The New Strongmen
The New Strongmen Authored by Kane McGukin via BombThrower.com, We’ve seen this movie before. This version is the battle of digital gold over power regimes past their prime. In the early 1900’s, specifically in the 1920s, Benjamin Strong orchestrated deals around the world to have leaders send their gold to the United States for “safe […]
Will AI Further Deepen Inequality?
Will AI Further Deepen Inequality? Half of all respondents with leading roles in their companies surveyed by Deloitte at the end of 2023 believe that generative AI is more likely to cause consolidation of power and increased economic equality. Despite many decision makers seeing AI-powered media generation as positive for their own business, these results nevertheless highlight […]
BP Walks Back Green Targets Amid Market Realities
BP Walks Back Green Targets Amid Market Realities Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, BP has reversed its commitment to cut oil and gas production by 40% by 2030. The energy transition remains challenged by economic realities, prompting BP and other major oil companies to scale down transition plans. BP’s pivot, along with similar moves […]
These Are The Deadliest Countries For Journalists This Year
These Are The Deadliest Countries For Journalists This Year 47 media professionals have been killed in 2024 so far due to their journalistic activities, according to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) database. As Statista’s Anna Fleck shows in the chart below, by far the deadliest place for journalists last year was in the Palestinian territories, where […]
EU Approves €35 Billion Loan For Ukraine
EU Approves €35 Billion Loan For Ukraine Via Remix News, The Council of the European Union has approved a financial support package, which includes an extraordinary macro-level loan of up to €35 billion, as well as a credit cooperation mechanism that will help Ukraine repay €45 billion of loans, the EU council announced. As part […]
Korybko: Brazil’s Veto Of Venezuela’s BRICS Bid Exposes Multipolar Rift
Korybko: Brazil’s Veto Of Venezuela’s BRICS Bid Exposes Multipolar Rift Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party (PT per its Portuguese abbreviation) has presented itself as an Ibero-American champion of multipolarity since its inception, as has its leader President Lula since his first term began in 2003, but these narratives are now […]
Porn-Addicts For Kamala Harris: Billionaire-Funded Far-Left PAC Pushes Cringe Ad
Porn-Addicts For Kamala Harris: Billionaire-Funded Far-Left PAC Pushes Cringe Ad Reid Hoffman, billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn and independent director on Microsoft’s board, appears to have donated a substantial amount of money to the “Progress Action Fund” — a PAC led by a far-left activist and former Obama administration alumnus. PAF pushed out one of the cringiest pro-pornographic political ads to […]
Jury: Workers Fired For Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine To Get More Than $1 Million Each
Jury: Workers Fired For Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine To Get More Than $1 Million Each Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Rail transit officials in California’s Bay Area have been ordered to pay more than $7 million to transit workers who were fired because they refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine years […]
NYC Mayor Says Trump Not A Fascist, Urges Politicians To ‘Dial Down The Temperature’
NYC Mayor Says Trump Not A Fascist, Urges Politicians To ‘Dial Down The Temperature’ Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), New York City Mayor Eric Adams rebuffed recent claims that former President Donald Trump is a fascist and said that Trump’s Madison Square Garden event should go ahead. “I have heard […]
How Much Do G7 And BRICS Countries Rely On The Taiwan Strait?
How Much Do G7 And BRICS Countries Rely On The Taiwan Strait? With China continuing to conduct military drills near Taiwan, as well as recently reaffirming that use of force will always remain an option to bring Taiwan under its control, concerns have grown over how potential Chinese actions in the region could impact global trade through the Taiwan […]