Archive for November, 2016
AT&T And NASA To Build National Drone Tracking System
November 16th, 2016Via: Vocativ: The largest telecommunications company in the world wants to serve as a watchdog for all drones in the United States — and in the process, play a major role in supervising the national airspace. On Nov. 10, AT&T announced that it was collaborating with NASA to develop an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management […]
Cities Nationwide Enacting More Policies to Criminalize Homelessness
November 16th, 2016After eight years of Hope and Change… Via: CBS: A new report says cities nationwide are enacting more policies that criminalize homelessness. The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty said Tuesday many cities have banned living in vehicles, camping in public areas and panhandling.
Nearly Half of Eligible Voters Didn’t Vote
November 14th, 2016Via: Daily Sheeple: Nearly half of all eligible voters did not vote, according to The United States Election Project. Out of 231,556,622 in the Voting-Eligible Population (VEP), there were only 131,018,000 ballots counted. When compared with the 2008 and 2012 elections, we see almost 9 million less people voting in 2016.
Are Universities Causing Brain Damage?
November 14th, 2016I did my university time in the 1990s and I don’t remember anything as nuts as this. WTF happened to these people? Is this the result of too much GMO soy food and NPR? Is this part of some concerted effort to destroy the left? An open air MKULTRA experiment? What is going on here? […]
After Trump Win, Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Dead
November 13th, 2016Via: Guardian: White House officials conceded on Friday that the president’s hard-fought-for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal would not pass Congress, as lawmakers there prepared for the anti-global trade policies of President-elect Donald Trump. Earlier this week, congressional leaders in both parties said they would not bring the trade deal forward during a lame-duck session […]
Anger Grows in India as Banks Struggle to Swap Banned Notes
November 12th, 2016Via: Reuters: Anger intensified in India on Saturday as banks struggled to dispense cash following the government’s decision to withdraw large denomination notes in an attempt to uncover billions of dollars in undeclared wealth. Tempers frayed as hundreds of thousands of people queued for hours outside banks for a third day to swap 500 and […]
Automakers to Trump: Don’t Force Us to Build Electric Vehicles
November 12th, 2016Ok, Trump should also get rid of the fossil fuel subsidies. Via: Electrek: Not even two days after Donald Trump’s election, automakers have started their lobbying effort to weaken the requirements for fuel consumption reduction. The current goal is for a fleet average of more than 50 mpg by 2025, which would require automakers to […]
Dozens Arrested, Police Cars Damaged in Second Night of Anti-Trump Protests in California
November 10th, 2016Soros, is that you? Via: Los Angeles Times: Dozens of demonstrators were arrested during a second day of protests in California on Thursday as demonstrators from the Bay Area to Los Angeles took to the streets forcefully denouncing President-elect Donald Trump. In Los Angeles, 29 people were arrested overnight for impeding traffic when hundreds of […]
Trump Won: How Long Will the Media’s Infantile Tantrum Persist?
November 9th, 2016Have you ever seen anything like the media’s hysteria in the wake of the Trump victory? I didn’t want Clinton and I didn’t want Trump, but seeing that Washington Post shit the bed so spectacularly is, I have to admit, massively satisfying! I can’t ever recall experiencing schadenfreude to this extent.
Open Thread: President Elect Trump
November 9th, 2016Well, I got that totally wrong. I very honestly believed that Hillary Clinton was going to preside over the next phase of the collapse of the U.S. I struggle for words to express how badly I was dreading another Clinton regime. That bitch (and the scum around her) would have very definitely continued to implode […]
