Month: April 2023

“ Twitter has labelled the CBC’s Twitter account as “government-funded media.” The new label appeared Sunday night, just days after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre asked the company to add it to the national broadcaster’s account.” “ After the label was added to the CBC account Sunday night, Poilievre tweeted that the decision “exposed” the public … Read more

Someone threw country star Brantley Gilbert a Bud Light while he was on stage. His reaction was priceless 🤣 pic.twitter.com/aJUbn4f9cC — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 17, 2023

Large anti government demonstration in Prague. Protesters cite inflation, which has been at least 15% in January, February, and March of this year, and rising energy prices as reasons for demanding the resignation of the Czech government. by u/Settlemente in censoredreality S dildem v ruce proti bídě a chudobě! by u/Hulman in czech

via fortune: Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed because it invested too much in long-term bonds that lost value when interest rates went up. That’s what our accounting rules encourage banks to do. As a consequence, U.S. banks, including some of America’s leading banks, are estimated to have over $600 billion of unrecognized losses on the “underwater” … Read more

The Inflation Reduction Act, which became law last August, includes $369bn of tax credits for clean technologies Companies have committed more than $200bn to US manufacturing projects since Congress passed sweeping subsidies last year The investment in semiconductor and clean tech investments is almost double the commitments made in the same sectors in the whole … Read more

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s urgent request to enter a restraining order against Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was rejected on April 11, the same day it was filed. On April 11, Bragg sued Jordan for allegedly infringing on state sovereignty. Jordan has subpoenaed a former Bragg deputy and demanded documents from Bragg’s office regarding the … Read more

via cbc As Rehan Khan scans his 160 acres of muddy, partially snow-covered field, he sees golden — and red — opportunity. “The first year, I seeded oats. Then in 2022, it was wheat. This year, it’s red lentils,” said the father of two who farms near Yorkton, Sask. Khan left Pakistan in 2018 so … Read more

The German government is looking to grant powers to courts to block the social media accounts of citizens who engage in ‘digital violence’. Earlier this week, the Federal Ministry of Justice called for the creation of a “law against digital violence” under which German courts could ban social media accounts of individual users and even … Read more

by DesmondMilesDant Caption: Link to article : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl… P/E & Yields (wsj.com)

via glennkbeaton: The rest of the book describes the sad decline in the culture of the Bureau. [Author, the former FBI agent Thomas Baker] traces it to 9/11. The Director at that time was Robert Mueller who years later supervised the investigation of Donald Trump for allegations of colluding with the Russians – allegations that were … Read more

via aier: In the post-pandemic period, the Fed expanded the money supply significantly to support a swift economic recovery. It did so by purchasing vast amounts of US Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities. While those assets seemed like good investments at first, they are now a major hole in the Fed’s financial position. When the bulk … Read more

https://twitter.com/burningplat/status/1647921054923526146 Brazil's President says the EU only wants war, weapons, and NATO expansion, while BRICS nations want a peaceful resolution: "How can we achieve peace between Russia and Ukraine if no one is talking about peace? Everyone is talking about war, talking about providing weapons to… pic.twitter.com/wOrioShjzE — KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) April 16, 2023 Oh look … Read more

by DefinitelyNotJasonB The M2 money supply is contracting, unemployment is super low, we are in a deep protracted yield curve inversion, and the Fed is in a tightening cycle. Every time these things have ever been true at the same time we’ve gone into a very deep recession. There is 1.5T in office real estate … Read more

Based on this, it would be safe to assume that the US Gov still has complete access to our DMs and activity on other social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, and Google. — Chairman (@WSBChairman) April 16, 2023 The Deep State is real. Another "conspiracy theory" we were right about. We were right about … Read more

NASA will receive $25.4 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2023. This is roughly $1.3 billion more than NASA received in 2022, an increase of 5.6%. High inflation and growing labor costs will mitigate the purchasing power of this increase. The President’s FY 2023 budget request for NASA proposed nearly $26 billion, an 8% increase. Though the … Read more

And Californians fall for it and bend over and submit! via fortune: The Colorado River is in dire straits, and as it becomes clear that the river does not have nearly as much water as it once did, states that have relied on it for over a century are fighting over what remains. AC