tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post1689922029534333611..comments2023-10-28T17:54:39.467-06:00Comments on The Golden Truth: The Housing Market Approaches A CliffDave in Denverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03016238915167131989noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-23297960422043421452013-11-29T19:38:18.607-07:002013-11-29T19:38:18.607-07:00A stunning new report compiles extensive evidence ...A stunning new report compiles extensive evidence showing how some of the world's largest corporations have partnered with private intelligence firms and government <a href="http://www.muliagold.com" rel="nofollow">investasi logam mulia<br></a>intelligence agencies to spy on activist and nonprofit groups. Environmental activism is a prominent though not exclusive focus of these activities. still investment is something you should avoid especially when you follow the crowds :(muliahttp://www.muliagold.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-5433813723153851142013-11-29T07:35:20.078-07:002013-11-29T07:35:20.078-07:00The war on democracy
How corporations and spy agen...The war on democracy<br />How corporations and spy agencies use "security" to defend profiteering and crush activism<br /><br />A stunning new report compiles extensive evidence showing how some of the world's largest corporations have partnered with private intelligence firms and government intelligence agencies to spy on activist and nonprofit groups. Environmental activism is a prominent though not exclusive focus of these activities.<br /><br />The report by the Center for Corporate Policy (CCP) in Washington DC titled Spooky Business: Corporate Espionage against Nonprofit Organizations draws on a wide range of public record evidence, including lawsuits and journalistic investigations. It paints a disturbing picture of a global corporate espionage programme that is out of control, with possibly as much as one in four activists being private spies.<br />The report argues that a key precondition for corporate espionage is that the nonprofit in question:<br /><br /> "... impairs or at least threatens a company's assets or image sufficiently."<br /><br />Referring to the work of US investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill, the report points out that the notorious defence contractor Blackwater, later renamed XE Services and now Academi, had sought to become "the intel arm" of Monsanto, the agricultural and biotechnology corporation associated with genetically modified foods. Blackwater was paid to "provide operatives to infiltrate activist groups organizing against the multinational biotech firm."<br /><br />The FBI's involvement in corporate espionage has been institutionalised through 'InfraGard', "a little-known partnership between private industry, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security." The partnership involves the participation of "more than 23,000 representatives of private industry," including 350 of the Fortune 500 companies.<br /><br />But it's not just the FBI. According to the new report, "active-duty CIA operatives are allowed to sell their expertise to the highest bidder", a policy that gives "financial firms and hedge funds access to the nation's top-level intelligence talent. Little is known about the CIA's moonlighting policy, or which corporations have hired current CIA operatives."<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2013/nov/28/war-on-democracy-corporations-spy-profit-activism?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-22235904667988372832013-11-27T16:30:42.357-07:002013-11-27T16:30:42.357-07:00Off the topic. Do you monitor the price movements ...Off the topic. Do you monitor the price movements on the Shanghai Futures Exchange? There is some sort of backwardation in silver on the SHFE. Just look at the settlement prices of Ag1312 and Ag 1401 since last week. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-75271421207752844922013-11-27T11:30:48.689-07:002013-11-27T11:30:48.689-07:00Your details analysis is always really good. Looks...Your details analysis is always really good. Looks like several items from different points are going to gravitate to the center (housing, unemployment, weak retail sales and disposable income, China's gold buying and selling oil with their own currency instaed of US domination, etc.). The temp agencies here are hiring only up to Jan 1st then layoffs. Walmart starts its black friday on thanksgiving at 6PM. Remember when you had to be there 2-4am in the morning on friday, just hoping and waiting to get in at 5am? The media last year showed people at Best Buy camping outside the door from midnight onward with sleeping bags and portable TVs just to get in at 5am. They too are open thanksgiving at 6PM. Personally, I'm glad I stocked up on food instead of technology.<br /><br />federal unemployment is set to expire 3 days after christmas, layoffs will be coming jan 1st, and obamacare then sets in.College students now have loans that they may never be able to pay off and probably will never own a home. Their future has been mortage off. So much for filling their heads with "Our generation can changed things and changed the world". Maybe on the virtual world of facebook or twitter.<br /><br />So we are indeed reaching the cliff!Michael Jacksonnoreply@blogger.com