Category: TRENDS EYE VIEW

In a whirlwind week of unprecedented tech censorship, the world witnessed President Donald J. Trump silenced in the waning days of his presidency. The pretext for the digital coup was a chaotic breach of the Capitol building during a massive MAGA protest in Washington, DC, on 6 January. The President had called for the protest...

It was a two-color story that gobbled up nearly two-thirds of a page in The New York Times last Thursday with the headline: 10% of Congress Has Been Infected at Some Time The paper had outlines of Congress broken up in red and blue with the seats darkened of those who got the virus. Below...

Oklahoma, which does not have a statewide mask mandate, is experiencing its highest coronavirus infection rate since the beginning of the outbreak, The New York Times reported last Thursday. Their headline read:  “Oklahoma, With No Mask Mandate, Faces Surge in Cases” The Times wrote, “Oklahoma is in the grip of a frightening surge of the...

Oh “heil” no. Leticia Remauro, a Republican from New York’s Staten Island, found herself in hot water last week after she said “Heil Hitler” while protesting the state’s coronavirus lockdown. The New York Times reported that Remauro is running for borough president and was outside Mac’s Public House, a bar that has also clashed with city...

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey drew criticism from free-speech advocates when he announced last week that President Trump would be permanently banned from his social media platform. Reports indicate the tech billionaire is considering additional steps to censor more accounts. “We are focused on one account right now, but this is going to be much bigger...

As we have been warning since politicians locked down nations, states, and cities, there would be sharp rises in violent crime, and people would be leaving densely populated cities for safe-haven suburbs and ex-burbs. With people losing everything and having nothing left to lose, they are losing it. LAPD Chief Michel Moore said last week...

With people being suddenly put out of work and a new COVID World being created, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and the U.S. all have seen a jump in new business formations during 2020. The U.S. registered 82 percent more new businesses in 2020’s second quarter than a year earlier. OnTrendpreneurs® looking for new revenue streams...

“Trash gas” – methane wafting from feedlots’ manure pits, municipal landfills, and similar dumps – is no longer trash. Companies that generate large volumes of the fumes are turning this “renewable natural gas” into a new source of revenue. Smithfield Foods, the nation’s largest pork processor, is stretching covers across the four-acre manure lagoons at...

The wealthiest people in the U.S. watched their net worth increase by about $1 trillion last year, even though so many suffered financial hardships due to the virus outbreak. The Washington Post reported that two of the top earners included its boss, Jeff Bezos, and Tesla’s Elon Musk. Bezos earned $70 billion last year, bringing his...

“Missions Readiness,” comprised of former military leaders, issued a warning last week that the youth in the U.S. is not fit enough – both physically and emotionally – to defend the country. The Washington Times reported the Department of Defense found 71 percent of those considered to be young Americans are unable to serve in combat...