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2022 Edelman Trust Barometer | Edelman (download report)https://www.edelman.com/trust/2022-trust-barometerEdelman Trust Barometer 2022: What you need to know ...https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/01/edelman-trust-barometer-2022-report2022 Edelman Trust Barometer Summaryhttps://www.edelman.com/news-awards/2022-edelman-trust-barometer-reveals-even-greater-expectations-business-lead-government-trustECNS (China gloating)Chinese citizens' trust in their government tops 90 pct: Edelman

India PunchlineBlinken delays US response to RussiaM. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Servicehttps://www.indianpunchline.com/blinken-delays-us-response-to-russia/Russia ObserverRUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 20 JANUARY 2022Patrick Armstrong, retired analyst and diplomat (2008) serving in the Canadian Department of National Defence specializing in the USSR/Russia from 1984 and a Counsellor in the Canadian Embassy in Moscow in...

Spoiler: that would be British intelligence seeding The Guardian.IrrussianalitySpooks, Russia, And DisinformationPaul Robinson | Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawahttps://irrussianality.wordpress.com/2022/01/20/spooks-russia-and-disinformation/See alsoRussian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova added that claims by the Department of State that Russia is not being surrounded by NATO bases and that nobody promised not to expand...

And ZERO F’s given by any policymaker in US… btw where is SecTreas Janet Yellen? Disappeared… I’m not getting it…The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits jumped to a three-month high last week, likely as a winter wave of COVID-19 infections disrupted business activity https://t.co/JGfUsstGT5 pic.twitter.com/EKHrOO7Pv7— Reuters (@Reuters) January 20, 2022

How the hell anybody doesn’t think this is going to cause a recession in 1Q is beyond my understanding…Nearly 9 million Americans have called in sick to their employer, saying they have COVID-19 or are caring for someone who has the virus, CBS News reports. This is three times the number from just a month ago and represents 6% of the U.S. workforce.   In addition, 3.2 million people say they are not working because they are afraid they could contract COVID-19 or pass it along to someone...

Investors panic over taper and rate hikes, but other factors suggest the economy will weather the storm and be okay.

AntiWarBreathe Easier: Blinken, Lavrov Meet Friday Ray McGovernhttps://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2022/01/19/breathe-easier-blinken-lavrov-meet-friday/Gilbert DoctorowAnthony Blinken and the Intellectual Bankruptcy of the Biden AdministrationGilbert Doctorowhttps://gilbertdoctorow.com/2022/01/20/anthony-blinken-and-the-intellectual-bankruptcy-of-the-biden-administration/Asia Times (jumping the shark)NYT equates China’s health workers with Adolf EichmannJohn V Walsh, until recently a...

Lays the problem 100% at the feet of the Fed to solve… which means periodic rate increases and a monthly reduction of system Reserve balances “to lend out!”…. ie textbook monetarism 101…Supposed to kick off in March… fewer rate increases with more reserve reduction this year would result in the most financially favorable trade off between these two Fed policy parameters…Biden said it’s the Federal Reserve’s job to rein in the fastest pace of inflation in decades, and backed the central...

Epigenetics is the key, where the way our genes express themselves is heavily influenced by the environment. Poverty deeply affects how children develop. Neoliberalism can stress many families because of the long hours put in by the parents and the low pay which creates financial difficulties. [embedded content]https://youtu.be/LWixXFB9l6c

Michael Shellenberger wrote the book, Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities, where he blames wokism and progressive politics for the homeless and drug problems in some US cities, like San Francisco. You may have seen the video I put out here about the homelessness in San Francisco which was truly shocking.Michael Shellenberger says he's a liberal, not a progressive, who he sees as very left. Like many people on the right, he blames the individual rather than society for the drug addiction,...