In 1911, following yet another financial panic, United States banks had a dodgy reputation. So, the trusty U.S. Postal Service began offering savings accounts and other financial services, backed by the government’s full faith and credit. Deposits reached $1.2 billion during the Great Depression. But the teller windows closed in 1966 when banks were offering...
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Top Trends for 2015 Forecast at Conference
Global forecaster Gerald Celente and his Trends Research Institute have announced an exciting one-day conference this December during which the institute’s trends forecast for 2015 will be unveiled, discussed and examined to determine how these trend lines will affect individuals, families, communities and businesses in the year ahead. The event will be held Saturday, December...
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REGISTRATION Space is limited, so don’t delay. Registration is open only to Trends Journal subscribers until November 14. After that, non-subscribers can register. Cost: If you register by November 14, the cost is $300 per participant. After November 14, the cost is $350 per participant. Fees are due at registration, and are non-refundable. Meals Your...
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Look back to see what’s ahead – it ain’t pretty
“Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.” Few people aren’t familiar with this quote from philosopher George Santayana. But does history repeat itself because we fail to learn from it, or is it because history follows an unbreakable pattern we are doomed to repeat? The answer is crucial since,...
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Trends forecaster looks back on Iraq predictions; fears history is repeating
It was in 2004, with Washington trumpeting the forthcoming Iraqi elections that would put Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power as a means to establishing democracy, when then-Vice President Dick Cheney declared the Iraq War to be “behind us,” and Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno predicted “we have six to 12 months left of this insurgency.” It was also in...
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The propaganda of war
“Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a dying solider on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.” — Otto Von Bismarck, first chancellor of Germany, 1867 We have to keep asking. There has to be an answer. Why is it so easy to fool the majority of humankind into...
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Want to see an end to the madness?
The new independent film, Zizi and Honeyboy, based on my book, “What Zizi Gave Honey Boy: A True Story about Love Wisdom and the Soul of America,” has just been completed. I’m thrilled and honored. My dear, wise and loving Aunt Zizi, may her soul rest in peace, is played by Doris Roberts, who starred...
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Hardly a peep for peace
Look at the people ruling the people. The people who we, the people, allow to lead us and who the masses look up to and bow down to: Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister, Herr Chancellor, His Excellency, His Majesty, The Queen. Such lofty titles, such big egos and with nothing to show for them but...
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Civic Duty is to file Complaints when you are a witness to offences
Mr.C Have everyone do their Civic Duty: file complaints. Threats are a chargeable offence. WWW.SUEWRONGDOERS.COM YOU MUST FILE A COMPLAINT TO GET JUSTICE! Its not just for us, laws were made for public servants. Get the facts. You must learn/educate yourself that you are a man/women not a person/fictional. We are the People! that make...
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path to self-destruction
Washington DC’s hegemony has its costs. These maddening and endless political-financial war campaigns will only serve to bankrupt the country, enrich the few, enrage the many victims, break the will and spirit of the citizens, ruin billions of people’s lives and alter life on earth as we now know it. They solve nothing and continue...