Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
The China They Don’t Want You to See
February 24th, 2020I’ve been waiting a long time for Winston to finally let it rip. Via: serpentza:
Twitter Preparing Red Banners to Appear Below Potential Thoughtcrimes
February 21st, 2020Via: NBC: Twitter is experimenting with adding brightly colored labels directly beneath lies and misinformation posted by politicians and other public figures, according to a leaked demo of new features sent to NBC News. Twitter confirmed that the leaked demo, which was accessible on a publicly available site, is one possible iteration of a new […]
Sweden Is Now Testing Digital Version of Cash, the e-Krona
February 21st, 2020Via: MIT Technology Review: The Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, has announced the launch of a year-long pilot project of its proposed e-krona. The project will use distributed ledger technology inspired by the blockchains that run cryptocurrencies. Cashless in Sweden: Physical cash is headed toward obsolescence in Sweden. Nearly everyone uses a mobile payment application called […]
How China Is Working to Quarantine the Truth About the Coronavirus
February 19th, 2020“Censorship, diversion, and lying.” Google’s core principals? *I crack myself up* This piece is useful in understanding state behavior, in general, and their large, lapdog media and social networking organizations. Via: DefenseOne: In its battle to contain the coronavirus, the Chinese government has undertaken a wide range of measures, from shutting down cities to using […]
China Deploys 40 Mobile Incinerators to Wuhan
February 19th, 2020In other news: China’s Coronavirus Figures Don’t Add Up. ‘This Never Happens With Real Data’: A statistical analysis of China’s coronavirus casualty data shows a near-perfect prediction model that data analysts say isn’t likely to naturally occur, casting doubt over the reliability of the numbers being reported to the World Health Organization. … Barron’s re-created […]
Thousands of Frozen Meat Containers Pile Up at Chinese Ports
February 18th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Thousands of containers of frozen pork, chicken and beef are piling up at some major Chinese ports as transport disruptions and labor shortages slow operations, people familiar with the matter said. Deliveries are mounting at ports including Tianjin, Shanghai and Ningbo because there aren’t enough truck drivers to collect containers due to travel […]
“Inside the Pentagon’s Secret UFO Program”
February 15th, 2020This article is a big waste of time. It’s just more limited hangout nonsense intended to add to the confusion around the UFO issue. I’m posting it just to let people know: Thanks, I’ve seen it. Via: Popular Mechanics: The government can’t keep its story straight about its involvement with UFO research. After a yearlong […]
China Is Disintegrating: Steel Demand, Property Sales, Traffic All Approaching Zero
February 14th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: In our ongoing attempts to glean some objective insight into what is actually happening “on the ground” in the notoriously opaque China, whose economy has been hammered by the Coronavirus epidemic, yesterday we showed several “alternative” economic indicators such as real-time measurements of air pollution (a proxy for industrial output), daily coal consumption […]
China Coronavirus: Extreme Global Supply Chain Problems Inevitable Due to So Much Manufacturing Centralization in China
February 14th, 2020Via: The American Prospect: A substantial amount of what the world produces originates in or is reliant on China. The nation’s presence as a major market, a manufacturing hub, and a source of materials and components can make any shock of this magnitude catastrophic. For decades, world leaders have allowed multinationals to chase lower labor […]
U.S. Military Prepping for Coronavirus Pandemic
February 13th, 2020Via: Military Times: U.S. Northern Command is executing plans to prepare for a potential pandemic of the novel coronavirus, now called COVID19, according to Navy and Marine Corps service-wide messages issued this week. An executive order issued by the Joint Staff and approved by Defense Secretary Mark Esper this month directed Northern Command and geographic […]
