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Intercontinental Exchange Announces Bakkt, a Global Platform and Ecosystem for Digital Assets (This is a big deal, Intercontinental Exchange)
‘We Are Not Bots’: Facebook Censors U.S. Activists After Falsely Claiming They ‘Unwittingly’ Planned Protest(Facebook is out of control, Gizmodo)
Taibbi: Beware the Slippery Slope of Facebook Censorship (What Facebook is up to is very, very dangerous, RollingStone)
Legendary Journalist Seymour Hersh on Novichok, Russian Links to Donald Trump and 9/11 (The Independent)
I Traced Missile Casings in Syria Back to Their Original Sellers, so It’s Time for the West to Reveal Who They Sell Arms to (Very important article, The Independent)
Details Surface About Chinese Spy Who Worked For Sen. Feinstein (Not Russia so who cares? CBS SF BayArea)
Welcome to the Quiet Skies (More creepy, secret surveillance by the U.S. government, (The Boston Globe)
As China’s Woes Mount, Xi Jinping Faces Rare Rebuke at Home (The New York Times)
The Allure of Small Towns for Big City Freelancers (This is a big trend which will continue, Bloomberg)
The Ubiquity of Evil (Great short piece, Craig Murray)
Be Suspicious Of Everyone Who Habitually Defends The Powerful From The Weak (Caitlin Johnstone, Medium)
U.S. News/Politics
During Unhinged Speech, Trump Suggests He May Still Lock up Hillary and Mimics MS-13 Stabbings (ThinkProgress)
Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration To Block 3D-Printed Guns (NPR)
Eric Holder: ‘Yeah, I’m Interested’ in White House Bid (This has to be a joke right? The Hill)
Trump Moves to Roll Back Obama Emission Standards (The Hill)
Charles Koch Says He’d Work with Democrats Who Share His Values (Plenty of billionaire worshipping Democrats out there to make this happen, Politico)
Alex Jones, Pursued Over Infowars Falsehoods, Faces a Legal Crossroads (The New York Times)
Motherhood in the Age of Fear (The New York Times)
International News/WW3
Hudaydah ‘One Airstrike Away from Unstoppable Epidemic’: UN Humanitarian Chief in Yemen (UN News)
Iran Says ‘Definitely Not’ on Trump Meeting (The Hill)
Netanyahu Warns Iran Not to Close Critical Straits as U.S. Sanctions Loom (Ynetnews)
Russia Says Iranian Forces Pulled Back from Golan in Syria; Israel Unsatisfied (Reuters)
We Can’t Force Iran out of Syria, Russia Tells Israelis (Reuters)
Syria Rebel Groups Form New Coalition as Regime Eyes Idlib (Al Monitor)
On Iran, Trump Plays With the Lion’s Tail Instead of Crafting a Strategy (Haaretz)
Saudi Arabia Arrests Two More Women’s Rights Activists (The great reformer MBS, Reuters)
China Stands Its Ground After Trump Amps up Tariff Threats (Reuters)
Turkey Says U.S. Sanctions Unacceptable, Have Limited Economic Impact (Reuters)
Why Will the Us Leave Syria Soon? the Kurds Are Waking Up. (Elijah J Magnier)
Economy/Finance/Crypto
America’s 1% Hasn’t Controlled This Much Wealth Since Before the Great Depression (MarketWatch)
The End of the Global Housing Boom (Bloomberg)
BOJ Intervenes For Third Time In A Week: Offers To Buy Unlimited Bonds To Stabilize Markets (Zerohedge)
Deep in the CLO Machine, One Manager Sees a Warning Light (Bloomberg)
Ban Share Buybacks (The Week)
Bitcoin Whale’s Bad Trade Leaves Counterparties Holding the Bag (Bloomberg)
Crypto Bulls Pile Into ICOs at Record Pace Despite Bitcoin Rout (Bloomberg)
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Obama Offers Compassion for Bribers
President Obama defended titans of industry in a South Africa speech honoring Nelson Mandela. He said:
“…. their decision to pay a bribe- are often done without malice…
These words were stated by a constitutional lawyer. He went on:
“it’s just a rational response, they consider, to the demands of their balance sheets….”
I’ve read many balance sheets and not one ever made a demand. Obama furthered the PEU class during his eight years in office. He protected Wall Street executives from accountability for their fraudulent acts that caused the 2008 financial crisis. For his service he has been and will be richly rewarded.
Posted by PEU Report/State of the Division at 10:32 PM
http://peureport.blogspot.com/
You know I am very reserved about BitCoin and kin, and the enthusiasm around it seems to me unnatural, more like a hidden PR campaign.
Just stumbled upon one more short note, that shares my sentiment that BitCoin is somewhat dangerous for privacy
https://keybase.io/blog/keybase-and-zcash