This ROBOT Is Freaking Me Out

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by Stucky The robot below, named Ameca,  is said to offer the whole range of human emotions, together with realistic eye and facial movements which, quite honestly, are amazing.  Here you will see Ameca reacting with visible irritation and grabs the hand of a researcher who got into its “personal space”.  The developers noted that this behavior … Read more

China is grain hoarding, preparing for a famine?

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– Less than 20% of the world’s population has managed to stockpile more than half of the globe’s maize and other grains, leading to steep price increases across the planet and dropping more countries into famine. The hoarding is taking place in China. COFCO Group, a major Chinese state-owned food processor, runs one of China’s … Read more

Tips For Making Your First Investment

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Investing can seem like an almost impenetrable new world if you don’t have any experience with it, but it’s something you can learn to do just like any other skill. And the good news is that if you don’t want to learn very much, there are still plenty of tools that can help you decide … Read more

As Ted Cruz Attacks Big Tech on Fox, His iPhone Interrupts Him And Does Something Surprising

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2D5PFEpTOM Joseph A Wulfsohn from FOX News reports, Siri, Apple’s iconic AI virtual assistant, appeared to not be satisfied with Sen. Ted Cruz’s attacks on Big Tech while he sat down with Fox News for an interview. Cruz, R-Texas, who was among several Republican lawmakers who spoke at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix this … Read more

Sleepwalking Into the Abyss in 2022

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by Charles Hugh-Smith What would be truly optimistic would be to surrender our dependence on asset bubbles and malinvested debt to prop up an unstable delusion of effortless “wealth.” The most sacred liturgy of American culture is to always be positive and optimistic. The greatest taboo is breaking this sacred duty to say something upbeat and optimistic; … Read more

Chinese-owned TikTok is brainwashing our youth into this Trans crap!

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https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1475095380870242304 Campaigners have accused TikTok of helping children to be ‘brainwashed’ by hosting viral social-media videos that promote changing sex as ‘cool’. Material posted by transgender influencers on the social networking service – in which they provide advice on transitioning and accessing hormone therapies – has been seen by millions of young viewers. Some parents … Read more

Vancouver forecasts temperatures to -20°C that’s -4 Fahrenheit

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Be prepared for some extreme weather in Metro Vancouver this weekend. While locals have been bracing themselves for the possibility of snow and cold weather, an arctic outflow warning is now in effect for the region that includes some near-record cold temperatures. Environment Canada has issued a weather warning for Metro Vancouver that states that arctic … Read more

Japanese financial difficulties

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The number of consultations from people facing financial difficulties in Japan more than doubled in the first half of fiscal 2021 from the prepandemic level in 2019, according to preliminary data. https://japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/12/26/national/welfare-consultations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1640485812 The number of consultations from people facing financial difficulties in Japan more than doubled in the first half of fiscal 2021 from the … Read more

Chinese Propaganda Being Pushed By Leftist Media

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by Anonymous Its official. Media organizations are accepting bribe money from the Chinese government in return for pushing Chinese propaganda in the US. In this case, local DC radio station was discovered filing a Foreign Agent Disclosure form with the US DoJ https://archive.md/vKAb2 https://efile.fara.gov/docs/7059-Exhibit-AB-20211216-2.pdf The Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda paid a Washington, D.C.-area radio station $4.4 … Read more

19 yr-old facing federal charges for ‘carjacking Rep. Scanlon at gunpoint’ was awaiting trial for stealing another car & has a string of arrests!

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The five who carjacked Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon range in age from 13-19 Jen Psaki said Thursday Joe Biden called the Democrat congresswoman from Pennsylvania after she was carjacked at gunpoint Wednesday ‘It is absolutely unacceptable for any American, whether they’re a member of Congress or not, to be victimized by crime like that,’ she … Read more

AAPL – Interesting

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by HSeldon2020 It seems there is going to be a worker strike – a mass walkout on Christmas Eve. Interestingly, I remain short AAPL stock and short with Puts. I almost closed those Puts on Friday but the Relative Weakness of the stock kept me in, and I came with in 10 cents of scratching the short … Read more

Latest analysis of the Turkish Lira situation

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by mark000 From the ZeroHope website: Yesterday, we discussed how Erdogan’s shocking “plan” to rescue the Turkieh lira – once it crossed the red line of 18 vs the USD – came into being, and how it will eventually make an already dismal situation even worse, because it really represents a massive stealth “rate hike”, … Read more

As a cable cutter, the current state of movie/TV streaming is the biggest technological step-back of the last decade. Cable’s main problem is price and too many commercials…but now with so many platforms, streaming is expensive, over-complicated, and tedious.

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by DontMicrowaveCats I have not had regular cable for at least good 6 years now, and while I definitely don’t miss dealing with Comcast’s bullshit, it was objectively I just tried to watch the new Matrix. I had to first Google even which platform I could watch it on. Since I don’t have HBO Max, … Read more