A housekeeper who says she worked for nearly three years at Jeff Bezos’ Seattle-area home claims she was subjected to racial discrimination and retaliation from members of his personal staff, wasn’t able to take legally required breaks, and didn’t have …
The White House is discussing an additional $50 billion in aid for Ukraine after the midterm elections, according to NBC News. President Joe Biden is considering the move, particularly if Democrats lose their majorities in the House and Senate, the …
by Bix Weir of Road to Roota All the Physical Silver in All the Warehouses around the world was sold two years ago in a complex derivative transaction…now it’s all being delivered!! Two of the smartest (and richest) people on the planet are …
The insanity of Sydney‘s infamous property market has again been put on display with an inner-city studio apartment listed for rent with the toilet just centimetres away from the kitchen. Labelled a “room with a poo”, the small Surry Hills …
by Michael Earlier this year the Federal Reserve declared war on inflation, and since that time we have seen a series of interest rate hikes that has been absolutely breathtaking. We knew that this would negatively impact the financial markets, …
by sublimeinslime US rents rose by an average of 7.8 percent in September, meaning they are still a whopping 25 percent up since before the pandemic. Wages have failed to keep pace, meaning that renters are ‘feeling the squeeze’ – …
Fuqin disgusting. But hardly surprising. I guess the real evil is people’s laziness in not being able to stand outside all of this – to look at everything at once and cop to the ugly reality, that most of what …
‘Food or rent’: Choice Aussies forced to make as cost-of-living crisis takes its toll https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/costs/food-or-rent-choice-aussies-forced-to-make-as-costofliving-crisis-takes-its-toll/news-story/5e5550555f3a965bb79459d2c2bdce11 Struggling Australians are being left to choose between paying for food or rent as the cost-of-living crisis worsens. h/t Boo_Randy
by Chris Black The Republicans have made a backroom deal with the Democrats to reschedule the vote on a bill that will make gay marriage federal law until after the midterms. The GOP is planning to support the bill, but …
by ClarityofSignal Russell Brand encourages people to sign up at Don’t Pay UK after he revealed that the government and private corporations are robbing the citizenry of the UK by overcharging massive amounts for electricity, thereby affecting the health and …
A growing sense of inequality is undermining trust in both society’s institutions and capitalism, according to a long-running global survey. The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer – now in its 20th year – has found many people no longer believe working …
https://twitter.com/MosbyNicki/status/1560219842615156737 Anyone who has worked at a fast food restaurant will tell you it can be a difficult and challenging job. But now employees from around the world have taken to confessions site Whisper to reveal all the details of …
BERLIN—Lights illuminating many of the German capital’s monuments are going dark. Officials here and in the Netherlands have urged residents to take shorter showers. The Spanish prime minister suggested ditching ties to cope with the summer heat. New limits on …
Via Birch Gold Group From Peter Reagan This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: The Fed needs a 9% interest rate, gold posts biggest gain since March, …
Biden has said: The unemployment rate now matches the lowest it’s been in more than 50 years: 3.5%. More people are working than at any point in American history, and it’s the result of my economic plan to build the …
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – American and British arms companies have been working on the creation of defense systems against Russian and Chinese hypersonic missiles, though the project is only “in its infancy” in the United States, The Telegraph reported on Sunday. …
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11040019/Baby-formula-shortage-left-new-moms-like-breaking-point.html Staring at row upon row of bare shelves where baby formula should be, I was gripped by a now-familiar cocktail of emotions – frustration, dread, exhaustion, panic – as I asked myself repeatedly how I was going to feed …
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As we’ve noted in the past, Central Bank Digital Currencies represent the ultimate financial control system through which governments and corporations can dictate how we live. The Office of Financial Research (OFR) is the independent bureau within the United States …
Indiana Life Insurance CEO “We are seeing, right now, the highest death rate we have seen in the history of this business–not just at OneAmerica…The data is consistent across every player in that business.” h/t sseess
(Business Insider) Amazon is teaching Alexa to mimic anyone’s voice, dead or alive, from just a one-minute recording of that voice. Rohit Prasad, Amazon’s head scientist for Alexa, said at a live event on Wednesday that his team has been …
Student loan forgiveness is a loser issue for the party that wants to win back the working class. pic.twitter.com/QbvO4TRgx5 — Bill Maher (@billmaher) May 11, 2022
*BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CANCELS ALASKA OIL AND GAS LEASE SALE: CBS — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 12, 2022 The Biden administration has canceled one of the most high-profile oil and gas lease opportunities pending before the Interior Department. The decision comes at …
MORE – The provisional agreement on the "Digital Services Act" reached today is subject to approval by the EU Council and the European Parliament.https://t.co/eauhj037o5 — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 23, 2022 E.U. Censor the internet act. The European Union is working …
The Insurance companies are gonna have to add a new risk category. (Have you been Vaxxed by Pfizer or Moderna) This is a 3 sigma event. Just to give you an Idea How big this is, A 10% increase in …
by Chris Black Thank you transhumanist brain implant man, very cool! “Everyone who signs up for Twitter Blue should get an authentication checkmark,” Musk tweeted on Sunday. He followed it up by saying that it should be different from “public …
Former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace shed light on his reason for leaving the network late last year, saying it had grown increasingly difficult to reconcile some of the opinions being expressed by its top hosts. “I just no longer …
