The threat of such additional sanctions, for Washington already had imposed a series of sanctions in 2014, was purportedly meant to deter the invasion. That having failed, it was then claimed the sanctions would force Russia to the negotiating table. Given the centrality of economic warfare to Washington’s foreign policy, it is worth exploring how the […]
The run-up in inflation over the past year surprised central banks and consistently outstripped economists’ forecasts. In Canada, the consensus forecast of a 7.3 per cent increase in the May CPI was well below the 7.7 per cent result. The Bank of Canada promises a preliminary study soon of the costly «inflation forecast […]
Stay in the mainstream, stay stupid, stay out of touch. Life, already a daily challenge in so many ways, spiked lower when China launched the COVID War in 2020, on Lunar New Year, The Year of the Rat, locking down cities and imposing unprecedented draconian mandates… that not only persist but have worsened. POWELL TALKS TO THE SENATE BANKING […]
Their planned arrival on June 30 has stoked fears of another round of such anti-vaccine and anti-government protests, which snarled the capital for weeks until police used force to end what they and the government described as an illegal occupation. Such misgivings did not keep one group of Conservative MPs from shaking […]
BY NOW, YOU’VE probably been taught to gird your sun-starved skin for battle with cancer-causing cosmic rays every time you go outside. If they sink into tissues and get absorbed into the bloodstream, that could be a problem. Then, like other over-the-counter drugs the Food and Drug Administration oversees, sunscreens should be studied to make sure […]
Take the University of Toronto’s Akwasi Owusu-Bempah as a clear example. Owusu-Bempah is quoted by the Star as one of the «Black voices» who reject Chief Ramer’s apology. He complains in one article that «there’s nothing new in this news.» However, just a year ago, Owusu-Bempah told CTV News that an apology for racism […]
LaMDA, it would appear, has passed Lemoine’s sentimental version of the Turing test. Lemoine, who calls himself an ethicist, but whom Google spokesperson Brian Gabriel contended is a mere «software engineer,» voiced his concerns about the treatment of LaMDA to Google management but was rebuffed. According to Lemoine, his immediate supervisor scoffed at the suggestion of LaMDA’s […]
The recent outbreak of price inflation with the jump to an annual rate of 8.6 percent in May 2022 came as a surprise to the US central bank . Central Banks Don’t Fight Inflation Failing to apply countermeasures in time, the Fed is now faced with the hard job of bringing down […]
Elizabeth Warren is leading the way. She recently introduced a bill that outlaws «price gouging,» which in her definition involves a seller increasing prices for reasons that Warren would consider to be unjustified. While at least Warren is not calling for criminal penalties, she would empower the Federal Trade Commission to investigate such […]
Vettel drives a car that has a monstrous appetite for fuel, travels a lot by jet, and is sponsored by Saudi Aramco. I’m just trying to draw up a list of machines that rival a Formula One race car in their dependence on good old fossil fuels. His name is […]