Category: Politics

What’s Inside The $900BN Stimulus Bill
21. 12. 2020 No Responses

What’s Inside The $900BN Stimulus Bill

Briefly: Billions for corporations, $600 for peasants. With the latest, $900 billion covid-stimulus deal now done, attention turns to what’s actually in it. First: the good news – the bill will include a fresh round of benefits for small businesses as...
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Chinese Digital Currency Gets A Boost
10. 12. 2020 No Responses

Chinese Digital Currency Gets A Boost

If an official digital yuan was adopted, it would give Beijing a remarkable amount of information about what consumers are spending their money on. Last summer, the Chinese government launched a pilot program for a digital version of the yuan. The virtual c...
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BoJ Is Now The Biggest Owner Of Japanese Stocks
6. 12. 2020 No Responses

BoJ Is Now The Biggest Owner Of Japanese Stocks

Bank Of Japan Is Now The Biggest Owner Of Japanese Stocks With $434 Billion Portfolio. The combination of a state-run institution, the BOJ, and the country’s representative public pension fund, the GPIF, buying up local equities feels distorted. The Japanif...
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Argentina Approves Wealth Tax On Millionaires
20. 11. 2020 No Responses

Argentina Approves Wealth Tax On Millionaires

In an early glimpse of what wealth redistribution will look among developed nations in coming years, on Wednesday the lower house of Argentina’s Congress approved a bill seeking to raise 300 billion pesos ($3.75 billion) through a tax on the...
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U.S. occupation forces have been spotted fleeing Syria
16. 11. 2020 No Responses

U.S. occupation forces have been spotted fleeing Syria

Syria exit in progress. U.S. convoys seen withdrawing from northeast Syria to Iraq. The US Army withdrew a number of its vehicles and soldiers from eastern Syria towards the northern region of Iraq, while it imposed a security cordon around a...
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Slovakia Aims To Test All 5 Million Citizens In New Approach To Combating Pandemic
31. 10. 2020 No Responses

Slovakia Aims To Test All 5 Million Citizens In New Approach To Combating Pandemic

After beating the first wave, brave Slovakia is trying to make sure it doesn’t see a second. The small Central European nation of Slovakia, which was one of the last countries in Europe to confirm its first COVID-19 case thanks...
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China held a $1.5 million lottery to test a new digital fiat currency
12. 10. 2020 No Responses

China held a $1.5 million lottery to test a new digital fiat currency

  China is taking its digital fiat currency tests to a new level by giving away more than 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) in a new lottery. The state-run People’s Bank of China gave 50,000 randomly selected citizens a “red packet” worth...
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FED’s Neel Kashkari Says Another $3.5 Trillion In Another QE Needed
8. 10. 2020 No Responses

FED’s Neel Kashkari Says Another $3.5 Trillion In Another QE Needed

Earlier yesterday, in response to Neel Kashkari’s CNBC interview in which the Minneapolis Fed president said “I don’t see any moral hazard here” when asked if the Fed’s massive liquidity injections have blown a bubble, here is a c...
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Germany walks away from Lockheed, Boeing cargo helicopter offers
7. 10. 2020 No Responses

Germany walks away from Lockheed, Boeing cargo helicopter offers

The German Defence Ministry wants to start fresh on a new heavy transport helicopter after finding that offers from American firms Boeing and Lockheed Martin for the Chinook and the King Stallion, respectively, were too expensive, officials announced Tuesday. ...
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ECB Trademarks “Digital Euro”, Is Preparing a Digital Currency Launch
5. 10. 2020 No Responses

ECB Trademarks “Digital Euro”, Is Preparing a Digital Currency Launch

Although commercial banks have shown fanatical opposition to all digital currencies, the ECB is now the leader. As the world obsesses over Trump’s taxes or whether or not he is using oxygen during his covid hospitalization, the biggest overhaul in...
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The FED Is Preparing To Deposit “Digital Dollars” Directly To “Each American”
24. 9. 2020 No Responses

The FED Is Preparing To Deposit “Digital Dollars” Directly To “Each American”

Legislation has proposed that each American have an account at the FED in which digital dollars could be deposited, as liabilities of the Federal Reserve Banks, which could be used for emergency payments. Over the past decade, the one common...
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MSM Journalists Hate Assange Because He’s Broken More Blockbuster Stories Than All MSM Combined
10. 9. 2020 No Responses

MSM Journalists Hate Assange Because He’s Broken More Blockbuster Stories Than All MSM Combined

In UK, a trial is underway with journalist Julian Assange, who published US war crimes via platform WikiLeaks. “Nonsense!” — Julian Assange shouted as during the second day of his resumed extradition hearing US federal government attorney James...
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China Moves Away From US Dollar
4. 9. 2020 No Responses

China Moves Away From US Dollar

China is likely to reduce its holdings of US Treasury bonds to just under $800 billion from the current level of more than $1 trillion, according to local news outlet Global Times. A major reason for the reduced exposure is the record...
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U.S. Sanctions Top International Criminal Court Prosecutor
2. 9. 2020 No Responses

U.S. Sanctions Top International Criminal Court Prosecutor

No, this time the ICC is not investigating 72 years of ethnic cleansing against the indigenous Semitic population. This time in the ICC’s viewfinder are only minor war crimes committed by our venerable allies during the endless war in Afghanistan. It&#8...
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Germany is beginning a universal-basic-income trial
23. 8. 2020 No Responses

Germany is beginning a universal-basic-income trial

Germany is beginning a universal-basic-income trial with people getting €1,200 a month for 3 years. Starting this week, 120 Germans will receive a form of universal basic income every month for three years. The volunteers will get monthly payments of...
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