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Submitted by Simon Black of Sovereign Man blog, It’s become almost cliche these days to point out how many governments are broke beyond belief. In Japan, where the country’s debt level already exceeds 200% of GDP, the government has to finance 46% of its budget by issuing more debt. In the United States, the governments […]
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Some people argue that countries can’t default. But that’s false [16]. It is widely stated that the U.S. government has never defaulted. However, that is also a myth. Catherine Rampbell reported [17] in the New York Times in 2011: The United States has actually defaulted on its debt obligations before. The first time was in […]
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Skype is being investigated by Luxembourg’s data protection commissioner over concerns about its secret involvement with the US National Security Agency (NSA) spy programme Prism, the Guardian has learned. The Microsoft-owned internet chat company could potentially face criminal and administrative sanctions, including a ban on passing users’ communications covertly to the US signals intelliigence agency. […]
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Created 14/10/2013 – 00:52 Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced Sunday that her government was creating a secure email system to try and shield official communications from spying by the United States and other countries. “We need more security on our messages to prevent possible espionage,” Rousseff said on Twitter, ordering the Federal Data Processing Service, […]
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