According to STR, Inc, a hotel industry market data firm, 2020 was absolutely the worst year on record for hotels as industrywide profits fell to zero, as the virus pandemic and resulting government-enforced social distancing measures kept travelers at home. STR's latest report said the US hotel occupancy rate was 44% for...
AT&T Wants to Borrow $14B for 5G Deployment Despite Reported Slow Speeds and Increasing American 5G Opposition
By B.N. Frank In 2019, telecom executives gave U.S. congressional testimony that they had NO scientific evidence that 5G exposure is safe. There is research that has indicated it is NOT SAFE. American 5G opposition continues to increase for health and environmental risks (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6),...
A Soviet Dissident Explains American Censorship
By Barry Brownstein Many consider Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate to be the greatest Russian novel of the 20th century. A searing portrait of Stalinist Russia, Life and Fate on its very first page exposes the bitter truth about authoritarianism: Everything that lives is unique. It is unimaginable that two...
Trump’s China Trade War Cost Up To 245,000 American Jobs: Study
Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,A new study estimates that President Trump’s trade war with China caused the loss of up to 245,000 American jobs.The study from the US-China Business Council (USCBC) and Oxford Economics said a moderate reduction of tariffs on both sides could lead to an additional 145,000 US...
Politics Won’t Fix The American Decline
Authored by Zachary Yost via The Mises Institute,By any measure, 2020 was not a very good year for human freedom. By now everyone is very familiar with the assaults on liberty stemming from measures ostensibly in the name of stopping the spread of covid and the way in which such...
More American Cities Stop Recycling Programs Because They Can’t Afford Them
By B.N. Frank It’s not only toxic E-Waste being dumped in landfills instead of being recycled. Plastics and other hazardous materials often end up there as well. Unfortunately, this is a problem that’s only going to get worse since more American cities are cancelling their recycling programs due to cost....
Public Health Department Posts American Academy of Pediatricians Recommendations to Reduce Cell Phone Exposure
By B.N. Frank American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical experts have warned for many years that children are more vulnerable to exposure to cell phone and other sources of wireless radiation. Research has determined that exposure to can Kudos to the North Carolina Public Health Department for posting American...
Another American Utility Receives Complaints about “Price Shock” Associated with “Smart” Meters
By B.N. Frank Utility “Smart” Meters – electric, gas, and water – are expensive and unnecessary. In the U.S. they were federally mandated and proponents promised that these meters would reduce customer bills and save energy. Research has determined that they DO NOT SAVE meaningful amounts of energy. Also, in...
Congress Gives $1.9B to Rip-and-Replace Huawei and ZTE Equipment from American Networks as Part of COVID Package
By B.N. Frank Wireless connections have always been more vulnerable to hackers than hard-wired connections. Wireless network vulnerability is also NOT a new thing. Last month it was reported that one longstanding network flaw has continued to NOT be fixed. Also reported – due to security concerns, Congress allocated $1.9B...
American Gold Eagle Sales Up 455% In 2020
Via SchiffGold.com,Demand for physical gold and silver surged last year as smart investors sought safe haven from a record-breaking expansion in the money supply, record federal budget deficits, and quantitative easing set to infinity.Sales of US gold and silver bullion coins at the US Mint hit a 4-year high in 2020.The Mint sold...