“Trump was groomed for the role” - @SimonDixonTwitt
Simon Dixon traces Trump’s rise through New York real estate, Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners & Gulf sovereign wealth funds.
He explains where he believes the influence comes from:
Elon Musk’s wealth is tied to Tesla stock. Simon Dixon (@SimonDixonTwitt) argues that creates leverage for the banks & investors around him.
He explains how borrowing against shares can give lenders influence over even the world’s richest entrepreneurs:
Simon Dixon (@SimonDixonTwitt) says the real struggle is over who owns your money, your data & the technology you use.
He explains why he sees personal ownership as a way to resist a world of increasingly centralized power:
Episode #443 w/ Simon Dixon (@SimonDixonTwitt) is available now. Simon Dixon is a former investment banker & commentator on finance and geopolitics. He breaks down how the world really works and who is (actually) in charge.
34 Americans were killed aboard the USS Liberty.
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern (@raymcgovern) says U.S. aircraft sent to help were ordered back. He recounts the survivor testimony behind his allegation of a cover-up:
Episode #442 w/ Ray McGovern (@raymcgovern) is available now. Ray was a 27-year CIA analyst who personally briefed Reagan’s inner circle every morning, then spent the next three decades accusing the agency of lying the United States into wars.
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern (@raymcgovern) says his old boss helped cover up JFK’s assassination.
He recognized Fred Janney’s signature on memos he says were intended to keep a Texas court from pursuing CIA involvement:
Sharon Weinberger (@weinbergersa) discusses her theory behind Palantir stock $PLTR and "dystopian investing":
Homeownership feels out of reach.
Defense stocks & prediction markets look like a way out.
Most individuals today are trying to gamble their way to wealth:
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Sharon Weinberger (@weinbergersa) describes three microwave weapons programs: auditory effects, a burning sensation & a proposed lethal weapon.
She explains what became public, and why she’s suing for the remaining records:
A former DARPA director told Sharon Weinberger (@weinbergersa) he helped save Steve Jobs.
Years later, she tracked down people behind his secret CIA contract.
She explains how their computer purchases helped keep his early companny, NeXT, alive:
Episode #441 w/ Sharon Weinberger (@weinbergersa) is available now. She has spent more than 25 years covering national security, military technology, DARPA, and Silicon Valley’s growing influence over warfare.
The siege of Caffa is often remembered for an army catapulting plague-infected bodies over the walls.
Plague author Wendy Orent examines the accounts behind that story and explains why she believes there's no evidence that ever happened:
A death at a Russian anti-plague institute raises fears of a wider outbreak.
Was the worker careless? Could this spread beyond the lab?
Wendy Orent explains her suspected cause, and why she thinks the quarantine may have stopped it:
One man helped eliminate smallpox while also developing it as a weapon.
Plague author Wendy Orent describes the Soviet scientist she says was involved in both, and how she learned about his double role:
Episode #440 w/ Wendy Orent is available now. She is an anthropologist and science writer who specializes in plague, disease evolution & biological weapons. She interviewed Russia's top scientist working on Plague weapons and breaks down what is really happening in Siberia right now.
At MIT, Daniel Everett worked across the hall from Noam Chomsky.
He says Chomsky was fascinated by his research until it challenged a claim about human language:
Daniel Everett says a pastor should be one of the poorest people in the church.
The former missionary explains why religious leaders should set that example:
Daniel Everett went to the Amazon to teach Christianity.
He says the people he hoped to convert made him question his own faith.
The former missionary explains what the Pirahã taught him about evidence & belief: