Month: March 2023

Rubino: Morons We Should Know: Janet Yellen

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Guest post from John Rubino, you can find him at his Substack: Watching almost any U.S. policymaker try to explain what they’re doing these days is a surreal experience. Whether it’s foreign policy — especially our multi-front plan to start World War 3 — or public health or border security, it’s clear that these guys … Read more

Youtube just demonetized an objective and fact-based interview between three human beings with 1st amendment rights over a scientifically-conducted public opinion poll.

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UPDATE: Youtube just demonetized an objective and fact-based interview between three human beings with 1st amendment rights over a scientifically-conducted public opinion poll. Thanks to @elonmusk for the continued 1st amendment protection.@KariLake https://t.co/WwJv299fTI — Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) March 18, 2023 It hasn't been copied over yet, but when it is, Rumble will of course keep … Read more

AND AGAIN, ABOUT TIME: Renewable Fail: Britain to Now Class Nuclear Power as “Sustainable Energy”.

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h/t Jim Lakely (Heartland): The British government has caved in to the reality that renewables don’t work, and will now include nuclear energy in its plan to transition to “sustainable” power. UK ‘to class nuclear as environmentally sustainable’ 15 March 2023 The UK’s Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that nuclear will “subject to consultation, be classed as … Read more

Bank Failures 2001-2023 (Inflation Adjusted)

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Live version allows you to hover over the nodes to see the names of the banks which are too small to have labels. Colour represents the year. Online Editor (Inflation Adjusted) Sources: https://www.fdic.gov/ https://www.rateinflation.com/consumer-price-index/usa-historical-cpi/ h/t  dbacciPBI

8 fascinating things GPT-4 can do that ChatGPT couldn’t, including tricking a human into doing its bidding

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GPT is the acronym for Generative Pre-trained Transformer. GPT is a large language model and artificial neural network that can generate human-like poems, rap songs, tutorials, articles, research papers, and code websites. GPT-4 is bigger and better OpenAI touts GPT-4 as “more reliable, creative, and able to handle much more nuanced instructions than GPT-3.5.” GPT-4 … Read more

North Korea claims almost 800,000 people have signed up for military to fight against US. IN ONE DAY!

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North Korea claims that about 800,000 of its citizens volunteered to join or reenlist in the nation’s military to fight against the United States, North Korea’s state newspaper reported on Saturday. About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to counter the United … Read more

DEAR WOKESTERS, YOU NAMED YOURSELF

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via commentary: In 2014, after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the #staywoke hashtag became a digital rallying cry around Black Lives Matter activism. Then, in the Trump years, progressives freed the slogan from its BLM context and deployed it wherever needed. Which is why you’d see pieces in the New York Times such … Read more

WHY DID NOBODY LISTEN? For nearly 2 months, a short seller was warning on Twitter that Silicon Valley Bank was about to blow up. ‘It was sitting there in plain sight.’

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via fortune: The tweets started on Jan. 18, the day before SVB reported earnings, when Martin’s account posted a prescient thread that began: “Investors have rightfully been fixated on $SIVB’s large exposure to the stressed venture world, with the stock down a lot. However, dig just a little deeper, and you will find a much bigger … Read more

Over 400,000 gallons of radioactive water has leaked from a nuclear plant

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🚨#BREAKING: Over 400,000 gallons of radioactive water has leaked from a nuclear plant 📌#Monticello | #Minnesota⁰The Minnesota Department of Health and other state agencies are currently monitoring the Xcel Energy Monticello Nuclear plant after over 400,000 gallons of water… pic.twitter.com/ZCeyH37plz — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 17, 2023 … Read more

Oregon now the U.S. leader in ‘suicide tourism’

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It’s really a dark place, just around Portland. The rest of the state is pretty sane… Record numbers of people ended their lives in Oregon last year in America’s most advanced doctor-assisted suicide program, which now lets out-of-state ‘death tourists’ get lethal drug cocktails on the West Coast. Last year, 431 people received fatal prescriptions … Read more

Oh boy…. China-proposed initiative on global civilization

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Leaders of political parties and organizations from around the world have hailed the China-proposed Global Civilization Initiative, saying that it has great relevance, together with the Global Development Initiative and Global Security Initiative, to building up countries’ consensus on addressing mounting global challenges in terms of peace, security, development and harmonious coexistence. Their comments came … Read more

Elon Musk Says Trump Will Be Re-Elected In Landslide If He’s Indicted

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via trendingpoliticsnews: On Saturday morning, Elon Musk said he believes Trump will be re-elected in a “landslide” if authorities move to indict him. Elon’s eye-opening tweet was in response to the Fox News report that Trump will likely be arrested and handcuffed sometime next week If this happens, it will be the beginning of Trump’s reelection. … Read more

Remember that banks always go bankrupt Friday after close…

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Credit Suisse still tumbling despite huge liquidity support.. Now sources tell Reuters that "scenarios being considered" over the weekend Remember that banks always go bankrupt Friday after close pic.twitter.com/DKi6ldN2JA — Andreas Steno Larsen (@AndreasSteno) March 17, 2023 Monday, #CreditSuisse won't be there anymore. It will be called #UBS or #SNB. While this erases the odds … Read more