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  CIA and Mossad-linked Surveillance System Quietly Being Installed Throughout the US Under the guise of stopping mass shootings, a surveillance system backed by top Mossad, CIA and FBI officials is being installed in schools, houses of worship, and other civilian locations throughout the country, much of it thanks to the recent donation of an “anonymous philanthropist.” BY WHITNEY WEBB Launched in 2016 in response to a Tel Aviv shooting and  the Pulse Nightclub shooting  in Orlando, Florida, Gabriel offers a suite of surveillance products for “security and safety” incidents at “so-called soft targets and communal spaces, including schools, community centers, synagogues and churches.” The company makes the lofty promise that its products “ stop mass shootings .” According to  a 2018 report  on Gabriel published in the  Jerusalem Post,  there were an estimated 475,000 such “soft targets” across the U.S., meaning that “the potential market for Gabriel is...

"Worst Since Lehman": Banks Break The World Again Last week we detailed  BofA's Michael Hartnett's warning that  "The Fed will tighten until something breaks" . Well, something just broke... SVB's collapse - the second biggest US bank failure in history  - dominated any reaction to this morning's mixed bag from the BLS  (hotter than expected earnings growth, rising unemployment (especially for Latinos), better than expected payrolls gains). Things started off badly as SVB crashed 65% in the pre-market before being halted. SVB bonds were puking hard and when the FDIC headline hit, the bonds collapsed further... Source: Bloomberg A number of small/medium sized banks were clubbed like a baby seal... Source: Bloomberg And the KBW regional bank index crashed (down 9 of the last 10 days and 20% in that period).  The 18% drop this week was the index's worst drop since Lehman (Sept 2008) ... Source: Bloomberg And as you'll see below, that  started to...

  What If There Are No Solutions? Charles Hugh Smith The unencumbered realist concludes that there are no solutions within a status quo structure that is itself the problem. Realists who question received wisdom and conclude the status quo is untenable are quickly labeled  pessimists  because the zeitgeist expects a solution is always at hand --preferably a technocratic one that requires zero sacrifice and doesn't upset the status quo apple cart. Realists ask "what if" without selecting the "solution" first.  The conventional approach is to select the "answer/solution" first and then design the question and cherry-pick the evidence to support the pre-selected "solution." What if all the status quo "solutions" don't actually address the real problems?  This line of inquiry is strictly verboten, for there  must be a solution that solves everything in one fell swoop . Examples of this approach abound: a  one-size fits all  solution...