Tech Innovators Responding: “Challenge Accepted”
By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Privacy is a hot-button topic and will probably remain so well into our future, especially if the government insists upon creating a bigger market for the tech industry to respond to. It would seem that the social media giant, Facebook, is also investigating new and special ways of tracking its users. […]
The Erosion of Hope
By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher The deterioration of our society is directly attributable to the very social construct people rely on for order and leadership. Liberty is a pretty word tossed about by politicians like a soft pillow, but later bludgeoned in a dark alley when no one is looking. I went through a huge phase […]
Five Years of Obama’s Wealth Redistribution
October 23, 2013 By: Greg Simon, Contributor from www.knowmadiclife.com “’The folks in the middle and at the bottom haven’t seen wage or income growth, not just over the last three, four years, but over the last 15 years,’” the president said.” — http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/15/news/economy/income-inequality-obama/ Most people would not be surprised to learn President Obama and the […]
Breaking and Entering – Postal Style
October 22, 2013 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director Yesterday, I was chatting with a buddy of mine, “Frank”. Frank lives in Iowa and runs a very successful company recycling hardware like computers, phone systems, servers, etc. for small to mid-size companies. His clients hire him to collect the old equipment, recycle what they can and […]
All Bark, No Bite
October 21, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher The EU is in an uproar over the Snowden revelations, and rightfully so. The EU measures currently in place as well as the ones coming up for a vote aren’t and won’t do much to solve the privacy issues they already have with the United States. The Guardian […]
U.S. Capital Controls Firmly in Place Now
October 18, 2013 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director I’ve been saying that capital controls in the US are inevitable for the past four years. Blinded by the irrational belief America is still the best place on earth, most Americans disregarded me and called me a conspiracy theorist. “That would never happen in the US,” they […]
Find Your Escape Hatch in Italy
October 17, 2013 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director Middle of Nowhere, Italy – I have been to Italy many times over the past few years. Normally the trips are focused on visiting various cities. I’ve been to Venice, Verona, Milan, Bergamo, Rimini, Rome, Pescara and several other cities in the country. The past week has […]
Winter is Coming (Government, Too!)
October 15, 2013 By: Steve Hilgart, Director of Marketing and Conference Operations Here we are again – the leaves are falling, it’s becoming dark and dreary, and the chill is in there air… Winter Is Coming Yes, in a literal sense; and yes, in a metaphorical sense. With the way the psychotic sociopaths and the […]
Obamacare = HTTP Error 404
October 14, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher For an administration that ran and won on being the most transparent, it’s quite a difficult task to get a simple breakdown of the expenses that went into building the most defunct website in modern times. The U.S. taxpayer is apparently the proud “owner” of upwards of $500 […]
FATCA Pre-Implementation or Due Process
October 9, 2013 By: Paul Seymour, Director of Client Services pru·dent, adjective \ˈprü-dənt\ : having or showing careful, good judgment Full Definition of PRUDENT: characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: as a : marked by wisdom or judiciousness <prudent advice> b : shrewd in the management of practical affairs <prudent investors> c : marked […]
