Topher Morrison
Welcome to AMTV News,
I’m your host Topher Morrison.
Today is Wednesday August 15th, 2012.
First up…
Russian Military
Tests US Defenses, Again
A Russian nuclear-powered attack sub, likely Akula class,
operated undetected for weeks in the Gulf of Mexico. This secret incursion took place at the same time Russian
strategic bombers conducted a massive exercise in the arctic, which made
incursions into restricted US airspace near Alaska and California in June and July. It was a move made by the Russians not
seen since before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. So – in light of recent events – here’s
a flashback… Just who fired, what appeared to many, including experts a missile
of the coast of California in November of 2010?
European Citizenship:
Death of Nations?
It’s described as something similar to what we have in the
United States, a love of country, but an affinity for our state. In Europe freedom of travel has
been energized with integration, electoral reforms allow foreigners to vote
were they live and work. And a
European identity is being forged, which binds under its own national anthem
the peoples of Europe. What also
bind Germans, for example to Greeks, are dictates from Brussles and of course
soaring debt.
Reddit Island: Birth
of Nations?
It’s been dubbed ‘Nerd Island’ as Gawker editor Adrian Chen
goes about slaying the ‘completely batshit insane’ plans of Libertarian tech
mogul Peter Thiel and members of the social news site Reddit, known for its
anti-SOPA activism. While the rest
of the planet attempts to govern under one roof, Thiel as far as Chen is
concerned, has ‘wasted’ part of his billion dollar fortune in the attempt to
create floating city states aimed at, according to the Seasteading Institute:
‘peacefully testing new ideas for government.” Chen is more than skeptical and
sees it as a veiled attempt at ‘keeping the party alive after [rich people] finish
utterly pillaging all land-based civilization.’ The Reddit sub community Reddit Island similarly aims at
creating, according to Chen albeit in a less caustic vein, ‘a self-sustaining
libertarian technopia where download speeds are high and taxes are low.’ It’s no doubt zany, but the idea isn’t
as new as it seems. A group of
highly educated professionals seeking a new life far from anachronistic models
and willing to risk their fortune and reputations to accomplish it is hardly
novel.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Start your Engines…
‘Black Box’ Standards
for Your Car
For Americans the automobile is sacred. It is the epitome of freedom and often seen
as an extension of one’s personality.
Come September our cars may soon be viewed as an extension of the
federal government. The National
Highway Traffic Saftey Administration has green-lighted new standards for event data recorders, similar to those
found in airplanes. EDRs are
currently voluntary, however, recent legislation and intimate knowledge of the
bureaucracy suggest the NHTSA is merely setting the stage to federally mandate
a black box in every car in America.
Artificial Retina to
Restore Normal Vision
Researchers have cracked the code to mouse and monkey
retinas allowing them with a novel prosthetic device to bring sight to the
blind – animals that is. Currently blind humans are offered some comfort with
barely navigable implants, but this breakthrough promises to restore ‘normal
vision.’ The proposed visor takes
in light and an advanced chip translates the information into a code the brain
uses to formulate an image. This
new revolution provides hope to some 25 million people worldwide.
George Soros &
Co. Flock to Gold
In September of 2010 billionaire fancier and social engineer
George Soros said Gold is “the ultimate asset bubble” and “is certainly not
safe” – this was after all when QE2 was but in its infancy. Gold, then at $1225
per ounce, has since seen a nominal high of $1920.30 in September 2011 and
after a months long correction looks to be moving north once again. Eating his words Soros has more than
doubled his stake in the SPDR gold trust ETF according his latest SEC filing. And Famed John Paulson’s hedge fund,
managing over $21 billion, has more than 44% of its assets allocated to gold.
Big money is on this precious metal
especially in lieu of officially beginning QE3.
College is Dead:
Peter Thiel’s Plan
The show is called “20 Under 20” and aired for the first
time on Monday…
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