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Long before the reign of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, there was Jack Welch. Welch, who headed up the General Electric Company from 1981 and 2001, is often thought of as the first celebrity CEO, a businessman who wowed investors and mingled with celebrities. "[Welch's] face was on the cover of magazines all the time," New York Times correspondent David Gelles says. "He emerged as sort of this imperial executive and helped define what I think is still with us today in the form of a certain amount of CEO worship." In his book, The Man Who Broke...

After applying to more than 300 jobs in the last six months without a single bite, Will no longer bothers to read job descriptions or research companies. It's just a waste of time at this point, said Will, whose real name is withheld but known to Insider. He spends six to 10 hours a day on LinkedIn churning out applications, but says that he and his peers with similar credentials — master's degrees and MBAs from top schools — are having no luck getting interviews. "I'm seeing all of these articles about how companies cannot recruit people fast enough and...

Politics in Minnesota polling done for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune showing Democrats leading races like the one for Governor with incumbent Tim Walz at 48 percent to Scott Jensen's 41 percent. The Democrats also lead in another statewide race for Secretary of State 48-40 percent but the contest for Attorney General very close with incumbent Democrat Keith Ellison at 46 percent with Republican Jim Schultz at 45 percent... Candidates supported by President Trump performing well in polls in Arizona... "Climate" in France today the low temperature on average 7.03 degrees Celsius or 44.65 degrees Fahrenheit... A severe energy emergency in South...

British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday unveiled plans to freeze domestic energy bills for two years. Truss also lifted a moratorium on fracking in a bid to secure increased energy supply. The government said it would also review progress towards its target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Truss became Britain's prime minister on Tuesday, replacing Boris Johnson. ===== SNIP ===== What is Truss' energy plan? Truss announced a cap on consumer energy bills for two years in a package that could cost around 150 billion pounds ($173 billion, €173 billion). The plan will be funded by government borrowing....

One day after leading Democratic politicians and the media announced that tentative agreements had been reached between the two largest railroad workers unions, both unions acknowledged that no final tentative agreements actually exist yet and that workers should not expect to view any details of the agreements for weeks.“Anyone who states that they have seen a final copy of the TA, have a copy of the final TA or knows the final contents of the agreement is not being truthful.” The documents, it continues, “have not been fully reviewed by both parties’ legal counsel” and have not been presented “to...

We know that colliding two particles in empty space can sometimes cause additional particles to emerge. There are even theories that a strong enough electromagnetic field could create matter and antimatter out of nothing itself. Big Think reports, in early 2022, a group of researchers created strong enough electric fields in their laboratory to level the unique properties of a material known as graphene. With these fields, the researchers were able to enable the spontaneous creation of particle-antiparticle pairs from nothing at all. This proved that creating matter from nothing is indeed possible, a theory first proposed by Julian Schwinger,...

Texas Republican Rep. Troy Nehls on Sunday said the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Venezuela is sending "violent criminals" to the United States through the southern border. "DHS confirms that Venezuela empties prisons and sends violent criminals to our southern border," Nehls tweeted. "President Trump warned us about this years ago." Former President Donald Trump has said on several occasions that foreign countries are "emptying their prisons" into the U.S.

Russian commander BLOWN UP his own elite infantry platoon!

The major challenge ahead of UK's newly appointed Prime Minister Liz is to uplift the country's economy. ...

Join together with Fellow FREEPERS to Pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.'I Urge, then, First of All, that Requests, Prayers, Intercession and Thanksgiving be Made for Everyone: for Kings and All those in Authority that we May Live Peaceful and Quiet Lives in All Godliness and Holiness.' 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads Labeled [Prayer] are Closed to Debate of Any Kind. Hebrews 4:16Let us therefore Come Boldly unto the Throne of Grace,That we May Obtain Mercy,And Find Grace to Help in Time of Need.

BREAKING: Mike Pompeo tells Chicago crowd he's prepping for 2024 presidential run"We've got a team in Iowa, a team in New Hampshire and South Carolina. And that's not random. We are doing the things one would do to get ready." https://t.co/YlFVn1uXNA— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) September 17, 2022

President Joe Biden has gotten another round of bad news ahead of crucial midterm elections that will define the remainder of his first term. According to an Ipsos poll released last week, just 39 percent of respondents approved of the job Biden is doing as president. Worse, just 9 percent said they believe the country is heading in the right direction under Biden and Democratic leadership, with a whopping 74 percent saying America is on the wrong track. Meanwhile, 54 percent disapprove of Biden’s job performance. Just 25 percent of Independents say they approve of Biden’s performance...

...[captioning continues:] This only exacerbates the conflict, adds to the suffering of victims & refugees. ...exacerbates food and energy sources and accelerates global inflation. All this causes damage to the vast majority of the peoples of the world. The great powers openly or tacitly position themselves in the face of the conflict in Ukraine in order to serve their hegemonic interests. Therefore it is impossible not to suspect that this war, although it seems perverse and incredible, serves the interests of the military industry."

The hacker group from Vietnam called TeaPea contacted BBC and shared information about the hack with the British broadcaster. "Our attack was originally planned to be a ransomware but the company’s IT team kept isolating servers before we had a chance to deploy it, so we thought to have some funny [sic]. We did a wiper attack instead,” one of the hackers said. A wiper attack is a form of cyber-attack that irreversibly destroys data, documents and files. The internal database was using Qwerty1234 as its password: TeaPea say they gained access to IHG’s internal IT network by tricking an...

Most Americans have received over three coronavirus shots, a poll from The Economist/YouGov found. The survey, released this week, took a look at the number of coronavirus shots Americans have received since the vaccine rollout almost two years ago. Overall, 72 percent said they have received at least one shot, while 28 percent said they have not received any shot whatsoever. The survey continued, asking the vaccinated to reveal how many shots they have had. Perhaps unexpectedly, most, 58 percent, said they have received “at least three shots,” while 33 percent said they have received at least two shots, and...

Biden declared the coronavirus pandemic “over” in an interview that aired Sunday, pointing to the return of large events and the lack of masking and other public health measures in place nationwide. “The pandemic is over,” Biden told “60 Minutes” from the Detroit auto show last Wednesday, the first time the even has been held since the onset of the pandemic in 2020. ... the pandemic is over. if you notice, no one’s wearing masks. Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape. And so I think it’s changing. And I think this is a perfect example of it.” ......

One person is dead after a single jet went down during the championship round of the Reno Air Races on Sunday afternoon. Fred Telling, the CEO and president of the Reno Air Racing Association, said the crash happened on lap 3 of 6 during the Jet Gold Race on outer pylon 5. The pilot's name was not released by officials during a news conference.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox ripped rowdy irreverent fans who chanted “-—- the Mormons” during a football match between Oregon and BYU Saturday. “Religious bigotry alive and celebrated in Oregon,” the Republican governor tweeted in response to a video of the hateful chant at the University of Oregon home game. Oregon Ducks fans can be heard repeating the line at least twice before the ugly chant trails off in one video. The school and its student section both apologized Sunday for the “offensive and disgraceful” chant in a series of tweets.

According to the Rachel Carson Institute, Enviva alone — which currently owns and operates seven plants in the southeastern United States — is responsible for clearcutting 50 acres of southern forestland every day, much of it a mix of hardwoods critical for wildlife habitat and absorbing the carbon dioxide rapidly warming the planet.