Tip of the Hat to Colleen Shalby of the Los Angeles Times for sharing a transcription of Steve Bannon's white board goals — important goals but a tiny fraction of what Donald Trump actually promised to do on the campaign trail. See the color coded list at the end for all those promises — one third done, one third stalled, one third never happening.
Mongoose: Pedophilia Round-Up
06 Family, 07 Other Atrocities, 09 Justice, Corruption, Government, Law Enforcement, Officers CallCounterPunch: Michael Hudson and Steve Keen on US Debt = Zombie Nation
03 Economy, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Government
At first glance Steve Keen’s new book Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? seems too small-sized at 147 pages. But like a well-made atom-bomb, it is compactly designed for maximum reverberation to blow up its intended target.
Explaining why today’s debt residue has turned the United States, Britain and southern Europe into zombie economies, Steve Keen shows how ignoring debt the blind spot of neoliberal economics – basically the old neoclassical just-pretend view of the world. Its glib mathiness is a gloss for its unscientific “don’t worry about debt” message.
Antechinus: America Is Going to War as a Financial Gimmick
Commerce, Corruption, Government, Military
America’s financial war strategy
A 2015 paper by Major-General Qiao Liang says the US’s renewed desire to escalate military tensions is a front for America’s continual financial war using the ‘pump and dump' cycle. Trump now realises the only way his presidency can prosper is by to encourage capital flight into America from abroad by this means, and have the debt limit raised to accommodate it. Awareness of this thesis, and China's moves to a gold based commodities exchange, is likely to undermine the US economic strategy. America must be careful not to bring forth the date of her own demise by attacking North Korea, Syria, or Iran.
David Stockman: The Deep State and Donald Trump
Commerce, Corruption, Government, Law Enforcement, MediaSee Also: Deep State @ Phi Beta Iota
Mongoose: Facebook as MindControl – Targetting Vulnerable Youth
07 Other Atrocities, Commerce, Corruption, IO Impotency
New Leaks Reveals How Facebook Targets Emotionally Vulnerable Youth
The secret document was put together by two Australian Facebook execs and includes information about when young people are likely to feel excited, reflective, as well as other emotions related to overcoming fears.
By | May 1, 2017 MintPressNews
Facebook has come under fire over revelations it is targeting potentially vulnerable youths who “need a confidence boost” to facilitate predatory advertising practices.
The allegation was revealed this morning by The Australian which obtained internal documents from the social media giant which reportedly show how Facebook can exploit the moods and insecurities of teenagers using the platform for the potential benefit of advertisers.
Martin Armstrong: Oil Under the Golan — the Real Reason for Regime Change Operations Against Syria — Dick Cheney Continues to Rule…
05 Energy, 08 Wild Cards, Corruption, Government, Officers Call
Is There Really More Oil in The Golan Heights than in Saudi Arabia? Who’s Genie Energy?
This is one of the best kept secrets. You can imagine that if this went into production, then the disputed Syrian land issue occupied by Israel would come to the forefront. This is why it gets no play but this is one reason Obama was working to overthrow the Syrian government.
