Archive for December, 2019
Carmakers Shed 80,000 Jobs as Electric Shift Upends Industry
December 4th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: It’s turning out to be one of the worst years ever for auto workers across the globe amid shrinking demand and a tectonic shift in vehicle technology, with Daimler AG and Audi announcing almost 20,000 job cuts in just the past week. All told, carmakers are eliminating more than 80,000 jobs during the […]
Merck’s Insurers Treat Ransomware Takedown as Act of War
December 4th, 2019Schadenfreude? Maybe a little. Ok, a lot. Via: Bloomberg: Merck did what any of us would do when facing a disaster: It turned to its insurers. After all, through its property policies, the company was covered—after a $150 million deductible—to the tune of $1.75 billion for catastrophic risks including the destruction of computer data, coding, […]
U.S. Navy Buying 9 New Nuclear Submarines for $22 Billion, Largest Warship Building Deal Ever
December 4th, 2019So it goes… Via: Popular Mechanics: The U.S. Navy has just signed the largest warship building deal ever. The service will pay more than 20 billion dollars for nine new Virginia-class attack submarines. The submarines will replace Cold War-era Los Angeles-class boats in America’s submarine fleet, adding new technology and greater firepower. Many of the […]
Thomas Bowers: Epstein Connection to Dead Trump Banker [???]
December 3rd, 2019Related: “Deutsche Bank Executive Who Signed Off On Trump Loans Kills Himself At Age 55” Via: TruePundit: Bowers headed the private wealth banking division for Deutsche Bank and signed off on millions in loans to Epstein. Bowers, prior to taking over the private banking arm at Deutsche Bank, served in the same top position at […]
FDA Bowed to Industry for Decades as Alarms Were Sounded Over Talc
December 3rd, 2019Via: Reuters: Over the past 50 years, the FDA has relied upon–and often deferred to–industry even as outside experts and consumers repeatedly raised serious health concerns about talc powders and cosmetics, a Reuters investigation found. Again and again since at least the 1970s, the agency has downplayed the risk of asbestos contamination and declined to […]
Astronomers Are About to Detect the Light from the Very First Stars in the Universe
December 3rd, 2019Via: Universe Today: A team of scientists working with the Murchison Widefield Array (WMA) radio telescope are trying to find the signal from the Universe’s first stars. Those first stars formed after the Universe’s Dark Ages. To find their first light, the researchers are looking for the signal from neutral hydrogen, the gas that dominated […]
Ontario RAT Folding Pocket Knives
December 3rd, 2019My youngest son, Reed, chose an Ontario RAT-1 for his first knife six months ago. I’m definitely no expert on knives or EDC gear, but I’ve been so astonished by the quality, durability and low price of the Ontario RAT-1 knife, I wanted to tell you about it. Reed is extremely hard on his tools […]
Google Has 10,000 Employees Censoring YouTube Videos, Some of Them Starting to Believe Conspiracy Theories
December 3rd, 2019Via: RealClearPolitics: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki tells Lesley Stahl what the video platform is doing about hate speech in an interview Sunday on the CBS newsmagazine program ’60 Minutes.’ Wojcicki told ’60 Minutes’ that Google employs 10,000 people to focus on “controversial content.” She described their schedule, which includes time for therapy. Stahl also said […]
Homeland Security Proposes Face Scans for All U.S. Citizens Entering or Exiting Country
December 2nd, 2019Via: Reuters: The Trump administration intends to propose a regulation next year that would require all travelers – including U.S. citizens – to be photographed when entering or leaving the United States, according to the administration’s regulatory agenda. The proposed regulation, slated to be issued in July by the Homeland Security Department, would be part […]
China: Police Interrogate Man After He Criticized Them on Social Media
December 2nd, 2019Via: Ezra Levant: China spies on social media conversations. Then they bring dissidents in for a real-life chat. I’d say we’re AT LEAST five years away from that over here, so no worries. pic.twitter.com/HjXzqsgr8S — Ezra Levant ? (@ezralevant) December 1, 2019
