The SVB Collapse: How financial crisis boosts the rise of CBDCs
Kit Knightly
Last Friday saw the total failure of the Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th biggest bank in the United States. The biggest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis
By Sunday, the Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank had joined SVB in full collapse. All three are now safely under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) control.
The FDIC has taken the unusual step of fully guaranteeing all deposits kept with the SVB – meaning the federal government will give taxpayer money out to compensate every SVB customer.
But the damage didn’t stop there. Naturally, this put pressure on other regional…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/15/the-svb-collapse-how-financial-crisis-boosts-the-rise-of-cbdcs/
Kit Knightly
Last Friday saw the total failure of the Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th biggest bank in the United States. The biggest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis
By Sunday, the Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank had joined SVB in full collapse. All three are now safely under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) control.
The FDIC has taken the unusual step of fully guaranteeing all deposits kept with the SVB – meaning the federal government will give taxpayer money out to compensate every SVB customer.
But the damage didn’t stop there. Naturally, this put pressure on other regional…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/15/the-svb-collapse-how-financial-crisis-boosts-the-rise-of-cbdcs/
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Fighting Off the Encroachment
Paul Cudenec
I belong to that much-maligned breed of people who have spent their whole lives protesting about various things.
I have demonstrated – enthusiastically! – against road-building and fracking, against surveillance cameras and “anti-terrorist” laws, against arms fairs and drone factories, against privatisations and bankster bail-outs, against the City of London and the British ruling class, against NATO and its wars, against the G8, the G20 and the Bilderberg conference, against lockdowns, masks and vaccine passports.
One of the hostile remarks often made about people like me is that we are incoherent. By jumping from one issue to another…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/16/fighting-off-the-encroachment/
Paul Cudenec
I belong to that much-maligned breed of people who have spent their whole lives protesting about various things.
I have demonstrated – enthusiastically! – against road-building and fracking, against surveillance cameras and “anti-terrorist” laws, against arms fairs and drone factories, against privatisations and bankster bail-outs, against the City of London and the British ruling class, against NATO and its wars, against the G8, the G20 and the Bilderberg conference, against lockdowns, masks and vaccine passports.
One of the hostile remarks often made about people like me is that we are incoherent. By jumping from one issue to another…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/16/fighting-off-the-encroachment/
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In Bovine Fields the Poppies Blow
Sylvia Shawcross
In the ghastly world where the mooing herds furiously and fulsomely flatulate in the forever future fields of Blackrock the murmurs of discontent are rippling and snippling and whippling at the breakfast trough.
Although well aware of their role of “do and die and not to question why” some rogue bovines are unsettling the herds with their speculations. In fact, although tempted to label as such, they’re not really rebels and rogues (who have already headed for the forests long ago), but are ones just slightly ahead of the remaining mooing herds in seeing things.
Because it’s “their”…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/17/in-bovine-fields-the-poppies-blow/
Sylvia Shawcross
In the ghastly world where the mooing herds furiously and fulsomely flatulate in the forever future fields of Blackrock the murmurs of discontent are rippling and snippling and whippling at the breakfast trough.
Although well aware of their role of “do and die and not to question why” some rogue bovines are unsettling the herds with their speculations. In fact, although tempted to label as such, they’re not really rebels and rogues (who have already headed for the forests long ago), but are ones just slightly ahead of the remaining mooing herds in seeing things.
Because it’s “their”…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/17/in-bovine-fields-the-poppies-blow/
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What one tweet can teach us about “Fake News”
Kit Knightly
Three days ago this tweet turned up on OffG’s timeline:
Charlotte, I couldn’t agree more.
Women lose thousands of dollars each year, and hundreds of thousands over a lifetime, because of gender and racial wage gaps.
I’m committed to building an economy where my daughters have the same rights and opportunities as my sons. pic.twitter.com/0vholYMTaR— President Biden (@POTUS) March 14, 2023
At the time I just laughed it off. It’s an absurd little piece of propaganda, but hardly the most egregious.
But, for some reason, it stuck in my head and started bothering me. After 48 hours or…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/17/what-one-tweet-can-teach-us-about-fake-news/
Kit Knightly
Three days ago this tweet turned up on OffG’s timeline:
Charlotte, I couldn’t agree more.
Women lose thousands of dollars each year, and hundreds of thousands over a lifetime, because of gender and racial wage gaps.
I’m committed to building an economy where my daughters have the same rights and opportunities as my sons. pic.twitter.com/0vholYMTaR— President Biden (@POTUS) March 14, 2023
At the time I just laughed it off. It’s an absurd little piece of propaganda, but hardly the most egregious.
But, for some reason, it stuck in my head and started bothering me. After 48 hours or…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/17/what-one-tweet-can-teach-us-about-fake-news/
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Steady Burn
Todd Hayen
I find myself, uncharacteristically, wishing for bad things to happen regarding all this world take-over crap.
I don’t wish for people I love to die, but I can’t help but admit when I read about others dying there is a sudden surge within me that says, “Good! Now maybe these morons will wake up!” Then my senses come back to me, and I think about mothers burying their children, or children burying their mothers, and I curse myself for my wicked thoughts.
Anyone else have similar moments?
I am just not convinced this nightmare is going to end…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/18/steady-burn/
Todd Hayen
I find myself, uncharacteristically, wishing for bad things to happen regarding all this world take-over crap.
I don’t wish for people I love to die, but I can’t help but admit when I read about others dying there is a sudden surge within me that says, “Good! Now maybe these morons will wake up!” Then my senses come back to me, and I think about mothers burying their children, or children burying their mothers, and I curse myself for my wicked thoughts.
Anyone else have similar moments?
I am just not convinced this nightmare is going to end…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/18/steady-burn/
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The Right to Be Let Alone: When the Government Wants to Know All Your Business
John Whitehead
“Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent.”
Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis
There was a time when the census was just a head count. That is no longer the case.
The American Community Survey (ACS), sent to about 3.5 million homes every year, is the byproduct of a government that believes it has the right to know all of your personal business.
If you haven’t already received an ACS, it’s just a matter of time.
A far cry from the traditional census, which is limited to…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/18/the-right-to-be-let-alone-when-the-government-wants-to-know-all-your-business/
John Whitehead
“Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent.”
Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis
There was a time when the census was just a head count. That is no longer the case.
The American Community Survey (ACS), sent to about 3.5 million homes every year, is the byproduct of a government that believes it has the right to know all of your personal business.
If you haven’t already received an ACS, it’s just a matter of time.
A far cry from the traditional census, which is limited to…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/18/the-right-to-be-let-alone-when-the-government-wants-to-know-all-your-business/
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The Pentagon’s B-Movie: Looking Closely at the September 2001 Attacks
Edward Curtin
This new book by Graeme MacQueen (click here for a free e-copy) contains a collection of his articles and essays on the attacks of September 11, 2001, the subsequent anthrax attacks, and analyses of other false flag operations. They are profoundly important and shatter the official versions of those events.
No one reading this book can come away from it not convinced that the U.S. government is a terrorist state. MacQueen’s conclusions are not based on rhetoric but on a deep empirical analyses, facts not propaganda.
With this volume, Graeme MacQueen takes his place alongside David Ray Griffin…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/19/the-pentagons-b-movie-looking-closely-at-the-september-2001-attacks/
Edward Curtin
This new book by Graeme MacQueen (click here for a free e-copy) contains a collection of his articles and essays on the attacks of September 11, 2001, the subsequent anthrax attacks, and analyses of other false flag operations. They are profoundly important and shatter the official versions of those events.
No one reading this book can come away from it not convinced that the U.S. government is a terrorist state. MacQueen’s conclusions are not based on rhetoric but on a deep empirical analyses, facts not propaganda.
With this volume, Graeme MacQueen takes his place alongside David Ray Griffin…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/19/the-pentagons-b-movie-looking-closely-at-the-september-2001-attacks/
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WATCH: Decentralized Communication – #SolutionsWatch
As the internet clampdown begins, people are finally beginning to wake up to the need to find alternative communication platforms. But if the masses are just herded from one centralized platform to another, has anything really changed at all?
Join James Corbett for the latest important edition of #SolutionsWatch where he examines some of the many decentralized communication networks, platforms and protocols that are being developed to address the root of the censorship problem.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch can be found here…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/19/watch-decentralized-communication-solutionswatch/
As the internet clampdown begins, people are finally beginning to wake up to the need to find alternative communication platforms. But if the masses are just herded from one centralized platform to another, has anything really changed at all?
Join James Corbett for the latest important edition of #SolutionsWatch where he examines some of the many decentralized communication networks, platforms and protocols that are being developed to address the root of the censorship problem.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch can be found here…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/19/watch-decentralized-communication-solutionswatch/
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This Week in the New Normal #58
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. Iraq War: 20 Years On
Sunday marked 20 years since the first bombs were dropped on Baghdad, signalling the start of the UK/US invasion of Iraq. Today is two decades since the ground operation – unironically titled “Operation Iraqi Freedom” – began in earnest.
We don’t need to re-hash two decades of evidence here, the facts all show the war was entirely illegal under international law, that it was…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/20/this-week-in-the-new-normal-58/
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. Iraq War: 20 Years On
Sunday marked 20 years since the first bombs were dropped on Baghdad, signalling the start of the UK/US invasion of Iraq. Today is two decades since the ground operation – unironically titled “Operation Iraqi Freedom” – began in earnest.
We don’t need to re-hash two decades of evidence here, the facts all show the war was entirely illegal under international law, that it was…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/20/this-week-in-the-new-normal-58/
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19 Memes to get you through the Day – Part 31
…and we’re back. We know you missed this, even if you hated the memes before, you felt the lack. To quote the prophet Mitchell, you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.
We’ve got bank collapses, war and political arrests to cover. IT’s all funny stuff. Let’s start with SVB, shall we? The internet went a lil bit meme crazy with that one.
1.
He’s not wrong.
2.
Maybe just have them start printing apology letters?
3.
I was over drawn briefly last month. Can confirm.
4.
Captain Communism is here to protect the 1% from losing the game…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/20/19-memes-to-get-you-through-the-day-part-31/
…and we’re back. We know you missed this, even if you hated the memes before, you felt the lack. To quote the prophet Mitchell, you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.
We’ve got bank collapses, war and political arrests to cover. IT’s all funny stuff. Let’s start with SVB, shall we? The internet went a lil bit meme crazy with that one.
1.
He’s not wrong.
2.
Maybe just have them start printing apology letters?
3.
I was over drawn briefly last month. Can confirm.
4.
Captain Communism is here to protect the 1% from losing the game…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/20/19-memes-to-get-you-through-the-day-part-31/
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AUDIO: Catte Black on Perspective with Jesse Zurawell
OffG’s founding editor Catte Black appears on Perspective with Jesse Zurawell to talk, covid, Ukraine and evolving nature of the grand narrative.
TNT Radio is a 24/7 internet radio station, available here. You can also listen to back-episodes of Perspective here and follow host Jesse Zurawell on Telegram here....
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/21/audio-catte-black-on-perspective-with-jesse-zurawell/
OffG’s founding editor Catte Black appears on Perspective with Jesse Zurawell to talk, covid, Ukraine and evolving nature of the grand narrative.
TNT Radio is a 24/7 internet radio station, available here. You can also listen to back-episodes of Perspective here and follow host Jesse Zurawell on Telegram here....
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/21/audio-catte-black-on-perspective-with-jesse-zurawell/
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It’s the trust in the authority, stupid!
Iain Davis
The world is apparently descending into chaos. With events such as the recent collapse of SVB bank adding to the problems allegedly caused by the pseudopandemic and the war in Ukraine, it is easy to feel overwhelmed.
Only a few years ago it was widely recognised that, by nearly every measure, global life outcomes were all improving. Suddenly, we’re all haunted by the spectres of conquest, war, famine and death.
From the cost of living, energy and food crisis, to the threat of a widening international conflict, a climate disaster and now global financial collapse, we seem to…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/22/its-the-trust-in-the-authority-stupid/
Iain Davis
The world is apparently descending into chaos. With events such as the recent collapse of SVB bank adding to the problems allegedly caused by the pseudopandemic and the war in Ukraine, it is easy to feel overwhelmed.
Only a few years ago it was widely recognised that, by nearly every measure, global life outcomes were all improving. Suddenly, we’re all haunted by the spectres of conquest, war, famine and death.
From the cost of living, energy and food crisis, to the threat of a widening international conflict, a climate disaster and now global financial collapse, we seem to…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/22/its-the-trust-in-the-authority-stupid/
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Covid’s Third Birthday – A Retrospective Weekend
Catte Black
Recently, prominent “anti-vaxxer” Michael Yeadon publicly stated he does not believe there was ever a new disease called “covid”.
This should not be regarded as a controversial position, and the fact that it is seen as such only illustrates the amount of confusion and bewilderment that most people still suffer when it comes to understanding what the “covid” operation really was.
Once you look at the acknowledged facts – and I mean the officially acknowledged facts – clearly and without pre-existing emotional bias, the fact that “covid” never existed as anything but a name becomes…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/23/covids-third-birthday-a-retrospective-weekend/
Catte Black
Recently, prominent “anti-vaxxer” Michael Yeadon publicly stated he does not believe there was ever a new disease called “covid”.
This should not be regarded as a controversial position, and the fact that it is seen as such only illustrates the amount of confusion and bewilderment that most people still suffer when it comes to understanding what the “covid” operation really was.
Once you look at the acknowledged facts – and I mean the officially acknowledged facts – clearly and without pre-existing emotional bias, the fact that “covid” never existed as anything but a name becomes…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/23/covids-third-birthday-a-retrospective-weekend/
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And we stop it now for the “real” common good
Sylvia shawcross
This was a very difficult opinion to write because there are many people I love who have been vaccinated and I don’t want to be the one in any way to upset or put fear into them. I was reluctant to publish this but having just watched Piers Morgan being interviewed by Triggernometry I felt the time might be now.
I repeat that I am no expert and this is only an opinion and if you disagree with me or call me crazy or even hate me, I will still love you. We are all doing the…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/24/and-we-stop-it-now-for-the-real-common-good/
Sylvia shawcross
This was a very difficult opinion to write because there are many people I love who have been vaccinated and I don’t want to be the one in any way to upset or put fear into them. I was reluctant to publish this but having just watched Piers Morgan being interviewed by Triggernometry I felt the time might be now.
I repeat that I am no expert and this is only an opinion and if you disagree with me or call me crazy or even hate me, I will still love you. We are all doing the…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/24/and-we-stop-it-now-for-the-real-common-good/
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40 Facts You NEED to Know: The REAL Story of “Covid”
Kit Knightly
We first published our hugely popular cribsheet in September of 2021 in response to dozens – even hundreds – of reader requests for sources and data. It was intended as a resource and link dump as much as an article, and intentionally free of interpretation, editorialising or opinion.
The response was incredible, within weeks it became our most-viewed article of all time, and it has maintained steady traffic ever since.
But time moves on, and as new data was published and new facts came to light, it became clear we needed to update the piece – not…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/24/40-facts-you-need-to-know-the-real-story-of-covid/
Kit Knightly
We first published our hugely popular cribsheet in September of 2021 in response to dozens – even hundreds – of reader requests for sources and data. It was intended as a resource and link dump as much as an article, and intentionally free of interpretation, editorialising or opinion.
The response was incredible, within weeks it became our most-viewed article of all time, and it has maintained steady traffic ever since.
But time moves on, and as new data was published and new facts came to light, it became clear we needed to update the piece – not…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/24/40-facts-you-need-to-know-the-real-story-of-covid/
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Who Do You Believe, and Why?
Todd Hayen
There is an awful lot of “I know I’m right” chatter going around on both sides. I am just curious, what makes you so sure you are right? And what makes them so sure they are right? Unless you are Einstein or something, I’m sure you are like the rest of us and need to get most of your information from another source.
Sure, you can apply common sense and gut intuition to the information you receive from other expert sources, but I doubt if you would let Uncle Bob do surgery on your brain unless Uncle…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/25/who-do-you-believe-and-why/
Todd Hayen
There is an awful lot of “I know I’m right” chatter going around on both sides. I am just curious, what makes you so sure you are right? And what makes them so sure they are right? Unless you are Einstein or something, I’m sure you are like the rest of us and need to get most of your information from another source.
Sure, you can apply common sense and gut intuition to the information you receive from other expert sources, but I doubt if you would let Uncle Bob do surgery on your brain unless Uncle…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/25/who-do-you-believe-and-why/
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The Cell Phone Is a Pair of Red High Heels
Edward curtin
It is comical how easily one can be ignored for pointing out that new technology is dangerous and fetishistic. So-called “smart” cell phones are a prime example. For years I have been pointing out their dangers on many levels. To say most people are devoted to them is an understatement. Maybe it is an exaggeration to say they revere them, but if asked, they will say they couldn’t live without them. It’s sort of like saying I don’t revere my partner but couldn’t live without her or him. Ah love!
But what’s love got to do with…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/26/the-cell-phone-is-a-pair-of-red-high-heels/
Edward curtin
It is comical how easily one can be ignored for pointing out that new technology is dangerous and fetishistic. So-called “smart” cell phones are a prime example. For years I have been pointing out their dangers on many levels. To say most people are devoted to them is an understatement. Maybe it is an exaggeration to say they revere them, but if asked, they will say they couldn’t live without them. It’s sort of like saying I don’t revere my partner but couldn’t live without her or him. Ah love!
But what’s love got to do with…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/26/the-cell-phone-is-a-pair-of-red-high-heels/
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WATCH: Alternative Solutions to the Banking Crisis – #SolutionsWatch
Ellen Brown, frequent Corbett Report guest and author of The Web of Debt and Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age, joins James to discuss her latest articles on the bank runs that are leading us toward the event horizon of the quadrillion-dollar derivative black hole.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch can be found here andhere.
Follow us on Telegram for regular updates & commentary...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/26/watch-alternative-solutions-to-the-banking-crisis-solutionswatch/
Ellen Brown, frequent Corbett Report guest and author of The Web of Debt and Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age, joins James to discuss her latest articles on the bank runs that are leading us toward the event horizon of the quadrillion-dollar derivative black hole.
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch can be found here andhere.
Follow us on Telegram for regular updates & commentary...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/26/watch-alternative-solutions-to-the-banking-crisis-solutionswatch/
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This Week in the New Normal #59
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. “Ghost Children”
We’re in the season of lockdown revisionism, where voices of the establishment sheepishly admit to making a couple of mistakes that barely cover one-tenth of the horrific reality. This isn’t just about covering themselves or salvaging their reputation, it can also be a tool for selling an agenda in and of itself.
For example: “covid’s ghost children”.
One of the “regrets” of lockdown…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/27/this-week-in-the-new-normal-59/
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1. “Ghost Children”
We’re in the season of lockdown revisionism, where voices of the establishment sheepishly admit to making a couple of mistakes that barely cover one-tenth of the horrific reality. This isn’t just about covering themselves or salvaging their reputation, it can also be a tool for selling an agenda in and of itself.
For example: “covid’s ghost children”.
One of the “regrets” of lockdown…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/27/this-week-in-the-new-normal-59/
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This Week in the New Normal – OffGuardian
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Circus Politics Are Intended to Distract Us. Don’t Be Distracted
John Whitehead
“There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few.”
Lawrence Lessig, Harvard law professor
It is easy to be distracted right now by the bread and circus politics that have dominated the news headlines lately, but don’t be distracted.
Don’t be fooled, not even a little.
We’re being subjected to the oldest con game in the books, the magician’s sleight of hand that keeps you focused on the shell game in front of you while your wallet is being picked clean by ruffians in your midst.
This is how tyranny rises…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/27/circus-politics-are-intended-to-distract-us-dont-be-distracted/
John Whitehead
“There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few.”
Lawrence Lessig, Harvard law professor
It is easy to be distracted right now by the bread and circus politics that have dominated the news headlines lately, but don’t be distracted.
Don’t be fooled, not even a little.
We’re being subjected to the oldest con game in the books, the magician’s sleight of hand that keeps you focused on the shell game in front of you while your wallet is being picked clean by ruffians in your midst.
This is how tyranny rises…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/27/circus-politics-are-intended-to-distract-us-dont-be-distracted/
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Bellies of the Rich Swell Further on the Back of Hunger
Colin todhunter
Photo by Timur Weber: Pexels
It’s a zero-sum situation. The rich are robbing the poor to swell their coffers – and their bellies.
In April 2022, Oxfam reported a terrifying prospect of more than a quarter of a billion people falling into extreme levels of poverty in 2022 alone.
In its January 2021 report ‘The Inequality Virus’, it also stated that the wealth of the world’s billionaires increased by .9tn between 18 March and 31 December 2020. Their total wealth then stood at .95tn, a 50 per cent increase in just…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/28/bellies-of-the-rich-swell-further-on-the-back-of-hunger/
Colin todhunter
Photo by Timur Weber: Pexels
It’s a zero-sum situation. The rich are robbing the poor to swell their coffers – and their bellies.
In April 2022, Oxfam reported a terrifying prospect of more than a quarter of a billion people falling into extreme levels of poverty in 2022 alone.
In its January 2021 report ‘The Inequality Virus’, it also stated that the wealth of the world’s billionaires increased by .9tn between 18 March and 31 December 2020. Their total wealth then stood at .95tn, a 50 per cent increase in just…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2023/03/28/bellies-of-the-rich-swell-further-on-the-back-of-hunger/
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