Meanwhile, Over At The “New York” Stock Exchange: Even More Lasers
Meanwhile, Over At The “New York” Stock Exchange: Even More Lasers by Zero Hedge Posted December 29, 2015 High-frequency trading — the practice of making thousands of algorithmic stock trades per minute — is about to get a big boost in the USA. Anova, a...Exposing BlackRock: Who’s Afraid of Laurence Fink and His Overpowering Institution?
Exposing BlackRock: Who’s Afraid of Laurence Fink and His Overpowering Institution? By Andrew Gavin Marshall Posted December 27, 2015 It’s not a bank, nor an insurance company, central bank, finance ministry or sovereign wealth fund. But it advises or owns...If We Don’t Change the Way Money Is Created and Distributed, We Change Nothing
If We Don’t Change the Way Money Is Created and Distributed, We Change Nothing by Charles Hugh Smith Posted December 26, 2015 Many well-intended people want to reform the status quo for all sorts of worthy reasons: to reduce wealth inequality, restore democracy,...Big Banks Caught Using Credit Default Swaps To Destroy Nations
Big Banks Caught Using Credit Default Swaps To Destroy Nations by Jeff Nielson Posted December 22, 2015 At the beginning of 2010, readers were presented with what was (at the time) merely a theory. The Big Bank crime syndicate was engaged in the serial manipulation of...America’s Forgotten War Against the Central Banks
America’s Forgotten War Against the Central Banks by Mike Hewitt Posted December 21, 2015 A note issued by a central bank, such as the Federal Reserve Note, is bank currency. These notes are given to the government in exchange for an interest-bearing government...Electronic Frontier Foundation
Quotable Sayings
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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You do not become a billionaire through labor. You become a billionaire through inheritance, corruption or economic rents – or, in most cases, some mixture of all three.
Grace Blakeley
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Mainstream American liberals think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by Fox and Donald Trump, and mainstream American conservatives think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by MSNBC and the Democrats, but the propaganda strings on both trace back to the same puppet master. And seeing that is just the beginning.
Caitlin Johnstone
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You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.
Deepak Chopra
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It is obvious that the US government is destroying Assange to signal to journalists the consequences of publishing information. It is therefore also obvious that any journalist who fails to use whatever platform they have to speak out against Assange’s persecution has no intention of ever publishing anything that the US government doesn’t want published. Their silence on or support for what is being done to this man can and should be taken as an admission that they are nothing other than state propagandists.
Caitlin Johnstone
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It’s quite fitting that the – imperially pre-determined – judicial fate of Julian Assange is being played out in Britain, the home of George Orwell.
Pepe Escobar
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
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