Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Economic Relief for Billionaires, Crooks of Every Description
July 7th, 2020Via: AFP: A centerpiece of US President Donald Trump’s economic relief program was under renewed scrutiny Tuesday following revelations it aided white-shoe lobbying firms and businesses linked to Kanye West and other billionaires. Besides West’s Yeezy brand and law firms connected to famed trial lawyer David Boies and Trump defense attorney Marc Kasowitz, recipients of […]
Deutsche Bank Hit with $150 Million Penalty for Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
July 7th, 2020Via: CNBC: New York state financial regulators said Tuesday that they have slapped Deutsche Bank with a $150 million penalty “for significant compliance failures” in the bank’s dealings with accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a now-dead investor, as well as with two client banks. The New York State Department of Financial Services said that […]
New York City Suffers Highest Number Of June Shootings In Over 20 Years
July 7th, 2020Via: New York Post: Gun violence exploded across the city after the NYPD disbanded its anti-crime unit of plainclothes cops on June 15, with three times as many shootings in the last two weeks of the month over the same period in 2019, police stats show. And the shocking rise in gunfire — to 116 […]
Open Seeds: Biopiracy and the Patenting of Life
July 7th, 2020This is from 2012. It will be old, sad news for many of you, but it’s worth a look if you are new to the topic. Via: Corbett Report Extras:
Kanye West Running for President
July 4th, 2020Via: The Sun: KANYE West announced to his fans on the Fourth of July that he plans on “running for president of the United States.” Tesla CEO and Kanye’s friend, Elon Musk, quickly offered up his “full support” to the 43-year-old.
Gun Battle in Seattle’s CHOP Zone
June 29th, 2020Via: Daily Mail: One man has been killed and a teenager wounded following a gun battle inside Seattle’s CHOP zone after those inside the protest zone claim the two men plowed through and started shooting before armed protesters returned fire. Police said they are investigating the shooting that unfolded just before dawn on Monday in […]
Charting The $1.7B Transfer Of Military Equipment To Police Departments
June 29th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: In the wake of countrywide protests surrounding the killing of George Floyd, questions around the militarization of police forces have taken center stage once again. How did so many police departments across the United States end up with bomb-proof trucks and night vision goggles? Where are departments acquiring this equipment, and at what […]
A Cash Cliff Spells Trouble for U.S. Unemployed, and Everyone Else
June 29th, 2020Via: Reuters: Judith Ramirez is bracing for July. That’s when the hotel housekeeper and her electrician husband – who have both been out of work for three months – expect their combined unemployment benefits to drop by more than half, and their deferred $1,500 monthly mortgage payment on their Honolulu home to come due. It’s […]
Bankruptcy Wave and or Closures of Hospitals Across the Country
June 29th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: The American Hospital Association (AHA) warns, in a new report, that “hospitals and health systems face catastrophic financial challenges in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.” From soaring COVID-19 costs to canceled services to plunging hospital revenue to purchasing personal protective equipment to reimbursement landscape challenges to decreasing patient volumes, many of these factors […]
World War III Is Being Waged Right Now Against What’s Left of Free Humanity
June 28th, 2020Via: The Corbett Report:
