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via Mike Shedlock Have a Florida condo? Can you afford a $100,000 or higher special assessment for new safety standards? After the collapse of a Surfside Building on June 24, 2021that killed 98 people, the state passed a structural safety law that is now biting owners. Not only are insurance rates soaring, but owners are hit with … Read more

The Telegraph (via Yahoo), Released on 5/11/24 Germany is considering introducing conscription for all 18-year-olds, as it looks to boost its troop numbers in the face of Russian military aggression. Military planners in Berlin are in the final stages of discussing three options, two of which involve a form of conscription, according to leaked plans … Read more

This is the first time in 45 years that gold has become less volatile than Treasuries. In other words, Treasuries are no longer the safest alternative. pic.twitter.com/PDNrPwbuit — Frank Giustra (@Frank_Giustra) May 11, 2024

The Daily Gold, Released on 5/10/24 The miners continue to lead the metals as they start to break above their April highs while Gold & Silver remain below those highs. Silver is getting ready to outperform Gold. Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Technician and member of the Market Technicians Association.. He is the … Read more

GoldSeek, Released on 5/10/24 – Bill says the gold break-out: “Fantastic and the (gold) monthly chart is unbelievable good!” – Once silver clears $30, “… silver could go berserk!” – Breaking news this week – The Central Bank of South Korea plans to keep accumulating gold. – Silver shares are also starting to move – … Read more

The US consumer in one chart: credit card debt record high, personal savings rate record low pic.twitter.com/9julvoPQHb — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 7, 2024

Eurodollar University, Released on 5/7/24 Keith Weiner earned his Ph.D. from the (non-accredited) New Austrian School of Economics. He speaks worldwide about the failing dollar system and the need to rediscover the gold standard. To this end, He founded the Gold Standard Institute USA and Monetary Metals. The former is a nonprofit focused on education and … Read more

by Graham Summers The Fed is panicking. Why? Because, its efforts to loosen monetary policy to juice stocks and real estate higher to aid the Biden administration with its re-election campaign have unleashed another round of inflation. Don’t believe me? See for yourself. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) bottomed right around the time the Fed … Read more

WHO chief "scientist" says cows are the main issue in a new bird flu virus spreading. We know exactly what they're planning 🐄 🦠 They want to start ordering ranchers to cull millions of cattle so real meat prices skyrocket and nobody except Davos can afford to eat meat. 🔊 pic.twitter.com/hj9L3tn2SH — Wall Street Mav … Read more

California is taking of heat for celebrating the completion of an high-speed rail bridge that clearly goes nowhere — part of an $100 billion boondoggle project. Critics — including Tesla founder Elon Musk and Dogecoin creator Billy Markus — are ripping the California High Speed Rail Authority after it boasted about the completion of a … Read more

ITM Trading, Released on 5/4/24 John Rubino, former Wall Street financial analyst, author, and founder of DollarCollapse.com, sounds a stark warning: ‘People who are hurt by the inevitable results of this process are the ones who trust the government.’ In his sobering analysis, he outlines a bleak future for the U.S. economy, where mounting debt … Read more

Hundreds of small and regional banks across the U.S. are feeling stressed. “You could see some banks either fail or at least, you know, dip below their minimum capital requirements,” Christopher Wolfe, managing director and head of North American banks at Fitch Ratings, told CNBC. Consulting firm Klaros Group analyzed about 4,000 U.S. banks and … Read more

Turns out the liberals don't give a shit about the environment. pic.twitter.com/oHdpCLBGu7 — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 2, 2024

via Mike Shedlock The Case-Shiller national home price index hit a new high in February. That’s the latest data. Economists don’t count this as inflation. Case-Shiller national and 10-city indexes via St. Louis Fed, OER, CPI, and Rent from the BLS Chart Notes National and 10-City Case-Shiller home prices hit new record highs in February … Read more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr on His Latest Polling Numbers Against Biden & Trump “We released a poll today. We did the biggest poll that’s ever been done…A typical poll has 2,000 people in it. We did a poll of 26,000 people…What that poll shows is if I go head-to-head with Biden, I… pic.twitter.com/5nBZpCyH0G — Chief … Read more

via naturalnews: The U.S. has reauthorized and broadened its surveillance of Americans under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s Section 702 in what Senator Ron Wyden described as “one of the most dramatic and terrifying expansions of government surveillance authority in history.” This is a huge development that could have major ramifications for the privacy of … Read more

via JOHN RUBINO So that recession I keep whining about still hasn’t arrived. What’s going on out there to keep “inevitable” from becoming “imminent”? It might be as simple as a government borrowing insane amounts of money and giving it to arms makers, banks, and AI companies. This “fiscal dominance” strategy invokes some serious unintended … Read more

The United States financial sector has undergone a major transformation that has serious effects within and beyond the country. Recently, two revolutionary laws have been enacted, and a historic merger between two major financial players has sparked many discussions and predictions about lending and credit. This has raised concerns about restrictions on loan access and … Read more

Recent perception in NYC is that crime is up, and that criminals are running rampant. On the other hand, official statistics contradict the experiences that have captivated mainstream conversations around safety, which has many new yorkers wondering if the city is safe.