Archive for the 'Economy' Category
California Lost More Than $300 Million in Tax Revenue from Wealthy Residents Moving
July 28th, 2023Via: KTLA: For the third straight year, the state of California has experienced a decline in population, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, and many of those packing up and heading east are some of the state’s wealthiest. A study of IRS Migration Data by an online real estate portal found that no state experienced […]
Worldcoin Isn’t as Bad as it Sounds: It’s Worse
July 28th, 2023One person is willing to sell their soul every 8 seconds for a shitcoin and a cattle tag. Extreme clown world alert. https://t.co/RZeJYANCAV — Whitney Webb (@_whitneywebb) July 26, 2023 Via: Blockworks: Worldcoin — a new financial system connected to sensitive biometric information, mostly harvested from poor people — sure sounds like a terrible idea. […]
DOJ Drops Campaign Finance Charge Against Sam Bankman-Fried
July 27th, 2023I’m shocked. Via: Breitbart: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) informed a federal judge late Wednesday it did “not intend to proceed” with a campaign finance charge against disgraced FTX founder and Democrat super donor Sam Bankman-Fried. Consultation with the Bahamas on the campaign finance charges in Bankman-Fried’s original extradition document last year were behind […]
New Zealand: Hatchard on Therapeutic Products Bill
July 23rd, 2023While you were sleeping! (Video) Under urgency, the government passed the Therapeutic Products Bill while we were distracted by the world cup and the violent events in Auckland. pic.twitter.com/ETfiFgaJko — Hatchard Report Media (@HatchardMedia) July 22, 2023
“Ongoing Geopolitical Uncertainties”: Lockheed Martin Raises Full-Year Forecast on Strong Weapons Demand
July 23rd, 2023Via: Reuters: U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin on Tuesday raised its annual profit and sales outlook on strong demand for military equipment stoked by ongoing geopolitical uncertainties. … Defense companies in the U.S. have been successful in translating demand for air defense systems, missiles and other weapons into orders, triggered by the war in Ukraine […]
Only 23% of Canadians Are Happy with How the Government Spends Money
July 21st, 2023Via: CTV News: Less than a quarter (23 per cent) of Canadians think the federal government is properly spending money on the most important issues facing the country, according to new survey data from Ipsos. The survey, conducted on behalf of the Montreal Economic Institute, also found 64 per cent of people think the government […]
Apple Experimenting With ‘Apple GPT’ AI Tool
July 19th, 2023One of my children figured out a few cunning tricks to work around his time limits on his PC running Windows 10. I saw what he was doing and thought that I could solve it with some automation. In short, I needed a script to log just him out on workstation lock; completely terminate the […]
Wheat Prices Soar As Russia Considers Ships Heading To Ukraine As “Carriers Of Military Cargo”
July 19th, 2023Via: ZeroHedge: Wheat futures jumped Wednesday morning after Russia’s defense ministry released a memo on Telegram indicating all vessels sailing to Ukraine ports in the waters of the Black Sea will be “regarded as potential carriers of military cargo” beginning on Thursday. “In connection with the cessation of the functioning of the Black Sea Grain […]
At Least a Quarter of Medical Randomized Controlled Trials Are Faked or Flawed
July 18th, 2023Via: Nature: For years, a number of scientists, physicians and data sleuths have argued that fake or unreliable trials are frighteningly widespread. They’ve scoured RCTs in various medical fields, such as women’s health, pain research, anaesthesiology, bone health and COVID-19, and have found dozens or hundreds of trials with seemingly statistically impossible data. Some, on […]
US, NATO Weapons Stockpile ‘Dangerously Low’: USAF General
July 17th, 2023Mmm hmm. Let me guess: More trillions required? Via: Breaking Defense: Amid a high tempo of arms transfers to Ukraine, the stockpile of US weapons and those of allies are getting “dangerously low,” the commander of US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) said today. And worse, he warned, no “short term” fixes are on the […]
