Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
India: Ten Million Without Water in Delhi
February 22nd, 2016Via: BBC: More than 10 million people in India’s capital are without water despite the army regaining control of its key water source after protests, officials say. Keshav Chandra, head of Delhi’s water board, told the BBC it would take “three to four days” before normal supplies resumed to affected areas. Jat community protesters demanding […]
Houston Man Arrested by Seven U.S. Marshals For Unpaid $1,500 Student Loan from 1987
February 19th, 2016Via: NY Daily News: Seven U.S. Marshals armed with automatic weapons arrested a Texas man for not paying a $1,500 student loan from three decades ago, he claims. … Aker said he was put in the back of a truck and placed in a cell at the federal building in downtown Houston. Later, he was […]
Australian Couple Living on a Sailboat & Traveling the World
February 11th, 2016I’ve heard from a few Cryptogonners who have checked out of the rat race and are living on boats full time. A few more live very close to their boats and are ready to sail off into the sunset should the need arise. You might have heard of people who have bug out bags. Well, […]
While the Children in Flint Were Given Poisoned Water to Drink, General Motors Was Given a Special Hookup to the Clean Water
February 10th, 2016Via: Huffington Post: A few months after Gov. Snyder removed Flint from the clean fresh water we had been drinking for decades, the brass from General Motors went to him and complained that the Flint River water was causing their car parts to corrode when being washed on the assembly line. The governor was appalled […]
Mandatory Depression Screening for All Americans?
February 10th, 2016Via: Town Hall: The United States Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended mandatory depression screening for all Americans. The task force wants to force health insurance companies to pay for the screening. Basic economics, as well as the Obamacare disaster, should have shown this task force that government health insurance mandates harm Americans. Government health […]
Financial Despair, Addiction and the Rise of Suicide in White America
February 8th, 2016Recovery. Via: Guardian: Growing economic inequality and increasing financial struggles are intertwined with other issues such as health and addiction. Some people living on low incomes hesitate to go to the doctor even if they have medical insurance because of the cost of out-of-pocket expenses. Chronic conditions can go untreated and become debilitating. Pain is […]
4 Out of 5 Americans Prescribed Antibiotics Each Year
February 1st, 2016WOW! Would you like some chicken with that? Via: CBS: Skyrocking rates of antibiotic prescriptions now suggest that as many as four out of five Americans may be getting antibiotics annually, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s is concerning officials, especially because overuse is one reason antibiotics […]
Y Combinator: Basic Income
January 27th, 2016Cryptogon 2014: Something like a basic income could emerge, but it will probably only be enough to survive in a setting akin to a favela. The purpose of the basic income will be to prevent a disorderly societal collapse as machine labor really takes off. — Any objective observer can see that so-called “Advanced” economies […]
Americans Hate the U.S. Government More Than Ever
January 27th, 2016Via: CBS: A handful of industries are those “love to hate” types of businesses, such as cable-television companies and Internet service providers. The federal government has joined the ranks of the bottom-of-the-barrel industries, according to a new survey from the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Americans’ satisfaction level in dealing with federal agencies –everything from Treasury […]
More Babies Are Being Born with Organs Outside Their Bodies, and Experts Have No Idea Why
January 25th, 2016Related? Pesticides in Paradise: Hawaii’s Spike in Birth Defects Puts Focus on GM Crops: At a Starbucks just outside Honolulu, Sidney Johnson, a pediatric surgeon at the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children who oversees all children born in Hawaii with major birth defects and operates on many, says he’s been thinking about pesticides […]
