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Me: I don't care for your "free" service.
Friday, May 25, 2018
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Legislate. Repeal. Fail. Repeat.
On Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Remember the repeal of Glass-Steagall Act in the late 1990s? It was said that law inhibited the efficiency of financial market and credit flow. Just a decade later we have the 100-year-financial-flood and tsunami in our life time.
Now just a decade after that financial crisis, Dodd-Frank rollback and Volker Ruler repeal have the majority support of the Congress.
Most of the Congressmen are servants of the mega banks. That is a fact.
Remember the repeal of Glass-Steagall Act in the late 1990s? It was said that law inhibited the efficiency of financial market and credit flow. Just a decade later we have the 100-year-financial-flood and tsunami in our life time.
Now just a decade after that financial crisis, Dodd-Frank rollback and Volker Ruler repeal have the majority support of the Congress.
Most of the Congressmen are servants of the mega banks. That is a fact.
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Price tags on some unusual services
1. Ask a porn start to shut up and not talk about a past affair - $130,000 - Stormy Daniel
2. Ask a former Playboy model to shut up and not talk about a past affair - $150,000 - Karen McDougan
3. AT&T paid Michael Cohen to influence policy - $600,000 a year
4. Novartis paid Michael Cohen to influence policy - $1.2 million
2. Ask a former Playboy model to shut up and not talk about a past affair - $150,000 - Karen McDougan
3. AT&T paid Michael Cohen to influence policy - $600,000 a year
4. Novartis paid Michael Cohen to influence policy - $1.2 million
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Who is Robert Bridge?
Robert Bridge is an old time troll for Russia Today (RT), a pro-Trump, pro-Russia, anti-West propagandist who trash the mainstream media in favor of RT and Alternative Facts. According to him the US committed more war crimes in Syria than Russia did. If you love fake news and Russian propaganda remember to sign up to receive his news letters or follow him on Twitter.
Side note: Michael Flynn received $45,000 as a speaker at an RT hosted dinner with Putin as main guest.
Side note: Michael Flynn received $45,000 as a speaker at an RT hosted dinner with Putin as main guest.
Sunday, April 01, 2018
UK announced interest in joining CPTPP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_and_Progressive_Agreement_for_Trans-Pacific_Partnership
UK announced interest in joining. Taiwan should announce ASAP.
UK announced interest in joining. Taiwan should announce ASAP.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
The war in Syria
Today marks the seventh anniversary of “day of rage” protests that sparked the war in Syria. Given the carnage since, it’s hard to recall that it all began with 15 children, arrested in a provincial city for anti-government graffiti.
The protests over those arrests in Daraa, near the border with Jordan were peaceful, but President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal response tipped the country into violence. With Iranian, Russian, Turkish and U.S. troops now on the ground, 11 million people displaced and an estimated 511,000 dead, there’s little sign of an end to a conflict already longer and bloodier than the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s.
Syria’s conflict has transformed the geopolitics of the Middle East, and the wave of refugees it generated has sent shockwaves through Europe. In the first months of this year, U.S. jets killed scores of Russian contract soldiers, Israel and Iran clashed directly, and NATO member Turkey threatened to move its troops against an area defended by U.S. special forces.
Allegations that Assad is still using chemical weapons have also raised the possibility of further U.S. airstrikes against the regime. With the State Department to be led by Mike Pompeo, a foreign policy hawk who last year argued for resolute action to secure U.S. interests in Syria, the war could become still more complex.
The protests over those arrests in Daraa, near the border with Jordan were peaceful, but President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal response tipped the country into violence. With Iranian, Russian, Turkish and U.S. troops now on the ground, 11 million people displaced and an estimated 511,000 dead, there’s little sign of an end to a conflict already longer and bloodier than the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s.
Syria’s conflict has transformed the geopolitics of the Middle East, and the wave of refugees it generated has sent shockwaves through Europe. In the first months of this year, U.S. jets killed scores of Russian contract soldiers, Israel and Iran clashed directly, and NATO member Turkey threatened to move its troops against an area defended by U.S. special forces.
Allegations that Assad is still using chemical weapons have also raised the possibility of further U.S. airstrikes against the regime. With the State Department to be led by Mike Pompeo, a foreign policy hawk who last year argued for resolute action to secure U.S. interests in Syria, the war could become still more complex.
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