“This system poses a very real threat to First Amendment-protected activities. Further, DHS has a well-documented history of poor data management, and face recognition has a high rate of misidentifications.”
“Footage from those flying cameras will be automatically analyzed by AI systems not disclosed to the public.”
Read more: https://qz.com/1299947/this-is-the-week-that-the-drone-surveillance-state-became-real/
“The self-flying drone will be able to track and follow vehicles as they move through challenging terrain that would be impossible to film previously without a skilled drone pilot.”
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/30/skydios-self-flying-drone-can-now-track-down-cars/
“While Turkish President Erdogan was busy talking up his currency and begging his people not to sell Lira for dollars, his air force was once again running interference with Greece.”
“On the 18th of May, the Five Star-Movement and the League struck a deal to form a populist government. One of their government’s pledges is to deport half-a-million migrants.”
Read more: https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/05/new-italy-first-coalition-wants-to-deport-500000-migrants/
“This toxic mix – rising interest rates and record high consumer debt in relationship to disposable income – has now started to bite the most vulnerable consumers once again. And for them, debt service is getting very difficult.”
Read more: https://wolfstreet.com/2018/05/22/where-the-debt-slaves-are-the-most-vulnerable/
“While making 100-year loans to an insolvent country with a long history of default is especially insane, it’s important to realize there are a lot of ‘Argentinas’ out there today.”
“The unions are driving their own pensions into the ground; and the government has ZERO bandwidth to bail anyone out, least of all itself.”
“Many people think this boom will last forever. The Great Debt Crisis of 2008 has been largely wiped out of their collective memory.”
Read more: https://weissratings.com/articles/will-the-next-debt-crisis-be-worse-than-2008-when-will-it-begin
“The Fed’s downgrade took place ‘secretly’ about a year ago, and hasn’t been previously made public until today.”