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Goldman Sachs has made a major stand for diversity by declaring that they are going to start “refusing IPOs if all directors are white straight men”. This is unusual because most diversity pushes come from the mainstream media or companies that offer concrete consumer products and need to market themselves by connecting feelings or political leanings to their product. Normally, big international finance and banking stays as neutral as possible, having to work with actually diverse groups of people across the globe.

Recently, the ridiculous real estate company WeWork has faced intense scrutiny after their business model was absurdly overvalued and their CEO, one Adam Neumann, was exposed as an abusive boss as well as an overall crazy person. Investors from the Saudi royal family, companies like SoftBank and J.P. Morgan, and numerous venture capitalists poured vast sums of money into the company, fueling its overvaluation, which ran as high as 47 billion dollars.

CUAUTLANCINGO, MEXICO – Farming communities are blaming Volkswagen for the loss of their crops after the company’s use of “hail cannon” weather-modification devices at a plant in the Central Mexican state of Puebla allegedly deprived Mexico’s historic breadbasket of rainfall throughout much of the year.

Unlimited wildfires, doctor's orders and the rise of the super snake + this day in history w/the Chicano Moratorium and our song of the day by Brett Dennen on your Morning Monarchy for August 29, 2018.

This week on the New World Next Week: the massacre in Yemen could end tomorrow, but it probably won't; you absolutely WILL believe which area of the US has the highest concentration of psychopaths; and some important updates on previous NWNW stories.

This week on the New World Next Week: the massacre in Yemen could end tomorrow, but it probably won't; you absolutely WILL believe which area of the US has the highest concentration of psychopaths; and some important updates on previous NWNW stories.

Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Donald Trump is set to overturn an Obama-era vehicle emissions rule following a letter from top car manufacturers, including Volkswagen.
This comes as the German manufacturer is embroiled in legal disputes over attempts to cheat previous emissions standards.
In a visit to Detroit, the heart of the American auto industry, the President is expected to reopen a review on fuel standards to come into force in 2022.

Volkswagen Group UK Managing Director Paul Willis participates in the launch of UK nationwide consumer campaign, promoting diesel technology, in central London, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
It must be a happy place.
To the best of Paul Willis’ knowledge, Volkswagen UK hasn’t done anything wrong.
Other than producing vehicles that sneak around regulations designed to limit toxic emissions that have a proven impact on chronic heart and respiratory conditions of course.

The CIA predicts the unrest it creates; Germany wants EU to ban gas cars; and robo-bees are coming for your pollen.

The CIA predicts the unrest it creates; Germany wants EU to ban gas cars; and robo-bees are coming for your pollen.