Day: May 7, 2015

Notes for Thursday – May 07, 2015

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Communications In Dark Times, by J.B.

We all take our glorious electronic communicators for granted today. Got a problem? Search the web. Driving to work and realize you forgot to mail an important bill? Call home and ask your family to drop it off at the post office for you. Need directions? Just ask your phone. What if you suddenly lost the use of these wondrous conveniences? Who hasn’t experienced this at some point? Poor signal strength, cell towers under maintenance, power outages, and more can take your connectivity offline. The more we rely on these amazing conveniences daily, the more annoyed we are when they …


Letter Re: Watchman Fatigue

HJL, I would like to add the sin of abortion to the list in author JP’s article Watchman Fatigue. There have been nearly 56 million abortions in the United States alone since Roe v. Wade. We, as a nation, are accountable for those innocent lives. Numbers 35:33 is very sobering in light of this. I fear we are headed for a very difficult time. “So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that …


Economics and Investing:

Greece introduces cashpoint tax in desperate bid to raise revenue and stop run on banks as country teeters on brink of bankruptcy. – G.G. o o o It begins: US government issues $700,000 fine against a digital currency. – S.B. o o o Inspector General: IRS Allowed $5.6 Billion In Erroneous Education Tax Credits. PLC o o o What’s the Cash Value of Your Vegetable Garden?. – D.S. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: Blame the next global financial crisis on the U.S. dollar– More like blame it on central banks and central planning


Odds ‘n Sods:

F.L.I.R. is HERE. FBI using wide scan infra-red monitoring aircraft during Baltimore unrest. – T.P. o o o Congressman vs. Surveillance-Happy Secret Police. – RBS o o o Ancestry.com Is Now Sharing Your DNA With the Police. They promise not to share your DNA with anyone outside of the company, and yet they did it anyway. They didn’t even ask for a warrant. – H.L. o o o Never let a crisis go to waste: France passes new surveillance law in wake of Charlie Hebdo attack. – JBG o o o An interactive map that tracks botched police raids in …