Biometric, by Alessandro Mascellino: The European Commission announced the impending launch of at least four large-scale pilots to test the deployment of the European Digital Identity Wallet, with a new call for proposals pointed out by Ronny Khan of the…
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Tuesday April 19th, 2022 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes…known instruments for bringing…
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Tender launched for European digital identity wallet pilots
Monday April 18th, 2022 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsProphetically Speaking…
Monday April 18th, 2022 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“It is the theory of all modern civilized governments that they protect and foster the liberty of the citizen; it is the practice of all of them to limit its exercise, and sometimes very narrowly.” H. L. Mencken, (1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor,…
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WHO contracts Deutsche Telekom to build global digital vaccine passport
Friday April 15th, 2022 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsWestern Standard, by Amanda Brown: The World Health Organization (WHO) has inked a contract with German telecommunication multinational corporation, Deutsch Telekom subsidiary T-Systems, to build the world’s first global vaccine passport system. The WHO is partnering with German computing and…
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Friday April 15th, 2022 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor the produce of that labor, and to give it to those who do not labor.” William Cobbett, (1763-1835)…
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Freeze and seize? EU struggles to target oligarchs’ assets
Thursday April 14th, 2022 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsReuters, by Francesco Guarascio: Oligarchs’ wealth remains largely untouched in the European Union, weeks after Brussels approved measures to freeze the assets of dozens of billionaires and top officials linked to Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. Every week since…
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Thursday April 14th, 2022 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Many of you are well enough off that … the tax cuts may have helped you. We’re saying that for America to get back on track, we’re probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We’re…
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How War, Oil and Ships Are Building a Hunger Crisis
Wednesday April 13th, 2022 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Washington Post, by Allison Nicole Smith, Elizabeth Elkin and Sybilla Gross: Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, food prices had been rising around the world, driven by the higher shipping costs, energy inflation and labor shortages that have followed in…
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Wednesday April 13th, 2022 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“The history of the welfare state is the history of public enterprise pushing out private organization. The impact was largely unintentional, but natural and inevitable. Higher taxes left individuals with less money to give; government’s assumption of responsibility for providing…
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Jesuit Superior General: ‘As citizens we work for the good of Europe’
Tuesday April 12th, 2022 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsVatican New, by Massimiliano Menichetti: The ceremony set for 12 March 1622 was supposed to be only for the canonization of Isidore the Farmer, but a different celebration took place instead. Just a few months earlier, in January 1622, the…
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Tuesday April 12th, 2022 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order.” John V. Lindsay, (1921-2000) U.S. Congressman, Mayor of New York City. Source: The City, by John V. Lindsay, 1969. Source Reference John V. Lindsay Quote
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Florida officials say ‘there are no words’ to describe this year’s spring breakers
Monday April 11th, 2022 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsUSA Today, by Samantha Neely: Rowdy spring break crowds have forced curfews and led some establishments to close their doors from Miami Beach to Florida’s Panhandle. Law enforcement officials in Bay County, Florida, said Sunday that they won’t tolerate the…
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