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Tent cities are taking over vast stretches of our major cities (and it's only going to get worse)

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Sat, 20 Aug 2022 17:56 UTC
tent city
If brighter days are ahead for the U.S. economy, why are so many tent cities popping up all over the nation? At this point things are so bad that even the New York Times is admitting that "America's homelessness problem has the makings of an acute crisis". That article goes on to explain that our homeless population is steadily rising. Tonight, hundreds of thousands of our fellow Americans will be sleeping in tents, under bridges, in overcrowded shelters or in their vehicles. Of course there are many that are so addicted to drugs or alcohol that they just sleep wherever they end up passing out. This is a tragedy that is growing with each passing day, and it is only going to get worse in the months ahead as the U.S. economy slows down even more.

Earlier today, I was truly stunned by a Fox News article about what is going on in Portland right now. Tent cities are literally taking over entire neighborhoods, and many residents are "resorting to selling their homes" as a result...
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Thousands of South Korean unionists protest US-South Korea war games

Frank Smith
Press TV
Sat, 13 Aug 2022 17:48 UTC
south korea protest war games
Thousands of South Korean unionists and their progressive supporters rallied in downtown Seoul to protest against joint US-South Korea war games planned for later this month.

The drills will be the largest in years, and follow the May election of President Yoon Suk-yeol, who has promised to take a hardline with North Korea. Union leaders worry about risks.

While many South Koreans, especially supporters of President Yoon on the right, favor close ties with the U.S., large numbers also argue the US military and the country's alliance with Washington, prevent the improvement of ties with North Korea - and generate tension.

Comment:

See also: Poland becomes South Korea's biggest arms customer, buys 1,600 tanks and artillery pieces and nearly 50 jets

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Bank Australia to ban loans on petrol vehicles as government crafts policy for complete ban by 2030


The Guardian
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:30 UTC
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© Mark Baker/APAdam MortonBank Australia says no longer offering loans for new fossil fuel cars from 2025 is a responsible step.
An Australian bank will stop offering loans for new fossil fuel cars from 2025 in a step it says will encourage more people to buy electric vehicles.

The customer-owned Bank Australia will announce the self-imposed ban at a national EV summit in Canberra on Friday, arguing it is a responsible step to ensure its lending practices did not "lock our customers into higher carbon emissions and increasingly expensive running costs".

The bank's chief impact officer, Sasha Courville, said the bank, which has 185,000 customers, would continue to fund loans for second-hand cars with internal combustion engines as it recognised not everyone would be able to afford an EV in three years.

But she said the announcement would send a message that "if you're considering buying a new car you should think seriously about an electric vehicle, both for its impact on the climate and for its lifetime cost savings".

Comment: If the markets were free, then the void left by BA would be filled by another financer, however it's clear that the markets will not be allowed to find equilibrium of supply and demand because the government has stated quite clearly that, by 2030, the West will craft policy in such a way that combustion vehicles will be a luxury that only the wealthy can afford.

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Footage shows 'flash mob' of looters ransack 7-Eleven in Los Angeles

David Propper
New York Post
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:49 UTC
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© LAPD South Traffic/YouTubePolice are asking the public for any help in identifying the suspects caught on video during the robbery.
A "flash mob" of looters were caught on camera ransacking a 7-Eleven in Los Angeles earlier this week — making off with handfuls of cigarettes, snacks and other goods, authorities said.

Video clips released by Los Angeles police show dozens of people, many of them not bothering to hide their faces, grabbing various items as they swarmed the chain store Monday shortly after midnight in the Harbor Gateway section of the city.

Part of the footage even shows the rowdy bunch going behind the counter that was apparently vacated by 7-Eleven employees and flinging items toward a pack of people on the other side.

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Leading doctor at Boston Children's Hospital gave cross-sex hormones to 13-year-old

Genevieve Gluck
Reduxx
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:01 UTC
Dr. Norman Spack
Dr. Norman Spack
The co-founder of the pediatric gender identity clinic at Boston Children's Hospital admitted to giving feminizing hormone therapy to a 13-year-old child during a lecture in 2013. This is just the latest in a slew of disturbing news coming from the clinic related to transitioning extremely young children.

Last week, several promotional videos created by Boston Children's Hospital went viral on Twitter. The first clip to be widely shared racked up over 1.6 million views and featured Gender Multispeciality Service (GeMS) clinician Dr. Frances Grimstad presenting hysterectomies as a form of "gender-affirming" therapy.


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Bella Hadid says her vocal support for Palestine has lost her jobs

Kathleen Walsh
Glamour
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:30 UTC
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© Edward Berthelot/Getty Images
But it's not about to stop her from speaking out.

Bella Hadid's personal brand may not be especially political, but there is one stance that she refuses to stop speaking out about — no matter how many brand sponsorships or friends she loses, or how many full-page New York Times ads she's targeted by. And that's her support for Palestine, where her father was born.

In an interview for the Rep podcast, Hadid said her outspoken advocacy for Palestine has cost her career opportunities and even relationships. "I had so many companies that stopped working with me," she said. "I have friends that completely dropped me." Even though she described a feeling of "anxiety" about saying or doing the "right thing," Hadid said she believes she has all the personal experience and knowledge she needs to stand by her convictions. "I know my family enough, I know my own history enough. And that should be enough," she said on the podcast.

Comment: Keep speaking out, Bella!

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How the truth about Ukraine has turned into a recipe for anger and contempt from the Western media.

Patrick Lawrence
ScheerPost
Sat, 20 Aug 2022 07:00 UTC
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station
© RIA Novosti / Sputnik via AP01.05.2022 Journalists are seen on the territory of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station, in Energodar, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine.
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Meta and TikTok can track everything you type on in-app browsers: researcher

Theo Wayt
New York Post
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 06:50 UTC
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© SOPA Images/LightRocket via GettTikTok and Meta's Instagram are capable of tracking everything you type on their in-app browsers, according to a privacy researcher.
Facebook, Instagram and TikTok's iPhone apps are capable of tracking everything users type in their in-app internet browsers, according to warnings from a security researcher.

All three popular social media apps say they don't track sensitive user data like credit card information, passwords and addresses that is entered through in-app browsers — but it would be extremely easy for them to do so if they wanted to, researcher and developer Felix Krause wrote this week.

For example, imagine an Instagram user's friend sent them a direct message with a link to a product for sale.

If the Instagram user clicks on the link using their iPhone, it will open within the in-app browser rather than redirecting to Safari. If the user then decides they want to purchase the product, they will have to enter their credit card information, shipping address and other details — all of which can be tracked by Instagram, according to Krause. The same process would occur if they were buying a product from an Instagram advertisement.
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China jails billionaire for 12 years, slaps him with unprecedented $8.1 billion fine

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Sat, 20 Aug 2022 12:00 UTC

Comment: Punishing the elites never happens in the West. Another count on which China is morally superior to the West...


Xiao Jianhua
Billionaire Xiao Jianhua
In the most glaring lesson yet to the country's upstart nouveau-riche oligarchs, a Chinese court has sentenced Xiao Jianhua, the billionaire founder of Tomorrow Group known for managing assets for descendants of prominent Chinese leaders, to 13 years in prison, and slapped the conglomerate with an unprecedented fine of 55 billion yuan ($8.1 billion), culminating the dramatic break-up of China's largest privately owned financial empire after a five-year investigation.

The Canadian-Chinese tycoon, who disappeared from a luxury hotel in Hong Kong in 2017, was found guilty of illegally collecting public deposits, using entrusted assets in breach of trust, illegally using funds and bribery, according to a statement by the Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court on Friday, the SCMP reported. Xiao was also personally fined 6.5 million yuan.

"Tomorrow Group and Xiao Jianhua's criminal acts severely damaged the financial management order, which severely risked the national financial safety, and severely encroached the professional integrity of public servants," said the Shanghai court in its ruling on Friday. "They should be strictly punished based on the law."

Comment: Meanwhile in the US:



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White House climate official sanctioned by key science body

Ben Geman
Axios
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC
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© Alex Wong/Getty ImagesJane Lubchenco, then-administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, testifies during a hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on May 18, 2010, on Capitol Hill.
The National Academy of Sciences has barred Jane Lubchenco, a key White House climate aide, from involvement in NAS publications and activities for five years for violating its code of conduct before joining the administration, the organization said.

Why it matters: The move represents a significant rebuke to Lubchenco, who is deputy director for climate and environment at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Driving the news: The NAS, the most prestigious science body in the U.S., said the decision, effective Aug. 8, stems from section 3 of its code of conduct. It states that members "shall avoid those detrimental research practices that are clear violations of the fundamental tenets of research."

Comment: "The American people deserve leaders in the White House who don't use their positions of influence to put their thumb on the scales for friends and family." Tell that to JB.

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