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★ NSA Surveillance Of 7.141 Billion People, At $85 Billion+/Year, 0 Terrorists’ Attacks Stopped Per White House Selected Panel Member

News Analysis:  NSA’s World-Wide Surveillance Of 7.141 Billion People At A U.S. Intelligence Expense Of  85+/- Billion Dollars A Year, Stopped 0 Terrorists’ Attacks (Per White House Selected Panel Member)

The “Beyond Mediocre” Results of  Invading the World’s Privacy and having expenditures that ANY corporation on the Globe could NEVER AFFORD is Deplorable. U.S. “Intelligence” Agencies spending Tens of Billions of Dollars and attaining Next to Nothing is preposterous beyond belief. For the White House in Washington, D.C. to tolerate this Expensive Charade shows Mediocrity of Management of the Federal Government at the Highest Levels.

Reference: http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/20/21975158-nsa-program-stopped-no-terror-attacks-says-white-house-panel-member

One can only assume that, much like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at U.S. Airports, National Security Agency ‘NSA’ and its “Concubine of Alphabet Agencies” are merely Employers of People who have little requirement to produce anything. They are Citizens who are NOT in Unemployment Lines because the U.S. Government has hired them. Where are the ‘Hundreds of thousands of  America’s Enemies’ anyway? If ‘NSA’ and ‘TSA’ have not located and had them arrested, are they hiding?

One might ask: Who has the ‘Oval Office’ (over the past six years) fired for Ineptitude in the ‘Intelligence’ Community regarding ANY ELEMENT of American Security in the “War on Terrorism”? Why do the Dollars get Squandered with little to show?

The Hundreds of Thousands of the aforementioned Federal Workers must realize they are doing little if anything; but they do have a job, for now.

A Pendulum swings both ways. The U.S. Administration’s Inexorable Push towards Federalism the past few years has cost its Citizens Trillions of Dollars in Debt and has produced mediocre results. A speech using a “Teleprompter” might sound assuring but the bottom line is: To Be Successful, The Output has to Meet or Exceed The Input”. This has NOT happened in relation to “Stopping Terrorist Attacks”. 

Wise Investors know that “One has to Pay The Piper”; that, ‘There is ‘No Free Lunch’.  How does one prepare for the impending Pendulum Swing the other direction and Profit therefrom? The many “Dots” are already in place, one merely has to connect them for Financial Success.  

Monies spent for “Pseudo Results” by the ‘TSA’, ‘NSA’ or other Alphabet Agencies may be used on America’s Infrastructure for example. This change of directions would assist loyal, hard-working Americans and improve living conditions for all. If this is the direction that will take place, Entrepreneurs can invest in starting companies, or technologies that will be useful therein. Older experienced Civil Engineering Companies would be an excellent “Play” for Investors. Suppliers of: Steel for construction; Concrete for highways and structures; Piping for waterways; etc., are all to be considered by the ‘thoughtful’.

Americans are a Wonderful People living in a beautiful Country that much of the World envies.  Citizens and Residents  should contribute in any way possible towards an even higher level of Prosperous Living.

 

☆ United Arab Emirates Reluctance Over British Typhoon Aircraft Grows

News Analysis: Arab Aircraft Purchasers, just like others “Big-Ticket” Buyers in the World, want Good Fundamentals to be offered to COMPEL THEM to choose a particular Weapon System. These Basics are not limited to, but include: Performance, Reliability, Cost To Purchase, Cost To Maintain, Deliver-ability, and, Manufacturer/Purchaser Affinity. 

All too often, the Naïve Western Business Community (NWBC), think because a “Voted-In- Politician”(VIP) is going to meet with  Arab  Customers, these ‘Prospects’ will be “Emotionally Joyous” as to the visit. That they will immediately ‘Sign on the Dotted Line’ and buy the Weapon System the ‘NWBC’ have no doubt. In fact, upon hearing about a ‘VIP’ visiting an Air Show, for example, the Air Frame’s Stock is purchased immediately by the Naïve. The ‘NWBC’ forget that the Decision Makers for such purchases are the Royalty of the Country. As such, Monarchs being impressed by a ‘VIP’  visiting them as a mere salesman is laughable indeed; How Naïve! It is disrespectful of the Monarchy. Inappropriately, in Weapon System Procurements of any kind, the Arab Culture has often  been very poorly judged by the ‘NWBC’.

The United Arab Emirates, in its wisdom, will purchase what IT considers best for itself (as must be the case).

The ‘NWBC’ should stop looking at the others with ‘blinders’ on and instead use “Panoramic Vision”.

As the Financial Growth of the Arab World continues to rapidly accelerate, the Leaders of the ‘NWBC’ will have to admit their past failed approaches to Arab Customers. Once there is Real Contrition by these ‘Failed’ Leaders, they may ‘Wise-Up’ and treat their Middle-East Customers with Actual Respect. Arab Customers have the ENTIRE WORLD from which to purchase what they want. For the ‘NWBC’ to continue treating the Arabs as “Naïve” by sending them ‘VIPs’ , to impress Monarchs, will gain them nothing.  

Reality.

Reference: http://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/uae-pulls-out-of-bae-eurofighter-typhoon-deal-1.1269109

☆ Cook Islands Is “A Banker’s Bank”?

News Analysis: The Banking System operational in the Cook Islands in The Pacific Ocean was  designed in large part by a Denver, Colorado, USA Attorney. In doing so, he created “A Banker’s Bank”, some say,  in terms of   assets being retained by the  Depositor.

An Analysis of the Cook Island Banking System actually reveals the truth Investors should know.

Reference: http://www.icij.org/offshore/paradise-untouchable-assets

The Cook Islands were an ‘affiliate’ of New Zealand. It received its “Freedom” some years ago and decided to incorporate the best Legal Elements of the ‘British Common Law” while modernizing its Banking Laws. Assisted by a capable Denver, Colorado Attorney, it established not only “Non-Visibility Of Deposits” but also “Non-Access Of Deposits” by others than the Depositors themselves.

A person deposits his or her monies in a local  Bank because of the obvious inherent Protection offered by the Establishment. The Cook Islands does similar, but MUCH BETTER, for Foreign Depositors in that locale.

Trusts originating anywhere in the World can establish Accounts in Cook Island Banks and attain a level of Safety from ‘Raiders’ (Legal or Otherwise) from removing the Assets. Individuals who merely want to NOT put “All their Eggs in One Basket” should consider the Cook Islands. All they have to do is Declare the Deposits to their Tax Authority where they live.  This is not Tax Evasion, nor even Tax Avoidance but  “Active Asset Protection” (AAP).

For: Professionals subject to Spurious Lawsuits; Relationships that are morphing through time  into ‘Common-Law’ Marriages; or, High Profile Occupations subject to Extortion or  Kidnapping by Miscreants, Cook Islands Banking is Ideal.

An “Ounce of Safety is worth a Pound of Cure” especially to Entrepreneurs, Nabobs, or Professionals who want to Sleep Restfully at Night. Cook Island Bank Deposits can provide them with  “Comfortable Beds”.

Reality.

★ The Ignorant Financial Cost Of Intelligence

Premium News Analysis: Brazil’s President, Dilma Rousseff, decided to grant the Purchase of Fighter Aircraft for  Sweden’s Saab Gripen Jet rather than Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet. The reason behind her decision is allegedly due to disclosure of Inept Intelligence Gathering; this by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) operating in Brazil. She personally was spied on. The ramifications of her decision will have many potential effects many places. We will look at who can win financially  and who can lose due to the revealed Intelligence Stupidity and its aftermath.

Reference: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-boeing-brazil-insight-idUSBRE9BJ10P20131220

Boeing Aircraft’s loss of a $4 Billion Dollar Sale to Brazil may bode poorly for it as well as other American Manufacturers who, some say, “Aligned themselves with the Devil” . The very Lame  excuses for the Spying Transgressions against ‘Friendly Countries’ are as poor as the Offerors’ empathies as allegedly expressed. Perhaps the self-fulfilling Ego/Mental Onanisms of the Characters in Washington, D.C. contribute to the moral blight?

The ‘NSA’ expressed no Contrition as one in the ‘Real World’ would expect. Its Mandate is to collect Electronic Intelligence (which it performs brilliantly). The problem it has becomes one of Intellectual Failure of Operational  Judgement as to Who, Where, and When are “Off-Limits”.

The U.S. Congress, primarily consisting of Attorneys,  apparently “Blew It” by not Inculcating OPERATIONALLY SUFFICIENT “Stoppages” If and When the NSA overstepped its Mandate. The White House was just as Culpable in not having the Wisdom to see the ‘Mine Field’ it was stepping in. Added to the Amateurish Blunders were its Denials of Knowledge of the NSA Surveillance against ‘Friendlies’. The final “Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back” was the revelation that 7.14 Billion People on Earth were being Electronically Monitored by the NSA.

For Every Tit, There Is A Tat. Now, the Economic Losses to be Experienced in America caused by other Nations and Businesses will hurt the Country when it can be least afforded. Just the example about the Boeing ‘debacle’ (at $4 Billion Dollars) should concern the White House.

Estimates of $35 Billion Dollars in lost Sales by the U.S. Electronics Industry is being reported in the Media. This is because others KNOW that the Electronic Components and Computers built in America have been “Bugged” by their Manufacturers for the benefit of the NSA. 

International Leaders allegedly think that losses to the American Economy of $100 Billion + Dollars a Year ‘might’ get Washington D.C. to realize what their “Stupidity Extraordinaire” has cost the country. As for the ‘NSA’ itself, until its Leaders have ‘Walked the Plank’ their lack of Pain will induce NO gain. The Leaders’ lack of Empathy is very revealing (but not surprising). The financial losses to the country mean little to them. For most, their Entire Careers have been at U.S. Government’s Expense; They have been dining at the “Public Trough” for years.

People in Washington, D.C. are Irate at the ‘Messenger’ who revealed their “Thefts of Privacy World-Wide”. If they could, He would be Executed. Unfortunately,  they are too ‘Neurotic’ to understand the Sociopathic Behavior of which they have been Engaging for Years;  “Catching A Few Terrorists by Spying on the World’s Population”.

Investors can make money by “Short Selling” the Stocks of American Corporations involved with the NSA in any capacity. As these Corporations lose Sales, their prices will fall. Corporations NOT in America should see increases in Sales as a result; go ‘Long’ on them.

Whatever a Wise Investor does, he or she should ALWAYS REMEMBER that Today, when Communicating about Investments of ANY kind: “The Walls Have Ears”.

Reality.

☆ Mozambique Minerals May Make Investors More Money

News Analysis: Mozambique, sitting in the Southeast Corner of Africa, has Abundant Mineral Resources such as: Aluminum (Bauxite); Coal; Gemstones (Aquamarine, Morganite, and Tourmaline); Gold; Iron Ore; Niobium; Tantalite; and, Titanite. Smart Investors are beginning to discover the Methodology of entering this Market and Profiting. Find out what should be done to earn Substantial Wealth in Mozambique.

Reference: http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=7404&page_type=story_detail

The Government of Mozambique, in Maputo,  wants to have its citizens benefit from the country’s Great Mineral Wealth; as they should. But rather than Nationalize all mining Businesses as some other countries have done, it is  Wiser.  It understands that Investors need to make a profit in conjunction with the level of risk they will be undertaking. The Inflow of Capital is essential for the country’s growth.

The old adage: “Money is Worth only 40%”, as applied in the Motion Picture Industry, largely applies to entering a country to extract its Natural Resources. Smart businessmen will know that Infrastructure Development benefits the population while it can benefit the business at hand. They have an understanding that the Health of their workers must be good; they provide Medical Personnel to handle this issue. Wise businessmen KNOW that ‘Good Interpersonal Relations With The Community Means Long Term Growth And Profitability” for businesses.

In having Harmonious Relations with all, Strikes will not occur, Productivity will be high, the Labor Pool will be great and,  the Project will bring Wealth to Investors.

All Humans have an “Unwritten Sign” ‘hanging from a chain around their necks’.  It says: “Make Me Feel Important”. Those who implement this ‘Fact’ in dealing with All Others are called: “Winners”.

Reality.

★ Russian President Vladimir Putin’s View Of America’s Spying On The World

Premium News Analysis: President Putin is an Expert in the World of Espionage. He understands the necessity for a Nation to detect its possible enemies. The United States National Security Agency has been revealed for its Unequalled Omnipresence of  Eavesdropping/Locating Electronically of  Everyone, Everywhere (ELEEE).

In order for Businesses and Individuals to maintain a Modicum of Privacy from ‘Electronic Snooping’, by Intelligence Agencies of various Nations, there are some procedures which can be followed by “Alert Citizens”. These methods are available to the Wise of the World.

There are essentially at least Two Spheres of Transmitted Data in Electronic Communications and One Sphere For Processing and Locating therefrom.

One Sphere is the data “Search Engines” provide. It involves Queries of various sorts, Videos, and established information sources such as Newspapers, etc. This First Sphere tells essentially “What the viewer may be Thinking”.

A Second Sphere is E-Mail Correspondence Business to Business,  Business to Individual, Individual to Business, and Individual to Individual.  As used in this monologue ‘Business’ shall also include ‘Government’. This Second Sphere reveals perhaps, “What the correspondent may be Planning”.

A Third  Sphere for Processing and Locating a Sender or Recipient’s locale is a relatively simple matter of time calculations being performed from certain centers. By measuring time delays to transmission towers as they occur, Algorithms can predict the  location of Electronic Communicators. Thereby, Agencies know: When you where there, Where you are now,  Where you might be going, and, Who you might be seeing. “Quite Impressive” one might think.

The  ‘Effective LONE Wolf’ is great for Motion Picture Fare, but infrequent in Reality.

Civilization is far too complex to have a ‘Unibody” create ‘Catastrophe’. Groups, small or large, engage in the Ideation, Formulation, Persuasion, and Detonation in Man-Made Catastrophes. As a group increases in complexity to perform a Diabolic Task, it becomes more available to Intelligence Agency(s) awareness and scrutiny. The bigger it gets the more vulnerable it becomes to ‘Snooping’.

Many “People in the Know” say that it is Unfathomable that ANY Purposive Man-Made Catastrophe which occurred  since after the Vietnam War, was not be Known In ADVANCE by at least one Nation’s Intelligence Apparatus. Whether it did anything to prevent the activity would depend on the Leaders and any “Vested Interest” they may have; Such is the ‘Real World’.

The Systems and Procedures to which Billions of Dollars have been spent, will not be relinquished at the behest of some naïve and weak Politicians.

The pronouncements that: “ALL DATA COLLECTED IS SOLELY FOR FIGHTING TERRORISM” is based on a premise by ‘Fools who want to fool the Fools with Foolishness’.

Economic data gets transmitted to vested interests tied to the Nation’s Intelligence Agencies many people think. The Nations are run by Politicians; enough said. The Intercepted Data  may be provided to your competitor (for a Price).

There are Methodologies than can be employed to Maintain Commercial Privacy (known by those who have been in the International Business Arena for years). Contact them and they may Sell you their Wisdom (or remain Passive and lose).

Reality.

Reference: http://www.arabnews.com/news/495156

 

 

☆ Morton’s Steak House In America: A Lesson In Colossal Ignorance Purportedly Exhibited By Its Personnel

News Analysis: Morton’s Steak House Employees, according to Press reports, committed a Public Relations Nightmare of Monumental Proportions against a Cancer Victim. He  wanted to join his friends for dinner at one of their restaurants but could not. His Sin: He was wearing a Cap to cover his cold Balding Head caused by his Chemotherapy Treatments, news reports say. Since he and his friends were upset about this Disrespectful Treatment of A Cancer Victim, the Police were called in, by the restaurant. They were asked to apparently eject all of these customers from Morton’s Steakhouse!

The Callousness allegedly shown this Gentleman and his friends, if true,  is Pathetic in both the annals of Marketing  and to all decent Human Beings.

Some people have asked, upon hearing about this Titanic Goof, if he was wearing a Yarmulke, would Morton’s Steakhouse ask him to remove it? Perhaps not. 

Now, some have expressed the opinion that they would NEVER enter a Morton’s Steakhouse.  Management of any Company  should not allow ‘Terrible Employee Behavior’ to exist.

This purported incident will likely be studied by Business Students at Universities World-Wide as to what NOT to do in such circumstances. 

Good Training stops bad Practices in Business. Reality.

Reference: http://tinyurl.com/mop544w

American Residents Sent $123 Billion+ Dollars To Other Nations

News Analysis: American Residents Sent $123 Billion+ Dollars To Other Nations as “Remittances” to ‘Family Members’. As the Number One Source internationally of such largess, the United States  leads other countries who gave  over $500 Billion+ Dollars en-toto.

Many people are of the persuasion that taking $123 Billion+ Dollars out of the American Economy while a Recession is occurring is Asinine Fiscally. Moreover, when the costs of  Medical, Penal, and other  Support Services (MPSS) for many Illegal Entrants are added to the Remittance Sum, the total is close to a Trillion Dollars PER YEAR ( a cost American Citizens can ill-afford). Similar thoughts are stated by many  Citizens of the various “Giving” Countries.

The Monetary Recipients enjoy receiving  their Benefactors’ gifts  say they are too poor to “Make do” with their current earnings. Others, state that since the earners who gave, paid taxes beforehand to the Host Countries, they can spend their money as they choose.  Another group “For” Remittances say that they are “De Facto Earned Foreign Aid”. Typically, no comment is uttered about the ‘MPSS’ costs the ‘Migrants’  cause; (especially silent are Politicians who want votes).

Perhaps the “Donor” Countries should make efforts to help develop any of the “Recipient” Countries Natural  Assets. Citizens thereof can prosper in their own countries.

Meanwhile, to help benefit “Donors'” own citizens, Wealthier Countries should “Watch their Back Doors”.

Reality.

Reference: http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-27207.aspx

Poppy – One Man’s Poison Is Another Man’s Profit

News Analysis: Poppy – One Man’s Poison Is Another Man’s Profit applies to Poppy Production in Various Nations. The Users of the Products derived therefrom have little leeway in exiting their Addictive Habits; to the delight of Suppliers.The Real World of the “Law of Supply and Demand” (LSD) certainly was, is, and will be, at work with the Narcotics Industry.

The Beneficiaries of the Dope Trade are: “Agricultural Investors”, Bankers, Bio-Chemists, Brokers, Farmers, Manufacturers, Some Police and Tainted Politicians. They collectively are too numerous to logically expect their voluntary cessation of the sources of these gains. Many of the aforementioned might dispassionately aver: “If the Fools want it, We will supply it to them.”

Unfortunately, the “Goods and Services”  provided by some ‘International Organizations’, although questionable by some people, are avidly pursued by others (as they have been for Centuries). Reality.

Reference: http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1385077/southeast-asia-cant-meet-chinas-opium-demand-says-un-body

Port Of Piraeus, Greece, Gets China’s Financial Support

News Analysis: Port Of Piraeus, Greece, Gets China’s Financial Support to develop it beyond Ship Containerization Projects. Now,  Huawei Electronics will be distributing its Products throughout Europe by way of Piraeus.  Since China pays little attention  to Press Reports of “Gloom and Doom” being circulated in the Western Press, It makes its own “Long Term Growth” Assessments of a Nation. It has done so with Greece (Hellas).

Greece is ideal for Corporations or Countries who in Business value: Location, Location, Location.

Reality.

Reference: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-12/13/c_132963670.htm