Finance: Who are the people behind the FTX collapse?
Bankman-Fried was worshiped by much of the media when skepticism might have been better: Is Sam Bankman-Fried, the disheveled, media-hungry founder, a sociopath, as some are beginning to say? Or…
Climate: Bloomberg reports that “Carbon offsets” are still a big scam
For more than a decade, Credit Suisse Group AG has claimed to be “carbon neutral” in its operations. Every gleaming office tower, every flight by an executive — all the…
Finance: How did the grand cryptocurrency con happen? “Hero worship”
And while SBF’s FTX takes the cake for crypto’s biggest con in dollar terms, it’s noteworthy how many other conmen crypto has produced: Mt. Gox’s Mark Karpeles, QuadrigaX’s Gerald Cotton,…
Finance: How did FTX happen?
And that’s where the danger comes in. Because it’s not just hypocritical to act like capitalist accumulation is altruism. It’s also a great way for people like Bankman-Field to avoid…
“Advocates” whine about not getting more “free” handouts from the government
Advocates expressed anger and disappointment on Friday in response to news that the Biden administration is leaning toward forgiving $10,000 in student loans per borrower. Source: Biden leans toward $10,000…
Dueling experts, Part 2
This is the state of modern scientific discourse – sliming anyone you disagree with and engage in name calling, rather than addressing the issues in contention. Those of us who…
Incredible take down of India-based call center scammers
This was incredible – and the results even more so. In the past 4 days, this video has been watched 28 million times – and counting! Today, Kolkata Police shut…
Oppressive: “CDC Tracked Millions of Phones to See If Americans Followed COVID Lockdown Orders”
Newly released documents showed the CDC planned to use phone location data to monitor schools and churches, and wanted to use the data for many non-COVID-19 purposes too. …. “The…
Paycheck Protection Program spent about $1/4 million on each “saved job”
And the top 20% of households received about 85% of the benefits. The PPP was launched by the Trump administration and has been reformed by the Biden administration, but data…
Experts: “Err on the side of caution with head trauma”
Nice – the experts blame the public for not taking head injuries seriously: Bob Saget’s death — the result of a blow to the back of his head, according to…
World bows to global elite: Rotterdam to temporarily dismantle historic bridge so Jeff Bezo’s yacht can fit through
The global elite get everything and ignore all rules: A massive steel bridge in Rotterdam is to be partly demolished so that the pleasure yacht being built for Amazon founder…
Speaker of British House of Commons suggests Covid lockdowns were a dry run for climate lockdowns
Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the (British) House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle told a gathering of counterparts from some of the world’s most powerful countries that the pandemic shows…
Some foreign airlines cancel service to US over “5G” interference to aircraft systems
ANA, Japan Airlines and Emirates were among the carriers that canceled flights over concerns that new 5G service could interfere with some onboard systems. Source: Foreign airlines cancel some U.S.…
Amazon’s Fake Review problem
What percentage of reviews on Amazon are fake? According to the 2018 findings on Amazon, the category of products that recorded the highest rate of fraudulent reviews (64%) was the…
Fake Reviews and Fake Products on Amazon
Fake Reviews I get email spam like the following – soliciting my purchase of an Amazon product, whose price will be refunded if I post a positive review. In other…