Hosts: Darren Weeks, Nancy Levant
As home foreclosures spike once again, poverty and homeless "solutions" are put forth. Are they real solutions, or agendas in disguise? Government debt and spending continues to soar, as meddling in world affairs by the State Department and Pentagon continues unabated. Obama decides the troops are staying in Afghanistan. We do a deep dive on the refugee crisis, but at an unique angle. We examine the UNHCR / Microsoft proGres database, the Humanitarian Connectivity Network, the GSMA Mobile for Development program and how the refugees have become the guinea pigs for the global, cashless, technocratic tyranny.
Note: Original links may degrade over time. Includes a few items we didn't get to during the show.
Repossessions spike 66% as foreclosure crisis lingers
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/14/repossessions-spike-66-as-foreclosure-crisis-lingers.html
Media continues to promote the meme of people living in shipping containers
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-30/wharton-grad-s-got-a-tiny-illegal-solution-to-bay-area-housing
Step Inside Oakland's Illegal Dystopian Shipping Container Community, Containertopia
http://sfist.com/2015/07/31/entrepreneur_hacks_oakland_housing.php
Medicine Hat, Alberta Becomes First Canadian City To End Homelessness
http://www.activistpost.com/2015/10/medicine-hat-alberta-becomes-first-canadian-city-to-end-homelessness.html
National Alliance to End Homelessness
http://www.endhomelessness.org/pages/housing_first
Housing First: A "Failed Communist Model"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_First
The Washington Post Declares Chronic Homelessness Solved! … Really?
Illinois to Postpone Pension Payments “We Are out of Money Now”
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/illinois-now-has-to-postpone-pension-payments_102015
Bank of America posts $4.1 billion profit in third quarter
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/bank-of-america-posts-41-billion-profit-in-third-quarter/2015/10/14/006a8242-729f-11e5-9cbb-790369643cf9_story.html
Half of world's wealth now in hands of 1% of population – report
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/oct/13/half-world-wealth-in-hands-population-inequality-report
If gas is so cheap, why do retail sales stink?
http://fortune.com/2015/01/15/gas-prices-retail-sales/
$3,248,723,000,000: Federal Taxes Set Record in FY 2015; $21,833 Per Worker; Feds Still Run $438.9B Deficit
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/3248723000000-federal-taxes-set-record-fy-2015-21833-worker-feds-0
+107%: Federal Debt Held by Public Has More Than Doubled Under Obama; Up $57,431.65 Per Household
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/107-federal-debt-held-public-has-more-doubled-under-obama-5743165
The Fed Just “Discovered” Another $2.7 TRILLION In Debt: “Quietly Boosted Total Credit”
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/the-fed-just-discovered-another-2-7-trillion-in-debt-quietly-boosted-total-credit_10122015
$496,000 State Department Grant Uses Weaving to Empower Women, Girls in Timor-Leste
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-hunter/496000-state-department-grant-uses-weaving-empower-women-girls-timor
OBAMA ANNOUNCES U.S. TROOPS TO STAY IN AFGHANISTAN POST-2016
FULL SPEECH FROM WHITEHOUSE FROM WHICH ABOVE EXCERPTS WERE TAKEN
RT POLITICAL ANALYST REACTS TO OBAMA FLIP-FLOP ON TROOP WITHDRAWL
FULL RT REPORT FROM WHICH ABOVE ACTUALITY WAS TAKEN
DEFENSE SECRETARY ASH CARTER COMMENTS AT PENTAGON ABOUT DECISION TO LEAVE TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN
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Europe's Refugee Crisis: Why Millions Of Migrants Are Just What Europe Needs
http://www.ibtimes.com/europes-refugee-crisis-why-millions-migrants-are-just-what-europe-needs-2092670
CNN REPORT ON REFUGEE BOY
U.S. AID — “Syrian” Refugee Crisis
https://www.usaid.gov/crisis/syria
"SYRIAN GIRL": REFUGEE CRISIS BEING EXPLOITED... MANY NOT EVEN SYRIAN
Big Data, Technology And The Middle East Refugee Crisis
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2015/10/15/big-data-technology-and-the-middle-east-refugee-crisis/
SHAKIRA: OPPOSITION TO REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT EQUATES TO SELFISHNESS AND RACISM; HUMAN NEED RISES ABOVE FLAGS AND BORDERS
HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS: COME TOGETHER AS "CITIZENS OF THIS WORLD" TO DEMONSTRATE "OUR SHARED HUMANITY"
UNHCR: proGres Refugee Registration Platform
http://www.microsoft.com/publicsector/ww/international-organizations/projects/Pages/proGres-refugee-registration-platform.aspx
UNHCR seeks ProGres in refugee registration
http://www.unhcr.org/4135e9aa4.html
Applying ICT to Support Refugees - Microsoft [ARCHIVED PDF]
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/0/a/20ac945c-34d0-4a60-8245-f80e80fe954f/PPP_Profile_UNHCR_160408.pdf
Microsoft to provide learning centres for refugees
http://www.unhcr.org/3fd9f6ca7.html
GSM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM
Brief History of GSM & the GSMA
http://www.gsma.com/aboutus/history
GSMA Mobile for Development Overview
http://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/overview
U.S. AID (State Department) Partners with GSMA Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance
https://www.usaid.gov/digital-development/partners
Mobile for Development Programmes
http://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/programmes
New publication on critical factors to create successful mobile money agents in rural areas
http://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/new-publication-on-critical-factors-to-create-successful-mobile-money-agents-in-rural-areas
UN Agency: Sustainable Development Requires Altering The World’s Financial System
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/financial-system-for-sustainable-development_5616c329e4b0082030a1a2b4
China Plans To Invest $315-360 billion To Promote Green Economy
http://www.chinabusinessnews.com/1575-china-plans-to-invest-315360-billion-to-promote-green-economy/
Regulatory Considerations for Expanding the Mobile Money Ecosystem
http://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/regulatory-considerations-for-expanding-the-mobile-money-ecosystem
Humanitarian Connectivity Charter
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/02/gsma-idUSnBw015146a+100+BSW20150302
Interactive Map of Projects in Africa
http://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/wp-content/uploads/africainteractivemap/africa.html
GSMA Intelligence
https://gsmaintelligence.com/
The Better Than Cash Alliance
https://www.betterthancash.org/about
Partnering for Impact: U.S. AID and the Private Sector (one of the major reasons the USA is so far in debt) [ARCHIVED PDF]
https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/15396/usaid_partnership%20report_FINAL3.pdf
Government Privatization Can Be Costly To Taxpayers
http://www.news-press.com/story/opinion/2015/10/09/government-privatization-cam-costly-taxpayers/73641806/
STEVE GIBSON OF GIBSON RESEARCH CORPORATION REACTS TO OBAMA'S DECISION TO BACK OFF OF PUSH FOR ENCRYPTION BACKDOORS (FOR NOW)
FULL SECURITY NOW EPISODE WITH STEVE GIBSON, FEATURING THE ABOVE CLIP
