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Last Chance to Get Out Before the Crash

December 30, 2021

The interesting feature of the ‘last chance to get out’ is nobody sees it until after the crash has done its damage. Every asset bubble has a last chance to get out before the crash point that becomes obvious in the aftermath. But at the time, this last opportunity to exit before the wipeout is difficult to identify for a number of reasons.

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#AxisOfEasy 226: During Lockdowns, Canadian Officials Tracked 33 Million Mobile Phones

December 29, 2021

Army of Hackers bolsters the power of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un,
The CISA, FBI, NSA, and Global Partners issue a security advisory to prevent Apache Log4j vulnerabilities,
During lockdowns, Canadian officials tracked 33 million mobile phones … this and more in AofE #226

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Sleepwalking Into the Abyss in 2022

December 26, 2021

What would be truly optimistic would be to surrender our dependence on asset bubbles and malinvested debt to prop up an unstable delusion of effortless “wealth.” The most sacred liturgy of American culture is to always be positive and optimistic.

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My Christmas Eve Song: You Owe Me

December 24, 2021

Christmas Eve seems like a good time to release my anthem for 2022, You Owe Me.

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Watch the Top 5%–They’re the Key to the Whole Economy

December 22, 2021

Go ahead and become dependent on asset bubbles and the free spending of the top 5%, and optimize your economy to serve this “growth,” but be prepared for the consequences when the costs of this optimization and dependency come due. Here’s the problem with concentrating most of the income and wealth in the top 5%:

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#AxisOfEasy 225: Threat Actors Exploit The Second Log4j Vulnerability As A Third Flaw Is Discovered

December 21, 2021

63,000 websites suffer outages as users report issues with the AWS,
Apple sues NSO Group, putting the organization in financial trouble,
Threat actors exploit the second Log4j vulnerability as a third flaw is discovered…this and more in Axis of Easy 225.

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Contributors

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Mark E. Jeftovic

Mark is the co-founder of easyDNS and the editor-in-chief of #AxisOfEasy. He is the author of Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS (Packt UK, 2018) and Unassailable: Protect Yourself from Deplatform Attacks & Cancel Culture. 

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Jesse Hirsh

Futurist, researcher and public speaker, Jesse Hirsh has been active in technology and commenting on it across the media for 25 years. His premium newsletter service operates from Metaviews.ca.

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Charles Hugh Smith

Charles Hugh Smith is the author of numerous books and writes from OfTwoMinds.com.