Dozens of advocacy organizations are urging the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the growing police use of facial recognition software, which the groups say violates civil liberties and disproportionately impacts people of color. In a letter sent to the Justice Department on Tuesday, a coalition of 50 organizations led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Leadership …
Expat Files – 08.28.15
-In Latin America its getting more and more difficult to change US dollar funny money into local Latin funny money… all because of the phony drug war, FATCA and US pressure.
-When coming down for a visit how much cash should you bring and how should you carry or wear it?
-Some tips for using Latin ATM’s. You can use many of them to withdraw both US dollar funny money and local Latin funny money too.
-Lots of interest and ideas these days for using recycled 40-foot shipping containers. Some say they can be ideal for creative housing and many other inspired construction projects. That said, down here there’s been a lot of talk about containers for many years and still almost no action. Why not?
-More on the Latin macho society effect, the female forgiveness factor and the unusually strong Latin family unit that exists even in the poorest of families.
-Some surprising info concerning what’s really going on behind the scenes in Latin media and in the fashion and modeling world
-CONSULT WITH JOHNNY- SCHEDULE A CELL OR SKYPE CALL:
Follow the consult link on the main page at www.ExpatWisdom.com and Johnny will help you sort out your Latin American plans.
BRICS Bank Opens for Business By Stephen Lendman
Its Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB) represents the beginning of a significant challenge to predatory Western financial institutions – the IMF, World Bank and other loan shark lenders of last resort. The IMF was established to stabilize exchange rates linked to the dollar and bridge temporary payment imbalances. The World Bank’s mandate was to provide credit to war-torn developing countries. …
With Banks ‘Still Too Big to Fail,’ Another Financial Meltdown Looms – Deirdre Fulton
Seven years after the financial crisis began, many of the conditions that helped cause the near collapse of the U.S. banking system—and that were used to justify the multi-trillion-dollar U.S. government bailout of mammoth financial institutions—endure, warns a new report from the Corporate Reform Coalition (CRC). Titled Still Too Big to Fail (pdf), Thursday’s report charges that since the meltdown began in …
US Justice Dept: Withdrawing $5,000 should be Reported to Police
Something stunning took place earlier this week ini the good ol US of A, and it quietly snuck by, unnoticed by anyone as the “all important” FOMC meeting was looming. That something could have been taken straight out of the playbook of either Cyprus, or Greece, or the USSR “evil empire”, or all three. This is how the WSJ explained …