by BenjaminTightwater Inside the Chinese lab poised to study world’s most dangerous pathogens Maximum-security biolab is part of plan to build network of BSL-4 facilities across China. https://www.nature.com/news/inside-the-chinese-lab-poised-to-study-world-s-most-dangerous-pathogens-1.21487 H/t: Metokur
BOB MCMANUS: It looks like New York’s getting the crime uptick politicians have been asking for. Robbery is up almost 30% in New York City since the first of the year. Is this a statistical blip, a trend — or a New Year’s bail-reform gift from Albany, robbery now largely being a revolving-door offense in the … Read more
She is never going to be held accountable for her emails. Trump should have taken care of that like he said he was going to. AC
Effects of Politics and Crime on Economic Beliefs After the 2008 global financial crisis, government officials meddled with the calculation of GDP most strongly, including prior excluded black market activities, like wild estimates of the revenues created by illicit activities like prostitution and drug trafficking to their annual GDP estimates. It was widely speculated … Read more
An Israeli robotics company and a Japanese Honda Motor (HMC) affiliate are teaming up to roll out AI-controlled robots that companies can hire by the hour. And the robotics entrepreneur behind the endeavor says technology is advancing so rapidly, these devices can take over some complicated tasks from workers. “The big leapfrog here is that … Read more
Content moderators for YouTube are being ordered to sign a document acknowledging that performing the job can cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to interviews with employees and documents obtained by The Verge. Accenture, which operates a moderation site for YouTube in Austin, Texas, distributed the document to workers on December 20th — four days after The … Read more
by DCG Newly elected San Francisco District Attorney, Chesa Boudin, ran on this issue. He is the son of Weather Underground terrorists and was raised by Bill Ayers. Yesterday the DA announced that his office will no longer ask for cash bail as a condition for a defendant’s pretrial release. What could possibly go wrong? More … Read more
by DCG I’ll bet you that number is a LOT higher than reported. I wonder if the AP (who is the original author of this article) will follow up and report any more facts other than those provided in this THREE paragrapharticle. Yeah, don’t hold your breath. From MyFoxChicago: An error in Illinois’ new automatic voter registration system led to a possible … Read more
by orbnus_ Below is a video said to be recorded from medical personnel in Wuhan. She says there are about 90K people infected with this virus. China has been hiding the real scale of this out-break We can only get fractal information of the real situation from leaked clips online People around the world The … Read more
Cdc just reported second US case of cv in Chicago https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/24/cdc-confirms-second-us-case-of-coronavirus-chicago-resident-diagnosed.html Coronavirus in Chicago: CDPH says patient did NOT take public transportation or come in close contact with anyone outside her home They say patient was asymptomatic (not showing symptoms) during her travel, which they say = low risk for transmissions@cbschicago — Marissa Parra NBC … Read more
Photo by Flickr.com | CC BY | Photoshopped From Birch Gold Group As the founder of $160 billion investment behemoth Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio tends to have a fairly good idea of how the market is moving. So when he comments on macro trends, people tend to listen. And recently, he made a couple of rather pointed statements about cash … Read more
A person who “passed through Nassau” County is being tested for the coronavirus, which has killed 26 people and sickened hundreds in China, Nassau’s health commissioner said Friday. Commissioner Dr. Lawrence Eisenstein said he did not have details about the individual, including whether the person is in Nassau or lives in the county. He referred … Read more
by AC Fluent speaker, will do my best to translate. If all of the pictures and videos circulating on social media are true, (have contacts in mainland that saw even small third tier city had suspected case, emergency personnel in hazmat suit putting patient in ambulance )this is a massive cover up and a humanitarian … Read more
Happy Chinese Year of the RAT….to all of the guests stuck with Mickey Mouse during the China plague of 2020. FROM DISNEY CORPORATE Temporary Closure of Shanghai Disneyland, Disneytown including Walt Disney Grand Theatre and Wishing Star Park – January 24, 2020 In response to the prevention and control of the disease outbreak and in … Read more
by bigbear0083 It has been a few weeks, if not a few months since we have seen any kind of meaningful downtick in this market over the past couple of months. It has been nothing but up for a long time. Seems like the market reacting to some news out this morning: Dow drops … Read more
Caught! ABC’s Stephanopoulos trying to cut off the President’s lead counsel. pic.twitter.com/JQD6YhlkCW — The White House 45 Archived (@WhiteHouse45) January 24, 2020 MSM being MSM. Another example of how they attempt to omit certain information from their viewers if it doesn’t fit the narrative. h/t smurfin101
by Power80770M Because the market is finally breaking. It was held up with retard strength the past few months. I’m not going to short when it’s grinding higher every day, I’m going to short when it finally breaks. Disclaimer: Consult your financial professional before making any investment decision.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-24/walmart-boosts-starting-hourly-pay-to-12-for-some-staff-in-test Walmart Inc. is testing out a higher minimum starting wage for certain jobs in hundreds of stores as part of a broader overhaul of roles and responsibilities across its massive U.S. workforce. In the 500 or so stores that have introduced the retailer’s new operating model, dubbed “Great Workplace,” some associates in the fresh, … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03k7F3ygNAQ&feature=youtu.be It’s a totalitarian regime… there is no panic since they have full control. The “panic” is the higher status people lining up to leave any way they can. The regular folk who are dumb aren’t as concerned because they are naive and being lied to about the severity of the virus. SP
Photo by Flickr.com | CC BY | Photoshopped From Birch Gold Group Since 1975, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has provided automatic Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs), which increase Social Security benefit payouts. For 2020, the adjustment officially ended up at 1.6%. According to the SSA, this adjustment is “enacted by legislation that ties COLAs to the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index … Read more