It’s time for Americans to get a taste of their own medicine. The world should blacklist Trump, his associates, and his businesses. (FPIF Opinion) — It’s embarrassing enough to have Donald Trump as president. But now American citizens have to endure the additional pain of the sanctions that other countries are imposing on the United States. Doesn’t […]
(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — This week, internet giants like Facebook, Youtube, Spotify and others banned the notorious Alex Jones and InfoWars from their platforms, and the purge is enjoying widespread support among the left, which has made a reputation for itself as intolerant of differing opinions (last year, for example, a group of Antifa protesters beat one of our […]
(ANTIWAR.COM) — Declaring sanctions against Iran the “most biting ever imposed,” President Trump on Tuesday vowed to go after any companies worldwide that continue to do business with Iran, sanctioning them and forbid them access to the American market. Trump’s threats appear to have had some effect already, with Daimler AG, a German automaker, announcing that they are going […]
(ANTIMEDIA) — The elephant in the room of the blockchain industry is energy usage. Financial pundits love to compare its intake to national consumption. For example, earlier this year Forbes pointed out that Bitcoin’s proof of work mechanism uses the same amount of electricity in a year as the entire nation of Switzerland. Ars Technica compared Bitcoin usage to the nation […]
It all goes to show the wisdom of taking a page out of Russia’s book. The world is going through changes and the nations have to adapt to new reality.
(ANTIMEDIA) — The biggest coffee chain in the world will soon begin accepting Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Starbucks has partnered with Microsoft, Intercontinental Exchange, the Boston Consulting Group, and others to form a new company that will a “enable consumers and institutions to buy, sell, store and spend cryptocurrencies on the global network by November,” CNBC reported Friday. The […]
(ZHE) — Thanks in part to an incessantly shrinking float, Apple just became the first publicly-traded company to be worth more than $1 trillion… The line in the sand was $207.05 (based on Apple’s most recently updated share count). And once it tagged $207.05, the sellers hit… And thanks to global ETF demand combined with a buyback-driven shrinking float and rising […]
While Trump is of the opinion that China is devaluing its currency on purpose, many point out that to do such would not be in their best interest, that this is a result of the growing economic divergence between the US and China.
Deutsche Welle reports
Following a brief series of Houthi attacks on Saudi oil shipments through the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia is suspending its oil shipments through the Bab al-Mandeb strait. Up to date, no other oil exporters have done the same, and other shipments are therefore ongoing. But Saudi Arabia wants to use attacks as an excuse to draw American and some of its NATO allies into the situation in a bid to receive greater support in their war for Yemen against the Iranian backed Houthis. The Houthis, on the other hand, want to use issue in order to push for a peace agreement.
British farmers are increasingly concerned that they will lose their farm hands if some sort of visa situation isn’t worked out for seasonal workers after the Brexit is accomplished. Over 99% of harvesters are cheap labour imported from eastern Europe, well over 85,000 in number, and if a visa plan isn’t soon determined, many of Britain’s farmers face catastrophe.
Sky news reports
