In 2023, there are few pleasures like watching leftist media platforms suffer from declining revenue, then painful layoffs and, finally, a delightful crescendo of knee-jerk accusations of racism and misogyny. That’s exactly what’s been playing out at NPR. Last week, looking down the barrel of a $30 million budget shortfall, NPR slashed 10% of its … Read more
This is bad. 18 More Nations Just Dropped The US Dollar Rupee closer to replacing dollar as 18 nations agree to trade in INR The process of SRVAs started last year in the month of July when the RBI issued detailed guidelines on cross-border trade transactions in the Indian rupees (INR) Trading in India Rupies: … Read more
via NYPOST: The fugitive former aide to Republican ex-Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan was shot dead Monday night during a confrontation with federal authorities. Roy McGrath’s death put an end to a three-week manhunt for him that began after he fled before the start of his trial for wire fraud, embezzlement, misconduct in office and improper … Read more
https://twitter.com/_/status/1643143968761294849 The hacked documents of the Open Society Foundation, which were published under the name ”DC Leaks”, on the site of Wikileaks, are stored in the web archive and available for download: Die gehackten Dokumente der Open Society Foundation, die unter dem Namen ''DC Leaks'', auf der Seite von Wikileaks veröffentlicht wurden, sind im Webarchiv … Read more
Zimbabwe’s government is using smuggling gangs to sell gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars, skirting some of the consequences of tough Western sanctions imposed on the country over human rights abuses, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) can reveal. The smuggling feeds into an enormous money-laundering operation, all facilitated by Fidelity Gold Refinery, a subsidiary of Zimbabwe’s … Read more
by itsthesquarehole I’ve worked for big tech companies during downturns. One I remember with a chuckle. They said they were charging 5 cents per plastic utensil you use at the company cafe! Yeah, no more free utensils! Not only that, to make a photocopy using the copier machines, you had to pay 5 cents per page, … Read more
Flight to Money Funds Is Adding to the Strains on Small Banks Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse has caused savers to seek out alternatives, but the shift poses risks to the financial system and the wider economy. via YAHOO: (Bloomberg) — A risk-on mood fueling this year’s equities rally is likely to falter, with headwinds from … Read more
by Dismal-Jellyfish Government takes ownership of failed bank then sells loan portfolio to the public. 🤔 Why does that sound so-o-o familiar? — Susanne Trimbath PhD (@SusanneTrimbath) April 4, 2023 FDIC Alert! FDIC announced the framework of a marketing process for the approximately $60 billion loan portfolio retained in receivership following the failure of Signature Bank, … Read more
via MSN: A WSJ survey found that 56% of Americans now say a four-year college degree isn’t worth the cost. The poll highlighted a growing skepticism about the value of college and associated student debt. The findings underscored a decade-long college enrollment decline, which the pandemic exacerbated. A majority of Americans now say a college degree isn’t … Read more
Donald Trump on Monday night accused the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, of having ‘illegally leaked’ the ‘pathetic Indictment against me’ A source within Bragg’s office described the indictment to Michael Isikoff, a reporter at Yahoo News Isikoff reported that Trump will be charged with 34 felonies, but will not be handcuffed or have his mugshot … Read more
by: Belle Carter (Natural News) Apple has warned on its website support page that consumers using iPhones, especially those with medical devices, should keep their mobile phones away from their bodies because mobile phones emit electromagnetic fields (EMF). The warning to keep the phones at a safe distance was made because most electronic devices are made with magnets or … Read more
Soon, we will receive updated debt numbers for Q1 2023. It is expected that credit card debt will cross $1 trillion for the first time in history. Meanwhile, Americans are "fighting" inflation with debt as rates are rising. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for more as this develops. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) April 3, 2023 The … Read more
by Michael If our banking system can’t find a way to turn things around, our entire economy will soon be in a world of hurt. When banks get into trouble, they start getting really tight with their money. That means fewer mortgages, fewer commercial real estate loans, fewer auto loans and fewer credit cards being … Read more
(Via FinancialTimes) The European Central Bank has called for a clampdown on commercial property funds to tackle the risk that a downturn in the €1tn sector could trigger a liquidity crisis if investors rushed to withdraw their money. The ECB’s proposals reflect concern among regulators and investors that the recent turmoil in the banking industry could … Read more
A controversial facial recognition database, used by police departments across the nation, was built in part with 30 billion photos the company scraped from Facebook and other social media users without their permission, the company’s CEO recently admitted, creating what critics called a “perpetual police line-up,” even for people who haven’t done anything wrong. The company, … Read more
via usatoday: I received a curious email from a fellow law professor about research that he ran on ChatGPT about sexual harassment by professors. The program promptly reported that I had been accused of sexual harassment in a 2018 Washington Post article after groping law students on a trip to Alaska. It was not just a … Read more
via thecollegefix: The “Asylum Seeker Blueprint” would involve a partnership between the State University of New York Sullivan and a nonprofit called the Center for Discovery. If implemented, the plan would “offer asylum seekers the opportunity to relocate to Sullivan County, attend SUNY Sullivan Community College, live in college residence halls and earn a post-secondary credential … Read more
"2024 BRICS summit to be held in the Russian city of Kazan" — President Putin Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, Yuri Ushakov, was appointed chairman of the organizing committee for preparing and maintaining the Russian presidency in BRICS for 2024. pic.twitter.com/KE13vHkVa0 — Trollstoy (@Trollstoy88) April 3, 2023 Transcript “2024 BRICS summit to … Read more
FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. now has a majority of states with constitutional carry laws on the books after Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Monday that eliminates the requirement for an individual to obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm. “The NRA applauds Florida for becoming the 26th state … Read more
“I won’t have a bunch of granola moms and their soy boy husbands telling me what I can and can’t do on my set with my crew.” Sylvester Stallone said. “The wokeness can get lost. We don’t need it.” pic.twitter.com/tp8gI8ww2V — BlueScouse (@wot_not_again) April 3, 2023
