Category Archives: r-stimuli
Bombards Body Language Banned From Youtube
Self-explanatory: The Event Chronicle: I have been checking the David Hogg article every day to make sure the video sources remain intact, and just noticed that Bombard’s Body Language YouTube channel is the latest victim in a string of take … Continue reading
Computing Forever Talks About Flipping The Monopoly Board
And mentions r/K: Another great analysis of just how this r-selected time works. Support Computing Forever on Patreon: http://ow.ly/3ymWFu Support Computing Forever work on MakerSupport: http://ow.ly/pJjS100RXtSComputing Forever PayPal Donations Welcome. Click here: http://goo.gl/NSdOvK Tell anyone you meet about r/K Theory, … Continue reading
Supreme Court To Destroy Unions
It is an amusing conundrum: With the justice holding the decisive vote remaining silent, a divided Supreme Court sparred Monday over a case that could undermine the financial footing of labor unions that represent government workers. The justices heard arguments … Continue reading
Italian Town Taken Over By Migrants
This is how it ends: The largely abandoned former seaside resort town of Castel Volturno north of Naples has been taken over by Nigerian gangs who run drug and prostitution rings. The town has a total population of around 30,000 … Continue reading
Olympics Emphasize Diversity, Fail Miserably
First there was this: The U.S. Olympic Committee says it’s taking its most diverse team ever to a Winter Games, an impressive and deserved boast that requires a caveat of sorts. Yes, USOC officials are pleased the team includes more … Continue reading
Single Mother Births Dropping
Another measure of the K-shift approaching: The percentage of babies born to unmarried mothers dipped below 40 percent for the first time in 9 years in 2016, dropping to 39.8 percent, according to the final birth-data report for that year … Continue reading
Applebees Fires Employees Who Tried To Stop Theft
We are passing Idiocracy: Three Applebee’s employees have been fired amid allegations that they racially profiled two African-American women dining at a location in Missouri over the weekend, company officials said. St. Louis resident Alexis Brison was having dinner with … Continue reading
Women Are Now Proposing
Another marker: Many modern brides living in the age of female empowerment aren’t waiting for prince charming to pop the question — they’re taking their happily-ever-afters into their own hands. “I knew if I proposed he would have a ring … Continue reading
Government Borrowing To Rise 84%
Addiction is the only way to accurately describe it: It was another crazy news week, so it’s understandable if you missed a small but important announcement from the Treasury Department: The federal government is on track to borrow nearly $1 … Continue reading
China On The Cusp Of A Turndown?
Some think so: Cash, Dollar Crunch Returns: Bankers Begging Friends for Deposits on WeChat Another cyclical slowdown in China looks to be underway. December’s FAI went negative yoy and now an anecdote pointing to another cash crunch in the banking … Continue reading