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Cost of living: ‘Blood, sweat’ for a Seoul food delivery driver

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by Boo_Randy All over the world, the financial elites are massively increasing their wealth, while the 99% keep falling further behind economically. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/7/21/cost-of-living-blood-sweat-for-a-seoul-food-delivery-driver As fuel prices rise and pay rates stay the same, a driver and labour rights leader is fighting increasing precarity.

The reason your AMAZON order is delayed: 15 container ships carrying tons of essential goods are forced to drop anchor off California coast as Port of Oakland truckers go on strike (and it could last months)

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by Boo_Randy Heckova job sorting out that supply chain mess, Pete Buttplug. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11035699/Trucker-strike-Port-Oakland-15-container-ships-waiting-dock-four-day-closure.html New photos show the growing number of ships waiting offshore as a trucker strike disrupts operations at the Port of Oakland in California. The largest marine terminal at the Port of Oakland was closed on Thursday, while the three other marine terminals … Read more

Blackstone has raised $24B for its latest real estate fund (vulture funds getting ready to pounce as millions of f**ked borrowers get foreclosed on after Housing Bubble 2.0 implodes)

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by Boo_Randy Looks like the vulture funds, flush with oligarch cash and with access to unlimited Yellen Bux “stimulus” free money, are set to swoop down and once again hoover up millions of distressed houses after the Wall Street-Federal Reserve Looting Syndicate actuates the next Great Muppet Reaping, to include triggering a housing bubble bust … Read more

TSA is allowing illegal aliens to fly using arrest warrants and deportation notices as a valid form of identification.

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The head of the Transportation Security Administration said on Thursday that “under 1,000” illegal immigrants have been allowed to board planes using warrants as identification this calendar year — as he faced a grilling on the matter from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. Hawley asked TSA Administrator David Pekoske at a Senate hearing about a TSA … Read more

Was this a Problem~Reaction~Solution scheme from the very start to justify foisting hyper-controls on San Fran?

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When San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was ousted from office in a recall election last month, his deep-pocketed opponents painted a picture of a weak prosecutor with soft-on-crime policies catering to the social justice set. Just weeks later, local officials have lurched in a dramatically new direction, advancing a sprawling surveillance program that would … Read more

Some may think bad news is baked in, but I am inclined to think it gets worse before it gets better.

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Some may think bad news is baked in, but I am inclined to think it gets worse before it gets better. pic.twitter.com/jQggja1eXo — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) July 21, 2022 Based on Philly Fed new orders indexes (current and future), avoiding recession would be unprecedented. pic.twitter.com/aczBYxPBZX — Willie Delwiche, CMT, CFA (@WillieDelwiche) July 21, 2022 … Read more

How the World Embraced Nationalism, and Why It’s Not Going Away Soon

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by Ryan McMaken of Mises Institute Perhaps one of the more astute observers of Russian foreign policy in recent decades has been John Mearsheimer at the University of Chicago. He has spent years warning against US-led NATO enlargement as a tactic that would provoke conflict with the Russian regime. Moreover, Mearsheimer has sought to explain why this conflict … Read more

Another Woke Tech Company Crashing

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by Chris Black For all of social media, a daily active user counts as anyone with the app installed on their phone, regardless if they ever use it. https://twitter.com/CloneTraderTM/status/1550247806883237889 Unless you disable all notifications and remove the app with a bootloader, it will connect to the social media corporation’s server, thus counting as a DAU. … Read more

Gerald Celente: Say No To War, Or Die In War. Nukes Are Next

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Trends Research, Released on 7/21/22 Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered … Read more