Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
China Hit By Worker Protests Over Unpaid Wages, Factory Shutdowns Amid Trump Tariffs
May 5th, 2025Via: ZeroHedge: President Donald Trump’s hard-hitting tariffs on China appear to be taking a toll, disrupting Chinese factories and sparking worker protests over unpaid wages. As we noted late last month based on reporting by the Financial Times, factories across all of China have begun shutting down and furloughing workers “as the trade war unleashed […]
The U.S. Has Approved CRISPR Pigs for Food
May 3rd, 2025pHo0d. Via: MIT Technology Review: Most pigs in the US are confined to factory farms where they can be afflicted by a nasty respiratory virus that kills piglets. The illness is called porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, or PRRS. A few years ago, a British company called Genus set out to design pigs immune to […]
“Ontario Must Pay for Surgery to Give Trans Resident Both Penis and Vagina”
April 28th, 2025Walking into surgery and throwing money in the air: "Bonus holes are on me!" — Jeff Wells (@JeffWellsRigInt) April 27, 2025 Via: National Post: Ontario’s top court has ruled the province must cover the cost of a penile-sparing vaginoplasty for a transgender resident who does not identify as exclusively female or male and who wishes […]
Container Orders Plummet
April 22nd, 2025Bessent says he expects ‘de-escalation’ in U.S.-China tariff fight in the ‘very near future’: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told investors in a closed-door meeting Tuesday he expects “there will be a de-escalation” in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China in the “very near future,” a person in the room told CNBC. “No one thinks […]
CDC: Autism Rate for Children Now 1 in 31 (3.22%)
April 17th, 2025Via: The Defender: U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today criticized mainstream media for pushing the narrative that rising autism rates are just a result of better diagnosis. “One of the things that I think we need to move away from today is this ideology that autism diagnosis, that the […]
CHINA SUSPENDS RARE EARTH EXPORTS
April 15th, 2025Via: New York Post: China has stopped shipping some heavy rare earth metals and magnets critical to US production of everything from cell phones to fighter jets as Beijing’s trade war with Washington simmers, leaving American industry in a bind. Effective April 3, China is no longer exporting seven heavy rare earth metals processed exclusively […]
U.S. Tariffs Spark 64% Drop in Imports, 49% Decline in Container Bookings
April 14th, 2025Via: Word on the Street: The recent imposition of tariffs by the United States has led to a significant disruption in global trade, particularly affecting the country’s import orders. Following the announcement of tariffs on April 2, there has been a noticeable freeze in trade activities, with a sharp decline in import orders. This trend […]
“We Need to Talk About Britain”
April 14th, 2025Via: Sargon of Akkad: Related: How Sweden’s Multicultural Dream Went Fatally Wrong
Britain: Mother Arrested After Confiscating Daughters’ iPads
April 13th, 2025Via: Daily Mail: A mother of two was left to stew in a police custody cell for more than seven hours after she confiscated two iPads belonging to her children – and was accused of theft. … Ms Brown was searched and had custody photographs and fingerprints taken after taking away her daughters’ devices in […]
Gabbard: “Electronic Voting Systems Have Been Vulnerable to Hackers for a Very Long Time”
April 11th, 2025It does get exhausting, decade after decade. Via: Modernity News: National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard made a startling revelation during an open cabinet meeting Wednesday, announcing that she has evidence that electronic voting machines have been tampered with to manipulate the results of past US elections. “I’ve got a long list of things that we’re […]
