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  • Amazon presses the nuclear button: Tech giants show growing interest in atomic power

    03/18/2024 8:42:47 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 8 replies
    Financial Times ^ | 03/18/2024 | Lee Harris
    Hello from London, where I am, as a recent American transplant, still adjusting to English understatement (it turns out “you might send me that draft soon” was not just a suggestion). I’m very excited to join this team. This week’s controversy over new climate reporting rules in the US shows that the push for cleaner, fairer capitalism is becoming ever more fiercely contested. And while this debate may not always be moral, it is certainly material. I hope to help readers see which way it will tack next. Today, I have a story on two big themes that may be...
  • Jeff Bezos Joins Bill Gates in Push to Bankrupt Farmers With ‘Fake Meat’

    03/13/2024 10:56:07 AM PDT · by Sam77 · 38 replies
    Disswire.com ^ | 13 | Bradley Greer
    Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos has joined Bill Gates in pouring tens of millions into developing synthetic meat while bankrupting farmers across the U.S. in the process. Bezos’ charitable organization, the Bezos Earth Fund (BEF), announced this week that it will spend a whopping $60 million on research and development of “alternative proteins,” or “plant-based and food-technology alternatives to animal protein.” The BEF’s new funding commitment is part of its $1 billion campaign to transform food systems to “fight climate change.”
  • Washington Post: Biden May Limit Arms to Israel If It Attacks Hamas in Rafah

    03/07/2024 6:45:17 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 30 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/07/2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK
    The Washington Post published a report Wednesday that the Biden Administration may limit arms transfers to Israel if it attacks the remaining four Hamas battalions in Rafah, a city on the Egyptian border in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel must enter Rafah to destroy Hamas and win the war. His war cabinet is considering a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians north of the city before a military operation. David Ignatius, a columnist known for his sources in government, published the story, likely leaked from the White House: The Biden administration, worried about...
  • How a laid-back beach town became California’s MAGA stronghold

    03/03/2024 7:59:33 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 27 replies
    SF Gate ^ | March 2, 2024 | By Reis Thebault, The Washington Post
    HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - This oceanside enclave is a lot like the rest of coastal California: Its signature pier juts into the Pacific as waves big enough to make surfers salivate break beyond miles of white sand. But when it comes to politics, this city of 200,000 south of Los Angeles loudly defies the blue-state stereotypes. Lately, the beach town has become a battleground, its council chambers a coliseum for culture warriors. The conservatives who now control city government have pursued policies that position Huntington Beach as the ideological counterweight to the state’s liberal leaders. In the past year alone,...
  • IATSE and Teamsters Warn of Another Hollywood Strike at Massive Rally: ‘Put Your Helmets On’

    03/03/2024 3:05:40 PM PST · by dynachrome · 21 replies
    Variety ^ | 3-3-24 | Katcy Stephan, Gene Maddaus, Carolyn Giardina
    Hollywood union leaders warned of the possibility of another strike this summer if the studios cannot reach a deal before crew contracts expire on July 31. Speaking to a rally of more than 2,000 crew members on Sunday at Woodley Park in Encino, Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of the Teamsters, said the unions should commit to withhold their labor — and not grant an extension — if a deal is not agreed by the deadline. “We are not afraid to strike,” O’Brien said. “If these greedy corporations — whether it’s Amazon, Netflix, Sony… Disney — if...
  • Two suspects in custody after DC Housing Authority officer shot in broad daylight

    03/01/2024 1:30:48 AM PST · by Libloather · 10 replies
    Fox News via MSN ^ | 2/29/24 | Chris Pandolfo
    Two suspects, a male and a female, are in the custody of D.C. police after an officer-involved shooting in the southeast part of Washington. The shooting was reported around 5:45 a.m. at Carroll Apartments on 410 M Street SE, near Navy Yard, D.C. Housing Authority Chief of Police Michael Reese said. Reese said a veteran male officer was on regular patrol in the area when he encountered the two suspects, who were asked to leave the building. The armed male suspect opened fire on the officer, hitting him in the torso. Reese said the suspects fled to a nearby building...
  • Washington Post Reporter Mocks Shoplifting Stories As The "Panic" Of "A Sticky-Fingered Nation Built On Stolen Land"

    03/02/2024 9:06:44 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 65 replies
    Washington Post writer Maura Judkis is under fire this week for a column in which she mocks shoplifting stories as the “moral panic” of a nation built on “stolen land.”It is reminiscent of those who excused rioting in past summers “as an expression of power” and demanded that the media refer to looters as “protesters.” Now, the Washington Post is suggesting that it may be just desserts for a nation of colonizers and enslavers.The prior day, the Post ran another column downplaying accounts of stores closing due to shoplifting even though employees blamed rampant shoplifting in San Francisco.Judkis wrote a...
  • Biden Regime Plans to Give Hamas a Grand Reward for Murdering 1,200 Israelis-It has been clear for quite some time what side Biden is on

    02/22/2024 8:48:02 AM PST · by SJackson · 16 replies
    Frontpagemagazine ^ | February 22, 2024 | Robert Spencer
    It has been clear for quite some time that the Biden regime, despite its show of support for Israel, is really on the side of Hamas. Now the regime is in serious talks to respond to Hamas’ brutal and inhuman murder of 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023 by giving it the biggest reward of all: a Palestinian state.If you are skeptical that Old Joe and his henchmen are really on Hamas’ side, consider the fact that, in November, they enabled the release of ten billion dollars in frozen funds to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hamas’ primary financier. That...
  • Biden Regulators Say They’re ‘Pleased’ By Merger Block That Gutted US Company

    02/02/2024 6:10:20 AM PST · by Red Badger · 13 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | February 01, 2024 8:38 PM ET | JARED STOKES - CONTRIBUTOR
    Following a recent announcement that Amazon and iRobot have terminated their $1.4 billion merger agreement, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Associate Director for Merger Analysis Nathan Soderstrom released a statement expressing the Biden regulators’ pleasure at the dissolution. “We are pleased that Amazon and iRobot have abandoned their proposed transaction…The Commission’s investigation revealed significant concerns about the transaction’s potential competitive effects,” Soderstrom said in the statement. U.S. federal lawmakers, including Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, previously called on the FTC to block the merger in a joint letter. “iRobot is a powerful market incumbent, and Amazon, given its vast resources, history...
  • WaPo Repeats Claims that Israel Harvests Palestinian Organs

    01/24/2024 3:38:35 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 21 replies
    David Horowitz Freedom Center ^ | 23/1/24 | Hugh Fitzgerald
    One of the preposterous charges made against Israel by the Palestinians is that the Jewish state “harvests the organs” from dead Palestinians. This is a variant on the medieval blood libel that accused Jews of using the blood of Christian children in making matzos. Think of Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln, and William of Norwich — two children whose deaths were falsely attributed to Jews wanting to use their blood, which led to pogroms being unleashed against local Jewry in medieval England. But the Palestinian charge was apparently not preposterous enough for the Washington Post, which reported the charge as...
  • WaPo Repeats Claims that Israel Harvests Palestinian Organs-A whole new level of dishonesty - and malice.

    01/23/2024 7:25:31 AM PST · by SJackson · 19 replies
    Frontpagemag ^ | January 23, 2024 | Hugh Fitzgerald
    One of the preposterous charges made against Israel by the Palestinians is that the Jewish state “harvests the organs” from dead Palestinians. This is a variant on the medieval blood libel that accused Jews of using the blood of Christian children in making matzos. Think of Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln, and William of Norwich — two children whose deaths were falsely attributed to Jews wanting to use their blood, which led to pogroms being unleashed against local Jewry in medieval England. But the Palestinian charge was apparently not preposterous enough for the Washington Post, which reported the charge as...
  • Amazon, 50 Lawyers, and the Department of Justice Teamed Up to Annihilate a Family

    01/07/2024 7:11:58 PM PST · by SeafoodGumbo · 64 replies
    America First Report ^ | 1-7-24 | J.D. Rucker
    For four years, Amy Nelson and her family have endured one of the most disgusting abuses of power and privilege we’ve seen waged against an American family. It involves mega-retailer Amazon, their team of fifty attorneys, and the Department of Justice. In short, the Nelson family have been targeted for complete financial destruction. Seizures have been made. Threats continue incessantly. All the while, no charges have been filed and all of the evidence points to the Nelsons being innocent. ...
  • The Washington Post Is in Full-Scale Collapse

    01/06/2024 11:15:31 AM PST · by mcenedo · 18 replies
    Red State ^ | 01/05/24 | Bonchie
    “In addition to churning subscribers and losing $100 million a year, the Washington Post is also failing to engage audiences. Four years ago, the Post boasted 139 million monthly visitors. By the end of last year, it had less than 60 million”
  • US worried Netanyahu could wage war on Hezbollah for political gain – report

    01/07/2024 6:47:51 AM PST · by Mr. Mojo · 40 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | 1/7/24 | LAZAR BERMAN
    White House officials are concerned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could initiate a full-blown war against the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon in order to save his own political career, according to a Sunday report. “If the Gaza war ends tomorrow, Netanyahu’s political career will end with it, incentivizing him to broaden the conflict,” anonymous US officials told The Washington Post. Netanyahu has dipped sharply in opinion polls since the war with Hamas began, with the public evidently attributing to him a significant portion of the blame for the failures that enabled the terror group’s October 7 massacres. “The prime...
  • The Washington Post Is in Full-Scale Collapse

    01/05/2024 9:14:39 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 61 replies
    Red State ^ | 01/05/2024 | Bonchie
    Is The Washington Post in full-scale collapse? A recent look at the numbers provides a fairly convincing answer to that question. According to the report, not only is the Post losing $100 million a year, but it lost over half of its online engagement by the end of 2023. The signs were already there by mid-year, and the worst has come to pass. See: The Washington Post Is Facing a Financial Buzzsaw“Of that audience, less than one in five read more than a single article per month, while less than one in 500 actually convert to a paying subscription.”— Josh...
  • Jeff Bezos Bets on a Google Challenger Using AI to Try to Upend Internet Search

    01/04/2024 11:22:18 AM PST · by Red Badger · 22 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | Jan. 4, 2024 5:30 am ET | By Miles Kruppa
    Perplexity, a startup going after Google’s dominant position in web search, has won backing from Jeff Bezos and venture capitalists betting that artificial intelligence will upend the way people find information online. Started less than two years ago, Perplexity has fewer than 40 employees and is based out of a San Francisco co-working space. The company’s product, which it calls an answer engine, is used by about 10 million people monthly. Those ingredients were enough to persuade Institutional Venture Partners, Bezos and other tech executives to invest $74 million in the company, the largest sum raised by an internet search...
  • COVID Fear Monger Taylor Lorenz Skips Christmas, Blames 'Selfish' People Who Don't Wear Masks

    12/24/2023 5:54:14 PM PST · by lightman · 71 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | 24 December A.D. 2023 | Sarah Arnold
    Washington Post crybaby and COVID advocate Taylor Lorenz is skipping her fourth Christmas because of "selfish people" who refuse to wear masks against a non-life threatening virus. Lorenz has labeled herself "disabled" due to an "illness" that puts her at a higher risk of contracting COVID. However, I think her "illness" is more along the lines of a radical Leftist disease that clouds her common sense abilities. She also claims she has "PTSD" from online "harassment." "Literally, what is the plan for high-risk/medically vulnerable and disabled people? Just let us die while the world marches on??" Lorenz wrote in an...
  • The rise and fall of the American shopping mall

    12/24/2023 10:56:14 AM PST · by DallasBiff · 118 replies
    Business Insider ^ | 1/6/23 | Avery Hartmans
    Shuttered stores at Schuylkill Mall in Pennsylvania in 2017. By the 1980s, the mall had become the center of American social life and accounted for the bulk of all retail sales. But a shrinking middle class, the rise of online shopping, and the fact that there were simply too many malls contributed to the decline of the American mall.
  • Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk say human population not nearly big enough: ‘If we had a trillion humans, we would have at any given time a thousand Mozarts’

    12/19/2023 10:09:46 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 27 replies
    Yahoo Finance News via Fortune ^ | 12/18/2023 | Steve Mollman
    We need more humans. That’s the message from two of the world’s richest billionaires, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. While the two compete in the space business—Bezos owns Blue Origin while Musk has SpaceX—they agree on certain aspect’s of humanity’s future.“I think in a lot of these endeavors we're very like-minded,” Bezos said on an episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast released this week. He added, “I don't really know Elon very well,” but he said that he liked the idea of forming a friendship with him. Asked what he hoped for humanity’s future in outer...
  • House passes defense policy bill, a rebuke of GOP’s far-right fringe (uniparty. ALL. OF. THEM.)

    12/14/2023 10:00:48 AM PST · by C210N · 76 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 12/14/23 | Abigail Hauslohner
    The House, in a decisive vote Thursday, passed the annual defense authorization bill, delivering a bipartisan rebuke to its most conservative members who had sought to infuse the legislation with a wishlist of provisions targeting Pentagon policies on abortion, diversity and LGBTQ+ rights. The $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was approved by a vote of 310-118, having passed the Senate by an overwhelming margin Wednesday night. It proceeds next to the White House, where President Biden is expected to sign the legislation into law.