Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Earlier today, we reported that according to a press reports, Intel’s computer chips were affected by a bug that makes them vulnerable to hacking. Specifically, The Register said the bug lets some software gain access to parts of a computer’s memory that are set aside to protect things like passwords, and making matters worse, all computers with Intel chips from the past 10 years appear to be affected. The news, which sent Intel’s stock tumbling, was later confirmed by the company.   Continue reading ““Everyone Is Affected”: Why The Implications Of The Intel “Bug” Are Staggering”

Of Two Minds – by Charles Hugh Smith

The wrong people–rebels, outsiders, nerds and techies– got on the cryptocurrency boat while their insider/rentier “betters” blew it and are now raging bitterly onshore.

But money and wealth are nothing but more sedate reflections of the same dynamics that drive speculative manias. Much has been written about cognitive biases and thinking fast and slow, but these explorations do not exhaust the psychology underpinning money, wealth and speculative manias.   Continue reading “Is One Reason Why the Status Quo Disdains Bitcoin Is the “Wrong People Are Getting Rich”?”

21st Century Wire

“There is no terrible regime — Columbia, Guatemala, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile during the time of the colonels, Burma, Taiwan, Zaire, Liberia, Congo, Sierra Leone — there is not one that does not have a major military connection to Israel.” 
– Jeff Halper, 2003 

If the details in this court report were allowed to be made public, it would no doubt be extremely embarrassing to the state of Israel, who relies on maintaining the status of eternal ‘victim’ in order to side-step dozens of UN resolutions regarding its illegal land annexations and human rights abuses against the native Palestinian population who have been under violent Israeli military occupation for over 50 years.   Continue reading “COVER-UP: Court Seals Evidence of Israel’s Weapon Exports to Rwanda During Genocide”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

With intriguingly coincidental timing, as cryptocurrencies reach mainstream and grab the world’s attention, the US Justice Department has unsealed a grand-jury indictment that shows a Long Island woman has been indicted on charges that she tried to funnel money to ISIS using Bitcoin.   Continue reading “Long Island Woman Indicted For Funding ISIS With Bitcoin”

Anti-Media – by Darius Shahtahmasebi

As Israel prepares for yet another war directly on its border, the truth about Israel’s vast military capabilities has been largely absent in the corporate media.

However, if one were to be fortunate (or unfortunate) enough to be able to travel to Israel’s border with Syria in the north and the Gaza strip in the south, they might see what looks more or less like a scene from RoboCop.   Continue reading “Israel Has Built a Robot Army — and It Should Scare the Sh*t Out of You”