Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Perspectives on the Pandemic: The (Undercover) Epicenter Nurse
June 10th, 2020What happened in New York was definitely mass murder for profit. Via: Journeyman Pictures: Erin Marie Olszewski is a Nurse-turned-investigative journalist, who has spent the last few months on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, on the inside in two radically different settings. Two hospitals. One private, the other public. One in Florida, the other […]
Rabo: “Insolvent US Companies Should Take The Fed’s New Bailout Loans And Just Buy The S&P”
June 9th, 2020Via: Zero Hedge: The S&P is now up for the year. Which is pretty much what one would expect against the backdrop of the World Bank calling a deep global recession, the worst US economic downturn since the 1930s, and the worst civil unrest since 1968.
Over 95% of UK “Covid19” Deaths Had “Pre-Existing Condition”
June 8th, 2020Via: Off Guardian: Over 95% of “COVID Deaths” recorded in England and Wales had potentially serious comorbidities, according to statistics released by NHS England. The latest figures make for pretty stark reading. Or, rather, they would make for stark reading…if they didn’t follow the exact same pattern already shown in other nations around the world.
Wealthy Fleeing San Francisco for Surrounding Areas
June 8th, 2020Let the lunatics wreck the place, spread shit and used needles everywhere, etc. drive down prices, then come back and do it all again. Via: San Francisco Chronicle: Amid the depths of a global pandemic and financial downturn, the demand for real estate is unexpectedly rocketing in wealthy regions outside San Francisco, reports Bloomberg. Agents […]
“A Crash in the Dollar Is Coming”
June 8th, 2020Bloomberg now reads like an economic doom blog. Does that mean: Yes, the dollar collapse is finally here. or… Nope, made you look. Again. What will it take to finally collapse the dollar? Does it matter that the U.S. is two, ten, twenty, thirty or one hundred trillion dollars in debt? Is there any difference? […]
Tipping Point: Hyundai Has Bigger Market Share for EVs Than Combustion Cars
June 8th, 2020Via: Electrek: Internal-combustion vehicles made by Hyundai-Kia represented 8.9% of the global market in the first quarter of 2020. But the EVs it sells were 9.9% of the global electric-vehicle market. In other words, Hyundai could be the first legacy automaker that is now more competitive on EVs than with its gas- and diesel-powered cars.
Hospitals Got Bailouts and Furloughed Thousands While Paying CEOs Millions
June 8th, 2020Via: DNYUZ: HCA is among a long list of deep-pocketed health care companies that have received billions of dollars in taxpayer funds but are laying off or cutting the pay of tens of thousands of doctors, nurses and lower-paid workers. Many have continued to pay their top executives millions, although some executives have taken modest […]
This Is #TheGreatReset
June 4th, 2020Via: The Corbett Report:
Millions Of Americans Skip Payments As Tidal Wave Of Defaults And Evictions Looms
June 4th, 2020Via: NPR: Americans are skipping payments on mortgages, auto loans and other bills. Normally, that could mean massive foreclosures, evictions, cars repossessions and people’s credit getting destroyed. But much of that has been put on pause. Help from Congress and leniency from lenders have kept impending financial disaster at bay for millions of people. But […]
Pandemic Effects Could Leave 54 Million Americans Without Food
June 1st, 2020Via: Guardian: A record number of Americans face hunger this year as the catastrophic economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic looks set to leave tens of millions of people unable to buy enough food to feed their families. Nationwide, the demand for aid at food banks and pantries has soared since the virus forced […]
