Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Hong Kong Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas as Protests Descend Into Chaos
July 21st, 2019Via: Reuters: Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets and tear gas in running clashes with protesters late on Sunday amid chaotic scenes as anger over an extradition bill morphs into a fresh front against what many see as a broader erosion of freedoms by Beijing. Thousands of protesters descended on China’s representative office in the […]
A Bank With 49 Trillion Dollars In Exposure To Derivatives Is Melting Down Right In Front Of Our Eyes
July 21st, 2019Hint: Deutsche Bank was buying the worst of the toxic waste that Lehman was generating before the last financial crisis. I wonder how much of that stuff is still burning a hole in Deutsche Bank… Via: Economic Collapse Blog: Could it be possible that we are on the verge of the next “Lehman Brothers moment”? […]
Computer Failure Cripples Several New York City Subway Lines
July 20th, 2019Via: CBS: About a third of New York City’s subway lines were suspended for more than an hour during Friday’s hot evening commute, and the head of the city’s Transit Authority acknowledged that the agency “did not know exactly where our trains were.” A computer system failure that resulted in the snafu stranded some passengers […]
U.S. Fast-Food Drive-Thrus Will Soon Use License Plate And Facial Recognition Technology
July 13th, 2019I like the picture at ZeroHedge of a morbidly obese person ordering slop at the drive-thru. Wow. Via: ZeroHedge: License plate recognition could be the new big thing at American drive-thrus, according to FT. Chains are now looking to deploy cameras that recognize license plates and help identify customers, personalizing digital menus and speeding up […]
Decades Old Russian Nuclear Sub Wreck Leaking Radiation 100,000 Times Higher Than Normal
July 13th, 2019Via: ZeroHedge: Researchers in Norway have discovered radiation levels in excess of 100,000 times normal next to a Soviet-era nuclear submarine which sank in the Arctic 30 years ago – a reading which is higher than those taken 12 years ago, according to Norwegian news outlet TV2. The Kosomolets went down in the Barents Sea […]
Diablo Canyon Nightmare Scenario: The Quake to Make Los Angeles a Radioactive Dead Zone
July 13th, 2019Cryptogon always supplies you with the most pleasant reading for the weekend. Via: CommonDreams: Nothing significant has been done to improve safety at two coastal reactors upwind of ten million people that are surrounded by earthquake faults in a tsunami zone like the one where the four Fukushima reactors have already exploded. Had Friday’s 7.1 […]
Parents Are Hiring ‘Screen-Free Coaches’ to Help Keep Kids Off Their Devices
July 10th, 2019“Is there a ball somewhere? Throw the ball… kick the ball.” Via: Global News: It seems like some parents have forgotten what parenting was like before smartphones and tablets. According to a recent article in the New York Times, some parents in the U.S. are hiring screen-free parenting coaches to help them raise phone-free children. […]
Desperate to Get Rid of Homeless People, Businesses Using Prickly Plants, Fences, Barriers
July 10th, 2019Via: Los Angeles Times: L.A. has struggled to stymie the growing number of obstructions that residents and business owners are creating to target homeless people. There are now about 59,000 people without homes in L.A. County. Within the city of Los Angeles, the population soared 16% this year to more than 36,000 — the majority […]
Two-Thirds of American Employees Regret Their College Degrees
June 26th, 2019Via: CBS: College debt was followed by chosen area of study (12%) as a top regret for employees, though this varied greatly by major. Other regrets include poor networking, school choice, too many degrees, time spent completing education and academic underachievement. Most satisfied: Those with science, technology, engineering and math majors, who are typically more […]
Mexico Deploys 15,000 Troops to U.S. Border to Slow Illegal Immigration
June 24th, 2019Mmm hmm. Via: AFP: Mexico has deployed nearly 15,000 soldiers and National Guardsmen to its border with the United States, the army chief said Monday — admitting they are detaining migrants who try to cross, after the policy triggered backlash. Under pressure from US President Donald Trump to slow the surge of Central Americans crossing […]
