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Today on National Public Radio https://www.marketplace.org/tag/birth-rates/ the hosts talks about women in America not wanting babies. That’s their choice, no problem. But never mentioned why men don’t want to be saddled down when divorce rates are 70%. Marriage and kids becomes a financial risk. #NPR
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Marketplace
If you search Amazon for Fuck Israel
You will not find that. Instead you find Fuck Hamas, Fuck Iran.
#palestine #amazon #gaza

The rising costs of #housing, particularly #rent, are primarily driven by the treatment of housing as a capitalist commodity rather than a human right.

Government policies, including #deregulation and the promotion of financial speculation, have exacerbated the problem.

Ultimately, a housing reform that prioritizes public intervention over market forces is needed to address the issue effectively.

#economy
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-should-we-give-all-our-money-to-landlords/

Why Should We Give All Our Money To Landlords?

Who decided we should give all our money to landlords? Did you vote for that? I didn’t. You didn’t, either. And if you have thoughts of leaving renting

ZNetwork

When it rains, it pours:

Why China’s $3.93 trillion trust industry is sparking fears of contagion

https://www.straitstimes.com/business/why-china-s-39-trillion-trust-industry-is-sparking-fears-of-contagion

#china #evergrande #economy

Why China’s $3.93 trillion trust industry is sparking fears of contagion

Trust firms have defaulted on billions of dollars of investment products in recent years. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

Pay over $100/month for wireless and get two bars more than 50% of the time.
Yes it’s American capitalism at its best!

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/03/22/net-neutralitys-dead-time-to-focus-on-the-real-issue-telecom-monopolization/

Net Neutrality’s Dead: Time To Focus On The Real Issue: Telecom Monopolization

#eattherich

Net Neutrality’s Dead: Time To Focus On The Real Issue: Telecom Monopolization

Earlier this month a homophobic smear campaign seeded in the press by the likes of AT&T, Comcast, and News Corporation successfully killed the FCC nomination of popular reformer Gigi Sohn. The …

Techdirt

https://www.thelocal.fr/20230701/opinion-riots-could-become-frances-most-dangerous-crisis-in-decades

France knows how to to react to crooked cops. Here in America, we have been neutered in comparison.
#eattherich #militarystate

OPINION: Riots could become France's most dangerous crisis in decades

Long-standing social problems of racism and police violence are meeting a fractured political landscape in a combination that make the current riots potentially more dangerous for France than those of 2005, argues John Lichfield.

The Local
60 Minutes investigation exposes weapons contractor price gouging

A six-month investigation found that Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and others overcharge the Pentagon for almost everything. Five Senators are asking the DOD to investigate.

KALW

Short summary of Putin's speech;

... He has declared war on Prigozhin & Wagner

#Russia #RussiaCivilWar #RussianCivilWar #Putin

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-06/what-the-arab-league-vote-to-include-syria-means-for-the-world-big-take-podcast

Let’s talk about Syria, the war, the Middle East, China(not in the Middle East) but don’t say anything about Israel. #BoycottIsreal #china #syria #eattherich

What the Arab League Vote to Include Syria Means For the World: Big Take Podcast

Listen to The Big Take podcast on iHeart, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Terminal.

Bloomberg