Venezuela Falling (Part One)

July 25, 2017

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit A slow-moving train wreck. The failure of a socialist state. The collapse of a dictatorship. Civil war. The death of a currency. Whatever description you’d like to apply to the tragedy of Venezuela is likely an understatement. Anyone with an understanding of history could see this coming, of course. The disastrous socialist policies […]

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Facing DUNKIRK

July 19, 2017

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditA few months ago, we shared about a movie that documented the Armenian Genocide entitled The Promise. Set a century ago, starring Christian Bale (who also starred as Batman in The Dark Knight trilogy) and based on history, The Promise tells a powerful story that must never be forgotten. It demonstrated the cruelty of […]

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Confirmation: Barclays, Qatar, and the Serious Fraud Office

July 18, 2017

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit In the past month we’ve had several points of confirmation regarding things we’ve covered for over a decade in this Blog and our books. There are a half-dozen dramatic examples that have cropped up this year alone. But for sake of simplicity and focus, we will concentrate on just one of these. It […]

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North Korea’s Attempt to Rain on our Independence Day Parade

July 6, 2017

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit This week as we celebrated on beaches and at barbecues, there were others around the world with entirely different plans in mind. One example was North Korea which chose our Independence Day to demonstrate their progress with InterContinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) capable of hitting our nation. While this was a dramatic contrast, it […]

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Qatar called out? It’s About Time!

June 5, 2017

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditPatrick Poole sent me his commentary late yesterday regarding the severing of ties with Qatar by multiple major Middle Eastern nations. It’s definitely worth reading if you missed it. Here is a quick summary: Major Confrontation Between Saudi, Egypt, UAE Against Qatar Over Terror Support BY PATRICK POOLE JUNE 4, 2017 Several countries took major […]

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Exiting the Paris Climate Agreement is an Essential Step in Protecting America

June 1, 2017

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit Today, President Trump announced that his Administration is pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord. This is a big victory for those who want to see our nation better positioned in the global economic war already underway. It is also a promise that Donald Trump made when campaigning and kept early […]

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What to Do Since the Geeks Can be Compromised

May 30, 2017

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit Yesterday, we sent an important post, What Happens if the Geeks are Compromised. It explained how Best Buy’s Geek Squad has been connected to the FBI. While that’s not a bad thing from a national security view (putting aside the privacy concerns for the moment), it does raise questions regarding the loyalty of various IT […]

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What Happens if the Geeks are Compromised

May 29, 2017

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit A failure of imagination. When the 9/11 Commission reported on the nature and causes of the worst terror attack on American soil in history, those four fateful words summed up the problem. There was a pre-9/11 mentality where the FBI assumed a plane hijacking was intended to get a ransom. The goal was […]

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The Mother of All Hacks and What You Must Do About It

May 14, 2017

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditWith all due respect to Mother’s Day weekend, there is really no choice other than to label this weekend’s global cyber attack as anything but, “the Mother of All Hacks.” If you operate a Windows-based computer, you should definitely pay attention. Even if you prefer Apple, there are things you should learn from this. […]

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SWIFT, CIPS, and NSA Spy Tools

May 9, 2017

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit Last month a hacker group calling itself Shadow Brokers released materials suggesting that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been monitoring the SWIFT interbank messaging system. If fully verified, this is a serious threat in and of itself. According to an April 14, 2017 article by Clare Baldwin in Reuters: “Hackers released documents and […]

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