skidmore
This week Dr. Mark Skidmore, Morris Chair of State and Local Government and Policy at Michigan State University joins me on the Solari Report to discuss his recent report on the $19 trillion in undocumentable adjustments at the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) between 1998 and 2015. I have been using the number $18 trillion. However, Dr. Skidmore and his team have identified another $1 trillion which we will be adding to the documentation that he and his students have reviewed and provided. See DOD and HUD Missing Money: Supporting Documentation.
Mongoose: GOP Splitting, Trump to Lead Third Party?
Civil Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Government
In Free-Range Trump, Many See Potential for a Third Party
To be sure, the barriers to creating a relevant third party are high and longstanding. But the nationalistic, conservative populist agenda that Mr. Trump ran on has wealthy patrons like the Mercer family, the software billionaires, and Peter Thiel, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur. They have told friends and associates that they are committed to seeing the movement that Mr. Trump ignited live on.
Mongoose: GOP & US CoC Against Steve Bannon
Commerce, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, GovernmentEstablishment gears up for Steve Bannon’s war on the GOP leadership
Deep-pocketed supporters of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and other GOP leaders have resolved to fight a protracted battle over the next year for the soul of the party in congressional primaries. “It’s shaping up to be McConnell, the Senate Leadership Fund and the Chamber against Bannon,” said Scott Reed, the senior political strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “And we will take that fight.”
Mongoose: Bannon Gets It — Corrupt GOP is Enemy #1
Corruption, GovernmentBannon to conservatives: Fear ‘corrupt' GOP establishment
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon told conservatives Sunday at a rally that they needn't worry about Democrats but instead should focus on the “corrupt and incompetent Republican establishment.”
Republicans in Congress have failed to support Trump's “populist, nationalist, conservative” message and ideas, Bannon said.
Robert Parry: The Crazy Imbalance of Russia-Gate — Ignoring Israel’s Control of US National Security, Foreign Policy, and Media
Commerce, Corruption, Government, Media, Peace Intelligence
The Crazy Imbalance of Russia-gate
If the concern is that American political campaigns are being influenced by foreign governments whose interests may diverge from what’s best for America, why not look at countries that have caused the United States far more harm recently than Russia?
After all, Saudi Arabia and its Sunni Wahabbi leaders have been pulling the U.S. government into their sectarian wars with the Shiites, including conflicts in Yemen and Syria that have contributed to anti-Americanism in the region, to the growth of Al Qaeda, and to a disruptive flow of refugees into Europe.
And, let’s not forget the 8,000-pound gorilla in the room: Israel. Does anyone think that whatever Russia may or may not have done in trying to influence U.S. politics compares even in the slightest to what Israel does all the time?
Phil Giraldi: America’s Jews Driving America’s Wars
Commerce, Corruption, Government, Media, Peace Intelligence
America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars
Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?
Phi Beta Iota: He names names. What he does not do is emphasize the degree to which Members of Congress are being both bribed and blackmailed by Zio-Cons.
