Mayor Lori Lightfoot has revealed the City of Chicago’s plan to block live transmissions of Chicago Police Department scanners – restricting access to transmissions that have always been available to the public and to the news media. We are a coalition of Chicago-area news organizations concerned with this planned encryption and are sharing our concerns … Read more
– Proposed legislation is calling for a federal database for dietary supplements, which requires supplement makers to submit information to the FDA. – Known as mandatory product listing (MPL) for dietary supplements, supporters claim it’s a way for the FDA to know what products are on the market and what ingredients they include. – Opponents … Read more
(LA Times) WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Monday she has every intention of serving the remainder of her Senate term and is still deliberating whether to retire in 2024. The latest comments from California’s senior senator echo what she has previously said on the topic. But coming with just two years left on … Read more
The entire DNA of 100,000 newborns in England is to be sequenced as part of a research project to improve the diagnosis and treatment of rare genetic conditions. It will be the first time that whole genome sequencing (WGS) has been offered to healthy babies in the NHS. The Newborn Genomes Programme will screen for … Read more
NEW – Pope warns at the Vatican that he has seen "omens of even greater destruction and desolation" for mankind.https://t.co/6WjuvypAGP — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) December 13, 2022
Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hawthorne described Ducey’s makeshift border wall, which is made up of double-stacked shipping containers, as a form of “illegal dumping” on December 11, 2022. He announced that he would be taking action against anyone continuing to construct the border wall in his county, per a report by Fox 10 Phoenix. … Read more
Elon Musk Anthony Fauci Prison Announcement ⚠️ Watch Now:https://t.co/ND3OtTEto0 — Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) December 12, 2022 SS
an adult who lives and identifies as female though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth: She was the first trans woman elected to a national office. mary is a woman who was assigned male at birth. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/woman Damn
And now after the regime change: BRASILIA – Brazil’s central bank aims to launch its digital currency in 2024 after a closed pilot program next year with financial institutions, bank president Roberto Campos Neto said on Tuesday, adding that the project had received international attention. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/brazil-central-bank-to-launch-its-digital-currency-in-2024/ar-AA15dTID
University System Weighs Gutting Math Standards After Students Keep Failing Algebra https://tennesseestar.com/2022/12/13/university-system-weighs-gutting-math-standards-after-students-keep-failing-algebra/ If the morans can do compound interest, they will understand why not to take those ‘free’ student loans. The Kansas Board of Regents is considering stripping specific university math requirements after it was found that a significant percentage of college freshmen fail algebra … Read more
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Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, paused withdrawals of the stablecoin USDC on Tuesday while it carried out a “token swap.” USDC withdrawals were resumed about 8 hours after Binance first announced the pausing of withdrawals. Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, tweeted on Tuesday that the exchange is seeing an increase in withdrawals of USDC. … Read more
Costco’s $60 annual membership fee is going up sooner or later. During the company’s earnings report last week, chief financial officer Richard Galanti said that while “there’s no rush” to raise prices, an eventual hike is “a question of when, not if.” The Seattle-based wholesaler’s last price hike in June of 2017 saw it raise the … Read more
(NewsNation) — Grocery shoppers have become resourceful amid America’s ongoing record inflation, which has spiked grocery prices by 13% over the last year. According to a September Food Dive study, six out of 10 of the 2,000 surveyed consumers reported buying foods close to the expiration date due to affordability, with 46% saying they disregard … Read more
People used to move to New Zealand for a free and open new life. Now it’s a totalitarian nightmare. Future generations of New Zealanders will be banned from purchasing tobacco as part of a package of new anti-smoking laws that has passed parliament and are among the strictest in the world. The suite of new … Read more
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The US Justice Department has been investigating crypto exchange Binance over money laundering violations, Reuters reported Monday. The report says that Binance processed over $10 billion worth of illegal payments in 2022. A Binance spokesperson told Insider that it would be “inappropriate for us to comment” on matters related to the DOJ. The US Department … Read more
Russia has a separate internet that Putin controls. If it’s not state media, Putin doesn’t want his citizens seeing it. Did you see the forbidden list of phrases and topics that will get you in jail? https://variety.com/2022/politics/news/russia-censorship-law-fake-news-1235196208/ h/t CryptoInform
by confoundedinterest17 Is inflation “gone in November”? Nope. Slowing, yes, but at 7.1% YoY and core inflation at 6.0% YoY, it is still considerably higher than The Fed’s target of 2%. And the American middle class and low wage workers are still suffering with REAL average hourly earnings growth at -1.9% YoY. The biggest losers in the inflation … Read more
By Graham Summers, MBA The markets have reached a new level of stupidity. Stocks are exploding higher based on inflation coming in at 7.1% Year over Year. This is apparently great news because Wall Street expected the number to be somewhere between 7.2% and 7.6%. So, according to those buying stocks today, a 0.1% “beat” … Read more
