The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Federal Communications Commission when it ruled the agency was reasonable when, in 2017, it created an easier path for one entity to own several news outlets in the same market, the Wall Street Journal reported. The New York Times reported that the ruling will likely “prompt further consolidation among broadcast outlets.” The...
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NEW YORK LEGALIZES ONLINE GAMBLING RACKET TO MAKE MONEY
Gambling, once a high crime that sent thousands to jail for breaking the law, became a new law in New York last week when state politicians approved legalized mobile sports betting. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday the state estimates they can rake in $500 million by getting their share of gambling bets. The report...
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TOXIC WASTEWATER PLANT IN FLORIDA THREATENS FLOODING
For the last week, a wastewater plant in Piney Point, Florida, has been on the verge of flooding and threatening a widespread catastrophe in Manatee County. Scott Hopes, the acting county administrator, told the Bradenton Herald on Friday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers located the leak and is now determining the best way to prevent...
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NEW STUDY: CHEMICALS BRING ON PARKINSON’S
Parkinson’s disease is the fastest-growing neurological illness across the globe. Just over the past decade, the disease has increased 35 percent. According to Dr. Ray Dorsey, a neurologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center, as quoted by The Guardian, “We think over the next 25 years it will double again.” Last Wednesday, The Guardian...
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NEWLY MINTED BILLIONAIRES SURGE DURING COVID YEAR
The Trends Journal has extensively covered COVID-19 and its contributions to wealth disparities around the world. Over the past year, the rich got far richer while the poor and middle class have suffered financial hardships. On 5 January, in our article titled, “RICH GETTING RICHER: MUSK & BEZOS RAKING IT IN,” we reported how Amazon founder Jeff Bezos...
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FRENCH DRUG COMPANY GUILTY OF “AGGRAVATED DECEPTION”
Euronews reported on 29 March that Servier Laboratories, the second largest French pharmaceutical company, was found guilty of manslaughter and aggravated deception based on a drug accused of causing thousands of deaths. As quoted in the article: “6,500 plaintiffs had accused the company of putting profits ahead of patients’ lives by allowing its diabetes drug,...
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THWARTING AN ABDUCTION ATTEMPT
by Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato.com I always check the NY Daily News online each morning. In my business, it serves as a rich source of current reports on horrific violence and terroristic insanity which, increasingly, is becoming the norm in urban America. About two years ago, I saw a truly chilling segment of video...
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EUROPEAN COUNTRIES LOCK DOWN AGAIN AGAINST COVID SPREAD
Rising rates of COVID infections have persuaded European leaders to impose a new round of lockdowns. Italy continued restrictions on social movement and business openings through the end of this month. Ukraine closed Kyiv’s public transport system to everyone but essential workers, after having already closed schools and shopping centers. Sweden suspended its national reopening,...
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VITAMIN C, THE UNIVERSAL NECESSARY NUTRIMENT
By Gary Null It is my opinion that vitamin C is the universal necessary nutrient. Go back to 1747, when a British naval surgeon named James Lind offered citrus fruit to 12 men suffering from scurvy on the HMS Salisbury. Historically, scurvy was frequently fatal, especially for those who were at sea for months at...
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
BITCOIN BREAKS HIGHER IN APRIL. As the Biden administration made rounds trying to sell a huge new $2 Trillion boondoggle under the rhetorical rubric of an “Infrastructure Plan,” blockchain currencies ticked up. Bitcoin, which has been mostly stuck in the $53,000 to $58,000 range over the last few weeks, again flirted with all-time highs over...