Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Odds of US Bank Failures Rise with Office Space Loan Losses, Fed Interest Rate Mismanagement
US bank pain: Loans for urban office buildings come a cropper as they were already suffering other interest rate losses.
UK Government Prepares to Launch Massive Attack On Financial Privacy, Targeting Benefits Claimants and State Pensioners
“George Orwell’s iconic novel 1984, published in 1949, raised the spectre of Big Brother. This nightmare has now been brought to reality by a Conservative government supposedly rolling back the state.”
Monsanto’s ‘Cancer Index’, an Alleged Conspiracy, and New PCB-Related Complaints
Monsanto is targeted for cancer liability via an alleged collusion with GE over indemnification for PCBs, including the use of a cancer index
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/8/2024
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Older Americans Say They Feel Trapped in Medicare Advantage Plans
More on why you should not get a Medicare Advantage plan if at all possible.
Israel Seen as Even More Likely to Launch War with Lebanon as Fate of ICJ Suit Uncertain Due to China and Russia Doubts
As feared, Israel looks determined to go to war against Lebanon as the vote-count on the ICJ genocide case may favor Israel.
Smoke and Mirrors in Serbia?
Protests since December elections have the government and some observers claiming the West is attempting another color revolution, but behind the scenes Serbian elites and the West enjoy an increasingly intertwined and beneficial relationship
As US Backs Gaza Genocide, ‘Grassroots Diplomats’ Rally Support for South Africa Case
Activists target U.N. missions, embassies, and consulates trying to rally support for South Africa’s legal action against Israel in the International Court of Justice.
The EU’s Efforts to Silence Hungary Show How NATO Objectives Continue to Eclipse Any Pretense of European Democracy
The EU withheld funds from Hungary over alleged democratic backsliding and corruption; Brussels now uses those funds to bribe Hungary to support the EU’s authoritarian turn.
The Billionaire Next Door Driving Up Housing Costs for Everyone
The rich are busy turning the 20th-century dream of owning your own home into the grubby 21st-century reality of renting your own home forever.
“The Right to Housing, Not Vacation Homes”
Efforts to curb AirBnB running unlicensed hotels, which cannibalizes residential housing, have not gone far enough.
