Archive for the 'Economy' Category
The Origins of Cyberpunk
December 12th, 2019Via: Indigo Gaming:
World’s First Electric Commercial Airplane Completes Test Flight
December 11th, 2019Via: Business Insider: A Vancouver-based airline is one step closer to launching the world’s first all-electric commercial plane after a successful test flight on December 10. Harbour Air’s ePlane completed a 10-minute trip across the Fraser River in Richmond, BC. The ePlane is a six-passenger DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver, a Canadian-designed aircraft that has been […]
These Secretive Oil Companies Control $3 Trillion In Wealth
December 11th, 2019Via: OilPrice: They control the vast majority of the world’s oil and gas assets, yet the average person has never even heard of them, outside of those that are famous for things like getting attacked by missiles or becoming embroiled in a high-profile corruption scandal. State-owned oil and gas companies (aka, the national oil companies, […]
The Afghanistan Papers
December 11th, 2019Via: Washington Post: A confidential trove of government documents obtained by The Washington Post reveals that senior U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign, making rosy pronouncements they knew to be false and hiding unmistakable evidence the war had become unwinnable. Related, 2007: The War in […]
Student Loans A Lot Like The Subprime Mortgage Debacle
December 11th, 2019Via: NPR: Calhoun’s the president of the nonprofit Center for Responsible Lending. For decades he’s been keeping watch to protect people from reckless lending. He says that with student loans, just like with the housing crisis, there’s no consideration about whether the person getting the loan will be able to repay it. “Once again, it’s […]
U.S. Army Will Fund Rare Earths Processing Facilities
December 11th, 2019Via: Reuters: The U.S. Army plans to fund construction of rare earths processing facilities, part of an urgent push by Washington to secure domestic supply of the minerals used to make military weapons and electronics, according to a government document seen by Reuters. … The Army said it will fund up to two-thirds of a […]
With a Gun to Its Head, Toyota Will Build Electric Vehicles
December 10th, 2019The blah specs and Toyota’s 100% half ass effort on this compliance car remind me of this hilarious/true meme I saw somewhere last week: Via: Electrek: The Toyota Motor Corporation will launch its first all-electric Lexus in 2020. Nikkei’s Asian Review confirmed that the Lexus UX300e battery-powered SUV will go on sale as soon as […]
YouTube: This Place Is Broken
December 10th, 2019ThemTube. Via: Truthstream Media – Bitchute:
California Plans Forced Internment and Asset Seizure to Solve Homeless Crisis
December 7th, 2019Via: Tim Pool:
Los Angeles Is Spending Over $1 Billion To House the Homeless. It’s Failing.
December 7th, 2019Via: Reason: The city initially ballparked the permanent units at a median cost of $350,000 a piece. Three years later, the estimated cost rose to more than half a million per unit. Some units are approaching $700,000 each. Andy Bales says he saw it coming. “I was a critic 10 years ago of this plan […]
