Archive for the 'Fraud' Category
World Food Programme Warns at Least 30 Million People Could Die of Starvation During Pandemic
April 24th, 2020Via: The Globe and Mail: The head of the World Food Programme, who recently recovered from COVID-19, says at least 30 million people could die of starvation if the UN agency doesn’t receive critical funding needed to feed the world’s most vulnerable during the global pandemic. David Beasley, executive director of WFP, says the organization […]
Will Covid-19 Speed Up the Use of Robots to Replace Human Workers?
April 24th, 2020Via: BBC: For better or worse the robots are going to replace many humans in their jobs, analysts say, and the coronavirus outbreak is speeding up the process. “People usually say they want a human element to their interactions but Covid-19 has changed that,” says Martin Ford, a futurist who has written about the ways […]
565 Americans Have Lost Their Jobs For Every Death With COVID-19 In The U.S.
April 23rd, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: And as we noted previously, what is most disturbing is that in the last five weeks, far more Americans have filed for unemployment than jobs gained during the last decade since the end of the Great Recession… (22.13 million gained in a decade, 26.46 million lost in 5 weeks) Related: “Largest And Most […]
Bankruptcy Looms Over U.S. Energy Industry, from Oil Fields to Pipelines
April 22nd, 2020Just print more trillions. Via: Reuters: U.S. shale producers, refiners and pipeline companies are scrambling for cash and face likely restructuring as they struggle under heavy debt loads and a dual supply/demand shock in the worst crisis the oil industry has faced.
Small Business Rescue Earned Banks $10 Billion In Fees
April 22nd, 2020Via: NPR: Banks handling the government’s $349 billion loan program for small businesses made more than $10 billion in fees — even as tens of thousands of small businesses were shut out of the program, according to an analysis of financial records by NPR. The banks took in the fees while processing loans that required […]
CDC’s Failed Coronavirus Tests Were Tainted with Coronavirus
April 22nd, 2020Via: Ars Technica: As the new coronavirus took root across America, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent states tainted test kits in early February that were themselves seeded with the virus, federal officials have confirmed. The contamination made the tests uninterpretable, and—because testing is crucial for containment efforts—it lost the country invaluable […]
The Characteristics of an Initiation Ritual
April 22nd, 2020Via: Truthstream Media:
Harvard Professor Recommends Ban on Homeschooling
April 20th, 2020Elizabeth Bartholet’s desperation is hilarious, uplifting and beautiful. Via: Harvard Magazine: A rapidly increasing number of American families are opting out of sending their children to school, choosing instead to educate them at home. Homeschooled kids now account for roughly 3 percent to 4 percent of school-age children in the United States, a number equivalent […]
YouTube CEO: “Anything That Would Go Go Against WHO Recommendations Would Be A Violation Of Our Policy”
April 20th, 2020Also, watch out for those Vitamin C and turmeric videos. Remove. Remove. Remove. Via: CNN: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcocki says users are using the platform during the coronavirus crisis. It started with basic information but now users “want to know about life under quarantine… like exercise at home. How do I fix my freezer? How […]
TRUMP SUSPENDING ALL IMMIGRATION INTO U.S.
April 20th, 2020Via: The Hill: President Trump on Monday said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic, a move that is likely to draw prompt legal challenges. “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of […]
