Like most locals in the close-knit Maui community, the realtor was disgusted by the opportunism.“It’s been bottom-feeders calling us, asking about what kinds of lands we have available,” he said. “This is not the time. It’s unfathomable what people are going through with loss of life, that they would be calling. But I guess that’s America.”
Source: Disaster Capitalists Are Circling Maui Like Buzzards
The near collapse of the UK financial system yesterday is one of the biggest economic stories of the year. It should be a hard lesson for politicians the world over about economic policymaking and the importance of independent central banks.
Source: Banks save UK economy as Liz Truss plays ideological games
Can Berejiklian be likened to the Capitain of the Costa Concordia. He was jailed for abandoning his ship
Berejiklian has been foreshadowing the pandemic in NSW was going to get to its worst, its toughest; that the hospital system would be stretched to its elastic limit in October, based on modelling the NSW Health Department had prepared. Modelling, by the way, she’s not been very forthcoming with. So, knowing that the state is headed for a cliff, she’s essentially jumped out of the driver’s seat to get a better view of the spectacle. “I’ll turn up when I need to,” are words that emerged from her sneering maw today.
Government should focus on ‘disaster mitigation rather than clean-up’ as climate change events increase, industry experts say
Overwhelmed hospitals in India are begging for oxygen supplies as the country’s coronavirus infections soars again in a “tsunami” of disease, setting a world record for cases for the third consecutive day.
Source: In Delhi alone, COVID kills another Indian every 4 minutes
Tony Abbott, Mr Nope Nope Nope’s NBN and his better MXT service ( Old Dog Thought )
At the end of a week of convulsions, Donald Trump is punting on the appointment of a politically inexperienced US Marine general to magically halt the chaos.
Source: White House merry-go-round flings Reince Priebus from the ride
President Donald Trump will declare economic war on our biggest customer, wipe unprecedented amounts off global stock markets, usher in extraordinary financial instability, and risk turning the the world’s biggest economy into a basket case by pushing its national debt past 100 per cent of GDP.
Source: The consequences of a Donald Trump win are disastrous for the Australian economy
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