Film Synopsis from Queuepolitely: “Princes of the Yen” reveals how Japanese society was transformed to suit the agenda and desire of powerful interest groups, and how citizens were kept entirely in the dark about this. Based on a book by Professor Richard Werner, a visiting researcher at the Bank of Japan during the 90s crash, during which the stock market dropped by 80% and house prices by up to 84%. The film uncovers the real cause of this extraordinary period in recent Japanese history. Making extensive use of archival footage and TV appearances of Richard Werner from the time, the viewer is guided to a new understanding of what makes the world tick. And discovers that what happened in Japan almost 25 years ago is again repeating itself in Europe. To understand how, why and by whom, watch this film. “Princes of the Yen” is an unprecedented challenge to today’s dominant ideological belief system, and the control levers that underpin it. Piece by piece, reality is deconstructed to reveal the world as it is, not as those in power would like us to believe that it is. “Because only power that is hidden is power that endures.”

In 1937 HG Wells predicted the creation of the World Brain?, a giant global library that contained all human knowledge and which would lead to a new form of higher intelligence. Seventy years later the realization of that dream was underway, as Google started scanning millions of books for its Google Books website. Google says they are building a library for mankind. Some think they have other intentions. This thought-provoking documentary tells the story of the most ambitious project ever conceived on the Internet. It’s a David vs. Goliath tale, as a ragbag army of authors, helped by the occasional librarian, takes on one of the world’s most powerful corporations. Click on the picture below to watch 52 min video documentary about the “world brain”

Reprinted from Soverign Man

The sniper took a breath in as he put the fleeing form of Peter Fechter into the crosshairs of his rifle.

As he exhaled, he squeezed the trigger, landing his bullet squarely in the young boy’s back.

Watching Peter’s body fall, he mentally congratulated himself on what he’d just done to protect his nation.

It was just after 2pm, August 17, 1962 when Peter’s body hit the ground at the foot of the Berlin Wall.

There he lay in broad daylight for a full 50 minutes, screaming for help, before he was finally carted away.

What had Peter Fechter done to threaten the nation and deserve this public execution?

Nothing at all.

The boy was just an 18-year-old bricklayer, who wanted a chance at freedom, when he became the first person to die trying to escape over the Wall.

52 years later, the same things are still happening, and not in totalitarian East Germany, but right in the United States itself.

This time, the 18-year-old victim’s name was Michael Brown, an unarmed hospital worker, who was gunned down by police on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri.

After both young casualties, people were incited to protest in anger against the brutality of the state, and in both cases, the people had tear gas rained down upon them.

Who could possibly still believe that the police are there to protect and serve the people?

No matter the justifications they came up with, it’s was suddenly clear that the Wall was built to keep people in, not to keep others out.

Just the same, the police today are not there to keep you safe from criminals, but to keep the biggest criminals—the politicians—safe from you.

Though on the surface the current protests in Ferguson are about race, they reveal a much deeper truth about the situation. As they protest, the people are following their instincts, and their instincts are telling them not to trust the state.

We’re seeing people’s trust in the state beginning to crumble, not just with police, but with one government agency after another. More and more people are waking up to the fact that none of these institutions are really there to protect them.

The NSA says it’s there to keep you safe from terrorists, but in reality they’re spying on you to protect their power over the populace.

The Fed says it’s there to make the economy more stable, but they intentionally fuel economic volatility in ways that benefit their friends.

The FDA says it’s there to protect people from unsafe foods, but their regulations and endorsements of certain ingredients actually make your food more dangerous.

There’s an invisible wall going up around us, everywhere in Western civilization. People are starting to realize it and that’s why there’s so much anger. But rather than getting angry or emotional, it’s time to get ready.

Rational people have a plan B.

Because if you wait too long, you’ll wake up one day and see that the Wall has been built, and suddenly stands far greater than your ability to escape it unscathed.

In 2008 the financial crisis swept across the modern world. Today, banks are still at the eye of the storm. This three-part BBC documentary series examines recent scandals that have shaken the financial sector, and the revelations of complacency, greed and recklessness that shattered trust in the system. Combining rigorous journalism with access to key players, the series asks what our bankers, regulators and policy-makers have learnt since 2008. And, in the process of making the City and Wall Street pay the price for weaknesses in regulation, leadership and ethics, is there a danger of inflicting as much suffering on the wider economy as on the banks? Click on the picture below to view documentary.

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Jim Rickards is Chief Global Strategist at the West Shore Funds, and Director of The James Rickards Project, an inquiry into the complex dynamics of geopolitics + global capital. In The Death of Money, Rickards shows why another monetary system collapse is rapidly approaching – and why this time, nothing less than the institution of money itself is at risk. Fortunately, it’s not too late to prepare for the coming death of money. Rickards explains the power of converting unreliable money into real wealth, such as gold and other long-term stores of value.

Many of the world’s billionaire are doing exactly this, they are buying up real things people need, food, oil etc…