US Poll: 29% Think Armed Rebellion Might Soon Be Necessary
Sahil Kapur: Three in 10 registered American voters believe an armed rebellion
might be necessary in the next few years, according to the results of a
staggering poll released Wednesday by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind.The survey, aimed at measuring public attitudes toward gun issues, found that 29 percent of Americans agree with the statement, “In the next few years, an armed revolution might be necessary in order to protect our liberties.” An additional five percent were unsure.
Eighteen percent of Democrats said an armed revolt “might be necessary,” as compared to 27 percent of independents and 44 percent of Republicans. Support levels were similar among males and females.
Non-partisan Initiative To Legalize Gold Coins As A Second Currency Alongside The Swiss Franc
“The Swiss franc - a success story”
Prof. E. Baltensperger1
...but it's future is uncertain.
“A franc-gold-combination would bring more security”
Prof. P. Bernholz2
The Swiss Franc has lost roughly 90% of its value during the last
century. It's future is uncertain and not only depending on the Swiss
National Bank's strategy, but also on the developments in the
international monetary system and in particular on European and American
politics.
The Idea
The existing monetary system is based on the principle of paper money
and greatly depends on political factors. Gold coins on the other hand
are a commodity money and possess a intrinsic value independent from
politics. They can complement the existing currencies ideally, as an
investment opportunity as well as an alternative means of payment.
THE UK PAEDOFILE: Police investigating the previous police investigation which investigated the one before that find themselves investigating the Police Complaints Commission
Can thirty years of failure in Richmond really be down to incompetence?
The Slog: As the evidence of paedophile child-trafficking cover-ups in Richmond
goes from slightly sneaky to the multiply slimey, the absence of any
arrests is getting harder and harder to explain.The Exaro news site reveals how police in 1983 took no action against a child abuse complaint at a Richmond care home despite corroborating evidence from the victim’s friend. Then how a 2003 team reopened the investigation, got nowhere…and are now being investigated by contemporary Plod….who is also investigating his own IPCC about a 2004 complaint relating to the case that they didn’t follow up. I wonder if anyone has spotted the fact that the cops are a bit, um, lacking in objectivity when it comes to investigating themselves.
In the understated comment of the millennium, former Richmond child services director Terry Earland said “In normal circumstances yes, I’d say that would be unusual”. He didn’t expand on what abnormal circumstances would make it usual procedure.
Mozilla may take legal action against company behind FinFisher for masking surveillance virus as Firefox
By Madison Ruppert: Mozilla recently said that they are likely going to take legal action against the Gamma Group, the company behind the FinFisher surveillance virus, for making the malicious software appear to be Firefox.
Mozilla called it “doubly offensive” that FinFisher tricked users into thinking it was actually Firefox, and thus a legitimate application, and plans to issue a cease-and-desist order notice very soon.
“We found what Gamma was doing to be highly offensive,” Alex Fowler, Mozilla’s chief privacy officer, told Ryan Gallagher of Future Tense.
“The trust that people have put into the Mozilla brand, the Firefox brand, is one of our most important assets—it’s what people put a lot of faith in. So for a company using those brands and trademarks in a way that is playing off of that trust and brand to surreptitiously surveil citizens living in countries with repressive regimes—it’s doubly offensive,” Fowler said.
This decision was not made hastily. Indeed, one researcher pointed it out on July 25, 2012 via Twitter, even posting a screenshot demonstrating how FinFisher was masking itself as Firefox.
Mozilla called it “doubly offensive” that FinFisher tricked users into thinking it was actually Firefox, and thus a legitimate application, and plans to issue a cease-and-desist order notice very soon.
“We found what Gamma was doing to be highly offensive,” Alex Fowler, Mozilla’s chief privacy officer, told Ryan Gallagher of Future Tense.
“The trust that people have put into the Mozilla brand, the Firefox brand, is one of our most important assets—it’s what people put a lot of faith in. So for a company using those brands and trademarks in a way that is playing off of that trust and brand to surreptitiously surveil citizens living in countries with repressive regimes—it’s doubly offensive,” Fowler said.
This decision was not made hastily. Indeed, one researcher pointed it out on July 25, 2012 via Twitter, even posting a screenshot demonstrating how FinFisher was masking itself as Firefox.
20 Signs That The Next Great Economic Depression Has Already Started In Europe
FLEE!: Connecticut Begins Gold Dealer Shutdown
By Jeff Berwick: If
you don't own gold yet, you might really want to hurry up and get some. We
keep saying it, but this time it's not just because physical
precious metals are getting incredibly scarce. Purchasing gold may become
outright illegal if what's going on in Connecticut is any indication. Even
if Connecticut's plan to track all gold sales isn't a harbinger for a modern
day Roosevelt-like ban on gold ownership, it will at the very least drive gold
bullion dealers out of business with the cost of complying with the new regulation.
That will create artificial scarcity in Connecticut and could set a precident
for other US States.From the Connecticut General Assembly website:
An Act Concerning Precious Metals or Stones Dealers.
To require precious metals or stones dealers to provide a periodic statement of transactions in an electronic format to the local licensing authority and retain any goods purchased for at least ten days, and to make the requirements applicable to precious metals or stones dealers similar to those applicable to secondhand dealers.
Introduced by: Public Safety and Security Committee
Nigel Farage on "wholesale, violent revolution" in Europe
CRIME PAYS AFTER ALL: Lloyds posts £2bn profit by losing less and stealing more
It’ll take 65 more years like this one to get our money backHowever, dig beneath the headlines and the whole thing looks less fragrant:
1. The management declined to give any firm guidance on when dividends might recommence.
2. They also declined to comment on when the UK government might start selling its 39% stake in the group.
3. 35% of all profit came from selling government bonds, which is sort of more of our money going round in circles.