Russia has begun implementing border controls and other measures to keep hantavirus at bay. These precautions aim to prevent the potential spread of the deadly Andes hantavirus strain, the country’s public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, has said. As a precaution, “Rospotrebnadzor – together with the Russian Border Service – has taken […]
“The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.” — Ernest Hemingway Thanks to the fiat currency system, governments at war can tap into a […]
The highest award in all of journalism is being accused of antisemitism by the Israeli government for factual reporting. Reading by Tim Foley: ❖ The Israeli government is currently accusing The New York Times of antisemitic blood libel for publishing a report on Israel’s already well-documented systemic rape of Palestinian prisoners. Contrary to popular […]
This is the story of an innovator who dared to challenge a $10-billion-a-year industry. Chris Horlacher and his company Equibit developed groundbreaking technology that threatened to completely disrupt the securities transfer agent and custodian sector, an outdated system that quietly drains billions from investors and issuers every year. Just as […]
If you are new to the Equibit story, please read The Assassination of Equibit, originally released in 2023. In the ongoing campaign of digital harassment and sabotage documented by Chris Horlacher, one of the most technical and intrusive episodes involves repeated compromises of his home routers in Mexico. These incidents directly […]
Origin stories are immensely important. When a dangerous and destructive force is let loose upon the earth people want to know where it came from and, most particularly, whether it was unleashed by nature or by man. During the Covid-19 pandemic it was therefore a matter of great interest and […]
Updated from ‘The Function of the Fake Binary‘, May 16 2022 In his 1998 book The Common Good, Noam Chomsky describes the key role that managed disagreements play in modern politics… The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow […]
Last week “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth insulted Americans by claiming that a 50 percent increase in the US military budget – from an incomprehensible one trillion dollars to an impossible one and a half trillion – was a “fiscally responsible investment.” “Thanks to President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget, […]
On Monday morning, the front page of the Drudge Report featured a very alarming two word headline in all capital letters: “INFLATION ACCELERATES”. Of course that headline was 100% accurate. Prices are rising and our seemingly endless cost of living crisis is beginning to accelerate once again. I have heard […]
Ray Dalio joins the privacy debate, saying Bitcoin’s full transparency makes it less likely to be adopted by central banks. What to know: Bitcoin’s transparency was once considered one of its greatest strengths. Now, Ray Dalio says, it may be the very reason central banks won’t adopt it as a […]