Saturday, January 29, 2022

"What’s The Connection Between News—Fake and Real—And Opinion?"

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From Discourse Magazine, January 24: Contrary to settled assumptions, the media mostly reinforces existing beliefs rather than changing them...

The Crypto Meme War

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I think this is Izabella Kaminska's last piece for FT Alphaville. Because of that fact, I am going to add music and a forward. In light ...

"On Orwell: "It isn't about the surveillance. It's about seizing control of the truth"

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“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell, 1984 From Mas...

"Retailers Face Post-Holiday Reality of Rising Prices, Decreased Spending"

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That would imply a dramatic slowdown in the overall economy since consumer spending is such a large part of the economy. From PYMNTS.com, Ja...
Friday, January 28, 2022

Mementos Mori: Does Anyone Have An Ashtray?

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From The Baffler: Mementos Mori What else is lost when an object disappears? Extinct: A Compendium of Obsolete Object s, ed. Barbara Penner,...

"Hackers hacked France’s Ministry of Justice and threaten to release the stolen files if ransom is not paid by February 10"

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 From TechStartups, January 28: The Lockbit 2.0 ransomware gang announced Thursday it had hacked France’s Ministry of Justice’s systems and...

Questions Elaine Ou Is Asking: Should I Sell My Organs To Buy The Dip In Crypto?

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From Elaine's Idle Mind: Should I Sell My Organs to Stack More Sats? money is theft ...

Well, It Appears The Canadian Truckers Are Up To 50,000 In 11 Convoys Converging On The Capital

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Oh, and it's going international. From ZeroHedge: Truckers Across Planet Unite In Convoys Against Medical Tyranny The  50,000 strong tru...

"A Chinese Satellite Just Grappled Another And Pulled It Out Of Orbit"

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 From The Drive's TheWarZone: The maneuver raises concerns about the potential militarization of satellites designed to inspect, manipu...

"So long Izzy, we’ll miss you"

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From the pixel-stained wretches, the denizens de Ville, un-bylined, known only as FT Alphaville: A post celebrating some of Kaminska’s great...

German Economy Shrinks Much More Than Anticipated

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From the Federal Statistics Office via Trading Economics (also on blogroll at right), January 28: The German economy contracted 0.7% on quar...

BEA: "What accounts for the differences in the PCE price index and the Consumer Price Index?"

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 From the Bureau of Economic Analysis: Table 9.1U - Comparison of the PCE Price Index with the CPI reconciles the changes in the personal ...

Bureau of Economic Analysis: "Personal Income and Outlays, December 2021" (PCE Index up 5.8% Dec YoY)

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From the BEA, January 28: Personal income increased $70.7 billion (0.3 percent) in December according to estimates released today by the B...

Copper: Kids, don't try this at home

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January 18, 2022, 10:30 PM PST: Before we get into the meat of this article there is something going on in copper that may interest folks o...