Archive for the 'Economy' Category
World War II-Style Rationing to Fix Global Warming
February 20th, 2023Mmm hmm. Via: University of Leeds: World War II-style rationing could be an effective way to reduce carbon emissions, according to new research from the University of Leeds. In a paper published today in the journal ‘Ethics, Policy and Environment’, academics argue that rationing could help states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions rapidly and fairly. […]
Whatever They Decide These UFOs Are, The Answer Will Be More U.S. Militarism
February 20th, 2023Via: Caitlin Johnstone: It is a very safe bet that whatever the US government determines these objects to be, the response to that determination will feature increased militarism and the advancement of pre-existing Pentagon agendas. We’re already seeing Florida congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna using the UFO incidents to argue for sanctions on China and to […]
Biden Visits Ukraine
February 20th, 2023Meanwhile in California: Michigan: Georgia: Pennsylvania: Ohio: Via: AP: President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a gesture of solidarity that comes days before the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of the country. Speaking alongside Zelenskyy at Mariinsky Palace, Biden recalled the fears nearly a […]
Facebook, “Deploying AI Tools To Help Our Engineers Be More Productive”
February 18th, 2023Remember the one about the Sky360 developer accomplishing something with ChatGPT that he couldn’t have otherwise done? Via: ZeroHedge: In Meta’s fourth-quarter earnings call on February 1, the CEO noted: “We’re working on flattening our org structure and removing some layers of middle management to make decisions faster, as well as deploying AI tools to […]
Alphabet Loses Over $110 Billion Market Cap After AI ChatBot ‘Glitch’
February 8th, 2023Via: ZeroHedge: Google owner Alphabet has continued crashing after an underwhelming launch even raised concerns that its new artificial intelligence chatbot Bard may yield inaccurate responses. Google was forced to respond after the shares collapsed, saying in a statement that Bard’s response “highlights the importance of a rigorous testing process.” The company said it will […]
“What stage of the empire is it when Walmart is locking the Spam up in individual security boxes?”
February 8th, 2023Hey what stage of the empire is it when Walmart is locking the Spam up in individual security boxes? https://t.co/IFzF8UYkPM — Truthstream Media (@truthstreamnews) February 8, 2023
Huge Ekranoplan-Like Airlifter Design Teams Selected By DARPA
February 2nd, 2023As ever larger swaths of the United States look like they have been carpet bombed… The horrifying maw of the Military Industrial Complex says, “More.” Via: The Warzone: The Pentagon has selected two teams to further develop their designs for a full-scale demonstrator of the Liberty Lifter X-plane. Aurora Flight Sciences (working with Gibbs & […]
Insurance Industry Analyst Josh Stirling on Excess Death Data
February 2nd, 2023Via: Epoch Times: “The more doses on average you have in a region within the United States, the bigger increase in mortality that region has had in 2022 when compared to 2021.”
World Economic Forum: Crime Fighting & Productivity Brain Wearables at Davos 2023
January 31st, 2023“Fit bits for your brain.” At the Davos event titled “Are you ready for brain transparency?” The WEF speaker explained how brain-wave data collected by your ear pods will be used by your boss to make you "more productive" and help government authorities "fight crime" (link embedded) h/t @peopleconspire pic.twitter.com/7eJkjY8fBQ — Jeremy Loffredo (@loffredojeremy) January […]
The “Price Shock” is Just Starting: German Industry To Pay 40% More For Energy Than Pre-Crisis
January 31st, 2023Via: ZeroHedge: Back in August 2022, repo plumbing guru Zoltan Pozsar published a fascinating chart showing how “$2 Trillion Of German Value Depends On $20 Billion Of Russian Gas” or specifically, how Germany had applied some 100x leverage – much more than Lehman – on cheap commodities, and mostly Russian gas, to cheaply run its […]
