FAA Proposes Worldwide Laptop Ban For Checked Bags On Int’l Flights

“The proposal, which will no doubt upset some frequent travelers, will be considered by the United Nations in the coming weeks.  The FAA is concerned about the lithium-ion batteries that are common in electronic devices like laptops. Tests conducted by the agency have concluded that when large electronics overheat in luggage they run the risk of combustion when packed with aerosol canisters like hairspray and dry shampoo.”

Read more: https://gizmodo.com/faa-proposes-worldwide-laptop-ban-for-checked-bags-on-i-1819706608

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IMF Chief Suggests IMFCoin Cryptocurrency as Possibility

“IMF Director Christine Lagarde hinted at the development of a digital currency, similar to the bitcoin, for the organization’s special drawing rights (SDR) mechanism to replace existing reserve currencies.  The international finance organization has already begun exploring the possibility with an External Advisory Group discussion last December. Referring to a possible future situation along these lines, Lagarde said that the prospect of a digital currency as a replacement for reserve currencies that are part of the SDR was not ‘a far-fetched hypothetical.'”

Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/news/imf-chief-suggests-imfcoin-cryptocurrency-possibility/

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The head of the IMF says bitcoin is ‘too expensive for me at the moment’

“Bitcoin is too expensive for one of the most powerful women in finance.   Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, on Friday told CNBC’s Sara Eisen that bitcoin is ‘too expensive for me at the moment’ when asked if she would ever buy into the red-hot digital currency.  Lagarde last month gave a soft defense of the cryptocurrency during a speech in London.  She said cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin could ‘give existing currencies and monetary policy a run for their money.'”

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/imf-head-christine-lagarde-says-bitcoin-is-too-expensive-for-me-at-the-moment-2017-10

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IMF Head Foresees the End of Banking, Triumph of Cryptocurrency

“In a remarkably frank talk at a Bank of England conference, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund has speculated that Bitcoin and cryptocurrency have as much of a future as the Internet itself. It could displace central banks, conventional banking, and challenge the monopoly of national monies.  Christine Lagarde–a Paris native who has held her position at the IMF since 2011–says the only substantial problems with existing cryptocurrency are fixable over time.”

Read more: https://fee.org/articles/imf-head-predicts-the-end-of-banking-and-the-triumph-of-cryptocurrency/

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Theresa May government to create ‘new internet’ to control what is said online

“Theresa May is planning to introduce huge regulations on the way the internet works, allowing the government to decide what is said online.  The government intends to introduce huge restrictions on what people can post, share and publish online.  The plans will allow Britain to become ‘the global leader in the regulation of the use of personal data and the internet’, the manifesto claims.  It comes just soon after the Investigatory Powers Act came into law. That legislation allowed the government to force internet companies to keep records on their customers’ browsing histories, as well as giving ministers the power to break apps like WhatsApp so that messages can be read.”

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/technology/theresa-may-to-create-new-internet-that-allows-government-to-control-and-regulate-what-is-said-online-35733509.html

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10 More Crazy Conspiracy Theories That Became Conspiracy Facts

“Thanks to intrepid journalists, whistleblowers, hacktivists, and leakers, the human race continues to tear down the wall of lies erected by the corporatocracy.”

Read more: http://theantimedia.org/10-conspiracy-theories-2/

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AmEx Must Share Dutch Account Info With IRS

“In its latest John Doe summons, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is requiring American Express to send account information of Dutch residents with credit or debit cards linked to bank accounts outside the Netherlands to U.S. tax authorities.  The IRS had requested the information in cooperation with the Dutch government as part of an investigation to determine whether Dutch citizens living outside the Netherlands are complying with tax laws.”

Read more: http://www.pymnts.com/consumer-finance/2017/amex-must-share-dutch-account-info-with-irs/

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Japan secretly funneled hundreds of millions to the NSA, breaking its own laws

“The Intercept publishes a previously-unseen set of Snowden docs detailing more than $500,000,000 worth of secret payments by the Japanese government to the NSA, in exchange for access to the NSA’s specialized surveillance capabilities, in likely contravention of Japanese privacy law (the secrecy of the program means that the legality was never debated, so no one is sure whether it broke the law).”

Read more: http://boingboing.net/2017/04/24/the-whale-in-the-room.html

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If NATO Is Obsolete, Stop Feeding It

“Trump has been saying that NATO members need to pony up their required contributions to NATO. Doesn’t all that seem a bit illogical? After all, why force taxpayers, both American and European, to continue contributing their hard-earned money to an entity that is obsolete, outdated, outmoded, and old-fashioned?  But as we have seen with bureaucracies, once you bring them into existence they sometimes become like a permanent cancer on the body politic.”

Read more: http://www.fff.org/2017/02/24/part-obsolete-trump-not-understand/

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Europe Proposes “Restrictions On Payments In Cash”

“Having discontinued its production of EUR500 banknotes, it appears Europe is charging towards the utopian dream of a cashless society. Just days after Davos’ elites discussed why the world needs to ‘get rid of currency,’ the European Commission has introduced a proposal enforcing ‘restrictions on payments in cash.’  The Action Plan states that ‘Payments in cash are widely used in the financing of terrorist activities.'”

Read more:  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-27/europe-proposes-restrictions-payments-cash

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