Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a 40-year-old bank specializing in services to tech start-ups, entrepreneurs, and venture capital firms was shut down by federal regulators on 10 March after depositors pulled their money out in an old-style run on the bank.
Category: 14 March 2023
ACCIDENTAL BANKING SYSTEM FAILURE? DON’T YOU BELIEVE IT.
The overnight collapse of SVB, (Silicon Valley Bank), has certainly got everyone’s attention, but is this really any surprise at all?
AI WILL DECIDE ITS OWN KILL TARGETS
What’s worse than an autonomous AI system that can make decisions concerning human life and death in a war?
HEALTH OFFICIALS CAUGHT DEPLOYING FEAR AND STAGING COVERUP
In a March 5, 2023, memorandum, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic laid out evidence showing Dr. Anthony Fauci prompted the creation of a paper to “disprove” the lab leak theory, and that the authors of this paper skewed available evidence to achieve that goal.
CHINA BEEFING UP MILITARY AMID GROWING TENSION WITH U.S.
China will increase its military budget by about 7.2 percent in 2023 to make its military a “world class” force by 2049.
WARMONGERS IN CONGRESS VOTE TO KEEP U.S. FORCES IN SYRIA’S FOREVER WAR
The House of Representatives voted in opposition to a bill that would call for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops stationed in Syria’s oil-rich region under the guise of fighting ISIS.
CHINA’S XI ACCUSES U.S. OF CONTAINMENT STRATEGY IN RARE PUBLIC REBUKE
Chinese President Xi Jinping took a firmer stance against the U.S. during a meeting of the country’s legislature last week and signaled a shift in tone as he secured his unprecedented third term as president.
RUSSIA SAYS LATEST NORD STREAM REPORT LOOKS LIKE A ‘COORDINATED HOAX’
Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s press secretary, brushed off the recent New York Times report that laid blame on a “pro-Ukrainian group” with no ties to the U.S. or Kyiv for the September attack on the Nord Stream pipelines.
FRANCE, U.K. VOW WEAPONS SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE SO KYIV ‘WINS’
French President Emmanuel Macron and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak held their first meeting in Paris last week and the topic du jour was Ukraine and what it will take for a defeat of Russia.
WWIII: EU SPEEDS UP AMMO TO UKRAINE TO MAKE SURE WAR CONTINUES
The European Union is set to provide Ukraine with another injection of $1.1 billion in ammunition so it can continue to exchange deadly volleys with Russia.