Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Shoplifters Steal $25,000 Worth of Merchandise Per Day From San Francisco Target, Company Closing Store
October 22nd, 2021A couple of weeks ago, I tried to buy a can of CRC LanoCote from my local Mitre10. It wasn’t on the shelf, so I asked one of the employees about it. He looked on the computer, “Says we have six in stock.” He went to the shelf with me to help me find it. […]
What Happens if the World’s Key Metal Exchange Has No Metal?
October 22nd, 2021Via: Bloomberg: What happens when the London Metal Exchange runs out of metal? That’s the question the exchange is urgently trying to address for its flagship copper contract, which sets the global price for one of the world’s most important commodities. … The problem stems from the LME’s physical nature: anyone holding a contract to […]
“Supply Chain Crisis Not Seen Since WWII” [???]
October 20th, 2021Via: Daily Mail: The current supply chain crisis is one unseen since World War II when ‘there were submarines sinking commercial traders,’ an expert says, and it’s bringing disaster for shoppers as items are being resold for more than double their cost and shipping delays mean more barren shelves. Holiday shopping is expected to be […]
Nigeria: The Makoko Slum
October 17th, 2021Via: Sabbatical:
Supermarkets in German State of Hesse Can Now Block Entry to the Unvaccinated
October 16th, 2021Via: The Local: Supermarkets in Frankfurt and the surrounding region can now implement rules that only allow vaccinated and Covid-recovered people onto their premises. The new Covid health pass entry rules announced by the central state of Hesse have upped the pressure on the unvaccinated by allowing all shops to implement the so-called 2G rule […]
Pandemic Wiped Out Entire Savings Of 20% Of US Households
October 15th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: But to get a sense of just how precarious the everyday existence of the lower classes is, consider the following stunning fact: Bloomberg reports that according to a poll of 3,616 adults aged 18 and older from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health released […]
The Off-Grid Laws of Every State in America
October 9th, 2021Via: PrimalSurvivor: Want to start living off-grid? It’s not as simple as buying land and building a home or parking an RV. While off-grid living isn’t illegal in any of the 50 states in America, there are numerous laws that might restrict whether you can truly live off-grid.
Vaccine Mandate: Seattle Police Department Braces for Mass Firing of Officers
October 9th, 2021Via: Fox5: Already facing a staffing crisis, the Seattle Police Department is bracing for the possibility that hundreds of officers will fail to meet an Oct. 18 vaccination deadline. As of Oct. 6, 292 sworn personnel had yet to provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination. That number is down from 354 on Tuesday. To add […]
Merck Sells Federally Financed Covid Pill to U.S. for 40 Times What It Costs to Make
October 6th, 2021Seriously, y’all. Stop it. Via: The Intercept: A five-day course of molnupiravir, the new medicine being hailed as a “huge advance” in the treatment of Covid-19, costs $17.74 to produce, according to a report issued last week by drug pricing experts at the Harvard School of Public Health and King’s College Hospital in London. Merck […]
Trillion Dollar Coin?
October 5th, 2021Mint 30 of them and pay off the debt. Via: Axios: A trillion-dollar platinum coin could be minted “within hours of the Treasury Secretary’s decision to do so,” Philip Diehl, former director of the United States Mint, tells Axios. Why it matters: Congressional solutions to the debt-ceiling problem could take weeks to implement, especially if […]
