Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Is the Bay Area Pushing People to the Breaking Point?
March 25th, 2019Via: Mercury News: Despite a booming economy, pleasant climate and natural treasures, nearly two-thirds of Bay Area residents say the quality of life here has gotten worse in the last five years, according to a new poll. They cite a litany of reasons: high housing prices, traffic jams, the cost of living and homelessness. It’s […]
Russian Air Force Planes Land in Venezuela Carrying Troops
March 24th, 2019“Russian encroachment in the region…” *snort* Via: Reuters: Two Russian air force planes landed at Venezuela’s main airport on Saturday carrying a Russian defense official and nearly 100 troops, according to media reports, amid strengthening ties between Caracas and Moscow. A flight-tracking website showed that two planes left from a Russian military airport bound for […]
U.S. Posts Largest-Ever Monthly Budget Deficit in February
March 22nd, 2019Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. posted its biggest monthly budget deficit on record last month, amid a 20 percent drop in corporate tax revenue and a boost in spending so far this fiscal year. The budget gap widened to $234 billion in February, compared with a fiscal gap of $215.2 billion a year earlier. That gap […]
Trump Signs Executive ‘Free Speech’ Order for U.S. Colleges
March 21st, 2019What’s worse: That so much public money is sent down this rat hole, or that people need to see an executive order to remind them of what they should have learned in a high school civics class? Via: Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order linking “free speech” efforts at public […]
New Zealand Media to Broadcast Islamic Call to Prayer on Friday
March 20th, 2019Update: Female Police Officers Are Wearing Hijabs and Headscarves Today Via: New Zealand Herald: Thousands of NZ women – including female police officers – are wearing hijabs and headscarves today. — When Pookie left a comment about this, I thought that it had to be a hoax. Nope. It’s real. Here’s the deal: I don’t […]
New Zealand: The Most Hysterical Reaction to an Event I’ve Seen Since 9/11
March 17th, 2019Even before the Christchurch incident, I never bothered advocating for gun rights in New Zealand. Besides rural people, who tend to own guns, you have near total ignorance combined with a long running social engineering program designed to create a very anti-gun climate here—and that’s on the best of days. The average person here thinks […]
Desperate Venezuelans Swarm Sewage Drains in Search of Water
March 12th, 2019Via: Reuters: The lack of water has become one of the most excruciating side effects of the nationwide blackout that the government of President Nicolas Maduro has blamed on U.S.-backed sabotage but his critics call the product of corruption and incompetence. The blackout has worsened the situation of a country already facing a hyperinflationary economic […]
Is This the End of Recycling?
March 9th, 2019Via: The Atlantic: For decades, we were sending the bulk of our recycling to China—tons and tons of it, sent over on ships to be made into goods such as shoes and bags and new plastic products. But last year, the country restricted imports of certain recyclables, including mixed paper—magazines, office paper, junk mail—and most […]
U.S. Budget Deficit Widens 77 Percent
March 6th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. budget deficit widened to $310 billion in the first four months of the fiscal year, underscoring the revenue hit from Republican tax cuts and an increase in government spending. The budget gap widened 77 percent compared with the same October-January period a year earlier, according to the Treasury monthly budget report […]
Defiant U.S. Sheriffs Push Gun Sanctuaries, Imitating Liberals on Immigration
March 4th, 2019Via: Reuters: A rapidly growing number of counties in at least four states are declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries, refusing to enforce gun-control laws that they consider to be infringements on the U.S. constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Organizers of the pro-gun sanctuaries admit they took the idea from liberals who have created […]
