A week ago, no one had even heard of of the Ukraine story, then all of a sudden impeachment was the only thing mainstream media was talking about, and before you could blink it might already be history. If you're unaware of what has happened, the media democrats claimed Donald Trump apparently threatened to withhold military aid to Ukraine unless Ukraine did something bad to Joe Biden. Once again, the mob turned out to be wrong. The administration released a transcript of the president’s phone call with the Ukrainian head of state, and it says none of the things the news anchors claimed it would. Read it for yourself here. (Click image below to read more...)
On Tuesday a China Tribunal lawyer Hamid Sabi, spoke at the United Nations regarding how the Chinese government forcibly harvests organs from those imprisoned for religious beliefs. The China Tribunal, is an independent tribunal focused on forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. Sabi, who has also acted as the people’s tribunal investigating Iran’s alleged mass killings of political prisoners back in the 1980s. The Tribunal said those targeted are “primarily people who practice Falun Gong as well as Tibetans, Uyghurs and House Christians.” (Click image below to read more...)
Staying with China, their economy has been slowing down since the 2008 finical crisis, but things have seemed to escalated rather rapidly over the last few months, and investors are getting nervous. Domestic issues, the US-led trade war, and swine fever are all putting a brake on China's rapid expansion. And you have to wonder how things are actually going when the government starts harvesting organs, probably not all that great. Given China's importance in the global economy, any downturn is likely to have far-reaching consequences. (Click image below to read more...)
Bob Iger, the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, divulged in his new book, The Ride of a Lifetime, that Lucas basically hates the current trilogy. Back in 2012, when Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, it included a full outline for the story of the next 3 films, which Disney desperately wanted to be included in the deal. However they ended up throwing it out, and instead we have the hot mess that is Star Wars in it's current format. The story of Star Wars is George Lucas, it's his imagination, his world, he is it's creator, and they should have honored the story, source material and the fans. How dare you Disney, how very dare you. (Click image below to read more...)
Amazon debuted a wide variety of its new Echo branded Alexa powered products, both for the home and for the outdoors. The company is most definitely trying to make its Alexa the household name in personal assistants. Here are some of the top new products that was just launched by Amazon. The Echo Buds, Frames and Loop Ring look like some pretty cool gear to have, but sure they will cost a some fortune. (Click image below to read more...)
Talking at a blockchain event hosted at the U.N. headquarters in Geneva, managing director of the Libra Association, Bertrand Perez said the cryptocurrency could help the intergovernmental organization achieve its sustainable development goals in areas such as eliminating poverty and achieving gender equality. I'm still very spurious when it comes to Libra, just because Facebook is behind it (Click image below to read more...)
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