Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Military Begins Staging to Quell George Floyd Protests
June 2nd, 2020Via: Newsweek: The Defense Department has begun positioning active duty troops around the Washington area in anticipation of President Donald Trump following through on his historic threat Monday to use the military to quell widespread and at-times violent protests across the country, including in the nation’s capital, if local authorities didn’t do more to stop […]
Pandemic Effects Could Leave 54 Million Americans Without Food
June 1st, 2020Via: Guardian: A record number of Americans face hunger this year as the catastrophic economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic looks set to leave tens of millions of people unable to buy enough food to feed their families. Nationwide, the demand for aid at food banks and pantries has soared since the virus forced […]
L.A. COUNTY STATE OF EMERGENCY; COUNTYWIDE CURFEW
May 31st, 2020Via: LA Times: After two days of protest, chaos and looting, it was a surreal Sunday in Southern California as demonstrators once again gathered en masse, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who died last week after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on […]
California: Newsom Declares State of Emergency in L.A., Deploys National Guard
May 31st, 2020Via: LA Times: Gov. Gavin Newsom late Saturday declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles county and city and activated the National Guard to assist police after two days of violent demonstrations sparked by the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a black man whose neck was pinned down by a white police officer. […]
Minneapolis: Pentagon Puts Military Police On Alert
May 30th, 2020Via: AP: As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis, where the police killing of George Floyd sparked the widespread protests. Soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina […]
From 9/11 to COVID-19, It’s Been a Perpetual State of Emergency
May 30th, 2020This opening excerpt is grim, but, if you are raising children, his prescriptions are worth a read. Via: The Rutherford Institute: Don’t pity this year’s crop of graduates because this COVID-19 pandemic caused them to miss out on the antics of their senior year and the pomp and circumstance of graduation. Pity them because they […]
Minneapolis Riots
May 29th, 2020Via: 9 News Australia: Fury has erupted in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd, as angry crowds took to the streets, clashing with officers, setting fire to buildings, looting shops and even ransacking a police station.
Civil Unrest Spreads to Los Angeles After Minneapolis Police Murder Captured on Video
May 28th, 2020Via: Daily Mail: A protester was thrown from the hood of a police cruiser in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night as a Black Lives Matter demonstration calling for justice for George Floyd turned violent. About 1,000 protesters descended on LA following the 46-year-old father-of-two died in Minneapolis Monday, moments after a white cop knelt […]
Hong Kong Security Law Is Going to Devastate Its Economy
May 27th, 2020Via: Nikkei: China’s announcement last week that it plans to impose national security legislation on Hong Kong raised grave concerns about the city’s democracy. But the economic toll could be sizable, too. At the very least, Hong Kong can kiss goodbye its status as the world’s second-freest economy, a halo bestowed by the Heritage Foundation. […]
Lockdown Suicide Data Reveal Predictable Tragedy
May 26th, 2020Via: American Institute for Economic Research: On March 28, the American Institute for Economic Research ran a terrifying article that didn’t receive the attention it deserved, even though the research behind it was impeccable and detailed. It was Drugs, Suicide, and Crime: Empirical Estimates of the Human Toll of the Shutdown. On suicide in particular, […]
