BRADDOCK, Pa.—Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman, who once weighed over 400 pounds, called his rival campaign “nasty” after it suggested he eat a vegetable. As mayor, he spent over $1,000 of his own money to tell poor residents of Braddock to do the same. On the corner of 4th Street in Braddock, where Fetterman served … Read more
CHICAGO (WLS) — A federal grand jury in Chicago convicted a 31-year-old man of conspiring to act as a spy for China. According to the Department of Justice, Ji Chaoqun, a Chinese citizen living in Chicago, was convicted of working for intelligence agents within the Chinese government. https://abc7chicago.com/china-chinese-spy-chicago-conviction-news/12271006/
A Democrat running for Montana’s newest congressional district may have profited off a company she says blocks Montana families from affording homes. Monica Tranel has slammed Airbnb and other vacation rental services for depleting the supply of long-term rentals and homes in her state. But financial disclosures show Tranel owns up to $50,000 in stock in Airbnb, meaning she … Read more
The Biden administration is under increasing pressure to approve a federal waiver to permit a foreign diesel ship to enter a port in Puerto Rico, but administration officials have emphasized that they need to ensure the move would be legal before they move forward. The request to waive the Jones Act would allow in … Read more
Chinese property developer #CIFI Holdings see massive sell-off on media reports of missed debt payment. pic.twitter.com/NwsIRBnSvK — Cathy Yuan Zhang (@CathyYuanZhang) September 28, 2022 GLOBAL MARGIN-CALL$AAPL signals a “whoops” on demand. I have never seen anything like this on a Global scale in 22 yrs in the chair. — Michael Taylor (@Mike_Taylor1972) September 28, 2022 … Read more
World power brokers have now entered the next phase of reacting to the $USD wrecking ball. And it's only Wednesday… @SantiagoAuFund @mnicoletos pic.twitter.com/hDZZNKcPJE — IceCap (@IceCapGlobal) September 28, 2022 BoE warns of risk to UK financial stability as it intervenes in gilt market Or in other words, the UK is back to quantitative easing, with … Read more
by Michael If you think that nothing is happening, then you have not been paying attention. Within the past 100 hours, there has been a mysterious attack on the Nord Stream gas pipeline system, two monster storms have threatened North America, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid in order to knock it off course, … Read more
Guest Post by Julie Ponesse from Brownstone Institute: The clock seems to be ticking. Growing disparities in wealth, a housing and gas crisis, trans-humanism galloping over the horizon, heroized incivility, and the constant threat of viruses, the “cures” for which may be worse than the diseases. Global politics feels eerily apocalyptic these days and, in … Read more
Guest Post by MN Gordon from his blog on economicprism.com: “The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.” – 1 Samuel 2:7 Holy Roll An enterprising entrepreneur did a comedic graphic of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell captioned: “IN JPOW WE TRUST.” You may have seen it. The image shows Powell flamboyantly wearing … Read more