Archive for July, 2020
Colorado Drone Swarm Mystery… Still a Mystery
July 21st, 2020Via: The Warzone: The War Zone reached out to the FAA’s Ian Gregor, public affairs manager for the FAA Pacific Division, to inquire if the FAA ever established the origins of the drone formations reported in Colorado, Nebraska, and other states. Gregor stated that “We have not received any information that enabled us to determine […]
The Real Unemployment Rate Is 21%… And Heading Higher
July 21st, 2020Via: Of Two Minds: It is somewhat less than reassuring that the “official” unemployment rate of around 12% is roughly half of the “real-world” unemployment rate. As always in the wonderful world of statistics, especially politically potent ones, it depends on what you measure, what you don’t measure / act as if it doesn’t exist, […]
Never Before Has So Much Stimulus Been Injected In The Economy In A Single Quarter
July 21st, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: Pandemic-Driven Recession Is Not Over Back-to-back strong monthly gains in retail sales in May and June and a powerful rebound in the equity markets in Q2 create the impression the recession is over. But the recessionary environment is only delayed, hidden by the record amount of fiscal and monetary stimulus that has postponed […]
Chinese Ambassador Struggles To Explain Shocking Footage Of Handcuffed & Blindfolded Uighurs Loaded Onto Train
July 20th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: During a Sunday morning BBC news program, China’s ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming was in a rare segment asked point blank about viral footage which purports to show a terrifying scene from Xinjiang province of Muslim minority Uighurs being handcuffed and loaded onto train cars.
Boeing Is Running Out of Space to Stash Newly-Built 787 Dreamliners
July 20th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Boeing Co. is running out of space to stash newly-built 787 Dreamliners, with jetliners seemingly tucked onto every available patch of pavement on airfields near its factories in Washington and South Carolina. Dozens of the planes are sitting on the company’s premises, according to people familiar with the situation. Uresh Sheth, a much-followed […]
President of National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Flew on Epstein’s ‘Lolita Express’ 32 Times
July 20th, 2020Via: Daily Mail: The wife of an aristocrat who flew more than 30 times on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Lolita Express’ private jet has stepped down from her role at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Clare Hazell raised thousands of pounds for the charity by hosting a classic car show each year […]
Federal Judge’s Son Killed, Husband Shot at Home by Gunman Disguised as FedEx Delivery Driver
July 20th, 2020Update: Suspect Found Dead Via: New York Post: The men’s rights lawyer suspected of gunning down the son of a federal judge may have been hunting down enemies after being diagnosed with cancer — and may be linked to the July 11 California slaying of another attorney. Roy Den Hollander — who allegedly stormed the […]
“New Cobalt-Free Lithium-Ion Battery Reduces Costs Without Sacrificing Performance”
July 19th, 2020Cobalt is the ugliest part of high performance lithium ion batteries, and the most difficult to eliminate. This research out of University of Texas might be good news. Via: UT News: For decades, researchers have looked for ways to eliminate cobalt from the high-energy batteries that power electronic devices, due to its high cost and […]
State-Linked Chinese Firm Uses Own Workers As Guinea Pigs In Unregulated Vaccine “Pre-Test”
July 19th, 2020“Special volunteers.” Via: ZeroHedge: A major Chinese state-run pharmaceutical company is going to extreme, and some might say dangerous, lengths to develop a coronavirus vaccine at a moment the global race is on to get one safely out. The company announced this week that its Chinese employees and even top executives stood in as guinea […]
Signaling Virtuous Victimhood as Indicators Machiavellianism, Narcissism and Psychopathy
July 19th, 2020Via: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: The obligation to alleviate others’ pain can be found in most of the world’s moral systems. It also appears to be built into the structure of the mind by evolution, as evidenced by the human tendency to feel distress at signs of suffering. It is therefore not surprising […]
