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A Careful Obserservation of Human Nature

A careful observation of human nature after much experience and study.

“That we do not become,” he answered, “haters of reasoning as some become haters of men; for no greater evil can happen to any one than to hate reasoning. 88. But hatred of reasoning and hatred of mankind both spring from the same source. For hatred of mankind is produced in us from having placed too great reliance on some one without sufficient knowledge of him, and from having considered him to be a man altogether true, sincere, and faithful, and then after a little while finding him depraved and unfaithful, and after him another. And when a man has often experienced this, and especially from those whom he considered his most intimate and best friends, at length, having frequently stumbled, he hates all men, and thinks that there is no soundness at all in any of them. Have you not perceived that this happens so?”

“Certainly,” I replied."

"Is it not a shame?” he said, “and is it not evident that such a one attempts to deal with men, without sufficient knowledge of human affairs? For if he had dealt with them with competent knowledge, as the case really is, so he would have considered that the good and the bad are each very few in number, and that those between both are most numerous.”

“Phaedo Section 88.” Henry Cary, M.A. The Works of Plato A New and Literal Version Chiefly from the text of Stallbaum. London: George Bell & Sons, York St., Covent Garden, and New York, 1892. 51-127. Book.

 

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Interview with Casey King on Ancient, Medieval, and Modern History

This interview deals with ancient, medieval, and modern history with a particular focus on geography and psychology.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/psychology 

Amazon.com: When Rocks Cry Out (English Edition) (9780615292656): Butler, Horace: Books

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung 

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Jardine Matheson and HSBC

A discussion on recent dealings involving Jardine Matheson and HSBC.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/08/business/corporate-business/hsbcs-tightrope-act-china-hong-kong/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/08/business/corporate-business/hsbcs-tightrope-act-china-hong-kong/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jardine_Matheson_%26_Co.

Jardine Matheson Archive | Cambridge University Library

"Printed works on the company include Maggie Keswick, ed., The thistle and the jade: a celebration of 150 years of Jardine, Matheson and Co. (London, 1982), and Robert Blake, Jardine Matheson: traders of the Far East (London, 1999). A selection of letters from the archive for the period 1827-1843 are reproduced in Alain Le Pichon, ed., China trade and empire: Jardine, Matheson & Co. and the origins of British rule in Hong Kong, 1827-1843 (Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 2006)." 

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-the-rival-iraqi-jewish-clans-who-changed-the-face-of-shanghai-1.8999365 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sutherland_(banker) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hongkong_and_Shanghai_Banking_Corporation

https://www.amazon.com/Thistle-Jade-Celebration-Jardine-Matheson/dp/B00D02FYII/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_1/135-7592537-1597858?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00D02FYII&pd_rd_r=bb7f0845-e436-4e3f-8dd3-8151ab88cbd9&pd_rd_w=5eXYQ&pd_rd_wg=CU1WM&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=0YV5JTFKQAHFDVAE7TZE&psc=1&refRID=0YV5JTFKQAHFDVAE7TZE 

Amazon.com: China Trade and Empire: Jardine, Matheson & Co. and the Origins of British Rule in Hong Kong, 1827-1843 (Records of Social and Economic History (38)) (9780197263372): Le Pichon, Alain: Books 

https://www.amazon.com/Jardine-Matheson-Traders-Far-East/dp/0297825011 

https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B00OVGJJC4&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_nDu8FbD6MC50G 

The India-China opium trade in the nineteenth century - Google Books 

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/fincen-files-financial-scandal-criminal-networks

https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/about-the-fincen-files-investigation/ 

Hearings | Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee (senate.gov) 

FinCEN Docket Number FINCEN–2020– 0002 (federalreserve.gov)

Nothing new under the sun ... (cue-talks.blogspot.com)

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dt67h-f37cf4 

https://youtu.be/BCrrWaKZk1k 

https://youtu.be/lhp-apaveDg 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-3nuzi-f39be8 

Shout out to David Carroll, "How do you explain this?"

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Memoirs Parts I & II

An infocast segment.

A discussion on Memoirs and a reading of David Rockefeller's Memoirs.

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/memoir

https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jfkihlstrom/memoir.htm

Memoirs by David Rockefeller

https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B004G606FI&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_KTBEVC6X78XBS27X3QHZ 

Memoirs (cue-talks.blogspot.com) 

A very important portion of the first attempt of Memoirs is included.

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Memoirs

An infocast segment.

A discussion on Memoirs and a reading of David Rockefeller's Memoirs.

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/memoir

https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jfkihlstrom/memoir.htm

https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B004G606FI&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_KTBEVC6X78XBS27X3QHZ 

 

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End of Year Rant

An End of year rant with a focus upon the concept of 'the lesser of two evils.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_of_two_evils_principle 

https://therationalmale.com/2018/04/11/instinct-emotion-and-reason/ 

https://therationalmale.com/2018/04/23/the-instinctual-process/ 

https://therationalmale.com/2018/04/30/the-emotional-process/ 

https://therationalmale.com/2018/05/13/the-rational-process/ 

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/cohesion 

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/comprehension 

https://www.netflix.com/title/80100172 

Season 1 Episode 6 No. 152, not No. 52.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_lt4XPPuOA 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar7TlcgHWe0 

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Q3zVYJ-4a/

Raymond Reddington had a book on his lap as his legs were crossed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/05/demise-of-the-nation-state-rana-dasgupta 

https://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/pdf/Bernays_Propaganda_in_english_.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2fp0Jeyjvw

https://www.amazon.com/COVID-19-Great-Reset-Klaus-Schwab/dp/2940631123

Transformation: The Work Volume II (The Work Series) by Benjamin Brasford

https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B0865BGLD3&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_XZGXKT43BYHYHYSSJH2D 

Shout out to David Carrol: How do you explain this?

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World Corporation

Infocast will be sharing space with What Matters, which is hosted by Ip Man as well. Please listen, download, and share. It's going to get interesting. 

https://web.archive.org/web/20030302051353/http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/gillette.html 







https://www.britannica.com/technology/manufacturing

https://youtu.be/pd9B3cilgHY 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_C._Sutton 

Captains of industry, not capital's of industry.

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A Discussion on the Last Days

A discussion with minor clarification on the Last Days and the book of Revelation.

https://www.biblegateway.com/ 

Revelation 1:1 KJV
Revelation 1:3 KJV
I Peter 4:7 KJV
I John 2:18 KJV
Isaiah 65 and 66 KJV
Daniel 12:4; 12:9 KJV

Flavius Josephus The Wars of the Jews https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2850/2850-h/2850-h.htm

http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/historians/historianslist.html 

Transformation: The Work Volume II (The Work Series):

https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B0865BGLD3&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_XZGXKT43BYHYHYSSJH2D

Shout out to David Carrol: How do you explain this?

Are We in the Last Days (adobe.com)

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Reading of Propaganda by Edward L. Bernays

A reading of the first chapter, Organizing Chaos, of Propaganda by Edward L. Bernays.

Propaganda: Edward Bernays, Mark Crispin Miller: 9780970312594: Amazon.com: Books

https://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/pdf/Bernays_Propaganda_in_english_.pdf

"THE conscious and intelligent manipulation of the

organized habits and opinions of the masses is an

important element in democratic society. Those who

manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute

an invisible government which . is the true ruling

power of our country.

We are governed, our minds are molded, our

tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men

we have never heard of. This is a logical result of

the way in which our democratic society is organized.

Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in

this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly

functioning society."

Page 9. Propaganda. Edward L. Bernays. November (1928).

Blog:

https://cue-talks.blogspot.com/2021/02/reading-of-propaganda-by-edward-l.html

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Correction to Financial Rules Changes

Correction to John Cruz, former Senior Business Research Manager of HSBC USA, interview. His interview was actually with Richard Grove of www.tragedyandhope.com.

https://tragedyandhope.com/hsbc-whistleblower-john-cruz/

June 16, 2016

Big Banks Too Rich for Jail: HSBC Whistleblower John Cruz Pulls Back Curtain on Corruption

https://youtu.be/R5Y4UGPQTLg 



World Banking World Fraud: Using Your Identity: Cruz, John: 9781463786595: Amazon.com: Books 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/27/2020-23756/threshold-for-the-requirement-to-collect-retain-and-transmit-information-on-funds-transfers-and  



Network (1976) 

Arthur Jensen talking to Mr. Beale:

https://youtu.be/35DSdw7dHjs 

"The world is a business, Mr. Beale! It has been since man crawled out of
the slime, ..."

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