Opioid Vending Machine Opens Up In Vancouver

A vending machine for powerful opioids has opened in Canada as part of a project to help fight the Canadian city’s overdose crisis. The MySafe project, which resembles a cash machine, gives addicts access to a prescribed amount of medical quality hydromorphone, a drug about twice as powerful as heroin. Dr Mark Tyndall, a professor … Read more

What’s The Number? 2022 Edition

BY JOHN RUBINO It’s happening again. The Fed is threatening the financial markets with tighter money, and those markets are reacting like addicts being shoved through the front door of a rehab center. They’re not happy, and they have good reason – actually two good reasons – to be alarmed. First, tighter monetary policy will blow … Read more

Democrat Tulsi Gabbard Declares Biden “Unfit to Lead” After What He Said During Speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtLdLfGMoF8 Joe Doughtery from Conservative Brief reports, Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who ran for her party’s presidential nomination in 2020, continued her criticism of the man who defeated her and all other comers this week after Joe Biden gave a highly divisive voting reform speech. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://conservativebrief.com/gabbard-blasts-58023/

Town Councilman Caught on Video Saying Police Doing Their Jobs is Harassment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HckYYg291L8 Paul Goddard from Region News Source reports, On January 11, 2022 Merrillville, Indiana Police Chief Wiley Luther Cuttino addressed the Merrillville Town Council on updates concerning the department. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://regionnewssource.org/merrillville-councilmen-say-lpr-system-is-harassment-we-hate-police/

South Korea’s Pension Crisis

by Martin Armstrong The Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) believes that the youth born after 1990 will be unable to claim their pensions as the current system is close to collapsing. South Koreans may claim their pensions at the age of 62, which is about three years earlier than other G5 nations. The G5 plans … Read more

California’s Guaranteed Health Care for All to Increase Taxes by $12,250 per Household

by Martin Armstrong California Governor Nuisance Newsom would like to pass Assembly Bill 1400, “Guaranteed Health Care for All,” as the nation’s first single-payer health care system. Unfortunately, this does not equate to free health care. The Tax Foundation estimates that this measure will increase taxes by $12,250 per household, doubling the state’s sky-high tax … Read more

The Empire Strikes Out! Empire Manufacturing Index Slumps To Negative Territory As Inflation Roars (WTI Crude Futures UP 79% Since Jan 1st)

by confoundedinterest17 Well, Omicron is hitting hard. Not the virus itself, but governments’ reaction to the virus. The NY Empire Manufacturing Index has tanked into negative territory. New orders are down 5%. On the energy front, West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil futures are up 79% since January 1, 2021 while regular gasoline prices are up “only” … Read more

Is the $USD Warning That Inflation is About to Become BAD News For Stocks?

By Graham Summers, MBA Yesterday, I outlined how the markets are likely at a very critical point regarding inflation. By quick way of review: 1)    Stocks initially love inflation because it boosts results (companies don’t report inflation-adjusted returns, so any increase in product pricing due to inflation is instead reflected as “growth”). 2)    This love relationship eventually … Read more

Pandemic Rebound Losing Steam

Growth in several major economies is set to slow in the year ahead, according to data published Monday by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The OECD’s Composite Leading Indicators, which forecast economic trends about six to nine months ahead, indicate “a drop in momentum” in the economies of China, Canada, Germany, Italy, and … Read more

Hospitals, Stop Hiding Your Prices

Most people using hospital services must sign a form indicating that they will pay whatever their health insurance doesn’t. Federal transparency rules can help defend us against the consequence of that signature. Federal price transparency rules require hospitals to post all negotiated rates, including cash prices for the uninsured, every single commercial insurance plan that … Read more

Another Looting Crisis in LA

Last year, aided and abetted by Democrat city and state leaders and their soft-on-crime prosecutors, crime sprees became something of a spectator sport. Viral videos showed dozens of people engaging in brazen smash and grab robberies of luxury goods in the Bay Area. Companies such as CVS, Walgreens, and Target altered their operating hours and … Read more

Rand cancels DirecTV after OANN drop

Sen. Rand Paul (R‑KY) announced Monday that he cancelled his at-home DirecTV subscription after the TV provider moved to drop One America News Network.“Why give money to people who hate us?” the GOP senator declared on Twitter..@DIRECTV is cancelling @OANN so I just cancelled my home Direct TV. Why give money to people who hate … Read more

China’s hidden debt: ‘corruption problem’ at local levels threatens political, economic stability

Debt issued by local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) is kept off the balance sheets and thus more susceptible to corruption than relatively transparent government bonds But analysts say LGFVs are poised to play bigger role next year in filling local government funding gaps, despite risks to national economy The line between China’s anti-corruption and deleveraging … Read more

Dollar Tree customers say the decision to raise most prices to $1.25 left them feeling ‘sick to their stomachs’

https://www.businessinsider.com/dollar-tree-criticized-price-hike-loyal-customers-unhappy-shopping-retail-2022-1 Dollar Tree left many customers feeling angry and disappointed after it raised prices, CNN reported. According to the outlet, shoppers have been using various social-media platforms to express their feelings. One customer said they were “sick to my stomach” over the higher prices. Another referred to the change as a “calamity,” per CNN. The discount chain … Read more

Massive Ice Storm Forecast for GA & Carolinas

If this verifies, then that’s one crippling ice storm for Georgia and South Carolina. Wow! pic.twitter.com/4e6fcyt4o8 — Michael Ferragamo (@FerragamoWx) January 17, 2022 Here is what's next. Midweek front lingers and gets final push into the weekend. Cold air in place could bring wintry weather south and east again. And with time over the western … Read more

After Fauci’s Finances Leak, Jim Jordan Just Got His Revenge

Republicans will launch an investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci if they win back control of the U.S. House in November’s midterm elections, says Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan. During an interview on Sunday Morning Futures, Jordan said Republicans will “uncover” what Fauci knew about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Republican Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, … Read more

It is not an *excess* of demand that is driving inflation, but a *reallocation* of demand…. Americans have dramatically increased their spending on goods leading to supply chain issues

I agree Mr. Politano. That people couldn’t spend much money on services during the pandemic led to more demand for goods, leading to supply chain issues. Let’s see whether this trend shifts. — Kaya Özyürek (@KayaOzyurek) January 17, 2022 Not just motorists feeling the pinch from soaring oil prices. Shipping freight rates from China have … Read more

Big Tech Braces for Wave of Regulation… After years of threats, Congress finally unleashes subpoena power…

Big tech companies are facing the biggest expansion in potential technology regulation in a generation. And while the jury is out on whether all that sound and fury will signify anything, for the first time there are signs that the big-tech backlash could have a substantive impact. New laws under consideration in Europe, Asia and … Read more