from ZeroHedge: Back in 2011‚ around the time gold hits its previous cycle high‚ South Korea surprised the fiat world when it revealed that it had spent more than a billion dollars in its first gold purchase in more than a decade‚ as uncertainty about global growth and sovereign debt push central banks around the world to […]

from ZeroHedge: It’s like the Seattle CHAZ encampment all over again. Far-left activists have declared the UCLA campus a “liberated zone” and are refusing entry for many students not affiliated with the pro-Gaza protests. They have erected barriers and placed guards‚ creating makeshift checkpoints which require a special wrist band in order to gain passage. […]

from RT: Earlier reports suggested that there had been three explosions in the center of Odessa Russia has carried out a strike on the Ukrainian military headquarters commanding troops in the southern sector of the front‚ the Defense Ministry in Moscow has announced. In a statement on Wednesday‚ the ministry said that the military installation‚ Ukrainian […]

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by Jay Valentine‚ The Gateway Pundit: 3 years ago‚ Sheriff Clarke of Wisconsin asked the Fractal team to review the Wisconsin voter rolls – and the result was the Fractal Election Management application finding anomalies that cannot be found with current relational database. The Fractal team is not a political activist organization – we are […]

by Paul Engel‚ America Outloud: A recent policy statement from the Biden Administration effectively makes the very bold statement that the Constitution of the United States is a threat to national security. This reminds me of the words of Benjamin Franklin: “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety‚ deserve […]

by Will Jones‚ Daily Sceptic: Jerry Seinfeld has blamed the “extreme Left” and “PC c*nts” for killing comedy on television‚ claiming networks were too worried “about offending other people”. The Telegraph has more. The American comic‚ whose eponymous sitcom drew 76 million viewers when it ended in the late 1990s‚ hit out at TV bosses for sending jokes […]

Shame on them covering up a crime. FBI refuses to release documents in probe into possible nationwide voter registration fraud | Just The News https://t.co/jekzN670GY — Lara Logan (@laralogan) May 1‚ 2024

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Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at info@reasonstobecheerful.world. Read on In the fall of 2021‚ all three of New York City’s library systems abolished late fees. Two and a half years later‚ according to a story that Executive Editor Will Doig shared from The City‚ the effects have been resoundingly positive. Will says:   David Byrne wrote for us about libraries going “fine-free” back in 2021. In New York City‚ the move has resulted in “a spike in materials taken out‚ library cards issued‚ and program attendance.” Park life Next month‚ 1‚600 acres of California’s Central Valley will officially become a state park‚ the Associated Press reports. For Editorial Director Rebecca Worby‚ the park’s name rang a bell: Reasons to be Cheerful covered its history and reinvention earlier this year. The Tuolumne River (below right) flowing into the San Joaquin River at the site of the future state park. Credit: Saxon Holt / PhotoBotanic Becca says:   Dos Rios‚ a former ranch that’s now rewilded riverside habitat‚ is set to open on June 12 as California’s first new state park in 10 years. One of our Waterline stories described the ranch’s restoration back in January. What else we’re reading Also Migrating From Latin America: A Wave of Urban Innovation — shared by RTBC founder David Byrne from Bloomberg This nonprofit is repairing Philly rowhouses one block at a time to keep residents in their homes — shared by Rebecca Worby from the Philadelphia Inquirer Can corals be saved&;#63; — shared by David Byrne from the Washington Post Elsewhere in our channels… We are excited to announce that Contributing Editor Peter Yeung and Lima-based journalist Melanie P&;eacute;rez Arias have been awarded the Solutions Journalism Network Award for General Excellence for their story‚ “The Backyard Farmers Who Grow Food With Fog.” According to the Solutions Journalism Network‚ competition for its first-ever awards program was fierce‚ with more than 400 entries submitted. All of us at RTBC are honored and proud that Peter and Melanie’s excellent story took the top prize. The post What We’re Reading: Fine-Free Libraries‚ a New California Park and More appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful.