On Wire

Paris Blackout, widespread cuts in several districts tonight.. “It lasted ten minutes, the electricity suddenly cut off. No network, no electricity, the red lights were off, Notre-Dame was off! Neither the Internet nor the network, nothing works,” pic.twitter.com/XlmKwNVEaW — Truthseeker (@Xx17965797N) December 9, 2022

The problem, of course, with a fully digital and custodial payments world, is that people lose all privacy and can have their funds frozen for any number of reasons. A cashless world enables greater levels of authoritarianism.https://t.co/xbDyZ4WA80 — Lyn Alden (@LynAldenContact) December 7, 2022

by DavidSeamanAMA “ELON MUSK / TWITTER FILES PART 2: “The Twitter Files released by Elon Musk, Matt Taibbi & Bari Weiss, have suggested that a secret group headed by Vijaya Gadde, the Head of Legal, Yoel Roth, the Head of Trust, CEOs Jack Dorsey & Parag, & others, made decisions secretly & without overview to … Read more

The US National DEBT is $31.3 trillion (Federal Reserve) The US Unfunded DEBT is $93.3 trillion (Federal Reserve) The US Unfunded LIABILITIES is $172.9 trillion (Federal Reserve) US DEBT Held By Foreign Countries is $7.2 trillion (Federal Reserve) The Interest Payment on the Debt and Liabilities exceeds the Nation’s Tax Income … In other words … Read more

by 2201992 These companies claim to “platforms” when they are a publisher. If you are removing non violent content solely because you disagree with what the content contains in its message that is a violation of the 1st Amendment. Having Blacklist and Do Not Amplify tools is manipulation on a grand scale in a society … Read more

The second installment of Elon Musk’s so-called “Twitter Files” shed light on the company’s practices of secretly “blacklisting” certain tweets and users. “A new #TwitterFiles investigation reveals that teams of Twitter employees build blacklists, prevent disfavored tweets from trending, and actively limit the visibility of entire accounts or even trending topics—all in secret, without informing … Read more

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‘Belgian police arrested Greek socialist MEP Eva Kaili, one of the vice-presidents of the European Parliament, in Brussels on Friday evening, a source close to the case told AFP. The arrest, in connection with an investigation into corruption implicating World Cup hosts Qatar, follows the detention of four other suspects earlier Friday, said the source.’ … Read more

Omar Ashmawy, the chief of the Congressional Ethics Office, has returned to duty just weeks after crashing his car into a Pennsylvania home in September and being charged with driving under the influence, but Republicans about to take control of the House in January are raising fresh concerns about his past conduct and his performance … Read more

Iranian forces are deliberately shooting women in faces, breasts and genitals Doctors allege they target women in attempt to ‘rid their sexual complexes’ Others claim security forces are trying to ‘destroy the beauty of these women’ At least 458 people, including 63 children, were killed in the demonstrations Iranian forces are deliberately shooting female protesters … Read more

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Millennials have spent our entire adult lives existing in various stages of inflating and deflating housing bubbles — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) December 8, 2022 Gen-Z, you can forget about ever owning your own home as long as the criminal private banking cartel called the Fed controls our money issuance h/t Boo_Randy

PPI falls for a second month Nov PPI -1.3% y/y vs -1.3% y/y in October Nov CPI +1.6% y/y vs +2.1% y/y in October BEIJING, Dec 9 (Reuters) – China’s factory-gate prices showed an annual fall for a second month in November while consumer inflation slowed, indicating weak activity and soft demand in an economy … Read more

h/t  Boo_Randy