THE NUMBERS DON’T ADD UP

“DEATH TOLL PASSES 20,000 IN USA” That was last Sunday’s DRUDGE headline. Happy Easter! Twenty thousand have died out of a population of 330,000,000… or 0.00606 percent of the nation. As we noted on the cover of our 28 January Trends Journal: “CORONAVIRUS: 106 Dead in China – 1.4 Billion Still Alive. New Black Plague?”… since the virus’s outbreak, the...

A TOUCH OF SANITY IN A WORLD GONE MAD?

At least two national leaders are successfully dealing with the coronavirus without closing down the country’s economy and forcing people to stay at home. In Sweden, families can be seen eating on benches beneath the giant statue of the Viking God Thor in Stockholm’s Mariatorget Square. Nightclubs are open, with gatherings allowed up to 50 people. While citizens are adopting...

DIGITAL DYSTOPIA: THE DASH FROM CASH BEGINS

by Joseph Maxwell Given the titanic economic damage caused by the political response to COVID-19, intelligent eyes are searching for answers beyond the stagnant eddies in the mainstream. There one can see a bigger story – one that unmasks the media’s portrayal of the world floating helplessly in the currents of the viral pandemic. Even though coronavirus, like the flu,...

MONEY JUNKIES HOLIDAY

The U.S. Federal Reserve has released details of its “Main Street” lending plan to buy commercial loans from American businesses. For corporations with between 500 and 10,000 employees, the Fed will soon begin buying up to $600 billion in corporate loans from banks. Corporations are eligible if they held an “investment grade” rating or better on 22 March. Businesses of...