WILL BLOCKCHAIN SAVE THE DAY? Pandemic lockdowns and central bank money printing have rightly been pointed to as reasons to sound alarms about what’s ahead for America and, indeed, the entire world. But there’s always the potential for unforeseen events or agents of change to upend seeming tides of historical inevitability. A recent post in...
Tag: apr 20 2021
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REPUBLICAN SOUND & FURY “TARGETS” BIG TECH
The game of out-of-power Republicans in Congress making tough-sounding proposals to engage their base is an old one. So anyone who’s fantasized about “repealing Obamacare,” “term limits,” “balancing the budget,” or “abolishing the IRS” may recognize the latest signs of political kabuki theatre. Republicans will reportedly introduce legislation to reign in corporate power via a...
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THE FUTURE: MORE TECH NIGHTMARE THAN NIRVANA?
Out-of-control AI. Total surveillance capabilities built off hyperconnectivity. Bio-engineered disasters. A wider tech-driven divide between haves and have-nots. Those are just some of the predictions of a new National Intelligence Council (NIC) report Global Trends 2040: A More Contested World. The NIC advises Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines. The report – or at least...
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FENTANYL: A KILLER OPIOID
While the U.S. government continues to put out severe warnings about the spread of coronavirus variants (that are actually weaker than the original), it is failing to stop the alarming rise in deaths from the deadly drug fentanyl. According to the Wall Street Journal article published last Friday, “Fentanyl Woes Gripping Western U.S,” while 254 people...
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WALL ST. GANG SPENT $3B ON 2020 ELECTION CAMPAIGNS
Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) released a study on Thursday that showed executives from Wall Street and various employees and trade groups spent a combined $2.9 billion in various political projects in 2020, according to a report on CNBC. The business network pointed out that the amount equals about $4 million a day through the election...
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GLOBAL DISTRUST OF JAPANESE NUCLEAR AGENCY
On 11 March 2011, a huge earthquake and tsunami caused the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale, the highest possible classification, the explosion that erupted at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Japan released so much radioactivity that over 150,000 people had to...
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YOUTUBE PROFITING OFF SCAMS ON ITS PLATFORM
This week, Trends Journal publisher Gerald Celente saw an uptick of scammers impersonating him on YouTube, offering crypto advice with pointers to “Whatsapp” accounts, among other things. One scammer brazenly posted in the thread section of several of Celente’s latest videos on his popular YouTube channel video. Our publisher isn’t alone in experiencing problems with...
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ANTIFA A REAL ORGANIZATION, FBI DIRECTOR ADMITS
FBI Director Christopher Wray was busy this past week in the hot seat at several Congressional hearings. Under grilling by representative Markwayne Mullin at a House Select Committee on Intelligence hearing, Wray finally admitted Antifa not only exists but is organized, something he has denied in the past. Wray was also called out for the...
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UKRAINE TENSIONS HEATING UP: RUSSIA AMASSING TROOPS
Russia has amassed more than 100,000 troops on the border with Ukraine and announced on Friday it will begin military exercises in the Black Sea and will block foreign ships in parts of it through October. The U.S. State Department condemned Russia’s actions saying this was part of an “ongoing campaign to undermine and destabilize...
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INDIA: MORE LOCKDOWNS, MIDDLE CLASS VANISHING
Another day, another round of lockdowns and more economic hardships. Starting yesterday, India imposed a lockdown on its capital, New Delhi, as COVID cases spiked in the city of 29 million people. The shelter-in-place dictates require people to not leave their homes, and “non-essential” businesses, including factories, must close for at least a week. PUBLISHER’S...