Socialism, Not America, Made Venezuela Poor

According to a news report on August 26, 2024, “Apologists for Venezuela’s socialist regime claim that U.S. sanctions made the country poor. And while sanctions didn’t help, the reason the country is poor is because of the socialist policies of the Maduro and Chávez regimes. The transition to socialism and the crash of the economy all happened long before Trump imposed sanctions in 2017… In case anyone missed the horrendous effects of socialism/communism on Cuba, Cambodia, North Korea, and Laos, Venezuela should serve as a cautionary tale to American voters to reject socialism.”

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Why the Atlantic Ocean is cooling fast is unknown

The Atlantic Ocean is cooling at an exponential rate, and nobody is sure why,” according to weather report yesterday. It goes on to say that, “it’s been more than a year of record-high global sea temperatures, including being close to the collapse of the AMOC. Despite those troubles, though, the Atlantic is now experiencing something quite baffling-temperatures are cooling, and scientists are scrambling to figure out what’s going on.”

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Switzerland Moves Towards Cashless Society

A Person Holding a Payment Terminal

According to news report on August 21, 2024, “Switzerland’s new instant payment system will bolster the future of cashless payments in the country, the Swiss central bank said Wednesday after the scheme went live… By the end-2026 at the latest, all financial institutions active in retail payment transactions will be reachable, the SNB said in a statement… The central bank anticipates that instant payments ‘are likely to become established in Switzerland in the medium term, and form the basis for further innovation in payment transactions.”

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‘Climate change’ forces government to implement nationwide shutdown on Sunday

News media reported on July 27, 2024, that “Iranian banks and most government institutes will be closed on Sunday and people were asked to avoid leaving home as the country faces a scorching heatwave… in order to protect people’s health and conserve energy… Public sector working hours were already halved on Saturday, the first day of the week in Iran… Scientists have linked climate change to more prolonged, stronger and more frequent extreme weather, including heatwaves.”

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