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Monday, March 17, 2014

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Friday, March 7, 2014

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Banker Suicides: The JPMorgan-CIA-NYPD connection. Exposing what lies beneath the bodies of dead bankers and what lies ahead for us






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By Doug Hagmann (Bio and Archives)

Monday, February 17, 2014


I feel that this is one of the most important investigations I’ve ever done. If my findings are correct, each of us might soon experience a severe, if not crippling blow to our personal finances, the confiscation of any wealth some of us have been able to accumulate over our lifetimes, and the end of the financial world as we once knew it. The evidence to support my findings exists in the trail of dead bodies of financial executives across the globe and a missing Wall Street Journal Reporter who was working at the Dow Jones news room at the time of his disappearance.


If the bodies were dots on a piece of paper, connecting them results in a sinister picture being drawn that involves global criminal activity in the financial world the likes of which is almost without precedent. It should serve as a warning that we are at the precipice of something so big, it will shake the financial world as we know it to its core. It seems to illustrate the complicity of big banks and governments, the intelligence community, and the media.


Although the trail of mysterious and bizarre deaths detailed below begin in late January, 2014, there are others. Not only that, there will be more, according to sources within the financial world. Based on my findings, these are not mere random, tragic cases of suicide, but of the methodical silencing of individuals who had the ability to expose financial fraud at the highest levels, and the complicity of certain governmental agencies and individuals who are engaged in the greatest theft of wealth the world has ever seen.


It is often said that life imitates art. In the case of the dead financial executives, perhaps death imitates theater, or more specifically, the movie The International, which was coincidently released in U.S. theaters exactly five years ago today.


We are told by the media that the untimely deaths of these young men and men in their prime are either suicides or tragic accidents. We are told what to believe by the captured and controlled media, regardless of how unusual or unlikely the circumstances, or how implausible the explanation. Such are the hallmarks of high level criminality and the involvement of a certain U.S. intelligence agency intent on keeping the lid on money laundering on a global scale.


Obviously, it is important that this topic is approached with the utmost respect for the families of those who died, that they be allowed to grieve for the loss of their loved ones in private. However, it is extremely important that the truth about what is happening in the global financial arena is not kept from us, as we will also be victims of a different nature.


The missing and the dead: a timeline


The following is provided as a chronological list of those who have gone missing or been found dead under mysterious circumstances. It is important to note that this list consists of names of the most recent incidents. There are more that extend back through 2012 and beyond.


January 11, 2014


MISSING: David Bird, 55, long-time reporter for the Wall Street Journal working at the Dow Jones news room, went for a walk on Saturday, January 11, 2014, near his New Jersey home and disappeared without a trace. Mr. Bird was a reporter of the oil and commodity markets which happened to be under investigation by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations for price manipulation.


January 26, 2014


DECEASED: Tim Dickenson, a U.K.-based communications director at Swiss Re AG, was reportedly found dead under undisclosed circumstances.


DECEASED: William Broeksmit, 58, former senior manager for Deutsche Bank, was found hanging in his home from an apparent suicide. It is important to note that Deutsche Bank is under investigation for reportedly hiding $ 12 billion in losses during the financial crisis and for potentially rigging the foreign exchange markets. The allegations are similar to the claims the institution settled in 2013 over involvement in rigging the Libor interest rates.


January 27, 2014


DECEASED: Karl Slym, 51, Managing director of Tata Motors was found dead on the fourth floor of the Shangri-La hotel in Bangkok. Police said he “could” have committed suicide. He was staying on the 22nd floor with his wife, and was attending a board meeting in the Thai capital.


January 28, 2014


DECEASED: Gabriel Magee, 39, a JP Morgan employee, died after reportedly “falling” from the roof of its European headquarters in London in the Canary Wharf area. Magee was vice president at JPMorgan Chase & Co’s (JPM) London headquarters.


Gabriel Magee, a Vice President at JPMorgan in London, plunged to his death from the roof of the 33-story European headquarters of JPMorgan in Canary Wharf. Magee was involved in “Technical architecture oversight for planning, development, and operation of systems for fixed income securities and interest rate derivatives” based on his online Linkedin profile.


It’s important to note that JPMorgan, like Deutsche Bank, is under investigation for its potential involvement in rigging foreign exchange rates. JPMorgan is also reportedly under investigation by the same U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations for its alleged involvement in rigging the physical commodities markets in the U.S. and London.


Regarding the initial reports of his death, journalist Pam Martens of Wall Street on Parade astutely exposed the controlled, scripted details of the media accounts surrounding Magee’s death in an article written on February 9, 2014. Ms. Martens writes:


“According to numerous sources close to the investigation of Gabriel Magee’s death, almost nothing thus far reported about his death has been accurate. This appears to stem from an initial poorly worded press release issued by the Metropolitan Police in London which may have been a result of bad communications between it and JPMorgan or something more deliberate on someone’s part.” [Emphasis added].



Ms. Martens also notes:


No solid evidence exists currently to suggest that the death was a suicide. In fact, there is a strong piece of evidence pointing in the opposite direction. Magee had emailed his girlfriend, Veronica, on the evening of January 27 to say that he was about to leave the office and would see her shortly. [Emphasis added].



Based on information she developed, it appears likely that Magee did not meet his fate on the morning his body was discovered, but hours earlier. Considering the possibility that Magee might now have died in the manner publicized, Ms. Martens offers speculation and notes it as such:


If Magee became aware that incriminating emails, instant messages, or video teleconferences were not turned over in their entirety to Senate investigators or Justice Department prosecutors, that might be reason enough for his untimely death.



Looking at the death of Magee in the context of a larger conspiracy, it is difficult not to suspect foul play and media manipulation.


January 29, 2014


DECEASED: Mike Dueker, 50, who had worked for Russell Investment for five years, was found dead close to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State. Dueker was reported missing on January 29, 2014. Police stated that he “could have” jumped over a fence and fallen 15 meters to his death, and are treating the case as a suicide.


Before joining Russell Investments, Dueker was an assistant vice president and research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis from 1991 to 2008. There he served as an associate editor of the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics and was editor of Monetary Trends, a monthly publication of the St. Louis Federal Reserve.


In November 2013, the New York Times reported that Russell Investments was one of several investment companies that were under subpoena from New York State regulators investigating potential “pay-to-play” schemes involving New York pension funds.


February 3, 2014


DECEASED: Ryan Henry Crane, 37, was the Executive Director in JPMorgan’s Global Equities Group. Of particular relevance is that Crane oversaw all of the trade platforms and had close working ties with the now deceased Gabriel Magee of JPMorgan’s London desk. The ties between Mr. Crane and Mr. Magee are undeniable and outright troublesome. The cause of death has not yet been determined, pending the results of a toxicology report.


February 6, 2014


DECEASED: Richard Talley, 57, was the founder and CEO of American Title, a company he founded in 2001. Talley and his company were under investigation by state insurance regulators at the time of his death. He was found in the garage of his Colorado home by a family member who called authorities. Talley reportedly died from seven or eight “self-inflicted” wounds from a nail gun fired into his torso and head.


The enormity of the lie


One must look back far enough to understand the enormity of the lie and the criminality of bankers and governments alike. We must understand the legal restraints that were severed during the Clinton years and the congress that changed the rules regarding financial institutions. We must understand that the criminal acts were bold and bipartisan, and were designed to consolidate wealth through the destruction of the middle class. All of this is part of a much larger plan to establish a one world economy by “killing” the U.S. dollar and consequently, eradicating the middle class by a cabal of globalists that existed and continue to exist within all sectors of our government. The results will be crippling to not just the United States, but the entire Western world.


What began decades ago is now becoming more transparent under the Obama regime. Perhaps that’s the transparency Obama promised, for we’ve seen little else in terms of transparency with regard to the man known as Barack Hussein Obama. For those not locked into the captured corporate media, we’re starting to see the truth emerging. The truth is that we’ve been living under a giant Ponzi scheme and we, the American citizens, are the suckers. As illustrated by the list of dead bankers above, however, the power elite need a bit more time before the extent of their criminality is revealed. They need a bit more time to transfer the remaining wealth from middle-class America to their private coffers. Timing is everything, and a magic act only works when all props are in place before the illusion is performed. Only when their timing is right will the slumbering Americans realize the extent of the illusion by which they’ve been entranced, at which time they will be forced into submission to accept a financial reset that will ultimately subjugate them to a global economy. I contend that this is the reason for the recent spate of deaths, for those who met their tragic and untimely end had the ability to expose this nefarious agenda by what they knew or discovered, or what they would reveal under subpoena and the damage they could cause to the globalist financial agenda.


It is an insult to the public intellect that the media so readily pushes the official line that the deaths were all suicides given the unusual circumstances surrounding nearly all of those listed. This itself should be ringing alarm bells with anyone of reasonable sensibilities, or at least those who are paying the slightest bit of attention to the larger picture. The media is either complicit or completely inept. While incompetence is evident in many areas, even the most inept journalist or media company cannot possible deny what exists directly in front of them. They can only withhold the truth.


Connecting the dots


To understand what is taking place, I contacted a financial source who has accurately predicted many events that we are now seeing taking place, including the deaths of certain financial people, for an explanation. In fact, he actually predicted that we would see a “clean-up” of individuals who posed a serious threat to certain too-big-to-fail-or-jail banks and “banksters” a full week before the events began to unfold. Truth be told, I initially greeted his prediction with some skepticism, for such things don’t really happen in the real world, or so the obedient and well-managed media tells me.


V, The Guerrilla Economist” as he is known in the alternative media, has provided numerous insider alerts for Steve Quayle‘s website and has appeared as a regular guest on The Hagmann & Hagmann Report. He has an undeniable track record for accuracy, which has earned my respect. However, I thought that he had taken temporary leave of his senses when he twice suggested that there will be some house cleaning done of anyone posing a threat to the agenda of certain banks and the globalist agenda on our broadcasts of November 20, 2013, and again on January 10, 2014. In a separate venue, he described what was about to take place by using the analogy of the movie The International. Several dead bodies and a missing journalist later, that analogy has been proven accurate.


The fact is that we are seeing a clean-up where JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank seems to appear at the epicenter of it all. In January, JPMorgan admitted facilitating the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme by turning its head to his activities. Despite this admission, the U.S. Department of Justice under Eric Holder declined to send anyone to jail under a deferred prosecution agreement. Yet this is only the proverbial tip of the iceberg.


In March, 2013 the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a heavily redacted 307-page report detailing the financial irregularities surrounding the actions of JPMorgan and the deliberate withholding of critical financial information by JPMorgan. Prominent in the mix are the actions of Bruno Iksil, who earned the nickname the “London Whale,” for his “casino bets” of other’s money that caused billions of dollars in losses. Yet, no cooperation was provided by Dimon’s foot soldiers as they failed to testify or otherwise cooperate with Senate investigators.


Remember the damage control and the deliberate downplaying by Jamie Dimon, who maintained that there was nothing to see here with regard to the “London Whale” criminal activities? What was originally described as a loss of perhaps $ 2 billion ultimately turned into many more times that, yet the actual numbers are still hidden from the public. Such events occurred under the noses of numerous financial executives who had knowledge that went undisclosed.


As we fast forward to today and the current spate of mysterious deaths, we begin to see that many of those who died existed on the periphery of events in the criminal actions of the financial industry. Moreover, it is reasonable to conclude that they possessed knowledge that if disclosed, could have interrupted the magic act taking place for the awestruck audience, captivated by the carefully crafted words of Yellen, her predecessors and the operatives within government who’s duty it is to regulate whatever is left of our current financial system.


That regulation is now a thing of the past. What we have today is a system of facilitation and co-operation between the largest corporations and financial institutions and the U.S. and our intelligence agencies. We now have the “too-big-to-fails” operating with impunity as a result of an incestuous, if not outright unconstitutional relationship where the banks are acting as operational assets for the CIA, the NYPD, and other intelligence and police agencies.


The JPMorgan-CIA-NYPD connection


Perhaps one of the best kept secrets, at least from the majority of the American public, is the integration and overlap between the “too-big-to-fail-and-jail” banks and the most advanced system of surveillance in the U.S. Would it surprise you to learn that the very banks that brought the United States to the brink of financial collapse in 2008, who looted the American public and continue to engage in what most perceive as criminal behavior in the financial venue not only have ties to the CIA, but are actually partnered with the CIA and NYPD surveillance of all of lower Manhattan? That’s right, the big banks such as JPMorgan, Citigroup and others have their own desks and surveillance monitors at a facility known as the Lower Manhattan Security Coordination Center, located at 55 Broadway, deep in the center of New York’s financial district.


The big banks—the very banks that have been the focus of fraud and corruption investigations have their own system of cameras, more than 2,000 in number, and operate them in tandem with NYPD surveillance cameras at a center that was funded with taxpayer money. Every square inch of lower Manhattan is under surveillance 24/7, not just by NYPD, but by JP Morgan and other members of the so-called “one percent.” Carefully consider the implications of this pact.


JPMorgan Chase and others have had long and quite intimate ties with the CIA. Today, however, the line between the banks that control our financial present and future and police and intelligence agencies no longer exist. This relationship of mutual benefit permits the CIA to use the financial institutions to “handle the money” for their various global initiatives, while it provides the banks a stable of “professional assistants” to handle their “security,” whether such security issues arise in the U.S., London, or elsewhere. Highly trained and skilled CIA operatives now work within the system of interlocked financial institutions that have been at the epicenter of the most egregious crimes involving the theft from our bank accounts and retirement savings.


Please stop and consider this for a moment. The very banks and their top executives who have not only brought the U.S. to the brink of financial collapse and Martial Law, engaged or facilitated in various criminal actions that resulted in fines (but no jail time) for the perpetrators, are working hand-in-hand with the CIA. Not only that, they are working in tandem with the NYPD at their surveillance centers, watching and videotaping every move made by anyone—including potential whistleblowers within their vast purview. By the way, this is no ordinary surveillance or surveillance cameras. You won’t find these cameras on the shelves of your local spy shop. These cameras can focus on the footnotes of a book you might be reading, or the words written on a piece of paper being held by an unwitting person. They employ facial recognition and other advanced visual and data aggregation capabilities, and the extent of their technological abilities is increasing every day.


Additionally, the data is collected and maintained, and files are created of people and groups who are merely going about their daily lives. Equally important, files are created and maintained of problem children and groups, like the Occupy movement and others who lawfully exercise their constitutional rights to protest the actions of the one-percent. Consider this in the context of the Occupy Wall Street protests. where the protesters were not only under police surveillance, but surveillance by the banks and their corporate officers against whom they were protesting. And it was all done with the approval and assistance of the police, in this case the NYPD, and U.S. intelligence agencies.


Now consider the plight of a whistleblower who wants to expose criminality within the ranks of a too-big-to-fail. The institution who is engaged in purported criminality based on the findings of the whistleblower can observe the whistleblower’s every move. Where they go, who they meet and what they are carrying to such a meeting. They can be tracked to a residence, a business, or even to their psychiatrist’s office, place of ill repute, or the residence of some significant other outside of their marriage, all of which would be invaluable for blackmail.


Perhaps the potential whistleblower is clean and free from anything that might dissuade them from revealing what they know, their case could be turned over to the in-house security of former CIA agents for proper disposition. It makes the movie The Firm look like child’s play by comparison.


This is not some fanciful delusion. There is proof of this that exists. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) has documented the increasingly extensive surveillance being conducted in lower Manhattan and throughout the city. They have verified that not only are our constitutional rights being violated every minute of every day, but the fruits of surveillance by police and corporate entities are shared between the police, the intelligence agencies and private financial institutions, without restraint on the distribution on such findings.


Are you engaged in a protesting against the criminality of the one-percent? Well, the one-percent are watching you, and they are literally seated right next to the police. Are you a journalist following up on possible “bankster” corruption by meeting a potential whistleblower? You better understand that the bankster target of your investigation is watching you, in real-time, with the complete approval and cooperation of the police. As documented by the NYCLU, you are likely now “on file,” and all data compiled is maintained and accessible not just to law enforcement, but to the very target of your investigation—in real time.


Such surveillance and integration between big banks, law enforcement and spy agencies is not just limited to lower Manhattan or even the United States. It is also most prevalent in London and other cities where international banking is conducted.


Real-time surveillance and the close working relationship between the “one-percenters,” police and the intelligence agencies gives the targets of criminal probes the ability to be pro-active when necessary. It’s all being done under the pretext of national security when it would appear that the real objective is to insulate the banksters from potential problems that exposure of their criminal actions might cause.


Oh, and don’t forget that it is us who are paying for this.


Perhaps we would be well advised to not only consider the capabilities of the surveillance apparatus that exists where the big banks and police are working at adjacent surveillance terminals at 55 Broadway and other locations, but the incestuous working relationship between the banks and the CIA when we read about banker suicides.


Do not expect to see any exclusive report on this in the corporate media, for they, as requested, have dutifully maintained their code of silence by not showing pictures of the brass name plates that identify the bankster terminals situated adjacent to the police terminals during photo shoots of this super-secret surveillance complex a few years ago. As detailed by the tenacious and indefatigable Pam Martens, journalist for Wall Street on Parade in this article, the captured media took a pass on revealing the whole truth about what’s really going on at 55 Broadway.


What has been revealed here is merely the tip of the iceberg. The tentacles of the corporate elite, facilitated and empowered by the CIA, the NYPD top brass, and other agencies have now covertly and effectively succeeded in invading everything you do. The fruits of this operation are being used to advance their global financial agenda and silence the opposition.


Knowing this, is it possible that the dead bodies that are increasing in number are the results of this joint surveillance operation? You will not find any answers in the mainstream media. The big banks have chosen to remain silent, even in the face of subpoenas, and have yet to face any legal consequences for their contempt. It’s not, however, merely contempt of congress or pseudo-investigative bodies. It’s their contempt of humanity, of you and me, and the victims that lie dead, leaving their families broken and wanting for the truth.



Copyright © Douglas J. Hagmann and Canada Free Press


Douglas J. Hagmann and his son, Joe Hagmann host The Hagmann & Hagmann Report, a live Internet radio program broadcast each weeknight from 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET.


Douglas Hagmann, founder & director of the Northeast Intelligence Network, and a multi-state licensed private investigative agency. Doug began using his investigative skills and training to fight terrorism and increase public awareness through his website.


Doug can be reached at: director@homelandsecurityus.com


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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Microsoft pushes ahead with Skype-Lync integration

Microsoft pushes ahead with Skype-Lync integration
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IDG News Service – Microsoft will demonstrate on Tuesday how Lync and Skype users will be able to communicate via video conferencing, the next
stage of the integration between its enterprise unified communications server and its consumer IM and IP telephony network.


The new integration will be shown at the Lync Conference, which runs through Thursday in Las Vegas and will be attended by
almost 2,000 customers and partners, according to Microsoft.


The company will also announce a Lync app for Android tablets, integration between Lync and Cisco’s Tandberg high-end telepresence
systems and telephony capabilities for Lync Online, the product’s public cloud-hosted version.


In aggregate, the announcements underscore Microsoft’s vision to move “from unified to universal communications,” said Giovanni
Mezgec, general manager of enterprise product marketing for Skype at Microsoft.


This means that Microsoft intends to give its customers a set of interoperable IM, audio communications, video conferencing,
online meetings and IP telephony tools for their personal and work lives.


With this approach, Microsoft hopes to get an edge over rivals in the UC market like Cisco, Avaya, IBM, Siemens, Google, Alcatel-Lucent,
Mitel and ShoreTel.


In mid-2013, Microsoft delivered the first phase of the Lync-Skype integration, making it possible for Lync and Skype users
to contact each other, engage in IM sessions and communicate via audio calls. Skype, which Microsoft bought in 2011 for $ 8.5
billion, is used by about 300 million people worldwide, while Lync is used by more than 90 percent of the Fortune 100, according
to the company.


The video conferencing compatibility, which is now in early beta testing, “will enable new cool scenarios,” he said. For example,
a company whose call center and customer support staffers use Lync could communicate with customers using Skype using video.


Meanwhile, Microsoft plans to start beta testing the integration with the Cisco Tandberg telepresence systems soon after this
week’s conference ends, he said, adding that Microsoft is doing the work using open standards and available Cisco APIs.


The Lync app for Android tablets is due this summer. There are already Lync apps for Windows Phone, iPhone, iPad, Android
smartphones, Mac OS computers and Windows 8.


Finally, it’s not clear when Microsoft expects to deliver the native IP telephony capability for Lync Online, a much-requested
feature that Lync Server hosted on-premises or in private clouds already has.


Juan Carlos Perez covers enterprise communication/collaboration suites, operating systems, browsers and general technology
breaking news for
The IDG News Service. Follow Juan on Twitter at @JuanCPerezIDG.





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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Exposing what lies beneath the bodies of dead bankers and what lies ahead for us



Would it surprise you to learn that the very banks that brought the United States to the brink of financial collapse in 2008, who looted the American public and continue to engage in what most perceive as criminal behavior in the financial venue not only have ties to the CIA, but are actually partnered with the CIA and NYPD surveillance of all of lower Manhattan?


The big banks—the very banks that have been the focus of fraud and corruption investigations have their own system of cameras, more than 2,000 in number, and operate them in tandem with NYPD surveillance cameras at a center that was funded with taxpayer money. Every square inch of lower Manhattan is under surveillance 24/7…




Exposing what lies beneath the bodies of dead bankers and what lies ahead for us

The JPMorgan-CIA-NYPD connection


Or, “why do we protest against the 1%” – because they feel, as Billionaire Tom Perkins does, that the rich deserve MORE votes than the poor, “…You pay a million dollars in taxes, you get a million votes. How’s that?”


What is the “JPMorgan-CIA-NYPD connection?”



Perhaps one of the best kept secrets, at least from the majority of the American public, is the integration and overlap between the “too-big-to-fail-and-jail” banks and the most advanced system of surveillance in the U.S. Would it surprise you to learn that the very banks that brought the United States to the brink of financial collapse in 2008, who looted the American public and continue to engage in what most perceive as criminal behavior in the financial venue not only have ties to the CIA, but are actually partnered with the CIA and NYPD surveillance of all of lower Manhattan? That’s right, the big banks such as JPMorgan, Citigroup and others have their own desks and surveillance monitors at a facility known as the Lower Manhattan Security Coordination Center, located at 55 Broadway, deep in the center of New York’s financial district.


The big banks—the very banks that have been the focus of fraud and corruption investigations have their own system of cameras, more than 2,000 in number, and operate them in tandem with NYPD surveillance cameras at a center that was funded with taxpayer money. Every square inch of lower Manhattan is under surveillance 24/7, not just by NYPD, but by JP Morgan and other members of the so-called “one percent.” Carefully consider the implications of this pact.



The other day I was posting about how the NSA, and the current world-wide surveillance by the US Government was not really about stopping terrorism, it was a TOTAL INFORMATION AWARENESS system designed to benefit the 1%. It’s there to force our total compliance with the whims of conservative billionaires that have hijacked this government through corruption and monied influence.



Please stop and consider this for a moment. The very banks and their top executives who have not only brought the U.S. to the brink of financial collapse and Martial Law, engaged or facilitated in various criminal actions that resulted in fines (but no jail time) for the perpetrators, are working hand-in-hand with the CIA. Not only that, they are working in tandem with the NYPD at their surveillance centers, watching and videotaping every move made by anyone—including potential whistleblowers within their vast purview. By the way, this is no ordinary surveillance or surveillance cameras. You won’t find these cameras on the shelves of your local spy shop. These cameras can focus on the footnotes of a book you might be reading, or the words written on a piece of paper being held by an unwitting person. They employ facial recognition and other advanced visual and data aggregation capabilities, and the extent of their technological abilities is increasing every day.



Does this relate to why the NYPD was so hyper-agressive in cracking down on Occupy Wall Street? The BIG BANKS now work side-by-side with the police and the feds in monitoring us 24/7. Will protesting against the “too big to fail (and jail) banks soon be a thing of the past?



This is not some fanciful delusion. There is proof of this that exists. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) has documented the increasingly extensive surveillance being conducted in lower Manhattan and throughout the city. They have verified that not only are our constitutional rights being violated every minute of every day, but the fruits of surveillance by police and corporate entities are shared between the police, the intelligence agencies and private financial institutions, without restraint on the distribution on such findings.



The groundwork for this state of affairs goes right back to Ronald Reagan, who laid the foundations for corporatism and “trickle-down” economics. 30 years of this has produced a culture of the extreme wealthy who control virtually everything.


TOTAL INFORMATION AWARENESS. Keeping the rich in power, and the poor in their place.


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Sunday, January 19, 2014

More Woes Are Ahead for the ACA

Michael D. Tanner


Even setting aside the debacle surrounding the rollout of HealthCare.gov, last fall was a bad time for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).


Millions lost their current coverage despite the president’s promise: “If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it.” Millions more found that their doctor was not part of newly defined insurance networks. On top of that, middle-class families across the country encountered sticker shock as they saw their premiums increase.


With a new year and most of the website problems more or less fixed, ACA supporters are hoping the worst is behind them. They are in for a rude awakening.


By next fall, the “glitches” of 2013 will seem like the good old days. Here’s why.


More canceled policies: As of December 2013, roughly 5.4 million Americans with individual policies had their current plans canceled because they didn’t meet ACA requirements. Another 3 million to 8 million people are at risk of losing their policies in the coming months. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg.


Because the president delayed the employer mandate, the 55 percent of Americans who get their insurance through work haven’t felt the pain. They will soon. That’s because the same ACA provisions that caused the cancellation of individual policies will start to affect employer-sponsored plans by late 2014. In a nutshell, if a plan doesn’t meet “minimum coverage requirements” such as maternity care or alcohol counseling, it can no longer be offered. This could affect as many as 78 million workers.


That means that sometime around September or October, cancellation notices will be going out again. Most workers with canceled policies will end up with similar employment-based plans, but they could end up paying more for fewer choices. Others will be pushed into the exchanges, losing their employer-provided plans altogether.


The adverse selection death spiral: The ACA’s success hinges on enough young and healthy people entering the insurance pool at inflated prices to offset the costs of covering previously uninsured, high-risk individuals.


If, however, the insurance pool is composed largely of the old and sick who use more, and more expensive healthcare, insurance prices will necessarily rise to cover the cost.


This would lead to more young and healthy people dropping their insurance, which would then lead to pools even older and sicker than before. The cycle would go on and on in what actuaries refer to as the “adverse selection death spiral.”


In order to avoid such a death spiral, the Obama administration estimated that it will need roughly 38 percent of people buying insurance through the exchanges to be under the age of 35.


But this week, the administration released enrollment data suggesting that just 24 percent of those signing up were between the ages of 18 and 35. While it is certainly possible that younger Americans may disproportionately enroll late, right now the program is far short of what is needed to keep it from crashing and burning.


And all of this likely leads to an insurance bailout: If TARP and the bank bailouts were unpopular, just wait until voters learn that Washington will be covering billions of dollars in insurance company losses.


The ACA contains a $ 25 billion “reinsurance fund” to protect insurers from losses due to the aforementioned adverse selection. Taxpayers pick up the tab for 78 percent of claim costs between $ 45,000 and $ 250,000 per insured individual.


Considering that the health law already directs more than $ 1 trillion of taxpayer funds to insurance companies in the form of subsidies to help people buy their products, this latest bailout is further proof that the ACA is one of history’s great examples of crony capitalism.


Still in court: The 2012 Supreme Court decision upholding the individual mandate was widely seen as the last major legal challenge to ACA.


That’s not true. Several important challenges are still making their way through the courts.

So far, most media attention has been focused on the group of cases involving the law’s contraceptive mandate. But far more significant is a case currently pending before the United States District Court of the District of Columbia: Halbig v. Sebelius. The case challenges the availability of subsidies on federally run exchanges, and several other provisions such as the employer mandate that extend from those subsidies.


A decision is expected this spring, but regardless of the outcome, the losing side is expected to appeal, and the case is likely to reach the Supreme Court in 2015 or 2016.


All in all, this looks like another bad year for the ACA.


Michael Tanner is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author of Obamacare: What We Know Now, a policy analysis coming out Jan. 21.



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Thursday, January 16, 2014

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Confident Putin frees foes ahead of Sochi Olympics




  • Pussy Riot band members go free under new amnesty law

  • A former oil tycoon and political opponent gets pardoned

  • Putin wants to improve Russia’s image and promote investment

  • The Russian President believes he has crushed the opposition



(CNN) — Less than two months before the world focuses on Russia for the Sochi Olympics, President Vladimir Putin is handing out “get out of jail free” cards.


A new amnesty law introduced by Putin allowed two members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot to leave prison on Monday, two months before the end of their two-year sentences for a performance critical of the President.


In addition, 30 Greenpeace demonstrators could go free under the amnesty law passed by Russian lawmakers last week that could affect 25,000 prisoners.


Putin also pardoned former oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who had been jailed since 2003 and was convicted in 2005 of tax evasion and fraud.


It all is part of a public relations offensive by Putin, who has solidified his political dominance in Russia and now seeks to improve the country’s image ahead of the Olympic Games that begin February 7 in the Black Sea city of Sochi.





Putin frees jailed rival


The amnesty law and the Khodorkovsky release “are to a certain extent tied to the upcoming Olympics,” said CNN Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jill Dougherty.


Russia’s international image has suffered from an anti-gay law passed under Putin, with threats of protests and boycotts at the Olympics over its bans on “homosexual propaganda.”


In addition, the jailing of Khodorkovsky harmed foreign investment in Russia because it smacked of political repression, Dougherty noted.


“Russia wants to improve its image and increase investment in the country,” she said, adding that Khodorkovsky’s imprisonment “caused some businesses to think twice about” getting involved in Russia.


Russia has faced international criticism for its treatment of Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s richest man, with countries including the United States accusing it of “selective prosecution” and abuse of the legal system.


He became both a political and economic threat to Putin by wanting to create a commercial oil pipeline that would break the government monopoly on the industry and by funding opposition politicians, Dougherty said.


Khodorkovsky, who was due for release next year, wrote Putin a letter from prison that asked for early release because his mother was ailing. He insisted the letter contained no admission of guilt, and Putin said the pardon was on humanitarian grounds.


Upon his release, Khodorkovsky left the country and has said he won’t continue his political activities against the Russian government.


“Putin really believes that he’s basically crushed the opposition, that he doesn’t have to worry about them anymore,” Dougherty said, calling the move a commentary on Russian society that now has relative political stability after major anti-government demonstrations in 2011. “He may well think that he’s had some victory over the opposition.”


The government linked the new amnesty law to the anniversary of the 1993 adoption of Russia’s post-Communist constitution.


However, the Pussy Riot performers, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, called it a publicity stunt aimed at improving Russia’s image ahead of the Sochi Games.


“President Putin obviously used this amnesty option to (brighten) up his image before the Olympic games,” said Pyotr Verzilov, the husband of Tolokonnikova.


“Two months out of the almost two years that the girls have served is not much,” he said. “So the effect of this amnesty for Maria and Nadezhda is not really felt.”


Pussy Riot’s 2012 performance of a “punk prayer” at a Russian Orthodox cathedral criticized Putin, who was prime minister at the time. The musicians were found guilty of hooliganism.


According to Russian media, Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova qualified for amnesty under the new law because they have young children.


The Pussy Riot case made headlines around the world, as did the anti-gay law passed in July that banned “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations around minors.”


It bars the public discussion of gay rights and relationships anywhere children might hear it — and has been condemned by Russian and international rights groups as highly discriminatory. Critics say it is so vague that wearing a rainbow t-shirt or holding hands in public with someone of the same sex could bring prosecution.


Last week, Putin defended the new law as necessary to defend the conservative Russian society from “values which are received in a difficult way by our citizens.”


Asked about the issue by CNN’s Dougherty at a news conference, Putin said the law wasn’t about criticizing anyone, but instead involved “protecting us from rather aggressive behavior from some social groups who, in my opinion, are trying to impose their points of view in a rather aggressive way.”


In an apparent jab at the anti-gay laws, the United States announced this week that its delegation to the Winter Olympics will include openly gay athletes such as tennis legend Billie Jean King and hockey player Caitlin Cahow. No member of President Barack Obama’s family or current Cabinet will attend.


CNN’s Jethro Mullen, Diana Magnay, Alla Eshchenko, Laura Smith-Spark, Jason Hanna and Yousuf Basil contributed to this report.




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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Asia shares inch ahead, China money rates ease

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the market opening December 19, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson


1 of 5. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the market opening December 19, 2013.


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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks inched cautiously higher on Monday encouraged by record highs on Wall Street, though anxiety over a credit squeeze in China has weighed on shares there while adding to pressure on emerging market currencies.


There was some relief when China’s benchmark short-term money rate opened sharply lower at 5.57 percent, which was enough to help Shanghai edge up 0.15 percent .SSEC.


Volumes were very light with Tokyo on holiday on Monday and Christmas almost here. Australia’s main index .AXJO added 0.2 percent while S&P 500 futures gained 0.33 percent.


MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS firmed 0.5 percent.


Sentiment was underpinned by upbeat data on U.S. economic growth and the resilience of stocks to the Federal Reserve’s decision to start scaling back its bond-buying stimulus.


On Wall Street, the Dow Jones .DJI ended Friday up 0.26 percent, while the S&P 500 Index .SPX added 0.48 percent. Europe’s broad FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 rose 0.45 percent.


The dollar was idling at 104.02 yen on Monday after scoring a fresh 5-year high at 104.64 last week. Dealers cited option barriers at 104.75 and 105.00 as the next target for bulls.


The euro was a shade firmer at $ 1.3681, but well short of last week’s $ 1.3811 peak.


The single currency was only briefly troubled on Friday when Standard & Poor’s cut its supranational long-term rating on the European Union to AA-plus from AAA, citing rising tensions on budget negotiations.


Yields on benchmark 10-year Treasuries were holding at 2.89 percent having risen just 2 basis points last week even as the Fed announced its tapering.


In Asia, all eyes were on China after the country’s central bank sought to allay fears of a cash crunch on Friday, saying it has added $ 50 billion in three days to the interbank market.


Rapid credit growth in the world’s second-biggest economy has worried the Chinese authorities, who fear rising debt levels are fuelling asset bubbles.


The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) injected more than 300 billion yuan into the interbank market in response to rising rates, but hinted that banks have work to do if they want to avoid a cash crunch.


Worries about the banking system contributed to a 2 percent drop in Shanghai shares on Friday.


The combination of Fed tapering and tighter China interest rates could weigh on emerging market currencies and assets, as it did back in June.


Currencies from Indonesia to Malaysia and Thailand all came under pressure last week and even the Korean won lost a little of its strength.


Still, analysts at Deutsche argued that emerging markets (EM) Asia could weather any outflow of capital.


“Asia remains best placed — the reform effort in China and India is significant; and the smaller, more open economies will benefit disproportionately from strengthening demand in the U.S. and Europe,” said Drausio Giacomelli in a note to clients.


“The value of EM as a diversifier will increase once uncertainty about the future of U.S. monetary policy eases into 2014,” he added, noting that emerging markets were just a fraction of the global portfolio at around 3 percent or lower.


In commodity markets, gold has been getting less precious by the day due to the winding back of U.S. stimulus and a general lack of global inflationary pressure.


The metal was pinned at $ 1,202.44 on Monday after carving out a six-month low of $ 1,187.80 last week. If prices stay here the metal would have shed 28 percent this year, the largest annual loss in 32 years.


In contrast, oil prices have been supported by a positive outlook for fuel demand in the United States and reduced Libyan supply. Brent crude was up 7 cents on Monday at $ 111.84 a barrel, on top of gains of almost 3 percent last week.


U.S. oil futures were a single cent lower at $ 99.31. <O/R>


(Editing by Jacqueline Wong)






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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Obama Administration Relaxes Rules Of Health Care Law Ahead Of Deadline: Washington Post

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Monday, December 16, 2013

Scores killed in Iraq bloodshed ahead of Shi"ite holy day




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An Iraqi policeman (R) looks at a damaged vehicle after a car bomb attack in Baghdad 16, 2013. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili


1 of 2. An Iraqi policeman (R) looks at a damaged vehicle after a car bomb attack in Baghdad 16, 2013.


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TIKRIT (Reuters) – Suicide bombers and gunmen killed scores of people in Iraq on Monday in attacks mostly targeting Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims and official buildings ahead of a major Shi’ite ritual next week.


Al Qaeda-linked Sunni Muslim militants have intensified attacks on the security forces, civilians and anyone seen as supporting the Shi’ite-led government in Baghdad, tipping Iraq back into its deadliest levels of violence in five years.


The first major attack of the day came in Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, when four men wearing explosive belts took over a police station after detonating a car bomb outside, police sources said.


Two blew themselves up inside the station, killing five policemen. The other two did the same about an hour later as Iraqi special forces counter-attacked, the sources said.


“We believe the attack was aimed at freeing detainees who are being held in the building next door,” said Major Salih al-Qaisi, a police officer at the scene.


“All the militants were killed before they reached the police department building where the detainees are held.”


No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but suicide bombings are the trademark of al Qaeda’s Iraqi wing, which merged this year with its Syrian counterpart to form the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).


Two hours later, three suicide bombers seized the local council building in Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of the capital, after setting off two car bombs outside, security sources said. At least three people were killed.


Security forces surrounded the building, where the militants were thought to be holding hostages, and imposed a curfew on the city, the sources said.


The Interior Ministry put the toll for the attacks in Baiji and Tikrit at 11 dead, including the suicide bombers, and three wounded.


WAVE OF BOMBINGS


Later in the evening, two car bombs and a roadside bomb exploded near a funeral tent in the town of Yusfiya, 20 km south of Baghdad, killing at least 24 Shi’ite pilgrims, police said.


Another roadside bomb killed five pilgrims in southern Baghdad’s mainly Shi’ite Abu Dsheer district, adding to a spate of bombings in mainly Shi’ite neighborhoods of the capital that killed at least 27 people earlier in the day.


Security services have been on high alert since last week because they expect more attacks on Shi’ites before Iraq’s majority community marks the ritual of Arbaeen, commemorating the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad.


Shi’ites are considered apostates by Sunni militants, whose resurgence is blamed by the government partly on the impact of the increasingly sectarian war in neighboring Syria.


Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s critics say his policies have also fuelled Sunni discontent, giving al Qaeda an opportunity to rebuild after its setbacks at the hands of Sunni tribal militias backed by U.S. troops before they left in 2011.


This year has been Iraq’s most violent since 2006-7, when tens of thousands died in strife between Sunnis and Shi’ites.


ISIL has targeted government buildings and security headquarters since the start of the year with apparently coordinated attacks involving suicide bombers on foot, car bombs, rockets and gunfire several times a month.


In Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, militants in a car intercepted a bus carrying Shi’ite pilgrims to the shrine city of Karbala from the northern Shi’ite town of Tal Afar, and shot 12 of them dead, police said.


A suicide bomber also killed two policeman when he detonated himself near a checkpoint in eastern Falluja, 50 km west of Baghdad. Another two policemen were shot dead in northern Falluja.


(Reporting by Kareem Raheem in Baghdad, Ghazwan Hassan in Tikrit, writing by Suadad al-Salhy and Alexander Dziadosz, editing by Alistair Lyon)





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