The former MMA fighter, who was fired from the Disney+ TV series ‘The Mandalorian’ earlier this month because of her social media posts, said she couldn’t back down and issue a disingenuous apology after watching other actors steamrolled for politically incorrect views. She anticipated her firing coming, after months of …
Read More »Crypto going mainstream: Mastercard to allow payments in cryptocurrencies
Announcing the move on its blog post on Wednesday, the company stressed that not all the existing cryptocurrencies will be supported on its network. While it did not specify which it is going to support, Mastercard noted that not all digital assets meet the required criteria. “We expect consumers and …
Read More »Crypto going mainstream: Mastercard to allow payments in cryptocurrencies
Announcing the move on its blog post on Wednesday, the company stressed that not all the existing cryptocurrencies will be supported on its network. While it did not specify which it is going to support, Mastercard noted that not all digital assets meet the required criteria. “We expect consumers and …
Read More »Fossil fuels aren’t going anywhere
“There is no scenario where hydrocarbons disappear,” the chief executive of Baker Hughes, Lorenzo Simonelli, said during his keynote speech at this year’s annual meeting in the company. Like other executives from the industry, Simonelli acknowledged and welcomed the energy transition, but he noted that a 100-percent renewable energy scenario …
Read More »If Keir Starmer thinks flag-waving and a smarter suit is going to help him win back the north, Labour really is doomed
We need to talk about Keir Starmer, the latest incarnation of the ever-present middle-class white man – this one is even a knight of the realm – who leads the Labour Party. It is incredible now to think the Labour Party came out of the trade union movement a 100 …
Read More »Going in for a kill: Redditors going after targets they perceive to have stolen their money in 2008, says Max Keiser
The Reddit crowd knows that the US Federal Reserve can only print money to keep the American economy Ponzi scheme going, says Max. “And that angry Reddit WallStreetBets crowd is going in for a kill.” He explains: “They know that more free money is coming. Just like the hedge funds …
Read More »Washington could put US tech in danger by going after Huawei, Professor Wolff tells Boom Bust
The ‘phase one’ trade deal “was a temporary stopgap measure to get across a period of time; that time has gone, and a new regime is in power in the United States,” says Professor Richard Wolff. He tells Boom Bust that “Everything now depends on what initiatives the Biden administration …
Read More »Trump’s going nowhere: Former president meets with Rep. McCarthy, vows to help Republican Party win upcoming House races
Trump met with House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California) at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Thursday to discuss the Republican Party’s chances at taking control of the House in next year’s midterm elections. A readout about the meeting from Trump’s ‘Save America’ Political Action Committee described the meeting …
Read More »Elon Musk accuses Discord of ‘going corpo’ after it shut down WallStreetBets amid assault on GameStop short sellers
Discord claims the ban was due to hate speech and had nothing to do with the extraordinary impact the retail investors who use the channel – and its counterpart on Reddit – were having on professional short sellers, who profit from falling share prices. However, Musk was among the many …
Read More »‘It’s going so much better’: Evgenia Medvedeva on kissing puppies, her new food obsession and her return to fitness (VIDEO)
During the chat, the Olympic silver medallist shared five unique facts about herself as she revealed some of the personal quirks that make her who she is. “First, I have a habit of kissing my puppy on the belly,” she explained. “An imprint of red lipstick remains. When mom sees …
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