Food for The Soul: British TV Miniseries

“In a few days, there’s going to be this international colloquium. And this place’ll be crawling with rich and powerful people, the world’s leading business people and politicians. – What, four days in the sun and they conclude that global recovery depends on their making more money?” `“The Worricker Trilogy” – BBC TV miniseries

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By Your Culture Scout

For a good few years now, both consumers and the entertainment industry have been pointing out how much TV shows are superior in quality to movies at a local multiplex. For every new superhero movie, from Superman to X-Men, there has been some new TV show that surpassed them in terms of entertainment value, amount of audience, intellectual scope, and quality of actors and writers who contributed. Think of the worldwide phenomenon of Game of Thrones, and Sherlock (the one with Benedict Cumberbatch, not the old tweed versions), Orange Is New Black and Star Trek for the millennial crowd, and Downton Abbey and The Crown for the more genteel audience. Downton Abbey is also a good representative of a niche within popular shows – that of a British TV drama. This category immediately evokes quality: excellent British stage and film actors, engaging and ambitious writing, and an impeccable design of costumes and sets, especially in historical dramas. Audiences worldwide have been accustomed to expect these traits from a British show and they are rarely disappointed. Within this category, there is another trend: political thrillers. Within last couple of years, there have a quite a lot of British shows that have several things in common: an excellent casting and writing as a rule, but above all a more mature and modern way of describing the current political world.

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The Missing Money - $19 Trillion in Undocumentable Adjustments and Counting with Dr. Mark Skidmore

“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.” ~ Article I, Section 9, Clause 7, The US Constitution

By Catherine Austin Fitts

This week Dr. Mark Skidmore, Morris Chair of State and Local Government and Policy at Michigan State University joins me on the Solari Report to discuss his recent report on the $19 trillion in undocumentable adjustments at the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) between 1998 and 2015. I have been using the number $18 trillion. However, Dr. Skidmore and his team have identified another $1 trillion which we will be adding to the documentation that he and his students have reviewed and provided. See DOD and HUD Missing Money: Supporting Documentation.

This issue has great importance to you and your family. Many of our problems are related to how the federal government and the banks and private corporations that run its operations can access trillions in secret outside of the Appropriations Clause of Article I of the US Constitution and the US financial management laws. This nearly infinite amount of money finances whatever the people who can access the money want. Forget democracy! Forget the republic! The policies are set by the people who control the operations, assets and technology that secret money finances. Notice that Congress consistently votes against the wishes of the American people and their constituents! Their votes are following the money.

In Let’s Go to the Movies, I will review Top Secret America – From 911 to the Boston Bombings. This PBS presentation describes reporters the efforts of Dana Priest and William Arkin efforts to document the explosive size and expense of an out-of-control national security state after 9/11.

Top Secret America

In Money & Markets this week I will discuss the latest in financial and geopolitical news. Make sure to send or post your questions for Ask Catherine.

Talk to you on Thursday!

Related Reading:

DOD and HUD Missing Money: Supporting Documentation

9/11 Trillions: Follow the Money

Farrell and Fitts at SSP 2014

The Exchange Stabilization Fund with Rob Kirby

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Building A Mystery | Sarah McLachlan with the Colorado Symphony

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Crypto Commentary: Both Sides of the Coin

By: James Quaid

Today, I’m going to post the most concise Yin / Yang of Cryptos that I can offer at this time. I would also like to thank Jon McAfee for his validation of most of my previous Crypto risk assessments; as well as his expert and detailed analysis..

John McAfee: “Pandora’s Box has Been Opened” (Crypto currency security)

YouTube | 23 August 2017
“There is no Security”…

The Yin:

The Solari Team had a detailed discussion on the above video. We dissected it into ten main points with some related sub points:

1. Spy ware key loggers and screen capture infections are rampant.
2. These infections operate behind the Maginot Line of encryption..
3. Cryptos have been a God send to hackers. Note, the ever expanding arena of Crypto thefts.
4. The Mirai spyware bots have been rewritten to mine Cryptos on the IOT, using other peoples devices / kW..
   • The infection rate is ~ 50k devices a day..
   • Not illegal at this time.
   • The shear number of infected devices could alter Crypto markets.
5. Crypto thieves launder ill gotten gains by converting them to other Crypto currencies, multiple times. Yielding an untraceable transaction trail.
6. McAfee predicts the day when everyones’ Crypto Wallets are emptied en mass.
7. McAfee recommends dedicated hardware wallets and advanced dedicated packet sniffers to detect all intrusions ASAP.
8. “There is no security whatsoever.” Hence, proof digital devices have no integrity.
9. He omitted the Snowden revelation of Government specified hardware and software back doors.
10. And finally, one of our Solari Team Members who in a past life, had worked for some large MIC corporations asserted that Hardware Wallets have vulnerabilities too..

Implications:

The most chilling of the above points #3, implies that Hacking has seen at a minimum an order of magnitude increase in ill-gotten gains. Where not only are their thefts much more profitable. But, they can now mine Cryptos on other peoples machines. This puts the legitimate Mining Community at a distinct disadvantage. Hackers can now off load their mining costs to someone else. Also note, the alarming infection rate of 50k devices a day. Eventually, that will become an amazing amount of free computing power. Now these questions must be asked:

• How large has the Hacker Community grown due to Crypto thefts?
• Will the stealth mining of Cryptos via the Mirai Bot infection sway Crypto and or other markets?

Also note, that if you have put anything of value on your “Smart” phone, especially Cryptos. I desperately suggest you goto 04:13 of the above video and get some religion about mobile phone security..

Omissions:

We know from the Snowden revelations. That our beloved FedGov.Inc (note domain suffix) has their own set of Cyber hardware and software “back doors”. My educated guess is that the Dark Side Snowdens know where these back doors are and are pillaging unchecked.

See point #10 in the above list. During our Solari Team Crypto discussion, our resident EE Hardware/Software expert made the supposition that cell towers can pick up keystrokes, perform screen captures and or pick up signals emanating from your digital device’s main system board. I’m repeating myself. But, my suspicions are your cell phone has these same capabilities.

All that being said, John McAfee is still mining Cryptos!! Therefore, there are risk and rewards to be had..

The Yang:

If you have the aptitude, understand the risks and the resources to spare then Cryptos hold the potential for speculative gains. However, you must follow the rules that apply to any highly speculative investment and not put money at risk that you can not afford to lose. You also must fully immerse yourself into the subject matter. For a good foundation, see links below. These were all chosen by Catherine during her ongoing Crypto investigation:

• Blockchain-Wiki
• Cryptocurrency-Wiki
• Bitcoin-Wiki
• The Ethereum Network
• Cambridge University: Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study
• Cryptocurrency Prices
• Princeton University: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Online Course
• Some Things You Need to Know and Privacy at Bitcoin.org

Conclusion:

All of that being said, the most successful Crypto Miner I know, has planned his exit strategy. Before, government regulation takes the profit out of mining Cryptos.

Bush, Cheney & 911 with David Ray Griffin

“We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order.” ~ David Rockefeller

By Catherine Austin Fitts

David Ray Griffin is an American scholar and theologian who is one of the most eloquent authors and speakers successfully challenging the 9/11 commission report and the various official explanations and lies of 9/11. His work describes the erosion of America’s culture, legal structures, finances and role in the world as being “justified” by the fabricated versions of the events of 9/11.

This week on the Solari Report, I will speak with Dr. Griffin about his new book Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined America and the World. We will discuss his powerful chapter “Shredding the Constitution” and why we must hold President Bush and Vice-President Cheney responsible for the events and the lies of 9/11 and why we must reverse the Neocon policies destroying America.

In Let’s Go to the Movies, I will review a leading contender for Solari documentary of the year in the 2017 Annual Wrap Up –  False Flags with Richard Dolan.

For an excellent video focused entirely on 9/11, try the recent 9/11: Explosive Evidence – Experts Speak Out and the other excellent videos from Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth.

In Money & Markets this week I will discuss the latest in financial and geopolitical news. Please make sure to post your questions for Ask Catherine.

Talk to you Thursday!

Cryptoslides

Solari Subscribers are receiving access to Catherine’s recent Powerpoint presentation on Cryptocurrencies.

Related Reading:

• Blockchain-Wiki
• Cryptocurrency-Wiki
• Bitcoin-Wiki
• The Ethereum Network
• Cambridge University: Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study
• Cryptocurrency Prices
• Princeton University: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Online Course
• Some Things You Need to Know and Privacy at Bitcoin.org
• DOD and HUD Missing Money: Supporting Documentation
• Crypto Commentary: Both Sides of the Coin