Archive for the 'Economy' Category
60% of Americans Living Paycheck to Paycheck
October 3rd, 2022Via: CNBC: As of August, 60% of Americans were living paycheck to paycheck, according to a recent LendingClub report — a number that hasn’t budged much since inflation hit 40-year highs. A year ago, the number of adults who felt stretched too thin was closer to 55%. Even high-income earners are feeling the strain, the […]
Blinken Calls Sabotage Attacks On Nord Stream Pipelines A “Tremendous Opportunity”
October 3rd, 2022Via: ZeroHedge: Ever since the recent unprecedented sabotage attacks on the Russia to Europe Nord Stream pipelines, the central question has continued to remain who did it and correspondingly cui bono? … Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a Friday joint press briefing with Canada’s top diplomat that the damage and disruption to the […]
Bill Gates and Digital IDs: ‘Gravest Technological Threat’ to Liberty
October 2nd, 2022Via: The Defender: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) this month said it will invest $200 million in digital ID projects, encompassing “digital public infrastructure, including civil registry databases and digital ID” to help meet the 2030 target date for reaching the United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The $200 million in new […]
The UK Was Very Close to Triggering a “Lehman Moment”
September 30th, 2022UK pensions very nearly went off the rails. Via: Investment Watch: With reported CPI at 10% the BOE yesterday launched QE estimated at GBP 65 billion of freshly newly printed money… all in the name of bringing order to the disorderly bond market and bailing out UK pension funds from failed derivatives bets…
The Dark Truth of America’s Federation Of State Medical Boards
September 29th, 2022Via: NZDSOS: Dr Dooley is an American trained private medical doctor who has been practicing in New Zealand for some years. After receiving a Master’s degree in immunology and virology he attended medical school, where he learned very early on, of the grooming that the pharmaceutical industry engage in with doctors and medical students. He […]
The Digital Dollar Will Not Be Anonymous, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Says
September 28th, 2022I’m sure you’re shocked to learn this. Via: Reclaim the Net: Despite privacy being one of the main concerns citizens have about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), the heads of the United States (US) Federal Reserve and European Central Bank (ECB) have confirmed that their respective CBDCs will not be anonymous. During an appearance at […]
Lights Out, Ovens Off: Europe Preps for Winter Energy Crisis
September 26th, 2022Via: AP: As Europe heads into winter in the throes of an energy crisis, offices are getting chillier. Statues and historic buildings are going dark. Bakers who can’t afford to heat their ovens are talking about giving up, while fruit and vegetable growers face letting greenhouses stand idle. In poorer eastern Europe, people are stocking […]
London Banks Prepare For Possible Blackouts
September 25th, 2022Via: OilPrice: Banking and financial firms in London are closely studying and updating contingency electricity supply plans to protect themselves and their customers in case power outages hit the UK this winter. Some banks are discussing the idea of again encouraging the work-from-home policies from previous Covid lockdowns or using offsite locations, representatives of the […]
World’s Second-Largest Steelmaker Closes European Plant
September 22nd, 2022Via: OilPrice: The world’s second-largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, is the latest industrial company to announce a plant closure in Europe due to soaring gas and energy prices. ArcelorMittal will shut one of its two blast furnaces at its steelworks site in Bremen, Germany, from the end of September until further notice, due to the “exorbitant rise […]
Russian Nukes Can Be Used To Defend Annexed Ukraine Regions, Kremlin Warns
September 22nd, 2022I watch Ken Wheeler (aka Theoria Apophasis) for his photography content and lunatic fringe ideas about energy, but this is worth sharing here: Via: ZeroHedge: Once again Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, has served the role of issuing more severe ‘read between the lines’ warnings and threats fresh off President Vladimir […]
