Matlock Report
Where MARKETS ↔ TECHNOLOGY ↔ GOVERNMENTS Interconnect
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 …
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – Mike Tyson Joe, not about truth or lies. Ageism is one of many tactics in the breaking of wills. Provocations of past four years led to Pendleton Camp being a weeklong ‘Pressure Cooker’ ill-advised by your Advisor. “It was not Bannon or Putin …
In memory of my Father. His love, courage, and sacrifice created and inspired the force in my life. Papa, Looking back as children We once were Of past Worlds Real or not My Child As you hold my cold hand Look into my eyes Princess Real you are to My World Look into my eyes …
“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” Mark Twain Bastards, only fitting all three lived and died by your own sword! Least of you was shown pity as your mind wasted away forgetting your deeds. Oh, but mercy did not shine on malignant two ‘blood brothers.’ …
In the dark days leading to the execution of the Führer’s Master Plan, an observer from afar documented it’s far reaching tentacles unto the Middle East. Sir Stephen Henry Roberts, author of The House that Hitler Built. Germany in the 1930s: “As recent German writers have pointed out, it was not the Nazis who started …