Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
The Average American Worker Earns Less Today Than 40 Years Ago
September 28th, 2015Via: FastCoexist: Because most everything we buy gets more expensive over time, we have to earn more money each year just to maintain our existing standard of living. When we’re not given raises that keep up with this rate of inflation, we’re effectively suffering a pay cut. That’s why many American workers are actually poorer […]
Eyes Down, Minds Elsewhere, ‘Deadwalkers’ Are Among Us
September 28th, 2015Via: Washington Post: You have seen the zombie-like creatures walking among us. In fact, you may be one of them, moseying along with your eyes fixated on that tiny screen that rests in the palm of your hand. … “Some data suggests that at any given moment on the streets of America, 60 percent of […]
Recovery: Caterpillar to Cut at Least 10,000 Jobs, First Time in Company’s 90 Year History That “Revenues Have Decreased Four Years in a Row”
September 24th, 2015Via: Chicago Tribune: Construction and mining equipment maker Caterpillar plans to lay off 10,000 workers — or more — in a bid to save $1.5 billion a year in operating costs, it announced Thursday. Nearly half of those job losses — 4,000 to 5,000 salaried and management employees — will come before the end of […]
Homeless Tech Bus Drivers Live in Cars
September 21st, 2015Via: NBC: Drivers of Silicon Valley’s tech bus shuttles might not earn enough pay to have a stable place to live in the Bay Area. San Francisco Chronicle reported that two Apple shuttle bus drivers live in their own vehicles, though one would only speak anonymously. “Living in a car is hard,” Scott Peebles, 53, […]
Half in U.S. Continue to Say Gov’t Is an Immediate Threat
September 21st, 2015Via: Gallup: Almost half of Americans, 49%, say the federal government poses “an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens,” similar to what was found in previous surveys conducted over the last five years. When this question was first asked in 2003, less than a third of Americans held this attitude.
Low Profile Solar Panels for People Living in Vans
September 21st, 2015Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. — Cops are the biggest problem for people who live in vehicles. Normal solar panels on a van would be a dead giveaway that someone doesn’t have a mortgage or a landlord. Check out this couple’s almost invisible installation of three Renogy 100 watt flexible solar […]
75% in U.S. See Widespread Government Corruption
September 19th, 2015Via: Gallup: Three in four Americans (75%) last year perceived corruption as widespread in the country’s government. This figure is up from two in three in 2007 (67%) and 2009 (66%).
AUSTRIAN ARMY DEPLOYED TO SECURE BORDER
September 14th, 2015Via: France24: Austria announced on Monday it would dispatch the armed forces to guard its eastern frontier, following Germany’s lead in reimposing Europe’s internal border controls after thousands of migrants streamed across its frontier from Hungary on foot. Austrian officials said they were left with no choice after Germany’s decision on Sunday, which effectively suspends […]
California Fires
September 14th, 2015Via: Daily Mail: There were post-apocalyptic scenes in California on Sunday night as raging wildfires blitzed 115,000 acres, destroying at least 400 homes and forcing thousands of terrified residents to flee. As many as 5,000 firefighters were tackling two mammoth blazes that have torn across the state, with entire towns evacuated. Lake and Napa counties […]
Germany to Start Temporary Border Controls
September 13th, 2015Via: Guardian: Germany is to reintroduce border controls and will exit temporarily from the Schengen system, the interior minister has said, after the country’s regions said they could no longer cope with the overwhelming number of refugees arriving from Austria. Thomas de Maizière announced the measures after German officials said that record numbers of refugees, […]
