Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
U.S. Bankruptcies on Track for 10-Year High
August 11th, 2020Via: MarketWatch: U.S. bankruptcies are en route to a 10-year high with 424 companies filing as of August 9, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. The group’s analysis took into account both public and private companies with public debt. The coronavirus has hit consumer companies hard, with more than 100 filing for bankruptcy…
Americans Are Growing Less Willing To Beg for Permission To Make a Living
August 11th, 2020Via: Reason: It appears that government-imposed restrictions on travel, business, and social contact don’t become more palatable with age. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to simmer, the one competency that officials have consistently displayed is in tightening the screws, using the licenses and permissions they require as enforcement tools. For people tired of being bossed […]
New Zealand Locking Down Again
August 11th, 2020Flatten the curve, extend the crisis. Via: New Zealand Herald: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced Auckland will go into lockdown and the rest of the country will go into level 2. It comes after four cases of community transmission from the same family were confirmed – after 102 days without any. Ardern and director […]
Pro-Vax Leaders Issue Warning for COVID-19 Vaccine
August 10th, 2020Via: The HighWire: With a recent poll showing less than half of Americans would inject the Covid19 vaccine when released, it’s no wonder the country’s leading vaccine supporters have all signed a letter to the FDA warning of the importance of Phase 3 safety studies when it comes to this “warp speed” vaccine.
Shipments of Nearly 20,000 Fake Driver’s Licenses Seized at Chicago Airport
August 10th, 2020Via: Fox: Advances in technology may have made counterfeiting more difficult but crooks keep finding a way to stay in business. In fact, federal customs officers have seized 1,513 shipments from overseas containing fraudulent documents—19,888 counterfeit U.S. driver’s licenses—just at Chicago O’Hare International Airport this year through the end of June. Most of the shipments […]
Chicago: Looters Exchange Gunfire with Police
August 10th, 2020Via: Chicago Tribune: Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early Monday, smashing windows, looting stores, confronting police and at one point exchanging gunfire with officers, authorities said. More than 100 people were arrested as of 9 a.m., according to Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown. Thirteen officers were […]
Homeschooling Hits the Mainstream
August 9th, 2020Via: Reason: DIY approaches to education—including homeschooling, learning pods, and microschools—are gaining popularity as public schools fold under pressure.
YouTube Deletes The HighWire
August 7th, 2020Via: The HighWire: CORONAVIRUS: THE FRONTLINE PUSHBACK https://t.co/JQa2nTqOFY — The HighWire (@HighWireTalk) August 6, 2020
Gold Hit $2,000 an Ounce for First Time
August 4th, 2020Via: AFP: Gold prices on Tuesday hit $2,000 an ounce for the first time, the latest surge in a commodity seen as a refuge during economic uncertainty. More: Gold prices stage record run above $2,000 mark as U.S. dollar and bond yields recede
“Political Operatives, Former Government and Military Officials, and Academics,” Game Scenario in Which Trump Refuses to Accept Election Loss
August 3rd, 2020It really does seem like things are going to get weird weirder. Via: Boston Globe: On the second Friday in June, a group of political operatives, former government and military officials, and academics quietly convened online for what became a disturbing exercise in the fragility of American democracy. The group, which included Democrats and Republicans, […]
