Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
How the COVID-19 Bailout Gave Wall Street a No-Lose Casino
May 14th, 2020American capitalism. *chortle* That’s a really good one. Plutocrats create fiat money, by typing some number, followed by nine to twelve zeros, into a computer. Then they send it around to each other, with the help of their kleptocratic minions in the government. Finally, they nail a bill into the backs of the victims and […]
McConnell Patriot Act Expansion, “Would Explicitly Permit the FBI to Collect Records of Americans’ Internet Search and Browsing Histories Without a Warrant”
May 13th, 2020I could link to dozens or hundreds of posts. Talk about beating a dead horse… For decades. Anyway, here’s one from just a few years ago: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communications Without Warrants …if you think that place is only used to store information gleaned from taps on foreigners, I’ve got a bridge to sell […]
L.A. County Could Keep Stay-at-Home Orders in Place for Three More Months
May 13th, 2020Via: LA Times: Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer acknowledged during a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday. Ferrer later added that even if the orders remain in place through the summer, restrictions will be “gradually relaxed” under a five-step […]
Deployment of Military Inside Mexico to Continue
May 12th, 2020Via: Reuters: Mexico’s president has ordered the armed forces to tackle security on the streets for another four years, extending a policy he had previously criticized as the government struggles to curb runaway violence. In a notice published in the Official Gazette, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ordered that the Armed Forces (FA) participate “in […]
90,000 Cruise Workers Stranded on Ships for Two Months
May 12th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Carrick and Harrison are among the more than 90,000 cruise workers in U.S. waters stranded on ships two months after the coronavirus pandemic began forcing cruise lines to halt operations and repatriate crew. While companies work through a thicket of shifting rules on returning workers to their home countries, recent deaths of crew […]
33 Million Americans Lost Their Jobs Due to Covid-19 Lockdowns Over Past Seven Weeks
May 7th, 2020Via: Yahoo Finance: Another 3.169 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending May 2, exceeding economists expectations for 3 million initial jobless claims. The prior week’s figure was revised higher to 3.846 million from the previously reported 3.839 million. So far over the past seven weeks, more than 33 million Americans have […]
Facing Meat Shortages, Some Americans Turn to Hunting During Pandemic
May 4th, 2020Via: Reuters: Game and fish agencies from Minnesota to New Mexico have reported an increase in either hunting license sales, permit applications, or both this spring. Indiana saw a 28% jump in turkey license sales during the first week of the season as hunters likely had more time to get out into the woods, said […]
Coronavirus Health Passports for UK ‘Possible in Months’
May 3rd, 2020Here we go. Via: Guardian: Tech firms are in talks with ministers about creating health passports to help Britons return safely to work using coronavirus testing and facial recognition. Facial biometrics could be used to help provide a digital certificate – sometimes known as an immunity passport – proving which workers have had Covid-19, as […]
The Models, the Tests and Now the Consequences
May 3rd, 2020Related: Corbett Report: Via: William Engdahl: Two major models are being used in the West since the alleged spread of coronavirus to Europe and USA to “predict” and respond to the spread of COVID-19 illness. One was developed at Imperial College of London. The second was developed, with emphasis on USA effects, by the University […]
Gluts Forming Across Multiple Sectors of Wrecked Economy
May 1st, 2020Via: Bloomberg: The length of almost two football fields, the cargo ship Jupiter Spirit arrived in Los Angeles’ harbor on April 24 after an almost three-week journey from Japan, ready to unload its cargo of about 2,000 Nissan Armada SUVs, Rogue crossovers and Infiniti sedans in a quick, half-day operation. But when the ship, operated […]
