Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
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:
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 […]
