Archive for the 'Economy' Category
OpenAI Shows New AI Model to U.S. National Security Officials Before Release
August 27th, 2024The main takeaway from this is that OpenAI probably thinks there are national security implications related to their upcoming “Strawberry” AI model. More extensive commentary on this: My favorite quote, “You might be pretty certain that the answer to two plus two isn’t cat.” Via: Maginative: OpenAI has quietly showcased its latest AI breakthrough, codenamed […]
Canada: Taxpayer Funded Surgery to Create Vagina for “Non Binary” Ontario Resident with Penis
August 25th, 2024Your what hurts? Via: CTV News: An Ontario resident has successfully secured public funding for a specialized gender-affirming surgery argued to be “experimental” by the provincial health insurer following a years-long legal battle. The prospective patient, identified only as K.S. in documents filed with the provincial Health Services Appeal and Review Board (HSARB), was seeking […]
Oregon: Taxpayer Funded $30,000 Homebuyer Grants, “Only for People Who Are Not American Citizens”
August 25th, 2024Via: Daily Mail: Oregonians have reacted angrily to a taxpayer-funded scheme that doles out $30,000 for non-legal migrants to buy homes, but excludes US citizens. Hacienda Community Development Corporation, a Latino-led group in Portland, says in a promotion that it will give first-time home buyers up to $30,000 to get on the property ladder. But […]
Statins Are Pharma Trash, Research Mounts
August 23rd, 2024Via: Armageddon Prose: On a long enough timeline, most medical scams — even the most persistent ones — have a way of unraveling. … To facilitate more statin prescriptions, the industry developed calculators for adult-child doctors to use, into which they punch in a bunch of numbers and the computer then tells them whether their […]
Fed Chair Powell Indicates Interest Rate Cuts Ahead
August 23rd, 2024haha Shocker: U.S. Jobs Revised Down By 818,000, Second Worst Revision In History: At the end of the day, all this does is cement the Fed’s 25bps rate cut next month. Via: ZeroHedge: Powell’s comments confirmed that a September rate cut is coming, as he said “the time has come for policy to adjust”, with […]
U.S. Jobs Revised Down By 818,000, Second Worst Revision In History
August 21st, 2024Via: ZeroHedge: At the end of the day, all this does is cement the Fed’s 25bps rate cut next month.
“Switzerland Moves Towards Cashless Future with Instant Payments”
August 21st, 2024Optional, for now. Via: AFP: Switzerland’s new instant payment system will bolster the future of cashless payments in the country, the Swiss central bank said Wednesday after the scheme went live. The Swiss National Bank said around 60 financial institutions were now able to receive and process instant payments, covering more than 95 percent of […]
Calley & Casey Means: “The System Is Rigged Against the American Patient to Create Diseases and Then Profit Off of Them”
August 21st, 2024Highly recommended. Via: Tucker Carlson: Casey Means was a Stanford-educated surgeon. Her brother Calley was a lobbyist for pharma and the food industry. Both quit their jobs in horror when they realized how many people were being killed by the systems they participated in. This is an amazing story. (0:54) Who Are… pic.twitter.com/1oIVLvPlAv — Tucker […]
Kamala Harris’ Dishonest and Stupid Price Control Proposal
August 19th, 2024Via: Reason: When you’ve caused a problem, deflect! At least, that seems to be the strategy of Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, who spent the last several years as part of an administration that presided over a growing mismatch between Americans’ pay and the cost of living. Rather than take responsibility for […]
Rising Autism Rates, Economic and Societal Costs
August 16th, 2024“It is the greatest financial crime in history… It will lead to collapse in our lifetime.” There are tens of thousands of posts on Cryptogon. I know that most of you just scan the headlines, because, how could anyone follow even the abridged version of what is happening that I present here… Please don’t do […]
