Archive for the 'Economy' Category
What Happens if the World’s Key Metal Exchange Has No Metal?
October 22nd, 2021Via: Bloomberg: What happens when the London Metal Exchange runs out of metal? That’s the question the exchange is urgently trying to address for its flagship copper contract, which sets the global price for one of the world’s most important commodities. … The problem stems from the LME’s physical nature: anyone holding a contract to […]
Well, This Is Totally Normal and Not At All a Conflict of Interest
October 21st, 2021Well, this is totally normal and not at all a conflict of interest pic.twitter.com/4MKm0VozBC — Whitney Webb (@_whitneywebb) October 19, 2021
“Supply Chain Crisis Not Seen Since WWII” [???]
October 20th, 2021Via: Daily Mail: The current supply chain crisis is one unseen since World War II when ‘there were submarines sinking commercial traders,’ an expert says, and it’s bringing disaster for shoppers as items are being resold for more than double their cost and shipping delays mean more barren shelves. Holiday shopping is expected to be […]
It Takes A Lot Of Education To Keep Us This Stupid
October 20th, 2021Via: Caitlin Johnstone: The fact that the propagandists have to work so hard to keep our society this insane means the natural gravitational pull is toward sanity. They have to educate us into crazier and crazier ways of thinking from the moment we go to school until we die, because otherwise we’ll collectively awaken and […]
COVID-19 and Central Bank Digital Slavery with John Titus
October 18th, 2021Via: Unlimited Hangout: In this episode, Whitney is joined by John Titus of BestEvidence to discuss how Central Banks and Wall Street Banks have used the COVID-19 crisis to launch a “silent takeover” of the wealth and assets of regular Americans and what these banks plan for the post-COVID era, from CBDCs to “green” finance. […]
Nigeria: The Makoko Slum
October 17th, 2021Via: Sabbatical:
Supermarkets in German State of Hesse Can Now Block Entry to the Unvaccinated
October 16th, 2021Via: The Local: Supermarkets in Frankfurt and the surrounding region can now implement rules that only allow vaccinated and Covid-recovered people onto their premises. The new Covid health pass entry rules announced by the central state of Hesse have upped the pressure on the unvaccinated by allowing all shops to implement the so-called 2G rule […]
The Science Of Propaganda Is Still Being Developed And Advanced
October 16th, 2021Below, Caitlin Johnstone describes what I have been calling, “The American Corporate State,” for the past couple of decades. However, way back in 1980, Bertram Gross called it, “Friendly fascism.” The following is from, Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America by Bertram Gross: Friendly Fascism portrays two conflicting trends in the United […]
People Are Taking Out Loans Against Their NFTs – And Defaulting
October 16th, 2021NFTs are easily the craziest financial phenomenon I’ve ever encountered. Via: Vice: In the ongoing speedrun to turn everything into a non-fungible token, savvy traders and entrepreneurs have recently taken a few steps to squeeze more investment opportunities out of their JPEGs. Case in point: it’s now a thing to take out a loan and […]
Italy: Nationwide Resistance Against Vaccine Passport Scheme
October 15th, 2021Via: Summit News: Italy has seen an explosion of protests against the introduction of its vaccine passport scheme, with dockers in numerous towns and cities vowing to block ports until the government scraps the ‘green pass’ law. The ‘green pass’ – which is a mandatory vaccination scheme in all but name, forces workers in both […]
