Archive for the 'Economy' Category
This Is Why We Need to Talk About CBDCs
July 15th, 2023Via: Truthstream Media: More: Shut Up… Or Else
U.S. Federal Debt Interest Payments About To Hit $1 Trillion
July 14th, 2023Via: ZeroHedge: …interest payments on total US debt of $32.3 trillion would hit $1.3 trillion within 12 months, potentially making interest on the debt the single biggest US government expenditure and surpassing social security!
White House Looks to Prevent Oversight of Ukraine Aid
July 13th, 2023Here’s an idea: The U.S. should buy some of the weapons it left behind in Afghanistan from the Taliban and send them to Ukraine! haha Babylon Bee, please pick up the nearest white courtesy phone. Via: Libertarian Institute: The Joe Biden administration has come out in opposition to Congress creating an inspector general’s office to […]
Los Angeles: “Vanlords” Rent Dilapidated RVs to Homeless
July 13th, 2023If you think you’ve seen it all… Via: ABC7:
Nostalgia: Fondly Remembering Trump and Fauci; The Good Old Days
July 13th, 2023Via: Jon Rappoport: No, really. It was quite something, wasn’t it? Aside from the destruction of the economy, the suicides, and the mass murder of old people in hospitals with the ventilator-sedation protocol. It was on television. Trump and Fauci. Doofus and psychopath. It couldn’t have been planned better. … These two guys were doing […]
The Puente Hills Mall
July 13th, 2023It’s a pretty surreal scene at the Puente Hills Mall. Lights on. Air conditioning working. Most store spaces vacant. Almost no customers. I wonder what the mall spends on electricity to keep that place cool in July??? Hint: The forecast is for low to mid 90s everyday for the week ahead. The last time I […]
Elon Musk’s New xAI Company Launches to ‘Understand the True Nature of the Universe’
July 12th, 2023Besides naming some employees, there isn’t much more information at this time. Via: The Verge: xAI, Elon Musk’s newly formed AI company, has revealed itself with a new website detailing its mission and team at https://x.ai/. Musk tweeted the company’s intent is to “understand reality” without any other details or explanation. “The goal of xAI […]
Microsoft’s $69 Billion Acquisition of Activision Blizzard Can Proceed
July 11th, 2023Microsoft is now the Lockheed Martin of video games. Via: The Hill: A federal judge has handed Microsoft a major victory by declining to block its looming $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard. Regulators sought to ax the deal saying it will hurt competition. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said in […]
Novavax to Receive $350 Million from Canada for Unused COVID Shots
July 11th, 2023Via: BNN: Novavax Inc (NVAX.O) announced on Friday that it had reached an agreement with Canada, under which the country would pay $349.6 million to settle the forfeiting of certain doses of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine that were originally scheduled for delivery. This development comes as a result of a significant decrease in global demand […]
Britcoin CBDC ‘Could be Used to Check Ages and Nationalities’
July 9th, 2023Via: Telegraph: Rishi Sunak’s new “Britcoin” digital currency could be used to check shoppers’ ages or nationalities, a developer working on the project has said, amid mounting concerns over privacy. … Britcoin – known officially as central bank digital currency (CBDC) – is being developed jointly by the Bank of England and Treasury as an […]
