It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
originally posted by: IAMTAT
originally posted by: Quadrivium
originally posted by: IAMTAT
BREAKING: Carter Page just sued the DNC!
www.thegatewaypundit.com...
This isn't like the Trump/antifa vid? .......
Nope looks light.
Thanks TAT
STORMY D., WARREN...NOW DNC SUED BY CARTER PAGE!
This day just keeps getting better and better!
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: LurkNoMore
Hiding on a yacht isn't too smart. A floating target, in plain sight.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to meet Saudi King Salman amid growing controversy over the fate of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
He will then visit Turkey, where Mr Khashoggi was last seen at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago.
Turkish officials believe Mr Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi agents but Riyadh has always strongly denied this.
On Monday, President Donald Trump suggested "rogue killers" could be behind Mr Khashoggi's disappearance.
The president provided no evidence to back his comment, but said that during a phone call the Saudi king had firmly denied knowing what had happened to Mr Khashoggi.
Johan Palmstruch (1611 in Riga – 1671 in Stockholm; named Johan Wittmacher before he was ennobled) was a Latvian-born Dutch entrepreneur, financier, and financial innovator. He is often credited with the introduction of paper money to Europe. He became a commissioner in the National Board of Trade after his arrival in Sweden in 1647 and began submitting proposals for banking institutions to King Charles X Gustav in the 1650s. The first two such proposals were rejected but the third, which promised half the bank's profits to the crown, was accepted.
The first paper money in Europe (1666).
Stockholms Banco was thus founded in 1657 with Palmstruch appointed as general manager. The bank itself was nothing new as it was simply an imitation of the successful public deposit banks of Amsterdam and Hamburg, however Palmstruch himself added two important innovations. The first of these was to use money deposited into accounts at the bank to finance loans, however this soon became a problem as the deposits were usually short-term and the loans long-term, meaning that deposited money was unavailable to be withdrawn by account holders. Palmstruch's second innovation, and his solution to this problem, was the introduction in 1661 of Kreditivsedlar ("credit paper"), the first European banknotes, which would be exchangeable at any time for the gold and silver coins they were replacing.[1] These were very successful, but the bank began lending more than it could afford and printed too many banknotes without the necessary collateral, leading to the bank's collapse in 1668.
Palmstruch was charged with irresponsible book-keeping and with not having the cash to repay these credit notes due to miscalculation and omissions in his book-keeping. He was unable to make up this shortage and in 1668 was sentenced to loss of his title, loss of his banking privilege, and eternal exile or death. The government reprieved the death penalty and Palmstruch was instead imprisoned. He remained in prison until 1670 and died the following year at the age of 60.
Why Trump Fails—and Clinton Passes—the Commander-in-Chief Test
“I’m with her,” says one of America’s leading intelligence and special operations officials, because the GOP nominee’s views put the nation at risk.
Inc. Board of Directors
Michael Chertoff
Jerry DeMuro
Charles Woodburn
Peter Lynas
Ian T. Graham
Frank Ruggiero
Kelly A. Ayotte
John F. Campbell
Jonathan W. Greenert
Ellen O. Tauscher
Michael G. Vickers
Currently, he is a senior advisor to the Boston Consulting Group and a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The Jamestown Foundation is proud to announce the addition of three new members to its Board of Directors: former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Carpenter, Virtual Procurement Services CEO Scott Robins, as well as former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers.
Founded in 1984, The Jamestown Foundation is an independent, non-partisan research institution dedicated to providing timely information concerning critical political and strategic developments in China, Russia, Eurasia and the world of terrorism. Jamestown produces three periodic publications: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Terrorism Monitor and China Brief.
Todd A. Fisher ’91, CHAIR Fellow Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard University Kathleen M. Pike B’81, JHU’82, JHU’83, VICE-CHAIR Professor of Psychology Executive Director and Scientific Co-Director, Global Mental Health Program Columbia University Robert J. Abernethy JHU’62 President American Standard Development Co. David H. Bernstein JHU’57 Consultant Carisam-Samuel Meisel Inc. Ludovico Feoli Executive Director Center for Inter-American Policy & Research Tulane University Pamela P. Flaherty ’68 Former President and Chief Executive Officer Citi Foundation Peter A. Flaherty B’67, ’68 Managing Director Arcon Partners, LLC Louis J. Forster JHU’82, ’83 Partner Green Visor Capital Jesse Friedlander '02 Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer DesVoeux Partners David T. Fuhrmann ’82 Partner/Owner Glenwood, LLC Richard P. Gildea B’83, ’84 Former Managing Director (Retired) J.P. Morgan John Graham ’79 Chief Executive Officer Liminal Partners Ltd. Timothy J. Jennison '91 Partner and Managing Director The Boston Consulting Group Edward P. Joseph '81 Senior Fellow and Professional Lecturer Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Executive Director National Council on US-Libya Relations Marijke Jurgens-Dupree '92 Lee S. Kempler ’91 Chief Operating Officer for Investments BlueMountain Capital Management Joanne Leedom-Ackerman JHU’69 Writer Deborah M. Lehr Chief Executive Officer Basilinna Joseph E. Lipscomb ’91 Co-Founder and Partner Arborview Capital Dennis Lockhart '71 Senior Fellow Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School Distinguished Professor-of-the-practice Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech Principal Navigation Capital Partners Elizabeth Madigan Jost B'97, '98 Chief Operating Officer Morgan Stanley Latin America Jill McGovern President, M&M Enterprises Senior Consultant American Institute for Contemporary German Studies Johns Hopkins University Richard R. Nijkerk '89 Director Nijvest Asia, Nijkerk Group Ned S. Offit JHU’87, ’93 Co-Chief Executive Officer Offit Capital L. Peter O’Hagan ’87 Managing Director The Carlyle Group Sarah B. O'Hagan '86 Co-Chair International Rescue Committee Sara O'Rourke '13 Associate Partner McKinsey & Company Frank Savage ’64 Chief Executive Officer Savage Holdings, LLC George Siguler Managing Director Siguler Guff & Company LP Gary M. Talarico ’83 Managing Partner Cora Street Partners Thomas B. Tesluk B’81, ’82 Owner and Managing Director Sequent Consulting, LLC Michael D. White '76 Former Chairman and CEO DIRECTV
Thomas J. Pritzker, Chairman & CEO, The Pritzker Organization, LLC
Chairman Emeritus
Sam Nunn, Cochairman, Nuclear Threat Initiative
President & CEO
John J. Hamre, President & CEO, CSIS
Trustees
Richard Armitage, President, Armitage International
Brendan Bechtel, Chairman and CEO, Bechtel Group, Inc.
Othman Benjelloun,* President and CEO, BMCE Bank
Erskine Bowles, President Emeritus, University of North Carolina
William E. Brock, Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
Harold Brown, Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
Sue M. Cobb, Principal, Cobb Partners, LLC and former U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica
William S. Cohen, Chairman and CEO, The Cohen Group
Lester Crown,* Chairman, Henry Crown and Company
William Daley, Managing Partner and Head of U.S. Operations, Argentière Capital
Andreas C. Dracopoulos, Co-President, Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Stanley F. Druckenmiller, Chairman and CEO, Duquesne Family Office, LLC
Jonathan B. Fairbanks, Founder and Partner, Global Energy Capital
Michael P. Galvin, President, Galvin Enterprises, Inc.
Helene Gayle, President and CEO, The Chicago Community Trust
Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, C.V. Starr & Company, Inc.
John H. Hammergren, Chairman, President, and CEO, McKesson Corporation
Linda W. Hart, Vice Chairman, President, and CEO, Hart Group, Inc.
Benjamin W. Heineman Jr., Trustee and Distinguished Senior Adviser, CSIS
John B. Hess, CEO, Hess Corporation
Carla A. Hills, Chair and CEO, Hills & Company
Ray Hunt, Executive Chairman, Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
James L. Jones Jr., President and CEO, Jones Group International
William T. Keevan, Senior Advisor, Chess Consulting LLC
Fred Khosravi, Cofounder and Managing Director, Incept LLC
Ronald Kirk, Senior Of Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Henry A. Kissinger, Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
Kenneth G. Langone, Founder and CEO, Invemed Associates, LLC
Howard Leach,* President, Leach Capital LLC
Donald B. Marron, Founder and Chairman, Lightyear Capital
W. James McNerney Jr., Former Chairman, The Boeing Company
Joseph S. Nye Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Leon Panetta, Chairman, The Panetta Institute for Public Policy
William K. Reilly, Chairman Emeritus, World Wildlife Fund
Charles A. Sanders, Chairman Emeritus, Project HOPE
Bob Schieffer, Former Moderator, Face the Nation, CBS; and Former CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent
Andrew C. Taylor, Executive Chairman, Enterprise Holdings, Inc
Frances F. Townsend, Executive Vice President, MacAndrews and Forbes Incorporated
Byron D. Trott, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, BDT & Company
Romesh Wadhwani, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Symphony Technology Group
Darren W. Woods, Chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil Corporation
*Honorary Trustee
Trustee Emeritus
Brent Scowcroft, President, The Scowcroft Group
Defusing the South China Sea Disputes
The CSIS Expert Working Group on the South China Sea brings together prominent experts on maritime law, international relations, and the marine environment from China, Southeast Asia, and beyond. The members seek consensus on realistic, actionable steps that claimants and interested parties could take to boost cooperation and manage tensions at sea. The group meets regularly to discuss issues that it considers necessary for the successful management of the South China Sea disputes and produces blueprints for a path forward on each.
In August 2016, Green was one of fifty senior G.O.P. national security officials who signed a letter saying they will not vote for Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president.[2]
is the Executive Vice President at MacAndrews and Forbes Holdings, Inc. Townsend was a corporate partner at the law firm of Baker Botts, LLP.
Previously, Townsend served as Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and chaired the Homeland Security Council from May 2004 until January 2008. Moreover, she spent 13 years at the U.S. Department of Justice under the administrations of President George H. W. Bush, President Bill Clinton, and President George W. Bush. Currently, Townsend is an on-air contributor for CNN as an expert on counterterrorism, national security, and homeland security.
assisted many major corporations in acquisition and corporate governance matters. Vinson retired in 1998 as the Vice President and Chief Counsel of the Lockheed Martin Corporation. He previously served as Vice President and General Counsel of Lockheed Corporation (1992) and prior to that as Vice President-Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of Lockheed Corporation (1990).
PHILIP ZELIKOW JOINS MARKLE FOUNDATION AS VISITING MANAGING DIRECTOR
Banking began with the first prototype banks of merchants of the ancient world, which made grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities and this system is known as a barter system. This began around 2000 BC in Assyria and Babylonia. Later, in ancient Greece and during the Roman Empire, lenders based in temples made loans and added two important innovations: they accepted deposits and changed money. Archaeology from this period in ancient China and India also shows evidence of money lending activity.
The origins of modern banking can be traced to medieval and early Renaissance Italy, to the rich cities in the centre and north like Florence, Lucca, Siena, Venice and Genoa. The Bardi and Peruzzi families dominated banking in 14th-century Florence, establishing branches in many other parts of Europe.[2] One of the most famous Italian banks was the Medici Bank, set up by Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici in 1397.[3] The earliest known state deposit bank, Banco di San Giorgio (Bank of St. George), was founded in 1407 at Genoa, Italy.