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Penning the Sheep for a Shearing—Capital Controls, Part 2

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“A year or two early is always better than one day too late.  You will never know precisely when the day of reckoning will come… until it’s too late. And it will likely come as a surprise in order to ensure its effectiveness—like the sneak attack on Cypriot bank depositors did on that Saturday morning.  Even if capital controls are never imposed, you are no worse off for internationalizing your savings. In all likelihood, you’d be better off. You could sleep better at night knowing that you have insured your savings by diversifying your political risk. Also, many offshore banks are better capitalized and otherwise sounder than any bank you would find in your home country.”

http://www.internationalman.com/articles/penning-the-sheep-for-a-shearingcapital-controls-part-2

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NSA program reaches ‘into the past’ to retrieve, replay phone calls

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“The National Security Agency has built a surveillance system capable of recording ‘100 percent’ of a foreign country’s telephone calls, enabling the agency to rewind and review conversations as long as a month after they take place.  A senior manager for the program compares it to a time machine — one that can replay the voices from any call without requiring that a person be identified in advance for surveillance.  The voice interception program, called MYSTIC, began in 2009. Its RETRO tool, short for ‘retrospective retrieval,’ and related projects reached full capacity against the first target nation in 2011.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-surveillance-program-reaches-into-the-past-to-retrieve-replay-phone-calls/2014/03/18/226d2646-ade9-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19_story.html

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Missouri to fire deafening ‘sound cannons’ at drivers to deter speeding

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“Missouri’s Department of Transportation is preparing to deploy the LRAD sound cannon  that’s been used to break up mass gatherings like Occupy Wall Street to warn motorists that they’re going too fast. The device emits a targeted, deafening siren that ‘easily penetrates the windshield and well-insulated cab of a car, even overriding the vehicle’s engine sounds and a radio turned up loud enough to jam to tunes at highway speeds.’  Missouri has committed to the technology by purchasing two of the pricey devices.  LRAD’s sirens can reach up to 153 decibels, more than enough to potentially cause hearing damage. This is technology that’s been deployed in war zones, after all.”

http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/14/5613782/missouri-will-fire-lrad-sound-cannons-to-deter-work-zone-speeding

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Ron Paul: Nevada Standoff a Symptom of Increasing Authoritarianism

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“A government that continually violates our rights of property and contract can fairly be descried as authoritarian. Of course, the politicians and bureaucrats take offense at this term, but how else do you describe a government that forbids Americans from grazing cattle on land they have used for over a century, from buying health insurance that does not met Obamacare’s standards, from trading with Cuba, or even from drinking raw milk? That so many in DC support the NSA spying and the TSA assaults on our privacy shows the low regard that too many in government have for our rights.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/35229/Ron-Paul-Nevada-Standoff-a-Symptom-of-Increasing-Authoritarianism/

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Penning the Sheep for a Shearing—Capital Controls, Part 1

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“It’s not exactly a secret that the West generally and the US in particular are moving deeper into bankruptcy and are seeking more and more control over all facets of their citizens’ lives. These trends will sooner or later lead to an overt attempt to control the flow of money in some way—just as they have in other countries throughout history that have headed down similar paths.  It’s crucially important to your financial future that you understand what capital controls are, how and why they are implemented, the harm they can cause, and what you can do to protect yourself.  This is because I believe it is a near certainty that the US dollar will lose its role as the world’s premier reserve currency.”

http://www.internationalman.com/articles/penning-the-sheep-for-a-shearing-capital-controls-part-1

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The Next IRS Tactic vs. Expats and Accidental Americans?

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“The IRS’s powerful new weapon is actually an old one that hearkens back to 18th century English royal court, and was introduced in America as a tax collection tool by the Revenue Act of 1918. It is called ne exeat republica, which is Latin for ‘let him not go out of the republic.’ The writ is issued to prevent a person from leaving a jurisdiction until he satisfies a claim brought against him in court. In practical terms, the IRS is using this law to obtain a court order that prevents people who owe taxes from leaving the U.S. once they have entered. Given how often Canadians cross the border to visit family, to shop, to ‘winter-over’ or vacation, it has special relevance to them.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/35219/Wendy-McElroy-The-Next-IRS-Tactic-vs-Expats-and-Accidental-Americans/

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US Begins Verifying Passports On Departing International Flights

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“The US government is using the Malaysian Airlines flight 370 to tackle the ‘widespread lack of passport screening in all countries.’ The US is stepping up their processes. Already each passport of incoming visitors to the US is screened through multiple databases. After flight 370 disappeared, the US has started this process for all outgoing passengers.  ‘Coupled with this information and the new abilities to act on that information definitely makes air travel a lot safer,’ according to one government official.  For nearly any random reason an individual can be denied his or her right to travel by the US bureaucracy, and it happens way more than you think.”

http://dollarvigilante.com/blog/2014/4/9/us-moves-to-restrict-travelers-taking-international-flights.html

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Debt: Destroyer of Lives, Businesses, and Countries

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“Nothing is as destructive as a government drowning in debt. Though the time it takes to play out varies, the narrative is always the same:  1. Government borrows too much;  2.  Government prints money in a desperate attempt to service debt;  3.  Government ultimately prints too much money, destroying its currency and the savings of all its citizens. Unfortunately, it often doesn’t end there. Several of the most horrific atrocities in human history were committed by hopelessly indebted governments.  Meltdown America follows the stories of three regular folks who lived in the wrong country at the wrong time.”

http://www.caseyresearch.com/cdd/debt-destroyer-of-lives-businesses-and-countries

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Federal agents surround Nevada ranch in desert tortoise standoff

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“A two-decades-old battle between a Nevada rancher and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has resulted in officials armed with machine guns surrounding the ranch and forcibly removing the owner’s cattle, according to the rancher’s family.  Cliven Bundy, the last rancher in Clark County, Nev., has been fighting a ‘one-man range war’ since 1993, when he decided to take a stand against the agency, refusing to pay fees for the right to graze on a ranch run by his family for centuries.  After years of court battles, the BLM secured a federal court order to have Bundy’s ‘trespass cattle’ forcibly removed with heavy artillery, the family said.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/9/feds-surround-nevada-ranch-latest-standoff/?page=all

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Larken Rose: What’s So Bad About Nazis?

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“The question is not rhetorical. Too many people are really, really sure that there’s something really bad about being a Nazi, or about being a communist, but they can’t actually say WHAT is so bad, and can’t even define or describe what those philosophies advocate, or why they are so dangerous.”

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