BANKS are stealing our future — How to put an end ?
The European Central Bank is not able to stop the crisis started in 2008, why? Is there a lack of macroeconomic models? Yes, of course, and it is under our noses since a century.
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.
Kaliya “Identity Woman” Young: Humanizing Technology
Advanced Cyber/IO, Civil Society, Collective Intelligence, Ethics
It’s easier to turn technology in the direction of democracy and social justice when it’s developed with social and emotional intelligence..
One key element of the answer to that question is to generate a digital identity that is not under the control of a corporation, an organization or a government.
I have been co-leading the community surrounding the Internet Identity Workshop for the last 12 years. After many explorations of the techno-possibility landscape we have finally made some breakthroughs that will lay the foundations of a real internet-scale infrastructure to support what are called ‘user-centric’ or ‘self-sovereign’ identities.
Mongoose: Six U.S Agencies Conspired to Illegally Wiretap Trump; British Intel Used as NSA Front to Spy on Campaign
Corruption, Government, IO Impotency
From the beginning it was a set up to find dirt on Trump campaign insiders and if possible to topple Donald Trump’s presidential aspirations.
Before and after the 2016 election. And while this operation had many moving parts and alternating players, the mission to unseat Trump never changed. And it remains ongoing.
Berto Jongman: Allies Don’t Trust NSA, Force Backdown on Encryption Standards
IO Impotency
Distrustful U.S. allies force spy agency to back down in encryption fight
In interviews and emails seen by Reuters, academic and industry experts from countries including Germany, Japan and Israel worried that the U.S. electronic spy agency was pushing the new techniques not because they were good encryption tools, but because it knew how to break them.
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Stephen E. Arnold: Google to Fund News — Only Google-Approved News with Be “True” News
Commerce, Corruption, IO Impotency, Media
Google-Publishers Partnership Chases True News
It appears as though Google is taking the issue of false information, and perhaps even their role in its perpetuation, seriously; The Drum reveals, “Google Says it Wants to Fund the News, Not Fake It.” Reporters Jessica Goodfellow and Ronan Shields spoke with Google’s Madhav Chinnappa to discuss the Digital News Initiative (DNI), which was established in 2015. The initiative, a project on which Google is working with European news publishers, aims to leverage technology in support of good journalism. As it turns out, Wikipedia’s process suggests an approach; having discussed the “collaborative content” model with Chinnappa, the journalists write:
