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“We are, I believe, involved at present in what I can only call a Third World War….Man’s struggle to save his personality from destruction by technology is something more than a substitute for war. It is a form of war itself.” ~ Arnold Toynbee (Tip of the hat to Truthstream Media)

By Catherine Austin Fitts

This coming week we begin our publication of the 2nd Quarter 2018 Wrap Up. Dr. Joseph P. Farrell will join me to discuss News Trends & Stories, Part I. We review the top stories in Economy & Financial Markets and Geopolitics. Here are our picks:

  • Economy & Financial Markets
    • Story #1: The AI Invasion
    • Story #2: Interest Rates Rise
    • Story #3: Building Fortress America
    • Story #4: The US Dollar Index Holds the 92 Line
    • Story #5: Planet Equity – As Strong As Ever
  • Geopolitics
    • Story #6:Tearing Up Net Neutrality & the AI Invasion
    • Story #7: Trade Wars
    • Story #8: Italy, Brexit & the EU Puzzle
    • Story #9: The US Elections & Swamp Drama
    • Story #10: The Pension Fund “Crisis”
    • Story #11: Asian Hot Spots: The South China Sea & the Silk Road

We are publishing News, Trends & Stories, Part I & Part II earlier than usual. I want to start discussing Story #1, “The AI Invasion”, with you immediately.

Make sure to check out our 2nd Quarter 2018 Wrap Up web presentation. The News Trends & Stories section includes our complete trends list, our choices for top news videos of the quarter, our updated report card for the Trump administration, and our listing of the stories during the 2nd quarter that inspired our picks for the top 20 stories. This link to the web presentation will be posted in subscriber links this coming Thursday when we post the Part I audios.

In the week following Dr. Farrell and I will cover the top stories in Culture, Science & Technology and Space as well as discuss UnAnswered Questions, Inspiration, and Go Local.

As our discussion is lengthy, we will publish both full-length and chapter-length versions so you can listen selectively if you prefer.

In two subsequent segments in July, I will cover equity markets and publish the Blockbuster Chartology from Rambus for the 2nd Quarter 2018 and address our theme: The Rise of the Asian Consumer. The growth of the Asian middle class will impact all of us. This growth will be a major investment and cultural trend for decades to come.

In Money & Markets this week I will discuss the latest in financial and geopolitical news. I will collect the stories during the week at our weekly Money & Markets commentary. (Click Here) Make sure to e-mail or post your questions.

Catherine’s Money & Markets Commentary: June 21st 2018

In Let’s Go to the Movies, I recommend you watch Elon Musk’s recent comments on artificial intelligence.

I also recommend Truthstream Media’s latest, Bilderberg and the Digital Order.

Talk to you Thursday!

29 Comments

  1. Hi Catherine,

    I’m in total agreement with you and Dr. Farrell that something BIG is going on behind the scenes with the Trump administration. My favorite body language expert did an analysis on a cabinet meeting with Trump sitting next to Pompeo and Mattis and she saw extreme levels of stress. She described it as weird. Trump was talking about how well the economy is doing and she felt it was a distraction from something bigger coming. She thinks the economy will tank soon, I don’t agree.

    I think it’s in relationship to whatever X is. I am so grateful for Dark Journalist’s work on the X series. It just fine tuned everything for me. Through out the years post JFK the X stenography was quite subtle. For the last 2-3 years its in our faces.

    Harvard X
    Space X
    Google X
    Gen X
    X as the trading symbol for steel
    just recently Disease X with Bill gates.
    and the really interesting one that I feel that’s being over looked is iPhone X.

    Traditionally when Apple releases a phone that do it in drips in drabs i.e. iPhone 4 iPhone 4S etc. Before releasing iPhone X they were up to 8 and immediately release iPhone 10 as iPhone X representing 10. Why?

    Why the leap over 9? The PR announcement was the company was celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the iPhone but then why not 10 instead of X? It’s so subtle but that means something.

    Whatever X is there’s a timeline to it. Team Trump is doing something. Whether it’s countering or complying we don’t know. What the A-team sees that it’s extremely dangerous. You are absolutely right to call prays is absolutely necessary.

    If you are interesting in signing their body language here’s the video.

    https://bombardsbodylanguage.com/2018/06/22/body-language-economy-in-trouble-trump-pompeo-mattis-all-stressed/

    1. Very astute comments. Fits with everything I am seeing/hereing. There seems to be a push for massive piratization. You can cut the hunger in the air with a sword.

    2. Mandy at bombardbodylanguage is excellent, always learning something from her. When I watched a few clips of Rosentein I noticed a few OCD tics, like when he showed some stress he would organize his papers on the table. He seems he does not like anything out of place. Just my opinion, his body gestures and hand movements when speaking look rehearsed, it was a little over the top.

      1. Rosenstein – his tenor and mannerism. It seemed so intensely theatrical and deliberate. Especially specific hand gestures.

        I knew I had seen that somewhere before… but it’s so weird I couldn’t think of where.

        Then I remembered… Agent Smith in “The Matrix”.

        https://youtu.be/4D7cPH7DHgA

          1. LOL!

            …and CLEARLY, Wray ate too many habanero peppers the night before… the look on his face.

    3. Najat

      Maybe I can answer why skip over iphone 9.

      The number 9 is a base number and cannot change in value.

      Let me show you.

      9X1 = 9
      9X2 = 18 (1+8) = 9
      9X3 = 27 (2+7) = 9
      9X4 = 36 (3+6) = 9
      9X5 = 45 (4+5) = 9
      9X6 = 54 (5+4) = 9

      Just continue, stays the same with the number 9

  2. Dear Catherine,

    As I started listening to your AI report I asked myself, “How can I tell if I’m being targeted?”. Then, as your conversation progressed, all of a sudden it came like a flash; ”We’re ALL being targeted! That really made me wake up and smell the coffee.

    You’ve shown us the impending dangers of AI and you’ve given good advice, for example about learning all about copyright law. A very important take-away from this segment: when asked to fill in the name of your doctor put “none”. I suppose that will work until it become obligatory under penalty of imprisonment.

    But while being aware of the dangers of “white collar speed traps” is good, in the long run trying to comply is futile because it will be engineered so that full compliance is impossible. So, rather than knowing about it or trying to comply with it, what can we do to STOP it?

    Do you think it is a deliberate oversight that schools don’t teach children how to cope with all of the obligations they’ll have to fulfill as adults?

    This reminds me of a story I read recently about a Romanian who is very much alive but who’s been declared legally dead. As a result he has no income and can’t even get a passport to try his luck overseas.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/16/romanian-court-tells-man-he-is-not-alive

    These are the types of problems we can all expect to have to deal with once AI takes over and algorithms control our daily activities.
    Your report on AI also made me realise what small businesses are up against. Not having an army of tax specialists and corporate lawyers on their payroll, they struggle to survive the bureaucratic maze whose main purpose is to overwhelm them, keep them down, and drive them out of business so that the big boys can dominate every sector. Either you work for them or you don’t work at all. It has made me more determined than ever to support local shops and small businesses.

    If you go to the big job search portals you will see that there are hardly any postings for traditional banks jobs such as credit analysts or treasury managers. Instead, almost all of the jobs on offer at banks are in the areas of compliance, know your customer, regulatory affairs, fraud prevention, and controlling. That shows us where manpower is focused. It also shows us that banks have become a branch of the security forces.

    Most business schools now have a compulsory course in business ethics. This ties in perfectly with what Dr Farrell said about morality (his question: who knows the 7 cardinal virtues and the 7 cardinal sins?) and the fact that the course is called “business ethics” not “business morality”. For many it is probably their first and only encounter with the subject of philosophy. The students see the course as an “easy A” or a “waste of time”, so I wonder what purpose this course serves other than sanctimonious lip service.

    In Story 8 (at time 8.45) Dr Farrell mentions that there might be a control file on Merkel going back to her connexions with Sanofi chemical combine. I haven’t been able to find anything on this story. What’s it about?

    I’m eagerly looking forward to Part 2.

    Thanks again for keeping me informed and inspired.

    Andrew

  3. Hi Catherine,

    Excellent as always.

    You mentioned that you were feeling tired. I have been using a supplement called C60 and it has turned my health and energy around in a way that I never thought possible. Incredible.

    Not a placebo!
    https://c60purplepower.com

    1. I have some but have not tried yet. I have been getting mixed reports, so very glad to have yours!

  4. You hit the target SQUARELY on the ATT issues… no wonder the “Rep” couldn’t see any issues with Solari being blocked on the “normal” network. It was being handled in ATT/NSA hardened facility.

    “…The Intercept has identified an AT&T facility containing networking equipment that transports large quantities of internet traffic across the United States and the world.

    The NSA considers AT&T to be one of its most trusted partners and has lauded the company’s “extreme willingness to help.” It is a collaboration that dates back decades.”

    https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-internet-nsa-spy-hubs/

    1. David:

      Great reporting by the Intercept. I posted yesterday

      Catherine

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