Terminal American Apathy - A Population Perfectly Ripened For Authoritarian Control
Authored by Brett Redmayne-Titley via ActivistPost.com,
“Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.” – Aristotle
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Growing "Signs Of Distress" In US Manufacturing Data Demolish Decoupling Dream
Following the weakness in global PMIs, and yesterday's Chicago PMI collapse, US Markit Manufacturing PMI dropped to cycle lows at 51.3 from 52.5 (very slightly better than expectations of 51.2) with job growth at 5-month lows, production at slowest in 28 months, and work backlogs tumbling to the lowest since Sept 2009.
"Trump Must Be Stopped" Plead 'The Economist' And CFR As Financial Establishment Panics
It's one thing for the republican establishment to throw up all over the candidacy of Donald Trump: frankly, the GOP has not been relevant as a political power ever since Boehner started folding like a lawn chair to Obama's every demand just around the time of the first US downgrade, and as such what the Republican party - torn apart and very much irrelevant as the best of the "establishment" GOP candidates demonstrate - thinks is largely irrelevant.
The Hidden Persuaders - How The Internet Flips Election & Alters Our Thoughts
Authored by Robert Epstein, originally posted at Aeon.co,
The internet has spawned subtle forms of influence that can flip elections and manipulate everything we say, think and do
Snowden Sums Up The Presidential Campaign With Just One Tweet
And so, just like that, with a sweeping victory in South Carolina, Sanders' Socialism crawls back into its cage and crony capitalism is alive and well.
As Edward Snowden so perfectly sums up...
2016: a choice between Donald Trump and Goldman Sachs.
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) February 28, 2016
And in case you thought this was an exaggeration...