From Jenna Orkin
'I'm extremely controversial': the psychologist rethinking human emotion
Year Zero
On America's birthday, celebrating the corporate-sponsored revolution
| Matt TaibbiJapan’s advances in overcoming neurodegenerative diseases |
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
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From Jenna Orkin
...JPM made roughly a half-billion dollars just servicing the accounts for con artist Bernie Madoff. As far back as 2006, JP Morgan Chase knew enough to pull its own money out of investments in hedge funds tied to Madoff, but never told customers, and continued to manage his accounts for years...Jamie Dimon’s bank also continued to do business in huge sums for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort even after Manafort stepped down in scandal, and even after the bank flagged Manafort’s accounts... Of course, in banking, size matters. “Maybe the bank looks at a wire transfer and says, ‘This smells.’ Do that in a $12,000 transaction, and they’ll kick you out of the bank,” says Pelletier. “Do it at $12 million, and they’ll let it go.”..A typical settlement involved a fine that sounded large but was really equal to months or weeks of profit, with penalties in some cases also being deductible, so that taxpayers could share in the joys of paying a bank’s debt to society...Hudson, for instance, notes that announcements of many of the biggest money laundering settlements involving the firms in the FinCen files were accompanied by jumps in the company’s share prices. HSBC’s shares rose in London and Hong Kong after the 2012 settlement, and even BNP’s criminal plea deal prompted a 3.6% jump in share price. Markets see the settlements as seals of approval going forward, and “send the signal that the regulators are looking to do a deal,” Hudson says.
Friday, September 25, 2020
From Jenna Orkin
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ‘is preparing to kill himself in prison’ after hearing voices in his head saying ‘we’re coming to get you’, psychiatrist tells extradition hearing
The Worst Forest Fires You’re Hearing Nothing About
San Francisco Residents On Edge Over Rising Number Of Home Burglaries - 42%
Official: Pentagon has started 'prudent planning' for full Afghanistan withdrawal by May
'Close to 100% accuracy': Helsinki airport uses sniffer dogs to detect Covid
“Dogs have a really good filtering system,” says Otto. “Their lungs are different—they don’t get asthma, for example.”
Thursday, September 24, 2020
From Jenna Orkin
Senate Report on Hunter Biden
GOP will ask Supreme Court to limit mail voting in Pennsylvania in first post-RBG test
4 charged after Black man's body found burning in Iowa ditch
I'm a college senior returning to campus. While my school's pandemic plan is strong, it fails to answer the most critical question I have about the year.
Colleges are exploring reopening in the midst of the pandemic, but students aren't being told exactly what it would take for them to be sent home.
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
From Jenna Orkin
Shell to cut up to 40% from oil and gas production to prepare for energy transition
Don't look away now: are viewers finally ready for the truth about nature?
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
From Jenna Orkin
Patients Who Refuse to Wear a Mask: Responses That Won't Get You Sued
6 Men in Oregon Charged for Allegedly Starting Fires During Wildfire Season on Purpose
Let Us Gaze At This Massive Rat Cluster And Draw Sweeping Conclusions About The Current State Of NYC
The most important things in the leaked FinCEN files, which exposed $2 trillion in suspicions transactions and are roiling the world of finance -
Banks such as JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, and Deutsche Bank facilitated the movement of criminal money even after getting caught, the agency reported.
The typical full-time salary in America would be $102,000 if wages had kept up with growth — but the economy has failed 90% of workers
- The wealthiest 1% has taken $50 trillion from working Americans and redistributed it, a new study finds
Leaked files contain more evidence of Kremlin links to one of the biggest donors to Boris Johnson's Conservative party
The husband of a major donor to Boris Johnson's Conservatives has allegedly been secretly funded by a Russian oligarch with links to Vladimir Putin.While TikTok is getting the most attention, Trump's ban will eviscerate WeChat, which serves as a lifeline to China for the app's millions of US users
Monday, September 21, 2020
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From Jenna Orkin
‘Next year or the year after, the Arctic will be free of ice’
A DARPA-Funded Implantable Biochip to Detect COVID-19 Could Hit Markets by 2021Saudi Arabia allowed sexually explicit Netflix shows like 'Sex Education' in exchange for removing one satire episode that criticized the kingdom, CEO Reed Hastings said
In January 2019 Netflix pulled an episode of "Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj" from Saudi Arabia after what the company called a "valid legal request."