I’m extremely bothered by the way we exist. It’s taken me a long time to realize that most people either don’t notice, don’t care, or are too busy trying to make a decent life for themselves or their loved ones to be able to spend time on these things. I, unfortunately, am unable to simply…
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News Summary for Week of July 02, 2020
8/02/2020 0700 HST Global Covid Cases: 18,134,406 Global Covid Deaths: 690,787 New Deaths: 40,065 average of 5724 per day – this is down slightly from last week’s 6235 US Covid Cases: 4,783,757 US Covid Deaths: 158,094 New Deaths: 8537 average of 1,220 per day, up significantly from last week’s 947 Hawaii Covid Cases: 2197 Hawaii…
News Update for Week of 7/26/2020
7/26/2020 Global Covid Cases: 16,306,788 Global Covid Deaths: 650,122 New Deaths: 43,648 avg of 6235 per day up from 5340 last week US Covid Cases: 4,336,782 US Covid Deaths: 149,557 New Deaths: 6631 avg of 947 per day up from 764 last week Hawaii Covid Cases: 1620 Hawaii Covid Deaths: 26 Oahu Covid Cases: 1291…
The Week in Review for July 19, 2020
This is my weekly update for the week ending July 19, 2020. I’m sure I missed a lot of important stories so please feel free to comment on them below. Global Covid 19 Cases: 14,495,636 Global Covid 19 Deaths: 606,474 37,377 newly dead, this is an average of 5,340 per day up from 4869 last…
News Roundup for Week ending July 12, 2020
This is my weekly news roundup for the week of 7/12/20/ World Covid Cases: 12,925,331 World Covid Deaths: 569,097 (34084 newly dead – 4,869/day – from 4639 last week) : US. Covid Cases: 3,380,429 US Covid Deaths: 137576 (5189 newly dead – 741 deaths per day from 597 last week) This felt like…
The Biggest Transfer of Wealth in World History Part 1
The stock market crash caused by the pandemic was the largest transfer of wealth in the history of the world. That wealth went exactly the oppossite of how most people (99.99%) should want it. It went directly from the bottom to the top. As I write, Trump and the talking heads on economic television are…
People Seem Pretty Sure We’re Past the Worst of the Pandemic
I’m going to tell you now – what you are seeing is confirmation bias. People are seeing what they want to see, just like I saw that the economy would drop twice as hard as it did (so far). I’m not sure what people are smoking, but it’s definitely some kind of hopium. Unemployment is…
Happy May Day. Workers of the World Unite!
Happy International Workers Day. Today more than ever, the workers of the world need to unite. As billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk try to force their workers to return to factories despite the COVID-19 risks (and without additional pay or benefits) and as Donald Trump and Republican governors try to re-open their states…
The most brutal visual of wealth shown to scale
You (and everyone) need to look at this and scroll through the whole thing – it will take you 10-15 minutes, but it may be the best chance to ever understand just how obscene the inequality of wealth really is. https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
Reactionary Trump Cancels All Travel Between USA and Europe
The Trump Administration seems intent on making people panic and creating bad situations. In a speech an hour ago, Trump just cancelled all travel between the USA and Europe for 30 days. If things do not improve, we can probably expect that to be extended. Americans are already stealing masks from hospitals and doctors and…