A few overarching themes can explain and connect a lot of the core aims of technocrats. Technocrats are driven by a quest to comprehensively apply science in order to engineer progress.
Category: 9 May 2023
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U.S. BANKING CRISIS: NOT OVER YET?
Regulators’ seizure of First Republic Bank on 1 May and its quick sale to JPMorgan Chase for $10.6 billion marked a new chapter in the U.S. banking crisis, not its end.
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HAPPY DAYS ARE NOT HERE AGAIN: AMERICANS THINK THEIR BEST DAYS ARE BEHIND THEM
A new Pew Research Center Survey suggests that The Trends Journal has its finger on the pulse of the American public that sees economic storm clouds on the horizon and the country’s best days in the rearview mirror.
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HUNGER STRIKER DEATH SPARKS ROCKET EXCHANGE BETWEEN PALESTINE AND ISRAEL
The recent death of a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner inside an Israeli jail last week sparked new tensions between Israel and Palestine and raised fresh questions about the treatment of incarcerated prisoners in Israel.
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UKRAINE SPRING COUNTEROFFENSIVE NOT SPRINGING
Oleksii Reznikov, the Ukrainian defense Minister, tried to downplay expectations for his country’s upcoming counteroffensive and said expectations seem to be “overestimated in the world.”
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RFK JR. AGREES WITH CELENTE: U.S. PUSHED RUSSIA INTO UKRAINE WAR
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the democrat challenging President Joe Biden for president, gave an extensive interview last week and spoke about the errors made by the U.S. in its dealings with Russia since the end of the Cold War.
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WHO NEEDS NATURAL GRASS WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A FRONT YARD WITH BLOOMING ‘FOREVER CHEMICALS’?
You’ve seen the homes with artificial turf.
They’re generally the ones with the well-manicured “grass” that looks just a little unnatural.
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JENNY CRAIG TO CLOSE ITS DOORS, CAN’T COMPETE WITH NEW WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS
Jenny Craig, the famed company known for helping women lose weight by modifying their diets, will reportedly close its doors after failing to secure new financing.
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CDC CLOWNS THROW CONFERENCE THAT TURNS OUT TO BE A SUPER-SPREADER EVENT
So much for being quadruple vaccinated!
Dozens of participants in a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conference came down with COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, in the latest embarrassment for the agency.
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WHO ANNOUNCES 3-YEAR ‘EMERGENCY’ FOR COVID-19 HAS COME TO AN END
The World Health Organization announced last week that the COVID-19 global health emergency has ended as fewer people around the world are becoming seriously ill or dying from the virus.