Archive for the 'Economy' Category
U.S. COVID Contract Details Are a “Trade Secret” – According to the Contractors
April 12th, 2021Via: MIT Technology Review: As the US government pumps billions of dollars into projects aimed at curbing the pandemic, from vaccine development to genomic sequencing, officials claim they are being transparent about how money is being spent. But government contractors have a lot of leeway to hide things, as shown by a recent records request […]
Will U.S. Government Spend $10 Trillion in One Year?
April 8th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: If the Biden Administration’s Infrastructure Program is signed into law, the U.S. will have spent nearly $10 TRILLION in a single year. Yes, Trillion with a “T” This is: 1) Equal to the GDPs of Japan, Germany and the U.K. combined. 2) More than the U.S. has spent during the last FIVE recessions […]
Crypto Yuan: China Creates its Own Digital Currency
April 5th, 2021China: The largest open air prison in the world. Via: Wall Street Journal: China’s version of a digital currency is controlled by its central bank, which will issue the new electronic money. It is expected to give China’s government vast new tools to monitor both its economy and its people.
“Outlaw Technocrats Are Stealing Our Democracy”
April 1st, 2021Via: The Defender: Government technocrats, billionaire oligarchs, Big Pharma, Big Data, Big Media, the high-finance robber barons and the military industrial intelligence apparatus love pandemics for the same reasons they love wars and terrorist attacks. Catastrophic crises create opportunities of convenience to increase both power and wealth. In her seminal book, “The Shock Doctrine: The […]
Suez Canal: Attempts to Refloat the Massive Container Ship Have Failed
March 26th, 2021Via: Al Jazeera: Dislodging the ship that is stuck in the Suez Canal could take days or even weeks, experts said, as an ever-greater backlog of ships is gathering in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean waiting for passage. As of Friday morning, the giant Ever Given vessel remained grounded in the same position, with […]
Philadelphia: Kensington Ave at Night
March 17th, 2021I noticed a store there called, “Dollar Heaven.” Via: HoodTime:
U.S. “COVID Relief” Was Enough To Give Every Taxpayer $41,870
March 17th, 2021Via: Foundation for Economic Education: The sheer immensity of this spending is hard to grasp. For context, $6 trillion is more than one-fourth of what the US economy produces in an entire year, according to Fox Business. The COVID spending blowout is at least eight times bigger than the (inflation-adjusted) price tag of President Franklin […]
Homesteading
March 16th, 2021It’s not a new message, but it’s one that’s worth repeating, for those who might be receptive to it. I received an email from someone asking me how I saw “it” coming so long ago. The answer is that there have always been people who viewed the status quo as toxic and unbearable. For me, […]
The Woke Mob Wants YOU! (Recruitment Video)
March 16th, 2021Via: Awaken with JP:
Stanford Medical Professor Insists COVID Lockdowns “Worst Public Health Mistake In Last 100 Years”
March 11th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: Dr. Scott Atlas isn’t the only Stanfordite to embrace the principles of the Great Barrington Declaration. The former advisor to President Trump delivered a final address yesterday that summed up his criticisms of the US COVID-19 response, particularly the draconian lockdowns that destroyed millions of jobs and hundreds of thousands of small businesses. […]
