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Yikes! Goldman Sachs is offering investment opportunities in space that include militarizing the new frontier. Want to get in on space wars? What a growth opportunity! Don’t wait. Act now! RT 2016 May 5 (Story)

Edward Snowden warns against solar-powered drones that can stay in the air for weeks tracking the movements of, not just individuals, but whole populations. He says that government can reduce our dignity to that of tagged animals by tracking our mobile devices. Drones will be used in war zones at first, but surveillance technology will follow us home. RT 2016 May 4 (Story) (Cached)

Insurance companies participating in Obamacare are set to collect $5 billion in taxpayer bailouts in spite of the fact that Congress passed a law in 2014 that expressly forbids it. Obama’s attorneys devised a scheme in which insurance companies were invited to sue the government for their losses. The next step is for the government to put up such feeble resistance that the suits undoubtedly would be decided in favor of the insurance companies. The final step is for the government to pay the settlements which, although they would be equal to the amount of a bailout, would be classified for accounting purposes as legal settlements instead. If Congress and the public allow this scheme to succeed, Congress will no longer have control over government expenses. CNS News 2016 May 3 (Story) (Cached)

Private commandos were hired to break into a Midwestern electrical-grid station and then hack into its network for full access to the system. The purpose was to test the facility’s security, and it found it was surprisingly easy to take control of the grid and, if desired, take it down. Business Insider Posted 2016 Apr 30 (Story)