Matlock Report
Where MARKETS ↔ TECHNOLOGY ↔ GOVERNMENTS Interconnect
“Float like a butterfly sting like a bee – his hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see.” – Muhammad Ali And boy did He get stinged again and again by “the boldest, the prettiest, the most superior, most scientific, most skillfullest fighter in the ring today.” Trump, decided to take your own advice? You …
“The Ants 27:88, You see the mountains and think them firmly fixed…The Spider 29:41…but truly the flimsiest of houses is the Spider’s house…16:68…taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on trees…” – Qur’an We’re all going to die. Question is how. For some, their fate lies in the hands of others. SinWar, just …
“I fought like Hell to stop that launch…We all knew if the seals failed the shuttle would blow up.” – Roger Boisjoly Boe-Lock, remember my words at Space Defense Command last summer? “Sky ramblers, Heed thy ship Lock not or fails in its launch, 3, 2, 1, 0… ҉” Bill Nelson, you’re dead wrong! You …
Teamsters, you’re power is more than 10,000 strong! Ride and ‘write your own ticket’! Strike back! “Over the past several years Union Pacific management has recklessly reduced the number of its Maintenance of Way workers far below the minimum needed to operate a safe and reliable railroad.” – Tony D. Cardwell, president of the Brotherhood …
Rio Tinto, heard of ‘BHP executives killed in chopper crash’ in Angola? Happened two years after BHP began diamond exploration despite ‘concerns expressed by many Western firms over insecurity.’ Rio, appears you ‘dodged a bullet.’ ‘Blood Diamonds’ and Lithium come at a high price! Rio, seems you did not wish to pay until a ‘change …
Lawyers have won verdicts on the notion that “A laughing jury never convicts.” But not everyone will be ‘laughing all the way to the bank’! 🙂 David Boies, I hear you have your hands full with Delta. Striking the ‘Crowd’ should come easy, especially after successfully softening up Billy’s Micro in the late 90s …
Kings, Wars and Coinage. I am reminded of Darius’ blueprints. An immense legacy indeed. From his Army of Immortals to his Royal Roads and the unparalleled network of Tunnels. In today’s ‘forever wars’, none has reached ‘Atari.’ Still, Iran, the central player, is unwelcomed to game board. Israel, in this ‘war game’ reality at …
Norfolk, at the racetrack an injured horse doesn’t always return to the tracks. It ‘depends on the injury and the horse.’ Time to put injured horses out of their misery! Forget not the ‘Oracle.’ Buffett’s BNSF ‘raked in $1.4 billion’ reports Jacobin, How? ‘Railroad Bosses Gave Millions to Congress to Defeat Their Workers.’ Berkshire Hathaway, …
Image: 123RF On Friday the 19th, as global outage struck CrowdStrike customers, ‘outrage’ of a Russian American’s prison sentence struck US. Co-founders George Kurtz and CTO Dmitri Alperovitch, here’s an idea! Swap Alperovitch, reported to be Russian expatriate, for the other Russian American. Ruskies, one hack for another? President Vladimir Putin, is BBC correct …
Marine Corps Commandant General Eric Smith discussed Force Readiness concluding, “There is no cold like Alaska cold.” Sir, with all due respect, I disagree. Psst, a little birdie told me better prepared battalions for the ICE COLD are in the American Highland, Ellsworth and New Schwabenland of Antarctica. Concern for the Marine Corps: ‘China’s military …