Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Tons of Microplastic Rain Onto Western U.S.
June 27th, 2020Via: EarthSky: A new study estimates that more than 1,000 tons of microplastics from the air – equivalent to more than 123 million plastic water bottles – rain down onto protected areas in the western U.S. each year. The discovery of the microplastics was a surprise. A research team was analyzing rainwater samples from national […]
College Removes Word ‘Freedom’ From ID Cards Because It Reminds Some Students Of ‘Slavery’
June 26th, 2020Via: SummitNews: A university in Pennsylvania is to remove the word ‘freedom’ from ID cards after a few students created a petition complaining that the word is offensive to minorities because it reminds them of ‘slavery’. Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania now plans to change its “Freedom Cards” to “RMU ID Cards,” Campus Reform reports […]
30% Of Americans Didn’t Make Their Housing Payment In June
June 22nd, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: A stunning 30% of Americans didn’t make their housing payment for June – a figure that is likely going to ripple through the housing industry in coming months. According to a new survey by Apartment List, the rate is similar to May and shows that even though other industries are rebounding, the situation […]
Almost 46 Million Americans Have Now Filed For Unemployment Claims Since Lockdowns Began
June 19th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: Despite the hope-restoring nonfarm payrolls “recovery” and the over-hyped bounce in retail sales (ignoring the lack of ‘V’ in industrial production), in the last week 1.508million more Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the first time (notably worse than the 1.29mm expected). That brings the thirteen-week total to 45.7million, dramatically more than at […]
Feds Close to Spending More Than on Revolutionary, Civil War, WWI, II Combined
June 18th, 2020Via: CNS News: A coalition of conservative leaders sent a letter to President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warning that the congressional spending in the coronavirus must stop because it’s getting very close to $10 trillion, which is more than the government spent fighting the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and World […]
In 2010 a Researcher Predicted Mayhem in U.S. in 2020, Now Says Civil War Possible
June 18th, 2020Via: Time: Not everyone took Peter Turchin seriously a decade ago when he said widespread civil unrest would sweep through the U.S. in 2020. “They had no reason to believe I wasn’t crazy,” says Turchin, a 63-year-old researcher who teaches cultural evolution at the University of Connecticut. In 2010, after analyzing historical cycles of instability, […]
Is The ‘Second Wave’ Another Coronavirus Hoax?
June 17th, 2020Via: Ron Paul: Just a week or so ago the mainstream media and thousands representing the “medical community” told us we must throw out the “stay-at-home” orders and go to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police. The Covid-19 virus will not bother people who are protesting […]
Trump Team Prepares $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan to Spur Economy
June 16th, 2020Via: Reuters: The Trump administration is preparing an up to $1 trillion infrastructure package focused on transportation projects as part of its push to spur the world’s largest economy back to life, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. The Department of Transportation’s preliminary version reserves most funds for projects such as roads […]
Pentagon Surplus Handouts Stoke the Militarization of U.S. Police
June 14th, 2020This has been happening since 1997. Via: AFP: When US police flooded the streets around the country to confront protesters two weeks ago, for many it appeared like the army had deployed, with camouflage uniforms and combat gear, heavily armored anti-mine vehicles, and high-powered assault weapons. That’s not by accident. For years the US Defense […]
Central Banks Bailed Out Markets To Avoid Trillions In Pension Losses
June 14th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently published a report showing how pension funds in OECD countries recorded a massive loss of approximately $2.5 trillion during the stock market meltdown in February through late March. Shortly, after that, central banks intervened with monetary cannons to rescue stock markets and other financial […]
