Author: Simon

This is early news and the analysis may be incorrect but it is not unexpected. The Russian/Syrian advance in Syria is meeting resistance. Russia ‘reducing air strikes against Syrian rebels’ as quick win proves elusive. Russia is reducing its air strikes against Syrian insurgents, as the intervention fails to hand a swift advantage to pro-government…

Syrian rebels fortify frontline with anti-tank missiles Russia’s two-week-old air campaign has bolstered Assad and left the United States struggling to adjust its troubled military support program for Assad’s opponents. On the ground, however, the Syrian army is not making rapid gains. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based group tracking the war, said…

I belong to the “I don’t belong to a cult” cult.        

From: Palestinian leaders seek to keep lid on Israel clashes

Since I will probably have more to say on the subject this is report zero (0). I don’t necessarily agree with all the facts let alone the interpretations expressed in this video. But I think it gives a good general sense of the situation. You can’t tell the players even with a scorecard. Video source…

From Sputnik News. A Russian source. After successful military cooperation talks with Israel, Russia wonders: Why no word from Turkey and the United States? On Wednesday, senior officials with both the Israeli and Russian governments met to discuss the avoidance of accidental collisions in Syrian airspace. The meeting of senior diplomats in Israel follows Israeli…

Why would you want outsiders policing the US? Because they would find it easier to kill Americans and/or violate their rights. None of them would have taken the oath (no matter how meaningless) to uphold and defend the Constitution. Here are some links if you want to look into it further. A New Global Police…

Yeah. Alex Jones. But Matt Drudge. More video and links at Matt Drudge Rare Interview: “I’m A Free Thinker. I’m An American. I’m Very Concerned…”.

Tom Perkins was asking if I’m OK and is Talk-Polywell still alive? Other than the world is going to hell in a hand basket and I am unable to raise any money for my projects I’m fine. Talk-Polywell is not so fine. Temporarily Closed for Maintenance Yes, Talk-Polywell is broken. Dreamhost broke it on September…

A comment I made in a discussion about energy and economics. Energy is money. Which makes you winder why long shots like this don’t get funded: An introduction to Proton-Boron Fusion. Yes the odds are 10 to 1 against. But if we hit that 1 it is energy for the next 10,000 years. Not to…

A commenter calling himself silverer explains: I let my employees go. All nice people. I had to. Government is so oppressive, I just can’t do it anymore. All my costs of doing business constantly rises, mostly due to government mandates and regulations. Insurance is becoming a nightmare. They want to exclude everything. Every year the…

From the article Flawed Fundamentals: Well, as those of you who follow me know, I’ve taken time off of my investment advisory business to build digital swaps powered by the blockchain. The startupt venture, Veritaseum, is uniquely positioned to capitalize on this movement because not only is it significantly ahead of most banks efforts in…

The discussion of Central Banking Warfare begins at about 13 minutes in. But you should watch the whole thing to get a feel for her points. You should also check out Narco Dollars for Beginners if you are not already familiar with it. And her main site Solari. Also her latest video Catherine Austin Fitts…

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You may have heard that the Saudi stock market has fallen 7%. This is due to falling oil prices. Which brings up the shale revolution. I have written about it recently. And I have been reading something that has opened my eyes even wider. Read that last paragraph again. Some shale operators can make good…

The only power bankers have is given to them by people who want to live beyond their means.

I’m thinking of a productivity increase. Like the one that exploded in the 1920s. Everyone was going to get rich from it. Instead the huge increase in farming productivity put millions out of work. Everybody wedded to the old supply chain. And a lot of people collateral to them. We are in the middle of…

Democrat Martin O’Malley is promoting a Democrat plan for debt free college. I have a better plan. Debt free education. All you need is determination and an internet connection. No Democrat plan for a government program required.

The graphic and the following commentary are from Zero Hedge. …the Chinese steel industry grew by 11X during the last 20 years, expanding from 125 million tons, which was already larger than the US and Japanese steel industries in the mid-1990s, to 1.1 billion tons today. But neither China nor the world can use that…

Bloombeg has this. FlowPoint Capital Partners, the $15 million hedge fund co-founded by Charles Trafton, is betting against companies such as student-loan servicer Navient Corp. to profit from what it calls a college bubble bursting in slow motion. The Boston-based firm is building positions against stocks of textbook publishers, student lenders and real estate companies…