Month: January 2022

Wall Street Journal – by Chuin-Wei Yap, August 2020

The shortage of a simple, over-the-counter painkiller shows how dependent the U.S. has become on China for vital pharmaceutical supplies.

For weeks this spring, as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world, Nicole Izsak wasn’t able to stock up on acetaminophen at her neighborhood pharmacies on New York City’s Roosevelt Island.  Continue reading “Flashback: Pandemic Lays Bare U.S. Reliance on China for Drugs”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Over the past month, as Wall Street turned increasingly optimistic on US growth alongside the Fed, with consensus (shaped by the Fed’s leaks and jawboning) now virtually certain of a March rate hike, we have been repeatedly warning that after a huge policy error in 2021 when the Fed erroneously said that inflation is “transitory” (it wasn’t), the central bank is on pace to make another just as big policy mistake in 2022 by hiking as many as 4 times and also running off its massive balance sheet… right into a global growth slowdown. Continue reading “Global Economy Heading For “Mother Of All” Supply Chain Shocks As China Locks Down Ports”

Politico, December 2019

One of the biggest national security threats in the U.S.-China trade war could be to the everyday medicines taken by millions of Americans.

The U.S. relies on imported medicines from China in a big way. Antibiotics, over-the-counter pain meds and the stuff that stops itching and swelling — a lot of it is imported from China. Continue reading “Flashback: U.S. policymakers worry about China ‘weaponizing’ drug exports”

US Incorporated – by Allan Wall

Current American policy grants automatic birthright citizenship to babies born to illegal alien mothers. It’s been the practice for decades.

A female illegal alien can cross the border, give birth five minutes later, and her child is an American citizen for life. Continue reading “Oklahoma State Senator Proposes Law to End Anchor Baby Policy”

Fox News

Elementary schoolchildren in Moline, Illinois, have been invited this week to an “after-school Satan club” with five different meeting dates planned for early this year — starting Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022 — according to flyers placed in the school’s lobby and shared on social media.

Some parents are angry about their children’s exposure to information about the club, apparently prompting the superintendent of schools to weigh in. The Satanic Temple says on its website that it operates the clubs “at select public schools where Good News Clubs also operate.” Continue reading “After-school ‘Satan club’ in Illinois district elicits ‘concern,’ superintendent response”

Yahoo News

KYIV – After days of unsuccessful negotiations between the US, NATO, and Russia, hackers took down more than a dozen Ukraine government websites and posted an ominous warning for the country to “be afraid and expect worse.”

The cyberattack occurred overnight on Thursday and Friday morning, and it took down more than a dozen official websites, disrupting government work and raising questions about whether Russia was signaling that a new offensive against Ukraine was getting underway. Continue reading “Ukraine Was Hit By A Massive Cyberattack And The Hackers Warned The Country To “Be Afraid And Expect Worse””

Eat This Not That – by Michael Martin, October, 2021

Many Americans are feeling day-to-day consequences of the global supply chain issues caused by the COVID pandemic: Rising prices, delayed shipments, shortages of certain goods. Pharmacies have not been spared from the COVID-related crunch. In fact, news outlets throughout the country are reporting that one critical shortage is causing long lines at pharmacies nationwide. Continue reading “Shortages of This at Pharmacies May Mean Longer Lines”

American Military News – by Ryan Morgan, July, 2021

U.S. lawmakers are acting with increased concern as Chinese purchasers are buying tens of thousands of acres of U.S. farmland.

As of the start of 2020, Chinese investors owned about 192,000 acres of U.S. agricultural land valued at about $1.9 billion, according to Politico. While Chinese land ownership in the U.S. is less than that of other foreign nations, the growth in Chinese land ownership is part of an overall trend in China rapidly buying up other country’s farmland over more than a decade.  Continue reading “Flashback: China is buying billions in US farmland and lawmakers are scrambling to try to stop them”

Military.com – by Travis Tritten

The military’s total cost for housing tens of thousands of Afghan refugees at U.S. bases has already topped $688 million, according to the Defense Department.

The most recent figure accounts for refugee villages set up at eight bases from August through mid-December, the department told Military.com on Wednesday. The cost is certain to rise as about 19,500 Afghans remain on installations awaiting permanent resettlement.  Continue reading “Cost for Afghan Refugees at Bases Reaches $688 Million, Pentagon Says”

The Telegraph – by Craig Simpson, India McTaggart

A protester wielding a hammer scaled Broadcasting House to deface a statue sculpted by the rapist Eric Gill, following a lengthy campaign calling for the BBC to remove it.

The sculpture, titled Ariel and Prospero, was unveiled in 1933 after being commissioned by the BBC from Gill, an artist who was later found to have sexually abused his daughters, sister and family dog. Sexual abuse charities have long called for the statue’s removal.  Continue reading “Protester attacks statue at BBC headquarters by sculptor who sexually abused his own daughters”

Epoch Times – by Rita Li, David Zhang

China “is weaponizing [Americans’] personal information” to bolster its artificial intelligence (AI), military, and espionage capabilities, according to a cyberintelligence expert who is calling for the United States to take reciprocal action against the Chinese regime.

“We see a weakening China, which is not what they are telling the world they are [economically],” said Bob Gourley, a cyberintelligence pioneer and former chief technology officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency. “It’s going to put a lot of stress and pressure on them to find new sources of revenue.”  Continue reading “China ‘Weaponizing’ Americans’ Personal Data: Expert”

Yahoo News

President Biden on Thursday appealed to states and companies to require people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus despite the Supreme Court blocking his vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) mandate, blocking it from taking effect while other legal challenges play out. The rule would require companies with at least 100 employees to require workers either provide proof of vaccination or provide weekly negative coronavirus test results and wear face coverings to work. Continue reading “Biden calls on employers to mandate vaccines despite Supreme Court ruling”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Since before he was elected, president Joe Biden has promised more gun control, and he is doing everything in his power to keep this one promise — up to and including executive action — specifically targeting 3D printing of guns. Or, as Biden refers to them, Ghost Guns.  Continue reading “Despite Government and Mainstream Media Demonization the 3D Printed Gun Business is Booming”

Hypebae

Nike is taking a stance. The footwear manufacturing company is reportedly going to start firing employees who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19. However, the brand is still selling Kyrie Irving‘s shoes. Recently, the basketball player became infamously known for refusing to get vaccinated, which has affected his career.  Continue reading “Nike To Start Firing Unvaccinated Employees”

NBC News

Whether they realize it or not, about 200 million people in the United States now likely have access to a Covid-19 digital vaccine card.

The digital pass known as the SMART Health Card is voluntary and minimal by design to protect personal information. It has a person’s name, date of birth and the dates and brands of vaccination doses, all contained within a type of scannable bar code known as a QR code.  Continue reading “Quietly and over some objections, a national digital vaccine card has emerged”