Tag: government
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Robots to replace around hundreds of people a year in the meat packing industry
Keller Watts, Chief Business Officer of Smithfield Foods said, “We can repurpose people” and that “It’s a key focal point for us.” Does anyone believe this? I understand why he has to say it, and they may “repurpose” those moved off the line to other positions, but we all know they will not be hiring…
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Wall Street Journal reports food inflation of 36.6% since 2019
I don’t know why they used 2019 as the base line when most of the price hikes came in 2021 shortly after Biden took office. Prices started accelerating in 2020 during the government created pandemic but didn’t really take off until 2021. Now, that same $100 basket of goods you were buying in 2019 takes…
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The FBI is harassing citizens regarding their social media posts
A woman in Stillwater, Oklahoma was confronted and harassed by the FBI over posts she made on Facebook in support of Palestine. The Agent’s refused to identify themselves on camera. They would not show their badges or ID to the woman while she recorded them. Instead they said they already showed their credentials when they…
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Is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson arguing the government has the right to censor speech?
Glen Greenwald tweeted a couple clips from the arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court surrounding the federal government’s active suppression of speech on social media companies like Facebook and Twitter. Justice Brown Jackson seems to argue the federal government should be allowed to pressure platforms to restrict speech it does not like. She uses national…
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Cumulative inflation under Biden is 17% while under Trump it was only 7%
If you want to know why spending is up while the public feels pessimistic about the economy just look to cumulative inflation or compound inflation if you will. It’s very simple but legacy news won’t report the reality. It’s the cumulative effect of inflation. It’s like the concept of compounding interest in a savings account…
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48 minutes of Vivek Ramaswamy at a CNN town hall should convince any republican to vote for him
At a CNN town hall in Iowa, Vivek Ramaswamy makes the case for his candidacy for the President of the United States. If you’re a conservative or a libertarian, and you actually believe what you say you believe, there is no way you can listen to Ramaswamy and not cast your vote his way. He…