Study: Americans Will Need to Spend $5,200 More This Year to 'Live The Exact Same Life': The current inflation rate, where prices are rising at the fastest pace that they have in 40 plus years, is walloping the wallets of parents. Working families are now struggling with rising gas prices, higher grocery bills, and a housing market that seems out of control — just look at rent costs that have skyrocketed as much as 40 percent in some cities. And new data from Bloomberg economists have found out just how much inflation will impact a family budget in a dollar amount this year. “Inflation will mean the average U.S. household has to spend an extra $5,200 this year ($433 per month) compared to last year for the same consumption basket,” Bloomberg Economics reports. http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63009 I suppose the Pope and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill better be sure to get to Jerusalem in June, since some Muslim clerics have declaring Israel will cease to exist on July 8. These Popes revere the Koran, I suppose, so better safe than sorry to risk missing a still-intact Jerusalem. USPS Stops Delivering Mail in Santa Monica, California After Multiple Carriers Assaulted: “Multiple carriers have been subjected to assaults and threats of assault from an individual who has not been located or apprehended. The safety of our employees and of the mail they deliver to you is our highest concern. Until we can ensure the safety of both, delivery services will remain suspended.” – a letter from USPS said to residents in Santa Monica. USPS did not elaborate on the assaults. USPS says those who are affected by this mail service suspension can pick up mail at the USPS facility located at 1653 7th Street. It’s unclear at this time when mail service will resume. The microchip implants that let you pay with your hand: Patrick Paumen causes a stir whenever he pays for something in a shop or restaurant. A microchip was first implanted into a human back in 1998, but it is only during the past decade that the technology has been available commercially. And when it comes to implantable payment chips, British-Polish firm, Walletmor, says that last year it became the first company to offer them for sale. "The implant can be used to pay for a drink on the beach in Rio, a coffee in New York, a haircut in Paris - or at your local grocery store," says founder and chief executive Wojtek Paprota. "It can be used wherever contactless payments are accepted." Mr. Paprota adds that it is entirely safe, has regulatory approval, works immediately after being implanted, and will stay firmly in place. It also does not require a battery or other power source. The firm says it has now sold more than 500 of the chips. For many of us, the idea of having such a chip implanted in our body is an appalling one, but a 2021 survey of more than 4,000 people across the UK and the European Union found that 51% would consider it. [A Christian friend of mine actually told me about this and she was so excited that it would be a wonderful convenience! I had to remind her about the Mark of the Beast.] https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61008730 Dramatic Increase of Earthquakes: In the last 100 years, 6.3 magnitude and above. (less than three minutes long)
This is because the 37-year-old doesn't need to use a bank card or his mobile phone to pay. Instead, he simply places his left hand near the contactless card reader, and the payment goes through.
"The reactions I get from cashiers are priceless!" says Mr. Paumen, a security guard from the Netherlands.
He is able to pay using his hand because back in 2019 he had a contactless payment microchip injected under his skin.
"The procedure hurts as much as when someone pinches your skin," says Mr Paumen.