Archive for July, 2020
Africa to Become Testing Ground for “Trust Stamp” Vaccine Record and Payment System
July 13th, 2020Wow. You’ll love this one: “Wellness Pass.” Via: Mint Press: A biometric digital identity platform that “evolves just as you evolve” is set to be introduced in “low-income, remote communities” in West Africa thanks to a public-private partnership between the Bill Gates-backed GAVI vaccine alliance, Mastercard and the AI-powered “identity authentication” company, Trust Stamp. The […]
Sunlight Destroys COVID-19 Quickly
July 13th, 2020Via: Yahoo News: Preliminary results from government lab experiments show that the coronavirus does not survive long in high temperatures and high humidity, and is quickly destroyed by sunlight, providing evidence from controlled tests of what scientists believed — but had not yet proved — to be true.
Federal Reserve’s $3 Trillion Virus Rescue Inflates Market Bubbles
July 13th, 2020Via: Reuters: The Federal Reserve’s $3 trillion bid to stave off an economic crisis in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak is fuelling excesses across U.S. capital markets. The U.S. central bank has pledged unlimited financial asset purchases to sustain market liquidity, increasing its balance sheet from $4.2 trillion in February to $7 trillion today. […]
Amid Pandemic, Wealthy U.S. Families, Approved for Government “Relief Loans”
July 13th, 2020They’re rubbing our noses in it at this point. Via: Reuters: Among those approved: Rothschild Capital Partners LLC, a New York-based firm that manages money for its chief executive, David D. Rothschild and others, got the go-ahead for a loan of up to $350,000 to retain eight jobs. The firm managed approximately $330 million at […]
For First Time Since The Great Depression, Americans Must Wait In Line For The Most Basic Essential Items
July 12th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: The scene can be somewhat dystopian and third world when you look at it: as a result of the pandemic and the new way that our economy is forced to do business, Americans all over the country are waiting in line – even for the most basic of essentials. For example, Bloomberg points […]
How the CIA Made Afghanistan Safe for the Opium Trade
July 12th, 2020Via: Counterpunch: American DEA agents were fully apprised of the drug running of the mujahedin in concert with Pakistani intelligence and military leaders. In 1983 the DEA’s congressional liaison, David Melocik, told a congressional committee, “You can say the rebels make their money off the sale of opium. There’s no doubt about it. These rebels […]
Cops Raid Mansion Of St. Louis Couple Who Defended Home From Protesters, Confiscate AR-15
July 12th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: St. Louis authorities confiscated an AR-15 used by Mark McCloskey, who made headlines with his wife Patricia last month when they defended their historic mansion from protesters who had broken down a gate to trespass on their private road.
It Takes 3 Weeks to Escape Illinois
July 12th, 2020Via: The Street: Why 3 weeks? That’s how long it takes to reserve a one-way U-Haul outbound. “Everyone is leaving. No one is coming,” a U-Haul agent told us a few weeks ago.
Where Did It All Go Wrong For Intel?
July 12th, 2020Via: Financial Times: There are two factors behind this massive shift in relative value. The most significant has been Intel’s failure to maintain its flawless execution. Its move to the latest generation of chips — with features that are only 10 nanometres wide — has been plagued with manufacturing problems. For the first time, TSMC […]
4 Mysterious Objects Spotted in Deep Space Are Unlike Anything Ever Seen
July 12th, 2020Via: LiveScience: There’s something unusual lurking out in the depths of space: Astronomers have discovered four faint objects that at radio wavelengths are highly circular and brighter along their edges. And they’re unlike any class of astronomical object ever seen before. The objects, which look like distant ring-shaped islands, have been dubbed odd radio circles, […]
