Putting a 'Spotlight' on the Agenda

You've probably heard about the film Spotlight:



Spotlight (film)

Spotlight is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Tom McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Josh Singer.[4][5] The film follows The Boston Globe's "Spotlight" team, the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative unit in the United States,[6] and its investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic Priests. It is based on a series of stories by the real Spotlight Team that earned The Globe the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.[7] The film stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Brian d'Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, and Billy Crudup.[8]

more here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_%28film%29

Here's an update.

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More people have come forward with sex assault allegations after the film Spotlight

Jen Mills for Metro.co.uk Saturday 30 Jan 2016 4:49 pm



More victims of sexual assault have found the courage to come forward after watching Oscar-nominated Spotlight, it has been claimed.

The film tells the true story how investigative reporters from the Boston Globe uncovered child molestation and its cover-up within their local Catholic church in 2001.

In an interview with the Independent, the Globe’s editor-at-large Walter Robinson said the film had made a huge impact on the public ‘in a way that the printed word never could have’.

‘More victims are coming forward because of this film,’ he claimed.

more here:
http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/30/more-people-have-come-forward-with-sex-assault-allegations-after-the-film-spotlight-5653435/

If you have not seen this film, I suggest you do.
These journalist did such a great job exposing what has been going on within the Catholic Church.

The sad truth is, it won't stop with the voting of Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, any man or woman running for office.

It only stop after Joel Chapter 2.



I'm waiting for the Kingdom.
-Spyda

P.S.

Did you notice the tag line in this poster?



'Read Between The Lies'

A play on 'Read Between The Lines'

Very clever.

Cashless Society Update - 01.31.2016

The blockchain will be used by major banks and corporations to control transactions and access.

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IBM, J.P. Morgan, and Others Build a New Blockchain For Business
by  Stacey Higginbotham  @gigastacey  DECEMBER 17, 2015, 12:01 AM EST



Bitcoin is out and the Open Ledger Project is in.

IBM, Intel, J.P. Morgan and several other big banks are among those making a big bet on blockchain, the distributed transaction processing engine behind cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The companies have joined forces to create the Open Ledger Project with the Linux Foundation, with the goal of re-imagining supply chains, contracts and other ways information about ownership and value are exchanged in a digital economy.

IBM is contributing thousands of lines of existing code based on its research into the blockchain based on a years-long research effort. Digital Asset, a company that makes software for designing blockchains, is contributing the Hyperledger name to the project, which will be used for branding the effort, as well as code and developer resources.

The Open Ledger Project isn’t proposing another cryptocurrency, but rather wants to use blockchain technology to create tools to allow businesses to build a distributed ledger for anything they can dream up–from exchanging automotive titles in seconds to paying retail suppliers when a sale is made.

Because the ledger is both connected and distributed, it is easy to track changes to the database and difficult to forge entries or delete them. Honduras uses the technology to track land titles and musicians use using it to let fans pay them directly for songs.

Jerry Cuomo, an IBM Fellow working with the Open Ledger Project, says he wants to help create a distributed ledger to offer businesses privacy, confidentiality and accountability. In many cases when customers came to IBM considering something like Ethereum or Bitcoin, they are worried about their data being stored in the larger community. Even big banks are cautiously embracing blockchain, as opposed to Bitcoin.

One of the options the Open Ledger Project tech provides is a way to limit the community of users who have access to the ledger. A company that chooses to implement a version of an Open Ledger blockchain can elect to use rules that determine who can generate transactions and even authenticate them. In Bitcoin for example, anyone who can do the mining work required to generate a Bitcoin generates a transaction. There’s no velvet rope or possibility of a closed door.

But to make blockchain for business, this element of limiting participation was essential.

“I don’t have a strong opinion on cryptocurrencies, but I have a strong opinion on the blockchain as a solution for contracts and supply chains and the internet of things, Cuomo says. “I think Bitcoin is an interesting application for blockchain but there are thousands of applications and wider use cases beyond that.”

more here:
http://fortune.com/2015/12/17/ibm-blockchain-for-business/

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Bring On the Cashless Future
45 JAN 31, 2016 5:00 PM EST

By Editorial Board
Cash had a pretty good run for 4,000 years or so. These days, though, notes and coins increasingly seem declasse: They're dirty and dangerous, unwieldy and expensive, antiquated and so very analog.

Sensing this dissatisfaction, entrepreneurs have introduced hundreds of digital currencies in the past few years, of which bitcoin is only the most famous. Now governments want in: The People's Bank of China says it intends to issue a digital currency of its own. Central banks in Ecuador, the Philippines, the U.K. and Canada are mulling similar ideas. At least one company has sprung up to help them along.

Much depends on the details, of course. But this is a welcome trend. In theory, digital legal tender could combine the inventiveness of private virtual currencies with the stability of a government mint.

Most obviously, such a system would make moving money easier. Properly designed, a digital fiat currency could move seamlessly across otherwise incompatible payment networks, making transactions faster and cheaper. It would be of particular use to the poor, who could pay bills or accept payments online without need of a bank account, or make remittances without getting gouged.

For governments and their taxpayers, potential advantages abound. Issuing digital currency would be cheaper than printing bills and minting coins. It could improve statistical indicators, such as inflation and gross domestic product. Traceable transactions could help inhibit terrorist financing, money laundering, fraud, tax evasion and corruption.

The most far-reaching effect might be on monetary policy. For much of the past decade, central banks in the rich world have been hampered by what economists call the zero lower bound, or the inability to impose significantly negative interest rates. Persistent low demand and high unemployment may sometimes require interest rates to be pushed below zero -- but why keep money in a deposit whose value keeps shrinking when you can hold cash instead? With rates near zero, that conundrum has led policy makers to novel and unpredictable methods of stimulating the economy, such as large-scale bond-buying.

A digital legal tender could resolve this problem. Suppose the central bank charged the banks that deal with it a fee for accepting paper currency. In that way, it could set an exchange rate between electronic and paper money -- and by raising the fee, it would cause paper money to depreciate against the electronic standard. This would eliminate the incentive to hold cash rather than digital money, allowing the central bank to push the interest rate below zero and thereby boost consumption and investment. It would be a big step toward doing without cash altogether.

Digital legal tender isn't without risk. A policy that drives down the value of paper money would meet political resistance and -- to put it mildly -- would require some explaining. It could hold back private innovation in digital currencies. Security will be an abiding concern. Non-cash payments also tend to exacerbate the human propensity to overspend. And you don't have to be paranoid to worry about Big Brother tracking your financial life.

Governments must be alert to these problems -- because the key to getting people to adopt such a system is trust. A rule that a person's transaction history could be accessed only with a court order, for instance, might alleviate privacy concerns. Harmonizing international regulations could encourage companies to keep experimenting. And an effective campaign to explain the new tender would be indispensable.

If policy makers are wise and attend to all that, they just might convince the public of a surprising truth about cash: They're better off without it.

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-01-31/bring-on-the-cashless-future

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Previous Posts:

cashless society - 05.09.2014
http://globalistnews.blogspot.com/2014/05/cashless-society-05092014.html

Is Cash Still King? - Cashless Society Update - 10.19.2014
http://globalistnews.blogspot.com/2014/10/is-cash-still-king-cashless-society.html

For those who think they will have to force people to take The Mark
http://globalistnews.blogspot.com/2014/11/for-those-who-think-they-will-have-to.html

gold, predictions, and the real agenda - 2013 - 12.31.2013
http://globalistnews.blogspot.com/2014/03/gold-predictions-and-real-agenda-2013.html

-Spyda

Let's talk about the TV Series: Lucifer (and how it's really easy to miss the details)

So, this show Lucifer that hit the airwaves, I saw the first episode, and it's pretty stupid.

I mean that in the most sincere way, it's basically a huge joke, just to irritate Babylonian religious and non-religious people. (Yes, it does deceive as well)

You would think "Oh wow, this is pretty messed up."

But here's the thing, there already exists several examples of really messed up films that depict Satan in the same light.

For now, I won't get into that, what I want to talk about is this petition:



https://americaneedsfatima.org/forms/E16500A.html

Other than this petition being an utter waste of time for Ambassadors of Christ to even consider signing, I want to take a look at something I'm pretty sure people missed.

"American Needs...Fatima?"

So, what/who is Fatima?

From the Catholic site: http://www.catholic.com

What is the meaning of the name "Fatima"?

Full Question

What is the meaning of the name “Fatima”? I read that Mohammed, founder of Islam, named his daughter Fatima.

Answer

The name Fatima means "the shining one" and is indeed the name of Mohammed’s favorite daughter, Fatima Zahra. In some Muslim circles, Fatima Zahra is in some ways considered a Muslim counterpart to Mary, Mother of Jesus, as the ideal model for all women. She is revered for her purity and for her motherhood of a Muslim martyr.

How appropriate then that the Blessed Virgin Mary chose to appear in 1917 in Fatima, a town in Portugal dubbed such for a namesake of Fatima Zahra who converted from Islam to Christianity, and that the miracle given to confirm Mary’s appearances there was a miracle involving the sun. In his book on the Blessed Virgin entitled The World’s First Love, Fulton Sheen speculated that just as Judith, Esther, and other heroic women of the Old Testament were pre-Christian types of Mary, Fatima Zahra may well have been a post-Christian type of Mary.

http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-name-fatima

OK...

So, this is a Catholic site, take a look below:



The 'Fatima' word is used in the Muslim and Catholic religions, that can't be an accident.

We're worried about using the word Lucifer, but we'll keep Christmas?

Missing the Forest for the Trees.

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Lucifer, the series is based on a comic book: (yes, we know they got it from the bible, but just hang on a second)



and a horrible translation of Isaiah 14:12

ESV: (English Standard Version)

“How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!"

Here's another reading:

KJV: (King James Version)

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!"

NKJV: (New King James Version)

“How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,[a] son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!"

That scripture above is clearly speaking about Satan.
Below is about our Savior, the God of all Flesh, Jesus Christ.

"I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star." --Revelation of John 22:16

Interesting stuff: (this is actually what is taught, plenty of people have left Freemasonry after finding out the truth)

"The 23 Supreme Confederated Councils of the world instructing them that Lucifer was God, and was in opposition to the evil god Adonai. Supporters of Freemasonry contend that, when Albert Pike and other Masonic scholars spoke about the "Luciferian path," or the "energies of Lucifer,"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer#Taxil.27s_hoax

Aliases:

Samael
Lightbringer
The Mocker
Prince of Darkness
Lord of Hell
Agent of Heaven
Sunlighter
Dread
Lord Mister Lux
Prince of the East
Atse'Hashke
Shepherd of Suns
Great Prince
The Adversary
The Devil
Satan

Anyhow, there are other films that have done far more damage than this TV series will probably ever do.

Antichrist (film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist_%28film%29

I wrote about the actor from this film here:
http://globalistnews.blogspot.com/2014/03/mercedes-benz-super-bowl-ad-stuff-i.html

I've not seen the film 'Antichrist' because of how messed up it is.
Read the synopsis if you want to know how bad it is.

and this classic:

The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil's_Advocate_%281997_film%29

Also, I'd like that note that most people who call themselves Catholics, already believe the stuff in this Lucifer series.
It's also a huge part of Freemasonry.

Anyhow, here's a list of films depicting the Devil:

Devil in popular culture
film:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_in_popular_culture#Film

from the "America Needs Fatima" site:
'Like St. Michael, make no compromises with evil - PROTEST NOW >>>>>"

> Um, no, just no.

John 18:36
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Some people think that only means Government, but it's the whole world, including what the media shows us.
If you don't want to watch TV, or certain TV program:

Turn it off, or turn the channel, and leave the petitions and Babylonian thinking to the Babylonians.

-Spyda

Luke 17:26

Pope Francis Said to Bless Human-Animal Chimeras
A scientist sought the Vatican’s approval for mixing human cells in animal embryos. And the Pope said yes.
By Antonio Regalado on January 27, 2016



A Spanish scientist working at the Salk Institute in California told Scientific American that Pope Francis personally blessed his cutting edge research to mix human cells into animal bodies.

Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, a prominent stem cell biologist, is engaged in efforts to grow human tissue inside of farm animals such as pigs, sheep, and cows. This type of research is sensitive because scientists have to inject human stem cells into early-stage animal embryos, then try to grow the mixtures inside surrogate animals.

Much of Belmonte’s work occurs in collaboration with a team in the province of Murcia in his native Spain, a sausage and ham loving country which is about 77% Catholic.

“Spain is a very Catholic country, so we had to go through the Pope. He very nicely said yes.” Belmonte told Scientific American. “Yes. The current Pope. So the Vatican is behind this research and has no problem based on the idea is to help humankind [sic]. And in theory all that we will be doing is killing pigs.”

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Vatican’s scientific body, did not respond to an email seeking to confirm Pope Francis’ position.

After placing human cells into animal embryos, researchers are watching to see what they do. The likely result is that a small percentage of human cells spread throughout the animal’s body. Belmonte’s eventual hope is to channel the human contribution so that it forms a complete human heart or other organ inside a pig or cow. Such an organ could be used to transplant into a needy patient.

While the Catholic Church has opposed research on human embryos it endorses evolution and generally takes a liberal view on scientific matters. In fact, the Vatican’s position on “human-animal chimeras,” as the mixtures are known, may be more liberal than that of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, which in September instituted a ban on funding chimera research until it can weigh ethical questions associated with it.

Attempts to make this sort of human-animal chimera began only recently. Previously, any added human cells would simply die or the embryo would not live. That changed when Belmonte’s lab and that of Israeli scientist Jacob Hanna each developed new ways of cultivating human stem cells to take on a more “naïve,” primitive state that is able to contribute to the animal embryo.

In 2013, Hanna’s lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot showed these naïve cells could contribute to the bodies of fetal mice, resulting in animals with as much as 15% human tissue. Scientists predict a slew of other reports discussing human-animal chimeras soon.

In an interview in December, I asked Hanna what Jewish law had to say about human-animal mixtures.

“I’m not sure. I am a Palestinian Christian,” he said.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/546246/pope-francis-said-to-bless-human-animal-chimeras/

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He's not sure...because he thinks the Law of God is Jewish.

Luke 17:26
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

Leviticus 19:19
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

Book of Jasher, Chapter 4
18 And their judges and rulers went to the daughters of men and took their wives by force from their husbands according to their choice, and the sons of men in those days took from the cattle of the earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other, in order therewith to provoke the Lord; and God saw the whole earth and it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon earth, all men and all animals.

The Mark, Basic Income and the Control Grid

If you've ever wondered how the elite would ever make it easy to sell "The Mark", consider the following:

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1) The rise of the cashless society happening in Europe.

Sweden ‘on way to becoming cashless society’
14/12 19:03 CET

Cash is falling out of favour in Sweden, according to a research study at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

Many Swedes like people everywhere remain attached to their currency, the krona, which has been used since 1873.

However, it seems the embrace of technology in the country means the use of cash is diminishing rapidly.

While card payments have increased, the amount of cash in circulation has fallen by a quarter in six years despite an annual growth in the economy.

Some believe one day physical money may disappear altogether.

“Previously I have always said that around the year 2030 Sweden will, in effect, become cashless – meaning that cash will cease to play any real role in the society. It might still exist in theory but would not play any financial role. But when I look at the developments over the last two years, then I actually think that it will happen faster. We might see it happening in ten years, or even faster than that,” said Niklas Arvidsson, an associate professor at the Royal Institute of Technology.

Other people believe that if cash does disappear, a part of Sweden’s national identity will go with it.

“Money plays a part in the formation of a national identity, ‘I have money that comes from my country’. There is a certain pride in it and a pride when you can exchange it for other money – like dollars or other currencies. So I think there is some kind of national value and national pride in having money,” said Torbjoern Sundquist, curator at the Royal Swedish Coin and Economics museum.

Will everyone adapt to the new world? Sweden’s National Pensioners Organisation says many of its members are falling behind in the increasingly cashless society.

It’s calling for gradual rather than abrupt change to avoid a clash of generations.

watch here:
http://www.euronews.com/2015/12/14/sweden-on-way-to-becoming-cashless-society/

for more on the cashless society, and the steps towards it, read here:
http://globalistnews.blogspot.com/search?q=%22cashless+society%22

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2) The Automation of jobs will make working more and more difficult for those with low Tech skills.

Watch this short documentary on this here:

Humans Need Not Apply
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU

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Lyft, Now Worth $5.5 Billion, Hops Into The Autonomous Car Race With General Motors
Posted Jan 4, 2016 by Sarah Buhr
http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/04/lyft-now-worth-5-5-billion-plans-to-get-into-the-autonomous-car-race-with-general-motors/

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Erica, the 'most beautiful and intelligent' android, leads Japan's robot revolution
Justin McCurry in Osaka
Thursday 31 December 2015 03.48 EST
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/31/erica-the-most-beautiful-and-intelligent-android-ever-leads-japans-robot-revolution

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Google vs. Uber and the race to self-driving taxis
It's an old-fashioned, autonomous face-off between two Silicon Valley giants
By Andrew J . Hawkins  on December 16, 2015 03:27 pm
http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/16/10309960/google-vs-uber-competition-self-driving-cars

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GE talks marketing automation at CES
Modern automation technology is no panacea for today's many marketing challenges, but at CES 2016, GE's marketing manager suggested the right tools and tactics could help organizations win consumer trust.
By Matt Kapko
CIO | Jan 7, 2016 7:27 AM PT
http://www.cio.com/article/3019963/marketing/ge-talks-marketing-automation-at-ces.html

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Automation Claims Jobs of Phone Operators at New York Hotels
By JULIE SATOWDEC. 18, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/19/nyregion/new-york-hotel-phone-operators-try-to-put-layoffs-on-hold.html?_r=0

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3) The discussion on Basic Income is finally taking hold and becoming the potential answer to the current problem of welfare and employing people.

The Future of Work, Community and Social Housing
https://medium.com/basic-income/the-future-of-work-community-and-social-housing-a84dc5325f79#.3fqtj6xe0

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Think tank floats 'basic income' idea for all citizens
By Andrew Walker BBC World Service
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35105778

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A no-strings basic income? If it works for the royal family, it can work for us all
John O'Farrell
Thursday 7 January 2016 03.00 EST
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/07/basic-income-royal-family-living-wage-economy

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The Excellent Dutch Experiment Into The Universal Basic Income
DEC 29, 2015 @ 12:02 PM
Tim Worstall
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/12/29/the-excellent-dutch-experiment-into-the-universal-basic-income/

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Scrap complex welfare systems and just pay everyone
by Gareth Morgan on December 9, 2015 in Tax and Welfare
https://garethsworld.com/blog/tax-and-welfare/finlands-unconditional-basic-income-experiment/

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4) These are the steps towards the perfect control grid. At this moment in time, one could leave the grid and disappear.

When this plan is fully implemented, it will take a miracle to run and hide.

3 U.S. Cities Sign Up to “Get Smart” With AT&T
BY KELSEY E. THOMAS | JANUARY 6, 2016

Atlanta, Dallas and Chicago will get an AT&T smart city ecosystem of services that includes traffic monitoring and gunfire detection, the telecom company announced Tuesday.

AT&T already offers connected utility meters, street lights and water systems, but will expand its infrastructure, transportation and public safety services, according to a press release.

In the release, the company paints a futuristic municipality built on smooth tech-driven efficiency. City officials will be able to remotely keep tabs on systems such as power outages, air quality and traffic jams in real time. Maintenance crews will also be able to identify bridges that need repairs or aging pipes that need to be replaced. Mobile apps will help people stay informed about traffic and safety problems, and even remotely view parking meters or reserve a parking spot. On the safety side, gunfire detection technology could help law enforcement determine where a shooting occurred, the number of people involved and how many rounds were fired. (Last fall, General Electric announced plans to work with the maker of the popular ShotSpotter to bring the same tech to streetlights.)

The Chicago Tribune reported that with the boosted technology, Chicago will focus on “improving resident engagement, using sensors to maintain infrastructure and making buildings smarter and more energy efficient.”

“The goal is to better service our residents and to get more out of the budget that we use to deliver those services,” said Brenna Berman, the city’s chief information officer.

AT&T aims to tap into a global market for smart cities that is expected to grow to about $1.6 trillion in 2020, according to a 2014 report. Last September, the Obama administration announced a $160 million “Smart Cities” Initiative that will put federal research and more than 25 new tech-centric collaborations to work helping cities tackle some of their most challenging problems regarding everything from resilience to public safety and transportation. Cisco is working with Kansas City, Missouri, to turn that city into a sensor-filled model of monitoring that proponents tout as, naturally, efficient.

As the “smart city” concept rolls out in more and more U.S. cities, some skeptics remain wary of the integration of government and big business, while others have privacy concerns. The general public, at least in Chicago and according to the local Fox News channel, is also conflicted. Asked about the AT&T deal, one Chicagoan said, “I feel like I’ve been watched before by cameras so it’s not that big of a deal.” Another? “I think it’s very Orwellian and I think technology is already intrusive enough as it is.”

more here:
https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/att-smart-cities-atlanta-chicago-dallas

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When people are hungry, and 'Lucifer' reveals himself to the World, it will be an easy sell.

At least for those want to accept it.

-Spyda

relevant:

megacities update - 07.11.2014
http://globalistnews.blogspot.com/2014/07/megacities-update-07112014.html

megacities update - 06.28.2014
http://globalistnews.blogspot.com/2014/06/megacities-update-06282014.html

UPDATED: 01.19.2016

Was Lindsey Williams wrong about 2015?

> Lindsey Williams posted this on his website in 2014:

It’s All Shaping Up For 2015! – Lindsey Williams
by James Harkin on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
http://www.lindseywilliams.net/its-all-shaping-up-for-2015-lindsey-williams/

> Let's see how accurate it was...and what he is really doing.

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| Pastor Williams sent me an article taken from USA Today entitled “China Currency Push Takes Aim at Dollar”. The article talks about China bidding to enter the heart of global finance by establishing its currency, the renminbi, as part of a ubiquitous monetary unit used in official transactions around the world. Pastor Williams has said this information is “Very important. Latest on Chinese currency becoming the Reserve Currency. It is all shaping up for 2015. Our listeners need to know this. This information comes from my friend. It is reliable.”

The article discusses a decision on a new Special Drawing Right, which is the composite reserve currency used in official financing being decided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. The decision on a new SDR structure, to be made in the next 15 months, will influence how China and its currency can play a bigger part in driving world trade, investment and capital flows. The article goes on to discuss recalculating the composition of the SDR, which comes up for review in 2015, to follow market developments, reflecting a big increase in demand for renminbi financing from private banks, central banks, traders, corporations and asset managers. The renminbi has made impressive strides recently and is challenging the euro in several key fields. |

> What happened this year?

Chinese yuan likely to be added to IMF special basket of currencies
China hopes stamp of approval will improve yuan’s desirability among investors and undermine hegemony of US dollar as global reserve currency
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/nov/29/chinese-yuan-imf-special-basket-of-currencies-us-dollar

The IMF, the SDR and the yuan explained
Neelabh Chaturvedi
Sunday, 29 Nov 2015 | 5:47 PM ET
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/28/imf-expected-to-include-yuan-in-sdr-currency-basket.html

> I'll give him that one, but anyone reading the new would have known this, he didn't reveal a secret.

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| In another article from Reuters entitled “Fed Officials Keep Eyes on Mid-2015 Rate Rise” Pastor Williams has said “this is just what we predicted in our latest DVD – Special Events Scheduled For 2015”. In the article it says that the Fed is considering raising interest rates around the middle of next year (2015), although two top officials at the U.S. central bank said the exact timing would depend on the economy. The article continues by saying the Fed considers the U.S. jobless rate of 5.9% close to its full employment targets. Pastor Williams said to be wary and shared another article that said that today’s recovery is a total sham with real unemployment at least 12% with the labor force at its lowest since 1978 when only 40% of women having entered the workforce and with most “new jobs” being part-time retail and service jobs. The article went on to discuss futures market shifting to point to a September 2015 rate hike after bond-buying ends before rates increase being between two and 12 months. |

> Rates were raised on the 16th of December:

Rates Are Going Up. What Could Go Wrong?
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZDEC. 20, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/21/business/economy/effects-of-past-interest-rate-increases-offer-guide-to-future-risks.html?_r=0

The Fed Raised Interest Rates So What Happens Next?
Updated December 21, 20157:59 AM ET
Published December 21, 20155:15 AM ET
http://www.npr.org/2015/12/21/460536795/the-fed-raised-interest-rates-so-what-happens-next

> Anyone watching Bloomberg TV would have known this hike was coming, but he was wrong on the timing, as most analyst have been.

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| The news continues, with Pastor Williams sharing another article from the Financial Times entitled “Banks Rewrite Derivatives Rules to Cope with Future Crisis”. Pastor Williams says “the banks see what is coming and want to cover their losses.” He continued by stating “This is exactly what my friend said and we have said in a number of DVD’s. Interest rates rise, Derivative problems, Stock market collapse, Banking trouble, September & October 2015. Like dominoes. The banks see it coming as you will see in this article.”

The article talks about the world’s biggest banks tearing up the rule book on the derivatives market to make it easier to resolve future failing institutions such as Lehman Brothers. It says that 18 banks ranging from Credit Suisse to Goldman Sachs have agreed to give up the right to pull the plug on derivatives contracts with any crisis-stricken institutions. What this means is that these banks have come up with a plan to stop their counterparties terminating derivatives contracts in the event of a crisis. Ultimately shareholders of the failed institution would be wiped out, but the operating company would be recapitalised or sold to mitigate the shock to the broader financial system ending ‘too big to fail’. The company would stay in business, with the financial sector absorbing the losses. The International Swaps and Derivatives Association said that the banks portrayed the success of the talks as a rare positive example of industry collaboration and will announce the agreement to change its “protocols” will take effect from January 1, 2015. |

> He was wrong on this one...

So just how great was October for markets?
Reem Nasr    | @reemanasr
Friday, 30 Oct 2015 | 4:45 PM ET

This month has been a good one for financial markets. All three major indices had their best month since October of 2011.

Since 1992, there have been just four months in which the Dow Jones industrial average has seen monthly gains bigger than this month. And three of those four months were in October.

See more key market stats here:

• The Dow also had its biggest monthly point gain ever, up 1,379 points in October
• The S&P 500 has only had 12 monthly gains greater than 8% back to 1987
• Microsoft is up 18.93% for the month; its best since April
• Amazon is up 22.27% for the month, its best month since July
• The German DAX turned in its best month since April 2009, with a gain of 12.32% this month
• The UK FTSE 100 turned in its best month since July 2013, with a gain of 4.94% this October
• Japan's Nikkei turned in its best month since April 2013; it gained 9.75%
• China's Shanghai Comp turned in its best month since April 2015; it gained 10.8%
• Shanghai broke a 4-month losing streak, closing positive for the month for the first time in 5 months
• Baidu is up 36.4% in October, for its 4th best month ever (back to its 2005 IPO)
• WTI Crude is up 3.4% for October, but hit July highs of $50.92 per barrel earlier in the month
• Natural gas suffered their worst month since December 2014 when futures lost 29.16%; they were down 7.9% in October
• Natural gas futures have turned in 4 consecutive months of losses for the first time since September 2011

more here:
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/30/so-just-how-great-was-october-for-markets.html

> Dead wrong.

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| I subscribe to a quarterly periodical in the UK called “The UK Column” published independently from the established mainstream media. Within the newspaper were a number of articles one was entitled “New Rules For Financial Carnage” and talks more about what is proposed by the Financial Times article above, about new rules designed to protect global systematically important institutions such as Commerzbank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, HSBC, Societe Generale and Credit Agricole. The new rules follow a “war game” which took place on October 13, 2014 at the offices of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Arlington, Virginia. Present were the FDIC and Bank of England staff, along with “top financial brass” from the US and UK treasuries. The war game was the first of its kind and designed to test how they would react to another financial crash of the scale of 2008. The new rules oblige banks to wait up to 48 hours before requiring settlement of derivatives contracts from a failing bank. This delay will be used to give regulators time to transfer asset from the failing bank, as well as obligations to a “bridge company”, negating the need to unwind derivatives contracts. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said “We want to make sure we are able to handle an institution that previously would have been too big to fail … We are confident in this framework, but we are testing it.” |

| Another article within the pages of “The UK Column” is entitled “Legacies, Clouds & Uncertainties”. This article discusses the recent release of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook update entitled ‘Legacies, Clouds & Uncertainties.’ The article says that while attempting to put a brave face on the current situation, the IMF tried to divert attention onto the fraudulent notion of “growth.” In this context they completely ignored the fact that the growth they spoke about fails to meet current debt obligations, never mind unfunded future obligations such as old age care and pensions.  An incredible amount of seniors are claiming disability benefits, social security, Medicare and Medicaid; driving the welfare spending to nearly $1 trillion per year in the US alone. They downplayed the successes of emerging economies, since these economies are no longer playing casino finance, opting instead for real physical economic development. One area they could not ignore is the systematic risk still running through the financial system “Easy financial conditions and the resulting search for yield, could fuel financial excess. Markets may have under-priced risks by not fully internalizing the uncertainties around the global outlook. A larger-than-expected increase in U.S. long-term interest rates, geopolitical events, or major growth disappointments could trigger widespread disruption.” |

| “Downside risks have increased compared with the spring. The main reason is the increase in geopolitical risks, including turmoil in the Middle East and international tensions surrounding the situation in Russia and Ukraine. Also, with the baseline now reflecting increased financial market optimism – risk spreads and major implied volatility indicators are close to pre-crisis expansion lows. Equity prices have continued to rise, and longer-term yields have declined – downside risks from a financial market correction have increased.” In other words, we are looking at a major risk of a major financial crash. When the IMF are telling you to prepare, you need to prepare and quickly! |

> Are you see a pattern here?

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| On September 25, 2014 Pastor Williams asked me to send out a newsletter entitled “Buy Gold As Quickly As Possible!” As predicted gold didn’t fall far south of $1,200 an ounce at $1,180 per ounce on October 6, 2014 before it rebounded to just under $1,250 an ounce today. As I have said many times, gold has been trading historically for the past several years between $1,200 and $1,400 an ounce. Our prediction was correct once again! Please take notice of what Pastor Williams has told you time and again, “Gold & Silver, that’s the currency of the Elite!” He has only recommended tangible assets such as physical gold and silver. I am sure many of you took his advice and purchased as much gold as you could lay your hands on. If you haven’t, physical gold is still very cheap and I recommend that you purchase physical gold today before it rises significantly. My personal recommendation for anyone looking at investing in physical gold is Regal Assets for their first class service, especially for IRA and 401k rollovers. You can contact them for help and advice on getting out of paper and into tangible precious metals on 1-888-748-6766. |

> I've already debunked the Gold Rush using news and real sources:

Looming Financial Crisis? - 06.24.2014
http://globalistnews.blogspot.com/2014/06/looming-financial-crisis-06242014.html

The Gold Update - 07.25.2015
http://globalistnews.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-gold-update-07252015.html

Looming Financial Crisis? UPDATE (12.14.2015)- Where's your Gold now?
http://globalistnews.blogspot.com/2015/12/looming-financial-crisis-update.html

> Updates I've not sent out:

Why the Gold Standard Is the World's Worst Economic Idea, in 2 Charts
Matthew O'Brien Aug 26, 2012

Whether it's 1896 or 2012, it doesn't make sense to crucify our economy on a cross of gold

The greatest trick Ron Paul ever pulled was convincing the world that the gold standard leads to stable prices. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/b/32de875b-bb3e-4a9f-a54c-87c66fcee8e2

Well, maybe not the world. Just the Republican Party. After a 32-year hiatus, the party's official platform will include a plank calling for a commission to look at the possible return of the gold standard. There might be worse ideas than this, but they generally involve jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge because everybody else is doing it.

more here:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/why-the-gold-standard-is-the-worlds-worst-economic-idea-in-2-charts/261552/

Gold Holds Gains as Investors Ask `Now What' for U.S. Fed Rates
December 20, 2015 — 5:58 PM CST
Luzi-Ann Javier | Kevin Crowley
Updated on December 21, 2015 — 10:11 AM CST
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-20/gold-holds-weekly-drop-as-investors-ask-now-what-for-fed-rates

> It's not going to matter in a cashless society.

Sweden ‘on way to becoming cashless society’
14/12 19:03 CET
watch here:
http://www.euronews.com/2015/12/14/sweden-on-way-to-becoming-cashless-society/

> He's wrong about Gold, period.
> He was so wrong, that if you have bought it at the price of $1,250/ounce, you would have lost a good chunk of change since it's now at: $1,079.80/ounce.

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| In his new DVD “Special Events Scheduled for 2015” Pastor Williams warns you about what is about to happen with the stock market and derivatives market. These are not idle warnings, official announcements are happening by the day and you cannot pass by a warning from the IMF. The Elite are making their plans, why are you not making yours? Like dominoes everything Pastor Williams’ Elite friend has predicted is occurring before your eyes. Do not procrastinate. It is time to start preparing for the worst. Please purchase a physical copy of Pastor Williams’ new DVD “Special Events Scheduled for 2015” and share the information with your family and friends. You can purchase a copy by calling Prophecy Club on 1-888-799-6111.

Remember, the American dollar as a symbol of stability is over. It is already no longer the sole world reserve currency or currency for the worldwide trade of petroleum. Reserve currency status does not last forever. Plans are already in place for a new world currency. Plans are in place to reset the global currencies, crash the stock market and correct the derivatives market. Pastor Williams has given you the information to protect your family from the crash. His recent DVDs allow you to accurately predict events scheduled for 2015, which he has dubbed “the most unusual year you have ever lived through“. Last year I wrote a free 100 page guide entitled “10 Steps to Avoid the Crash”, in this guide I expand on the ten steps that can help you to survive, even thrive through the coming collapse. I know many of you have started preparing. I cannot tell you too often that preparedness is important to safeguarding your family’s health and wealth. |

> Are you seeing the pattern yet?

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> This year...he's doing it again:

World Wide Financial Collapse Scheduled for between September and the end of December 2015!
by James Harkin on Wednesday, June 10th, 2015

WARNING! From Lindsey Williams: I just received an email from my Elite friend. My Elite friend indicated that they have a World Wide Financial Collapse scheduled between September and the end of December 2015!

http://www.lindseywilliams.net/world-wide-financial-collapse-scheduled-for-between-september-and-the-end-of-december-2015/


> So, what is he doing?
> He's what I like to call, "A Prophet for Profit"

“this is just what we predicted in our latest DVD – Special Events Scheduled For 2015”

> If he had the absolute inside scoop on what the elite are going to do, he would not have to sell it.

> Instead, he gives pieces of information one can find by simply reading mainstream, well sourced, CFR agenda news.
> Yes, the they don't mind putting the truth in the news, they know people don't have a way to filter it.

> Oh, and those oil prices:

Brent Oil Slides to 11-Year Low as Producers Seen Worsening Glut
Mark Shenk  Grant Smith
December 20, 2015 — 5:53 PM CST Updated on December 21, 2015 — 8:58 AM CST





http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-20/brent-trades-near-7-year-low-as-u-s-drillers-boost-rig-count

> So, was he wrong?
> I'd say yes, because of all the dates he set and his plain as day trying to make a living on fear.

> I mean really.
-Spyda

Looming Financial Crisis? UPDATE (12.14.2015)- Where's your Gold now?

I just saw something that reminded me of how really ridiculous it is that people are still making predictions on Gold and Gas Prices.

It was a conversation I was having with someone on my Facebook feed in 2010.

We talked about the gas price and gold...

"just wait....i promise Gas will continue to rise as the US dollar falls in value. just last week or so gas jumped 15 cents/gal"

"it's an unfortunate reality. invest in Gold my friend"

OK, let's take a look at the time-line since then, shall we?

THEN:

Gold:

Gold tops $1,900, looking 'a bit bubbly'
By Hibah Yousuf August 23, 2011: 7:44 AM ET
http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/22/markets/gold_prices/

Gold edges up to a new record
By Aaron Smith, staff writerSeptember 20, 2010: 2:31 PM ET
http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/20/markets/gold_record/

Gas:

Gas prices: Bracing for more pain at the pump
By Laurie Segall, staff reporter January 1, 2011: 9:09 AM ET

The price for a gallon of gas has risen 3% over the past 12 days and last week, prices crossed the $3 mark for the first time since October 2008. At $3.073 a gallon, gas prices are still 25% below their peak of $4.114 set in July 2008.

more here:
http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/30/markets/oil_commodities_gas/

NOW:

Gas and Natural Gas:

Natural gas prices fall to 14yr low on cheap crude, mild weather
Published time: 14 Dec, 2015 13:46
Edited time: 14 Dec, 2015 13:47
https://www.rt.com/business/325875-gas-price/

Average U.S. gas price soon under $2, lowest since recession
By David Koenig • AP Business Writer

DALLAS • Gasoline is close to breaking below a key psychological barrier across the United States as drivers enjoy some of the cheapest pump prices since the recession.

The nationwide average price of a gallon of regular Sunday was $2.01, down 56 cents from this time last year, according to auto club AAA.

In the St. Louis metro area, it's already dropped below $2 a gallon — averaging $1.925 per gallon on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River.

more:
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/average-u-s-gas-price-soon-under-lowest-since-recession/article_8635dd13-82f3-508a-89f6-7f32f4886557.html

Gold:

Gold futures fall to a more than one-week low
Published: Dec 14, 2015 10:32 a.m. ET

Gold prices came under pressure on Monday, as oil plunged anew and investors braced for Wednesday’s U.S. interest-rate decision by Federal Reserve policy makers.

Gold for February delivery GCF6, -0.53%  fell $7.20, or 0.7%, to $1,068.50 an ounce, after losing 0.8% last week. A settlement around this level would be the lowest in more than a week.

“Dealers and speculators are trying to second guess what the market’s reaction to the expected Fed rate hike on Wednesday will be and are reading the price, in line with the technical picture, as downwards,” said Julian Phillips, founder of and contributor to GoldForecaster.com.


“But such plays are high risk ones, for if the Fed does not affect the dollar exchange rate they will have to unwind their positions in the face of a market going the other way,” he said.

The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to raise interest rates when it meets on Tuesday and Wednesday, and a hike could weaken the appeal of the precious metal. A rate hike is widely viewed as lowering opportunity costs of owning metals that don’t offer a yield.

The probability of a Fed interest-rate hike next week is 79%, based on futures prices, according to CME Group’s FedWatch.

more here:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gold-prices-drop-as-market-tenses-up-ahead-of-fed-meeting-2015-12-14

Here's the thing, Fareed Zakaria warned about betting on Gold:

cnn - fareed zakaria: beware the modern-day gold rush - the cfr speaks
Uploaded on Oct 3, 2011
CNN's Fareed Zakaria looks at the rush for gold and whether or not it's worth the investment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS2mDS1HHhY

Lesson here?

Stop making prediction, especially ones based on misinformation.
Start watching, praying and proving all things, hold fast to that which is good (not just what you believe is good information, what you have PROVEN)

-Spyda

P.S. Ron Paul was wrong:

Ron Paul on Gold: No One Knows Value; I'm Buying
Published on Apr 23, 2013
April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Ron Paul, Former Congressman from Texas, discusses his views on gold, central banks, and the weakened Republican Party. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Market Makers." (Source: Bloomberg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwav9ldKvbg