Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Cost of U.S. War in Afghanistan: About $1 Trillion
August 29th, 2019Via: BBC: So, according to the US Department of Defense, the total military expenditure in Afghanistan (from October 2001 until March 2019) was $760bn. That’s significantly more than the figure given by the Afghan president. But an independent study carried out by Brown University’s Cost of War Project argues that the official US figures for […]
Sacramento Zombie Apocalypse
August 29th, 2019Via: DailyMail: ‘All we do is lie around, eat ice-cream, have sex, and take drugs,’ said Cali. ‘Man, I love ice-cream. Carlisle says she needs heroin just to exist. ‘I need it for everything — just to walk and to breathe. ‘I did go to rehab once, she added. ‘In Orangeville I think… or maybe […]
Yield Curve Inversions Recessions
August 28th, 2019Via: Economic Collapse Blog: You can believe that we will somehow beat the odds this time if you want, but history is completely against you. One of the biggest reasons why there is so much anxiety on Wall Street right now is because of how the yield curve is behaving. We have seen yield curve […]
Biden: “I’m Not Going Nuts”
August 26th, 2019I wonder if we’re going to see something similar to Clinton’s van scene with this asshole… Via: ZeroHedge: While the anti-Trump media has pivoted back to the whole ‘Trump is crazy’ / 25th Amendment impeachment fantasy revived by GOP challengers Bill Weld and Joe Walsh, former Vice President Joe Biden’s stumbling senior moments have gotten […]
Policing For Profit: How Civil Asset Forfeiture Has Perverted American Law Enforcement
August 25th, 2019Via: ammo.com: The current state of civil asset forfeiture in the United States is one of almost naked tyranny.
Hong Kong Police Fire First Gunshot, Water Cannon in Protest Clashes
August 25th, 2019Via: AFP: Hong Kong police used water cannon for the first time and at least one officer fired his sidearm during pitched battles with protesters Sunday, one of the most violent nights in three months of pro-democracy rallies that have rocked the city. An afternoon rally in the district of Tsuen Wan spiraled into violent […]
Brazil: Bolsonaro Admitted Farmers Could be Setting Rainforest Fires, Tells Foreign Powers Not to Interfere
August 23rd, 2019Via: Reuters: Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday admitted farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze but told foreign powers not to interfere. French President Emmanuel Macron and United Nations Secretary General António Guterres both took to Twitter to express concern about the […]
U.S. Budget Deficit Will Grow to $1 Trillion in 2020
August 22nd, 2019Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. budget deficit is growing faster than expected and President Donald Trump’s trade war is weighing on the economy, according to a new Congressional Budget Office forecast that highlights key challenges ahead of the 2020 elections. The shortfall is set to widen to $1 trillion by fiscal year 2020, two years earlier […]
How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World
August 21st, 2019I’ve been seeing the bales of plastic piling up at my local dump and I thought, “Why not make building materials out of all this stuff?” It turns out that there are some small moves being made in that direction. Here are a few examples: Of course, these efforts are noise level in the scheme […]
CEO Compensation Increases vs. Average Worker Compensation Increases
August 20th, 2019Via: CBS: The chasm between what the country’s corporate leaders and their workers earn is widening to Grand Canyon-like proportions, according to new research that shows CEO compensation surged 940% between 1978 to 2018 while the average worker saw a meager 12% pay hike over the same 40-year period. … Last year chief execs got […]
