After Russia invaded Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden said the sanctions he imposed on Moscow were “the broadest sanctions in history,” and that “Russia will pay a serious price.” Getting even for the broad range of U.S./NATO sanctions imposed upon them Russia, as we have reported, has begun to cut off gas and oil flows...
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ENERGY PLEA WILL LIKELY FALL ON DEAF EARS
As China guzzles American strategic reserve oil with the Biden Administration’s assistance, new domestic production and consumption is being radically throttled. Realclearenergy.org, part of the RealClear Media Group, came out on 27 July with a plea for a more sane energy strategy. They highlighted three policy prescriptions that would economically benefit the country at a...
NEW STUDY SAYS CBDC WOULD “SMOOTH” ECONOMIES VIA MORE EFFICIENT LIQUIDITY
A new working paper by the European Central Bank (ECB) argues that a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) would more efficiently facilitate monetary liquidity. There has been significant discussion and some disagreement over whether it should be left to the private sector to issue Euro stablecoins with appropriate regulations, or whether Central Banks should get...
“SUSTAINABLE” DEVELOPMENT IS ANYTHING BUT
It’s not only Dutch farmers, the Eurozone, and places like Sri Lanka that are reeling from climate regulations being pushed as part of the UN and NGO-led “Agenda 2030” initiative. U.S. farmers—and indeed, every American—will be feeling pain that may make current economic conditions seem mild a few years from now. The UN’s “Sustainable Development...
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
NEW EVIDENCE CDC DIRECTED BIG TECH TO MONITOR AND BAN COVID DISSENT New documents from a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) filing by America First Legal (AFL) show that the CDC closely coordinated with supposedly “private” big tech social media companies to monitor and shutdown COVID policy dissenters. It represents a criminal violation of the...
BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
SEC REBUKED FOR “REGULATION BY ENFORCEMENT” BY CFTC COMMISSIONER The Securities Exchange Commision (SEC) using an insider trading scandal involving a [now former] Coinbase employee in order to allege that nine crypto assets should be classed as securities, drew pointed criticism from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) last week. CFTC commissioner Caroline D. Pham...
REVOLVING DOOR: “IT’S ONE BIG CLUB, AND YOU AIN’T IN IT.”
The media and what is called the “education” system, calls the shifting of top people in government to corporations and the shift from corporations to top government jobs a “revolving door.” The door is not “revolving.” America is, according to the definition of Benito Mussolini, who called the merger of state and corporate powers “fascism”…...
CENSORSHIP RESISTANT TECHNOLOGIES BLOCKCHAIN OFFERS RIGHT NOW
Big tech and government censorship will no doubt exert a vice grip on information during the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. The good news is that there are a growing number of decentralized blockchain apps and services that can help citizens retain their free speech rights and fundamental freedoms. Looking for permanent file storage for a...
UNIONIZATION TOP 2022 TREND: TRADER JOE’S VOTE TO UNIONIZE
A Trader Joe’s in Massachusetts became the company’s first store to unionize after workers at the location voted 45 to 31 in favor of the representation—continuing our forecast that unionization will be a Top Trend in 2022. The union, which is called Trader Joe’s United, said in a statement posted online that the majority of the crew...
UNIONIZATION TOP 2022 TREND: OVER 1,000 LUFTHANSA FLIGHTS CANCELED AS GROUND STAFF GOES ON STRIKE, PILOTS ALSO SIGNAL PLANS TO PICKET
Lufthansa, the major German airline, announced the cancellations of over 1,000 flights last week after ground teams went on strike over salaries and a Sunday vote by pilots could mean the carrier is going to be facing additional headaches. Ver.di, the German labor union that represents about 20,000 employees at the airline, wants a 9.5...