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‘The Internet Will Shut Down for 24 Hours in 2017 Causing Financial Markets to Crash’
Millions of computer users across the world could be blocked from the internet this year as the global network will shut down for 24 hours, US technology security vendor LogRhythm predicted in December. The company’s chief information security officer and vice president James Carder told Business Insider, it won’t just be a technical issue stopping people from uploading their selfies … Continue reading
World Needs to Be Warned on Russian Intervention in U.S. Election, CIA Director Says
On eve of Trump briefing, John Brennan says potential interference in Europe ‘very serious concern’ Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan said his agency and the outgoing administration of President Barack Obama want to publicize Russian interference in the recent U.S. elections as a warning to other countries, particularly in Europe. The potential of Russian interference across Europe and especially … Continue reading
LEAKED: Donald Trump Praises Billionaire Dubai Business Partner in Private New Years Eve Pay to Attend Dinner Speech
#DTS (Drain The Swamp??) DONALD Trump heaped praise upon his Dubai business partner during his private New Year’s Eve celebration in Florida, after giving a lengthy speech about his presidential victory. Video taken by an attendee and obtained by CNN shows the President-elect addressing a crowd of 800 paying guests at his estate, Mar-a-Lago on Saturday night. Throughout the 10-minute … Continue reading
Finland Begins Basic Income Experiment; Giving 2,000 Citizens a Guaranteed Income
Finland has started a radical experiment: It’s giving 2,000 citizens a guaranteed income, with funds that keep flowing whether participants work or not. The program, which kicks off this month, is one of the first efforts to test a “universal basic income.” Participants will receive €560 ($587) a month — money that is guaranteed regardless of income, wealth or employment … Continue reading
China Announces it Will be Shutting Down its Ivory Trade by the End of 2017
China will shut down its domestic ivory trade by the end of 2017, according to an announcement made today by the Chinese government. The announcement comes more than a year after China’s President Xi Jinping and United States President Barack Obama pledged to enact “nearly complete bans” on the import and export of ivory, an agreement Wildlife Watch reporter Rachael … Continue reading
The Pentagon’s $125 Billion Cover-Up
Let’s say you ask somebody a question. They give you an answer you don’t like, so you pretend you didn’t hear it. Probably all of us would cop to something like this at some time in our imperfect pasts. For most of us though, that pretending hasn’t included trying to hide $125 billion. The Pentagon has a little image problem: … Continue reading
‘NOBODY Can Stop Us!’ Kim Jong-un Says North Korea Can Now Strike US Mainland
NORTH Korean despot Kim Jong-un has warned NOBODY can stop his country – and said he is now capable of striking the US with nuclear weapons. A fiery editorial in a state-run propaganda newspaper said North Korea would “reduce to ashes” any enemy – including the USA. The sabre-rattling opinion piece said “no force on earth” could stop the despot … Continue reading
Apple CEO Tim Cook Met With Trump to “Engage” on Gigantic Corporate Tax Cut
WHY DID EXECUTIVES from 11 of America’s biggest technology companies obediently show up when they were summoned by the president-elect to meet at Trump Tower? Some might suspect it has something to do with the $560 billion in profits those companies have stashed overseas — and refuse to bring back until the U.S. government gives them an enormous tax break. Apple CEO Tim Cook has now confirmed that that was … Continue reading
Russia Launches Anti-Satellite Weapon: A New Warfront in Space?
The Russian anti-satellite test is the latest in a series of five conducted by the Putin government. Once more, Russia has conducted a successful test of an anti-satellite weapon, Pentagon officials said Thursday. It was the fifth time the weapon, a PL-19 Nudol missile, had been tested. Some military analysts have expressed concern over the test, saying that it was … Continue reading
Vladimir Putin is Trying to Play Nuclear Poker; the Problem is Donald Trump Doesn’t Know the Rules
The nuclear threat is now greater than at any time since the 1980s. While the number of nuclear warheads in the world is continuing its slow decline, both Russia and America have been investing heavily in modernizing their weapons and delivery systems. In the White House will soon be a famously irascible man who is also famously ignorant about nukes. … Continue reading
