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Amazon is opening a 30,000-square-foot store with QR codes and palm-scanning checkout

Written on . Posted in PT Global Economy.

Coming more than full circle in its disruption of retailing, Amazon is wading into the world of brick-and-mortar clothing stores with a 30,000-square-foot shop in an upscale mall in suburban Los Angeles.

Amazon Style promises to leverage the e-commerce giant’s tech prowess and depth of data to give consumers a “seamless and elevated shopping experience,” the Seattle-based company said Thursday in a blog post. Shoppers will use QR codes to see various sizes, colors and product ratings, and will be able to send clothes to the fitting room or checkout counter with the touch of a button. Touch screens in fitting rooms will let shoppers request more items without having to leave. Customers will be able check out using Amazon’s palm-recognition technology.

“He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads” Rev. 13:16

Amazon will pay you $10 to scan your palm

After the industry endured years of store closures and the pandemic set off flurries of big-name bankruptcies and pushed online shopping to new heights, Amazon and other brands are reconsidering the value of physical stores. More than 5,080 new stores opened across the country last year, barely edging out the number that shuttered for the first time in five years, according to Coresight Research. And PwC’s annual consumer survey found that in-store shopping has +recovered to pre-pandemic levels, with almost half of customers saying they shopped in-person on a daily or weekly basis.

Amazon imagines a world where you pay with your hand. Privacy experts aren’t so sure.

Read More @ Washington Post HERE

Outrage: Reps. Tlaib, Omar took part in events with groups that called for release of ‘Lady al-Qaida’

Written on . Posted in PT World Order.

Assessment: Last November, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) held a “Free Dr. Aafia” event in the nation’s capital to press Congress for Siddiqui’s release …

Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota participated in events with groups that called for the release of the convicted Islamic terrorist known as “Lady al-Qaida.”

Just the News reported the two Muslim members of Congress participated in events with U.S.-based Muslim advocacy organizations demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui from a Texas prison.

“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, 18 how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God. Deut. 25:17-18

Lady Al Qaeda,' the woman Texas synagogue hostage-taker wants freed | Daily Mail Online

On Saturday, Malik Faisal Akram, from Blackburn, England, demanded the release of Siddiqui when he held hostage a rabbi and three others attending a shabbat service in Colleyville, Texas. Akram, 44, was shot dead by the FBI after a 10-hour siege.

The FBI said in 2008 that Siddiqui was “detained by Afghan authorities, who found a number of items in her possession, including handwritten notes that referred to a ‘mass casualty attack’ and that listed various locations in the United States, including Plum Island, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, and the Brooklyn Bridge.”

The Taliban offered to trade captive U.S. Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl for her, according to Foreign Policy Magazine.

Last November, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) held a “Free Dr. Aafia” event in the nation’s capital to press Congress for Siddiqui’s release.

Read More @ WND HERE

Cryptocurrencies tumble, with bitcoin falling 7% and ether down 8% in the last 24 hours

Written on . Posted in PT Global Economy.

Assessment: The Federal Reserve’s announcement exploring a digital dollar, following China’s entry of the digital yuan and the banning of non-government coins, is making investors nervous …

Bitcoin prices fell sharply on Thursday night, while ether prices also dived, wiping off nearly $150 billion from the crypto market.

Bitcoin fell about 7% in the last 24 hours, and dropped as low as $38,287 in the same period, according to CoinDesk. It was last trading at $39,010 as of 4:43 a.m. ET, according to CoinDesk data.

Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, dived nearly 8% in the last 24 hours. It was trading at $2,878 as of 4:43 a.m. ET, after falling as low as $2,809.51 in the past 24 hours, according to CoinDesk.

“and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Rev. 13:17

About $147 billion was wiped off the entire cryptocurrency market in the past 24 hours, according to Coinmarketcap.com

The declines in cryptocurrencies follow Wall Street losses on Thursday. The Nasdaq was down almost 5% this week, and the S&P 500 is into its third straight week of losses.

As the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield spiked earlier this week, rising rates have caused investors to shed their positions in riskier assets. Yields move opposite to prices.

Read More @ CNBC HERE

Texas synagogue terrorist said he was ‘opening door’ for attacks on US

Written on . Posted in PT Middle East.

Assessment: For over 10 hours on Saturday, Akram held Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, the spiritual leader of the synagogue, and three others hostage in the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas on Saturday …

Jerusalem Post: “I’m opening the doors for every youngster to enter America and f&$% with them,” said Malik Faisal Akram, the terrorist who held four people hostage in a Colleyville synagogue earlier this week, in a recording of a call between him and his brother, Gulbar, published by the Jewish Chronicle on Wednesday.

“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God.” Deut. 25:17-18

In the recorded call, Akram can be heard telling his brother that he demanded that Pakistani Al-Qaeda-affiliated Aafia Siddiqui, who is serving an 86-year prison sentence for multiple felonies, be released and brought to him.

“I’ve told them I’ll release these four guys, I’ll come on the yard, I’ll have a toe to toe with you. Shoot me dead, shoot her (Siddiqui) dead because I’m dead and she’s dead, she’s 84 years, right?”

“They come into our f&%$ing countries, rape our women and f$%# our kids and we can’t come in their countries and fuck with them?” shouted Akram, referring to the Taliban and the US’s war in Afghanistan. “I’m setting the precedent today…you’re not gonna get away with it any more, even if they don’t release Dr. Aafia, who gives a f$%&?”

“I’m in a synagogue, I’ve got four beautiful guys, Jewish guys with me. I’m bombed up, I’ve got f&%$ing every ammunition. I’ve only been here two weeks and I’ve got them all at gunpoint,” added the terrorist. “They let James Foley die and they didn’t release her, but guess what? Maybe they’ll have compassion for f&$%ing Jews.”

Throughout the call, Akram repeated that he was trying to “die a martyr” and decried the US’s military actions abroad.

Read More @ JPost HERE

 

England Ends All COVID Passports, Mask Mandates, Work Restrictions

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Assessment: Johnson told MPs that the Cabinet decided to remove its so-called “Plan B” measures on Wednesday morning as data suggest the Omicron wave has peaked nationally, and he attributed stabilising hospital admission numbers to “the extraordinary booster campaign” and the public’s compliance to the restriction measures.

Restrictions including COVID-19 passes, mask mandates, and work-from-home requirements will be removed in England, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday. Johnson also suggested that self-isolation rules may also be thrown out at the end of March as the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic becomes endemic.

Effective immediately, the UK government is no longer asking people to work from home.  The COVID pass mandate for nightclubs and large events won’t be renewed when it expires on Jan. 26. And from Thursday, indoor mask-wearing will no longer be compulsory anywhere in England.

The requirement for secondary school pupils to wear masks during class and in communal areas will also be removed from the Department for Education’s national guidance.

Roaring cheers from lawmakers could be heard in the House of Commons following Johnson’s announcements on masks.

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32 

The requirement for secondary school pupils to wear masks during class and in communal areas will also be removed from the Department for Education’s national guidance.

Roaring cheers from lawmakers could be heard in the House of Commons following Johnson’s announcements on masks.

Read More @ Zero Hedge HERE