Despite bringing in 1 million immigrants last year – “Canada needs 30,000 immigrants to fill farming labor shortages this year”

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via cbc As Rehan Khan scans his 160 acres of muddy, partially snow-covered field, he sees golden — and red — opportunity. “The first year, I seeded oats. Then in 2022, it was wheat. This year, it’s red lentils,” said the father of two who farms near Yorkton, Sask. Khan left Pakistan in 2018 so … Read more

German Govt Seeks Power to Ban Social Media Accounts over ‘Digital Violence’

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The German government is looking to grant powers to courts to block the social media accounts of citizens who engage in ‘digital violence’. Earlier this week, the Federal Ministry of Justice called for the creation of a “law against digital violence” under which German courts could ban social media accounts of individual users and even … Read more

It makes absolutely no sense even for a propaganda piece. I can’t tell if we have become much smarter or if the headlines are getting dumber. No way people actually believe this garbage anymore, right?

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by BoatSurfer600 https://archive.ph/2022.10.05-202430/https://www.businessinsider.com/falling-labor-productivity-company-profit-margins-stock-market-crash-recession-2022-10 I swear this worthless loser is the biggest idiot on planet earth. https://t.co/wDnV56lQtA — Catturd ™ (@catturd2) April 16, 2023  

THOMAS HOGAN: The Fed Is Bankrupt.

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via aier: In the post-pandemic period, the Fed expanded the money supply significantly to support a swift economic recovery. It did so by purchasing vast amounts of US Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities. While those assets seemed like good investments at first, they are now a major hole in the Fed’s financial position. When the bulk … Read more

We are already illegally at war with Russia.

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https://twitter.com/burningplat/status/1647921054923526146 Brazil's President says the EU only wants war, weapons, and NATO expansion, while BRICS nations want a peaceful resolution: "How can we achieve peace between Russia and Ukraine if no one is talking about peace? Everyone is talking about war, talking about providing weapons to… pic.twitter.com/wOrioShjzE — KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) April 16, 2023 Oh look … Read more

Things are not looking great: Credit crunch fears are taking hold, fueling concerns of a crippling US recession. China isn’t coming to save us this time like in 2008

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by DefinitelyNotJasonB The M2 money supply is contracting, unemployment is super low, we are in a deep protracted yield curve inversion, and the Fed is in a tightening cycle. Every time these things have ever been true at the same time we’ve gone into a very deep recession. There is 1.5T in office real estate … Read more

This is almost as bad as the illegal government surveillance Edward Snowden exposed in 2013…. The Deep State is real.

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Based on this, it would be safe to assume that the US Gov still has complete access to our DMs and activity on other social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, and Google. — Chairman (@WSBChairman) April 16, 2023 The Deep State is real. Another "conspiracy theory" we were right about. We were right about … Read more

Chinese Company Ditches Human Creatives for ChatGPT-Style AI

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Prepare for unemployment. In news no creative wants to hear, a Chinese media and public relations giant has ditched human copywriters and graphic designers in favor of artificial intelligence. In an internal staff memo seen and reported(Opens in a new window) by Bloomberg News, Bluefocus Intelligent Communications Group Co. says it will use ChatGPT-like generative … Read more

Texas residents say there is a media blackout on a local aerial killer who killed 13 people on Rainey Street

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via yahoo: A second man’s body was pulled from Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, in two months, fueling fears a serial killer is hunting the city’s downtown social hub. But Austin Police say the recent drownings are coincidental, and there’s no evidence of foul play. The community’s speculation was discussed openly during Thursday’s city … Read more

Unwoke ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Sets Record with $87 Million 2nd Weekend

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(AP) “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” scored the best second weekend ever for an animated movie in North American theaters with $87 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The family-friendly Universal release dropped a slim 41% from its record-making opening weekend. With $94 million from international showings, “Mario’s” global total now stands … Read more

Google CEO says he doesn’t ‘fully understand’ how new AI program Bard works after it taught itself a foreign language it was not trained to and cited fake books to solve an economics problem

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Google‘s CEO Sundar Pichai admitted he doesn’t ‘fully understand’ how the company’s new AI program Bard works, as a new expose shows some of the kinks are still being worked out. One of the big problems discovered with Bard is something that Pichai called ’emergent properties,’ or AI systems having taught themselves unforeseen skills. Google’s AI program was … Read more

The Car Market Collapse Is Going To Unleash The Most Devastating Financial Crisis Since 2008

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New signs of stress in the ballooning trillion-dollar U.S. auto market are pointing to an impending collapse as storm clouds continue to gather in the economic and financial landscape. Serious delinquencies in auto loans — defined as behind on payments by 90 days or more — jumped the most since the 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis, … Read more