Japan Should Strengthen New Business and Human Rights Guidelines
Japan’s recently adopted guidelines on responsible use of supply chains are a missed opportunity to entrench strong human rights requirements in a global business superpower.
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WSJ: Amazon Hires Unsafe Trucking Companies Twice as Often as Competitors
A recent report from the Wall Street Journal claims that e-commerce giant Amazon hired known dangerous trucking companies twice as often as its competitors.
PayPal defunds The Expose… Again
The Expose has had its account terminated by PayPal again because PayPal wants to control your choices and tell you which organisations you may and may not support
Harvard Prof., Former IMF Economist Rogoff: 'We're in a Productivity Recession,' and 'Policies about Fossil Fuels' Are Part of the Problem
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Professor of Economics at Harvard University and former International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Ken Rogoff stated that the output growth and labor force numbers show that “we’re in a productivity recession, productivity growth’s just awful.
David Bahnsen: Marxist Economic Philosophy ‘Deteriorates Freedom’
David Bahnsen, chief investment officer at The Bahnsen Group, spoke with Breitbart News about how the Marxist economic worldview that is prevalent across American financial institutions today “deteriorates freedom.” LISTEN: Bahnsen opened the interview by talking about the free economics course he recently launched on his website. Bahnsen told Breitbart
Is the Bank of Russia buying gold?
On March 25, the Bank of Russia announced it would buy gold at a fixed price of 5,000 rubles per gram.
New Normal Newspeak #5: “Recession”
Our new series of micro-articles deals with the newly everyday occurrence of the modern media simply changing what a word means.
Goldman Sachs Teams Up with Google's 'Director of Regime Change' to Influence Global Politics
Jared Cohen, a former Google executive nicknamed the “director of regime change” by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, hired to advance the notoriously powerful investment bank’s policy goals around the world
Google Researchers: 'Democratic AI' Would Be Better at Governing America than Humans
Researchers at Google’s DeepMind AI division reportedly ran a number of experiments where a deep neural network was ordered to distribute resources in a more equitable way that humans preferred.
President of Bankrupt Sri Lanka Calls Vladimir Putin Looking for Cheap Oil
Embattled socialist President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka revealed on Wednesday he had called Russian strongman Vladimir Putin seeking help to purchase oil amid what the nation’s prime minister has called the “complete collapse” of Sri Lanka’s economy. Sri Lanka’s overture to Russia – reportedly to discuss issuing
Xi Jinping Tries to Calm Skittish Investors with Rallying Cry to ‘Do Business in China’
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping delivers a keynote address to the BRICS Business Forum that urges foreign investors to “do business in China.".
WaPo's Singletary: 'Stop Complaining,' 'Calm Down' About Inflation -- You Are 'Not Suffering'
Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports” that many Americans were “not suffering” as much as they think from inflation.
Pouring Poison and Planting Seeds of Dependency
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Do you remember the iconic Union Carbide image from the 1950s or early 1960s? The one with the giant hand coming from the sky, pouring pesticides onto Indian soil.
The blurb below the image includes the following:
Science helps build a new India – India has developed
The REAL agenda behind the created food crisis
The created food crisis, whether real or a smoke-and-mirrors psy-op, is all about tearing down the global food system and “building back better” – a new dystopian food system built by corporate monoliths and rigidly controlled in the name of the greater good.
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Russia fast-tracks CBDC: Digital ruble to be used in “real operations” in 2023
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Citing the imposition of western sanctions, the Bank of Russia announced on Wednesday that it was accelerating the rollout of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
The first stage of testing for the digital ruble began in January and was originally supposed to finish in 2024.