Day: December 15, 2020
Bloomberg – Biden Team Plans to Reverse Trump’s Cuba Sanctions
US Media Outlets Claim Russia is Behind Massive Hack Without Evidence
US Media Outlets Claim Russia is Behind Massive Hack Without Evidence
It’s clear that the constant claims of cyberattacks against the US served as a justification to give the US military and intelligence agencies more authorities in the cyber realm.
Related:
Washington Post claims RUSSIA behind SolarWinds hack, citing same ‘sources’ as it did for Russiagate
Trump Repeats Threat to Veto NDAA, Says the Bill Is a Gift to China
Fired CISA chief Krebs to testify before the Senate panel
Trump Regulator Set to Consider Approving the Banking Model that Ushered in the Great Depression – Uninsured Deposits
Seven banking and credit union associations have sent a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the regulator of national banks in the U.S., spelling out the dangers of the OCC approving a pending bank charter that would allow a national bank to accept and hold deposits that lack federal deposit insurance. The lack of federal deposit insurance triggered the bank runs and banks collapses that played a key role in ushering in the Great Depression. (More on that in a moment.)
Does automation spell the end of capitalism?
Capitalism will not ‘automatically’ morph into some ‘postcapitalist’ or socialist system due to technology replacing the human workforce. As the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY explains, ending capitalism will require a conscious, collective action on the part of ‘the many’ — the working class
Does automation spell the end of capitalism?
Bill Barr Quit. What Finally Spooked Him?
Bill Barr Quit. What Finally Spooked Him?
Trump fired him, most likely!
Shocking revelations of a meeting between Zuckerberg and Hancock
The big takeaway is Mark Zuckerberg personally threatening Hancock with withdrawing investment in the UK in favour of another European country. Shockingly the threat appears to work. Rather than standing up to Zuckerberg, Hancock instead offers a “new beginning” and a tone shift from “threatening regulation to encouraging collaborative working to ensure legislation is proportionate and innovation-friendly”.
Shocking revelations of a meeting between Zuckerberg and Hancock
More Information:
Mark Zuckerberg threatened to pull UK investment in secret meeting with Matt Hancock
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 