Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
$10 An Hour Jobs Requiring College Degrees
February 20th, 2013Via: New York Times: The college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job. Consider the 45-person law firm of Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh here in Atlanta, a place that has seen tremendous growth in the college-educated population. Like other employers […]
Gun Dealers Report Shortages of Ammunition
February 18th, 2013I’ve heard from a few friends and some other Cryptogon readers who have emailed me with messages along the lines of: “Do you know that .22-long is sold out over here?” I remember past waves of panic buying, but I don’t ever remember .22-lr being sold out before. Via: USA Today: Retailers say much of […]
China’s Filthy Air Prompts Mask Rush and Sale of Fresh Air in Cans
January 30th, 2013Via: ABC: For the fourth time this year, a murky haze has descended over north China, leaving residents of Beijing choking on toxic smog. China’s air hasn’t been this bad since 1954, according to the state-run People’s Daily newspaper. In a remarkable record of dirty air, 24 out of January’s first 29 days this year […]
For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact
January 30th, 2013Via: Smithsonian: In 1978, Soviet geologists prospecting in the wilds of Siberia discovered a family of six, lost in the taiga.
The Victorville Desk
January 29th, 2013Here’s a series of articles about Victorville, CA. Settle in and see what the popped bubbleclave desert ghetto has to offer. NSFWCorp: The Victorville Desk Research Credit: ottilie
China: Millions of People Getting Useless Degrees Wants Office Jobs that Don’t Exist
January 27th, 2013Wait until significant numbers of these men are unable to find wives and the option of working in the factories goes away… Via: New York Times: Jobs go begging in factories while many educated young workers are unemployed or underemployed. A national survey of urban residents, released this winter by a Chinese university, showed that […]
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: ‘The Continent’s Biggest Animal Sanctuary’
January 26th, 2013Via: Independent: Sergei Gaschak’s photography offers an unparalleled glimpse at animal life inside “the zone”, the area of Ukraine and Belarus that has been officially closed off to human habitation since the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe of 1986. Using camera traps to take photographs mechanically, as well as taking photographs personally, Gaschak has captured what few […]
Egypt Deploys Troops to Suez
January 26th, 2013Via: CNN: Egypt deployed troops to the coastal city of Suez on Saturday after a security chief declared the area “out of control” following deadly clashes on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. The announcement on state-run EGYNews followed reports that at least seven people were killed Friday, six in Suez […]
Sixty Percent of Children in Detroit Live in Poverty
January 26th, 2013Via: CBS Detroit: A new report from Data Driven Detroit reveals that in spite of the many families with kids that left Detroit between 2000 and 2010 — much of the city’s population still consists of children living in poverty. Sixty percent of children in Detroit live in poverty, per the “State of Detroit” report. […]
Senator Asks CIA Nominee When Drones Can Kill Americans
January 22nd, 2013Via: Wired: The man in charge of America’s drone wars will face Senate questioning about perhaps their most controversial aspect: when the president can target American citizens for death. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter on Monday to John Brennan, the White House’s counterterrorism adviser and nominee to be head of the CIA, asking […]
