Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Pentagon to Send More Troops, Fighter Jets to Saudi Arabia
October 11th, 2019Via: USA Today: The Pentagon will send thousands more troops and two squadrons of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia as tensions increase with Iran. The move follows an attack last month on oil production facilities in Saudi Arabia that Iran was “clearly responsible for,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday. Iran denied it had a […]
Burisma Paid Joe Biden $900,000 for Lobbying – Ukrainian MP
October 9th, 2019Hmm… Via: Interfax Ukraine: Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden received $900,000 for lobbying activities from Burisma Group, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada member Andriy Derkach said citing investigation materials. Derkach publicized documents which, as he said, “describe the mechanism of getting money by Biden Sr.” at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine’s press center in Kyiv on […]
18-Year Old U.S. Soldiers Now Entering Afghanistan 18 Years After War Began
October 9th, 2019Even though Private Nines is from North Carolina, this story reminds me of: Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA by Terry Reed: Terry was the quintessential product of Middle America. Sown like patriotic seed on the plains, his destiny was to be harvested for the nation’s use… So it goes, generation after generation. The harvests […]
Millions Brace for Unprecedented Power Cuts in California
October 9th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: It was a once-unthinkable move: purposely shutting off power to millions of people and plunging a major metropolitan area into darkness. And yet, on Wednesday, utility PG&E Corp. began cutting electricity to almost 800,000 California homes and businesses — representing roughly 2.4 million people — to prevent wildfires as high winds are forecast […]
Nobel Awarded for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Portable Power
October 9th, 2019Via: Quanta Magazine: Three researchers were honored with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry this morning for their roles in the development of lithium-ion batteries, a technology that has made possible our mobile electronic civilization of cellular phones and electric cars. John Goodenough of University of Texas, Austin, M. Stanley Whittingham of Binghamton University and Akira […]
The Biggest Lie Tech People Tell Themselves – And The Rest Of Us
October 9th, 2019Via: Vox: Imagine you’re taking an online business class — the kind where you watch video lectures and then answer questions at the end. But this isn’t a normal class, and you’re not just watching the lectures: They’re watching you back. Every time the facial recognition system decides that you look bored, distracted, or tuned […]
Secret Ingredients
October 8th, 2019Warning: Nothing that appears on Cryptogon should be considered medical advice. — I have friends who had a vaccine injured child. Despite my urging them avoid vaccinating their baby, they went ahead with the standard vaccination schedule. The child wound up in a coma after the MMR. She survived, but was later diagnosed with autism. […]
Federal Deficit Estimated at $984 Billion, Highest in Seven Years
October 8th, 2019Via: The Hill: The federal budget deficit for 2019 is estimated at $984 billion, a hefty 4.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and the highest since 2012, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said on Monday. The difference between federal spending and revenue has only ever exceeded $1 trillion four times, in the period immediately […]
Genetic Sequencing of Common Vaccine Finds Entire Male Human Genome from Aborted Human Baby with Abnormal, Modified Genes, 560 Genes Linked to Cancer
October 5th, 2019Via: Natural News: Vaccines are routinely formulated with aborted human fetal cells known as MRC-5 and WI-38. The CDC openly lists some of the vaccines that use these “human diploid” cells, including Twinrix (Hep A / Hep B), ProQuad (MMRV) and Varivax (Varicella / chicken pox). FDA-published vaccine insert sheets such as this one for […]
Tesla Acquires Canadian Battery Specialist, Hibar Systems, Possibly Setting Up Secret Battery Lab
October 5th, 2019Via: Electric Autonomy: Tesla Inc. is expanding into Canada with the purchase of a Richmond Hill, Ont., company specializing in battery manufacturing, Hibar Systems Ltd. The quiet purchase — not previously reported — happened between July and October of this year, public records show. The acquisition comes at a pivotal time for Tesla, as the […]
