The Wooing of Jared Kushner: How the Saudis Got a Friend in the White House.

The EU sits on Italy, keeping it from escaping poverty; this is driving Italy towards right-wing radicalism.

As long as the EU keeps blocking elected governments from doing anything to help the people that elected them, the people will reject them for their failure and vote for a more radical party.

I see two ways this slide could end: with the election of a party that will confront the EU with an economic hand grenade in its hands and win some concessions, or with the election of a party that will be so repressive that it won't allow people to replace it.

The latter is the only way a party can lastingly impose the ever-increasing suffering that the banksters demand. I fear the Lega will soon get the chance to do that.

The UK digital spy agency can get authorization to break into any and all computers in some very large class. And it expects to do this more and more often.

This effectively eliminates the vital safeguard for human rights -- the requirement for a specific search warrant.

Increase Exposure to Negative And Inflammatory [messages] in Online Social Systems.

Should We Be Worried About Computerized Facial Recognition?

Yes! It should be a crime to set up or operate a system that tries to recognize faces seen in public places, unless they are designed with limits that prevent them from tracking people other than suspects designated by specific court orders.