People say the internet destroyed the malls in America. The truth is that a small group of companies did. Why? Because that was the easiest way to make money from them. Watch the full story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4--P8QKRZFc
America had a booming recycling industry in the 1980s and 1990s.
It reduced production costs for US industries and brought in extra revenue for local economies.
But the greed of a US corporate monopoly and the strategic designs of a foreign power ended it.
https://www.plainmeaning.com/Articles/Money/21_the-tragedy-of-single-stream-recycling.html
#economics #recycling #environment #politics #china
America has been handing its personal data away since 1982.
Wall Street and academia said it was the smart thing to do.
The rest of America pays the price. And AI and age verification are making it worse.
#privacy #china #ageverification #economics #politics
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80xRDmgapAk
The video about this and what it all means is titled, "The Secret Push for a National ID." I also talk about the IDScan.net driver license hack and why it might not be what it seems.
YouTube video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIwl0bK8I_0
Do you really want to know?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHZTeEN2HT0
The original "middle courts" of the United States dealt with far more than just appeals.
The courts that replaced them merged two things that the founders warned must be kept separate.
And now most Americans can't tell the difference.
https://www.plainmeaning.com/Articles/Power/18_americas-lost-court-and-what-else-we-lost.html
#plainmeaning #law #politics #equity #appeals
Antibiotics save millions of American lives every year.
But America's drug companies closed most of the factories that made them.
And now they come from China.
https://www.plainmeaning.com/Articles/Power/17_why-are-americas-antibiotics-coming-from-china.html
#china #antibiotics #unrestrictedwarfare #foreignrelations #politics
A mall owner used to make money by keeping the malls full.
Real estate groups and venture capital took over.
And now, it pays more to keep the malls empty.
#malls #economics #politics #retail #taxlaw
Most lawyers reference the United States Code when they talk of the law.
Many criminal cases are built on it.
But it's not the law. And both Congress and the Supreme made this point clear.
https://www.plainmeaning.com/Articles/Power/7_the-united-states-code-and-the-century-of-errors.html
Late at night the Senate "passed" a bill that would give one man the power to end all US coins.
The chamber was empty and there was no vote.
And the people that pushed it tells the story of who wins if it becomes law--and who loses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CZspAptXwQ&t=907s
#cash #bitcoin #politics #usd #penny #currency
Governments and companies moved most of their records to cloud storage.
They destroyed the physical records to save money.
But then found out that digital doesn't always last.
https://www.plainmeaning.com/Articles/Power/16_going-digital-is-making-history-disappear.html
#politics #ai #tech #government #history
"The Promise" was the only hit of the British band When in Rome.
It was different from earlier New Wave songs.
But it was New Wave enough to be the last of the genre even if most don't view it that way.
https://www.plainmeaning.com/Articles/Picks/4_the-last-song-of-the-new-wave.html
Congress is passing laws without anyone voting.
And they're often doing it in mostly empty chambers.
They call it unanimous consent.
https://www.plainmeaning.com/Articles/Power/15_congress-is-voting-when-nobody-is-around.html
#plainmeaning #congress #unanimousconsent #senate #houseofrepresentatives
Credit card companies tried pushing their product on college students by offering free pizza and t-shirts.
Congress passed protections in 2009 in response.
Now, the card industry is targeting kids before they're even out of high school.
#plainmeaning #finance #creditcard
An AI data center building boom is underway across America.
Most people know it's for AI.
But they're wrong about which one.
https://www.plainmeaning.com/Articles/Money/16_the-rise-of-data-centers-is-about-the-other-ai.html
#ai #datacenters #tech #politics #economy
Science used to be built on observations.
Later, uncertainty & probability took over.
Einstein said this ignored the real questions and spent the rest of his life trying to find the answer. https://www.plainmeaning.com/Articles/Power/14_why-science-isnt-certain-anymore.html
The US classifies thousands of new secrets every day.
And if the Department of Defense wants to classify much more.
https://www.plainmeaning.com/Articles/Power/13_if-everything-is-secret-then-nothing-is.html
#plainmeaning #policy #politics #democracy #news