Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Taliban Vow to Ban Heroin
August 19th, 2021I doubt it. The Taliban’s near elimination of opium production back in 2000/2001 is probably one of the main reasons why Uncle $cam spent the next couple of decades in Afghanistan, making it the top opium producer in the world. Is all of that hard work over now? While I’m just guessing, the tons of […]
Kids Game
August 14th, 2021Via: PBS:
20 Years Of War In Afghanistan Has Cost US Taxpayers Over $2.2 Trillion
August 13th, 2021Mission accomplished. Via: ZeroHedge: Just a reminder that as the D.C. think tank pundit class of chicken-hawk keyboard warriors and armchair interventionistas who helped get the US into this unnecessary ‘forever war’ in the first place writhe in frustration and pain while beholding from afar the American Empire in rapid retreat in Afghanistan, the US […]
Infrastructure Bill Could Enable Government to Track Drivers’ Travel Data
August 10th, 2021“I think I’ll head to the store to pick up a few things.” And then… Via: The Intercept: The Senate’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill proposes a national test program that would allow the government to collect drivers’ data in order to charge them per-mile travel fees. The new revenue would help finance the Highway […]
Mexico Phasing Out Imports of Glyphosate and GMO Corn
August 9th, 2021Via: The Counter: On December 31, 2020, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador signed a decree that could enable Mexican farmers to reclaim their livelihoods within their home country. The order calls for the phase-out by 2024 of two pillars of American agribusiness: glyphosate and genetically engineered (GE) corn, particularly corn grain consumed as part […]
Tesla Claims 92% Battery Cell Material Recovery in New Recycling Process
August 9th, 2021Via: Electrek: Tesla released more details about its effort to deploy large-scale battery recycling, and it claims that it can recover about 92% of battery cell materials with its recycling process.
Us and Them
August 6th, 2021Via: Paul Joseph Watson: More: Larry Page Bought NZ Residency
Venezuela to Slash Six Zeroes from Currency
August 5th, 2021Via: AFP: Venezuela will slash six zeroes off its inflation-battered currency the bolivar to make it easier to use, the central bank said on Thursday. The change will take effect on October 1 with the issuance of new currency notes, called the digital bolivar. “All monetary amounts expressed in national currency will be divided by […]
Vanguard Offers $1,000 To Vaccine Holdout Employees To Get Jabbed
August 3rd, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: According to Bloomberg, Vanguard is now offering $1,000 to employees who get vaccinated by October. The giant asset manager is extending the payments to all workers who can prove they’ve gotten a Covid-19 vaccine, even if they were inoculated before the firm extended the offer. A Vanguard spokeswoman confirmed the company is offering […]
What’s Really Behind the War on Home Ownership?
August 3rd, 2021Via: Off-Guardian: The incipient “Great Reset” is a multi-faceted beast. We talk a lot about vaccine passports and lockdowns and the Covid-realated aspects – and we should – but there’s more to it than that. Remember, they want you to “own nothing and be happy”. And right at the top of the list of things […]
