Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
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, […]
How Fear, Groupthink Drove Unnecessary Global Lockdowns
May 26th, 2020Via: Real Clear Politics: In the face of a novel virus threat, China clamped down on its citizens. Academics used faulty information to build faulty models. Leaders relied on these faulty models. Dissenting views were suppressed. The media flamed fears and the world panicked. That is the story of what may eventually be known as […]
U.S. Secret Service: “Massive Fraud” Against State Unemployment Insurance Programs
May 18th, 2020Via: Krebs on Security: A well-organized Nigerian crime ring is exploiting the COVID-19 crisis by committing large-scale fraud against multiple state unemployment insurance programs, with potential losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a new alert issued by the U.S. Secret Service. A memo seen by KrebsOnSecurity that the Secret Service circulated […]
Anti-Lockdown Protest in London’s Hyde Park
May 17th, 2020Do you think there were there enough cops? [Sarcasm, by the way.] Via: Urban Pictures UK: More from RT:
Trump Will Mobilize Military to Distribute Coronavirus Vaccine When It’s Ready
May 14th, 2020Via: CBS: President Trump says he would “rapidly” mobilize the U.S. military to distribute a coronavirus vaccine once it’s ready, focusing first on nursing homes and the elderly most vulnerable to deadly complications from the virus. Mr. Trump made the comments during an interview with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo. “We’re mobilizing our military and other […]
The Worst Is Yet to Come: Contact Tracing, Immunity Cards and Mass Testing
May 14th, 2020I don’t know where I got this, but I want to put it on a T-shirt. Via: The Rutherford Institute: No one is safe. No one is immune. No one gets spared the anguish, fear and heartache of living under the shadow of an authoritarian police state. That’s the message being broadcast 24/7 with every […]
