Yuan Deposits Soar At Russian Banks After SWIFT Cut-Off

With Russia now officially cut off from both the USDollar and the euro, Russia’s VTB Bank is seeing a surge in Chinese Yuan deposits, attracted by the bank offering significantly higher interest rates as Putin shifts focus to ‘friendly’ nations. The state-owned bank is offering a Chinese yuan savings account with a maximum interest rate of 8%, … Read more

Google announces full-scale global censorship regime

Full-scale global censorship regime from Google breezily announced in these tweets. This war is being exploited to implement a scheme of information control previously unseen in the West, that is not going anywhere once this war is over. Decide for yourself if you're comfortable: https://t.co/A6zX8u2IUL — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 11, 2022

Chinese land prices dropping 72%

Feel like China’s housing market issues would be getting a lot more attention in normal news cycle. Land prices dropping 72% YOY seems significant. pic.twitter.com/3m2NwmTEfr — Rick Palacios Jr. (@RickPalaciosJr) March 13, 2022 Hang Seng Mainland Property Index down another -5%. lowest since March 2017 — Sunchartist (@sunchartist) March 14, 2022

Bloomberg: Fertilizer prices continue to surge as supply upheaval from Russia leaves governments struggling to secure vital crop nutrients, adding to concerns that record global food inflation will accelerate.

https://t.co/zuHOVBTase — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) March 13, 2022 https://t.co/ftPSwLyb4v — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) March 13, 2022 https://t.co/N68glpTFPa — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) March 13, 2022

Putin’s internet iron curtain tightens. Russia will block and ban Instagram starting Monday

Instagram….CANCELLED One week after placing a ban on Facebook in Russia, the country’s communications censorship agency Roskomnadzor announced it will ban Instagram, too. Russia will ban Instagram in 48 hours https://t.co/VzBmgmLYBC pic.twitter.com/OR9fj9RglR — The Verge (@verge) March 11, 2022 So now Putin has blocked Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. I guess YouTube must not be far … Read more

Putin left $300B worth of gold outside Russia

Half of their central bank gold reserves they cannot access now. Way to go, dummies! Even for their own gold very few buyers and they are trying with 20 percent discounts! Putin is a such genius! Also – apparently the Russian government will begin, if they haven't started, raiding safety deposit boxes belonging to regular … Read more

Another Clinton associate busted for child sex abuse….

Corrigan Clay was just arrested for child sex abuse In 2012, he wrote of his project adopting orphans in Haiti:https://t.co/a3lAthbHxo pic.twitter.com/c25v5Wn0cN — An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) March 12, 2022 He actually published stuff like this on his blog Source:https://t.co/20hKlW7tLH pic.twitter.com/R4ckccO1c8 — An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) March 12, 2022 h/t binklehoya

Joe Biden’s ‘transitory inflation’ BURGER KING only gives you 8 chicken nuggets in a 10 piece now.

Burger King customers can thank inflation for seeing fewer chicken nuggets on their trays. The fast-food restaurant chain said it has reduced the number of chicken nuggets from 10 to eight pieces per order. Restaurants leaders said they made the cost-cutting decision last year. “In Q3 of 2021, we reduced our nugget count from 10-piece … Read more

Can’t even walk dog in peace NYC… Can’t even go to a Museum in peace in LA

Dozens of people evacuated The Museum of Modern Art Saturday afternoon following reports of a stabbing inside midtown museum. Police officials say two people suffered injuries from a stabbing around 4 p.m. inside the museum. The two injured were taken to Bellevue Hospital, their injuries were not expected to be life-threatening, police said. Investigators believe the … Read more