Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Dallas Police and Fire Pension Board Halts $154 Million in Withdrawals
December 8th, 2016Via: Dallas Morning News: The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System’s Board of Trustees suspended lump-sum withdrawals from the pension fund Thursday, staving off a possible restraining order and stopping $154 million in withdrawal requests. The system was set to pay out the weekly requests Friday. Pension officials said allowing the withdrawals would leave them […]
The Grim Truth of Chinese Factories Producing the West’s Christmas Toys
December 8th, 2016Via: Guardian: Xiao Fang thinks she’s one of the luckier workers making Barbie dolls for the Christmas market at the Mattel toy factory in Chang’an. True, she says, she works 11-hour days, six days a week, and shares a dormitory with nine other women and gets to see her husband only once a week. She […]
A Radioactive Berry-Picking Boom Outside Chernobyl
November 30th, 2016Via: CNBC: While many rural towns across Eastern Europe face economic struggle, the Ukrainian region of Polesia, 200 miles east of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site, has become something of a boomtown for foragers seeking mushrooms and berries — nearly all of which are contaminated with radiation. … The berry picking brings in money for […]
Appeal to Use Cryptogon Amazon Links for Your Christmas Shopping
November 26th, 2016Update: Cash Contributions Thank you! GB AU$120 JM €15 DT $30 NM €300 [!!!] KL $5 (Monthly) KW $20 (Monthly) DJC NZ$30 Wow, thank you all again very much. — You may have noticed that I’ve stopped mentioning earnings. In short, I’ve been making only about 30% of the minimum monthly goal of $1000/month for […]
Michigan Fights Order to Deliver Bottled Water to Flint Residents After Lead Poisoning Disaster
November 18th, 2016Via: Detroit News: A federal court order requiring Michigan and Flint to deliver bottled water to all city residents without a verified filter at their home places is unnecessary and places an “insurmountable” burden on state government, the Snyder administration argued in a motion seeking relief. Snyder officials argued the court order would require a […]
Cities Nationwide Enacting More Policies to Criminalize Homelessness
November 16th, 2016After eight years of Hope and Change… Via: CBS: A new report says cities nationwide are enacting more policies that criminalize homelessness. The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty said Tuesday many cities have banned living in vehicles, camping in public areas and panhandling.
Nearly Half of Eligible Voters Didn’t Vote
November 14th, 2016Via: Daily Sheeple: Nearly half of all eligible voters did not vote, according to The United States Election Project. Out of 231,556,622 in the Voting-Eligible Population (VEP), there were only 131,018,000 ballots counted. When compared with the 2008 and 2012 elections, we see almost 9 million less people voting in 2016.
Are Universities Causing Brain Damage?
November 14th, 2016I did my university time in the 1990s and I don’t remember anything as nuts as this. WTF happened to these people? Is this the result of too much GMO soy food and NPR? Is this part of some concerted effort to destroy the left? An open air MKULTRA experiment? What is going on here? […]
Anger Grows in India as Banks Struggle to Swap Banned Notes
November 12th, 2016Via: Reuters: Anger intensified in India on Saturday as banks struggled to dispense cash following the government’s decision to withdraw large denomination notes in an attempt to uncover billions of dollars in undeclared wealth. Tempers frayed as hundreds of thousands of people queued for hours outside banks for a third day to swap 500 and […]
Dozens Arrested, Police Cars Damaged in Second Night of Anti-Trump Protests in California
November 10th, 2016Soros, is that you? Via: Los Angeles Times: Dozens of demonstrators were arrested during a second day of protests in California on Thursday as demonstrators from the Bay Area to Los Angeles took to the streets forcefully denouncing President-elect Donald Trump. In Los Angeles, 29 people were arrested overnight for impeding traffic when hundreds of […]
