Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Manure Supplies Run Short as Fertilizer Prices Soar
April 6th, 2022Just pull up to a Biden press conference and haul off as much as you need. Via: Reuters: For nearly two decades, Abe Sandquist has used every marketing tool he can think of to sell the back end of a cow. Poop, after all, needs to go somewhere. The Midwestern entrepreneur has worked hard to […]
U.S. Stops Russian Bond Payments, Raising Risk of Default
April 5th, 2022Via: Reuters: The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held at U.S. banks, in a move meant to ratchet up pressure on Moscow and eat into its holdings of dollars. Under sanctions put in place after Russia invaded Ukraine on […]
The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine
April 4th, 2022Via: Dr. Robert Malone: There is a big flaw in the logic of evidence-based medicine as the basis for the practice of medicine as we know it, a practice based on science; one that determines care down to the level of the individual patient. This flaw is nestled in the heart and soul of evidence-based […]
GERMANY: GAS RATIONING
March 30th, 2022Via: Reuters: Germany triggered an emergency plan to manage gas supplies on Wednesday under which Europe’s largest economy could ration power if a standoff over a Russian demand to pay for fuel with roubles disrupts or halts supplies. Moscow’s insistence on rouble payments for the Russian gas that meets a third of Europe’s annual energy […]
The Goal of the Reset
March 30th, 2022Via: Richard Dolan:
Saudi Arabia’s “Ability to Ensure Energy Security Is no Longer Guaranteed”
March 29th, 2022Via: AP: Saudi Arabia’s oil chief said markets are going through a “jittery period” and reiterated Tuesday that the kingdom’s ability to ensure energy security is no longer guaranteed. Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said cross-border attacks have put to question “our ability to supply the world with the necessary energy requirements.” The attacks […]
Microsoft Tied to Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Foreign Bribes, Whistleblower Alleges
March 25th, 2022Via: The Verge: Elabd went public with his experiences in an essay published Friday by the whistleblower platform Lioness, alleging widespread bribery through Microsoft’s foreign contract business. Elabd estimates that more than $200 million each year is spent on bribes and kickbacks linked to the company, often in countries like Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Qatar and […]
Biden Casually Says Food Shortage “Going To Be Real” As Necessary “Price” Of Anti-Russia Sanctions
March 24th, 2022Via: ZeroHedge: Nothing to see here… only the President of the United States speaking at an emergency summit of NATO heads making somewhat overly casual sounding references regarding likely massive energy and food shortages… “It’s going to be real,” Biden said at a news conference in Brussels. “The price of the sanctions is not just […]
Pentagon Scrambles to Restock Weapons Sent to Ukraine as Arm Makers Look to Cash In
March 23rd, 2022War is a Racket by Smedley Butler Via: Antiwar: The Pentagon is scrambling to replenish stocks of Javelin and Stinger missiles the US and its allies have sent to Ukraine as US defense contractors are cashing in on Washington’s support for Ukraine’s war against Russia. According to open-sourced data examined by Politico, it’s estimated that […]
$100 “Energy Rebate” Per Month for Americans [???]
March 23rd, 2022Via: Fox: With Americans still in shock over jaw-dropping, rising gas prices, a few proposals have floated around Congress and elsewhere about offering some relief to drivers. … One proposal comes from Reps. Mike Thompson of California, John Larson of Connecticut, and Lauren Underwood of Illinois. The congressional lawmakers propose the Gas Rebate Act of […]
