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Is China Trying to Start a Crisis or a War With Taiwan?

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Beijing has been increasingly rattling sabers–and perhaps trying to provoke a crisis. Earlier this week, China sent twenty-five warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the largest incursion of its airspace to date. There has been no comment from Beijing, which has increased aerial sorties near the ADIZ in the past months. Since last … Read more

Tom Hanks’ son being sued for $1 million by his ex-girlfriend following alleged assault

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During a news conference, the attorneys representing Kiana Parker, the ex-girlfriend of Chet Hanks, announced a new civil lawsuit filed against the son of famous actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. Court documents accuse the younger Hanks of repeatedly physically and verbally abusing Parker during their 2-year relationship, which started in March of 2019. “Chet … Read more

New SEC filing from IEX seeking to overhaul and improve fairness in executing trades for retail investors.

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by Scalpel_Jockey9965 Unpublished and scheduled to drop tomorrow. This will close several loopholes that market makers and HF have over retail investors for all trades routed to IEX. https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-07676.pdf The purpose of the proposed rule change is to enhance the Exchange’s Retail Price Improvement Program for the benefit of retail investors. Specifically, the Exchange proposes to make … Read more

What’s more interesting than Cathie Wood buying $COIN – which fairly predictable- was what she used to fund the buys – her largest sale yesterday was a ~$750 stock that she has a $4,000 price target. That’s right Ark sold a lot of $TSLA. Hmmm.

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https://twitter.com/followtheh/status/1382661799867211778 ARK bought the crap out of $COIN today. Put it in 3 ETFs: $ARKK $ARKF and $ARKW. pic.twitter.com/9wtOmdC1bw — Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) April 15, 2021

Multiple Warning Signs Of Unhealthy Market

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by UPFINA The stock market is not healthy, nor is this action normal. Lately, we have seen cyclical stocks in the ‘real economy’ and growth tech stocks take turns going up. Instead of one group winning the arm wrestling battle, both have won. Taking a wider approach, the US market is defying gravity compared to the … Read more

FED really can’t force full of water horse to drink more…

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FED really can’t force full of water horse to drink more… — GregTheAnalyst (@Analyst_G) April 14, 2021   "There’s been no shortage of credit provided overall by U.S. banks in the last year. It’s just that most of it went to Wall Street rather than Main Street." https://t.co/xXfXdUNuS4 pic.twitter.com/zi0T6avQGd — Nomi Prins (@nomiprins) April 14, … Read more

Another World Leader Comes Forward To Blame Biden…

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Guatemala’s president joined Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and blamed Joe Biden for the border crisis during a sit-down interview with MSNBC. “I believe that in the first few weeks of the Biden administration, messages were confusing. They were compassionate messages that were understood by people in our country, especially the coyotes, to tell … Read more

Geraldo loses it on live TV – calls Dan Bongino a son of a b**ch

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“YOU SON OF A BITCH!” GERALDO just had a total MELTDOWN with Dan Bongino! 😮🤣🔥 @dbongino @GeraldoRivera pic.twitter.com/1valmZsBOe — McCarthyism2.0 (@mccarthyism2024) April 15, 2021 Sen. @JohnKennedyLA: "I hope nobody got stabbed in that last segment." pic.twitter.com/INGLTtlZUb — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 15, 2021     AC

BINANCE SAYS HAS TEMPORARILY POSTPONED THE LISTING OF COINBASE STOCK (COIN) TOKEN DUE TO MARKET VOLATILITY

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BINANCE SAYS HAS TEMPORARILY POSTPONED THE LISTING OF COINBASE STOCK (COIN) TOKEN DUE TO MARKET VOLATILITY — FXHedge (@Fxhedgers) April 14, 2021 Coinbase insiders cashing out for … fiat. Irony is dead. — C. Maoxian (@maoxian) April 14, 2021 📈 The Daily RIP: $COIN Ripped Then Dipped on Day 1 https://t.co/5wiWXAvH1p pic.twitter.com/eKNpOQkKkt — Stocktwits (@Stocktwits) … Read more

The Middle Class Has Finally Been Suckered into the Casino

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by Charles Hugh-Smith The Fed’s casino isn’t just rigged; it’s criminally unstable. The decay of America’s middle class has been well documented and many commentators have explored the causal factors. The bottom line is that this decay isn’t random; the income of the middle class isn’t going to suddenly increase at 15 times the growth rate … Read more

CNN vs BLM

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CNN’s Sara Sidner was confronted by a demonstrator during her live coverage of protests in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, following the police shooting of Daunte Wright.

GREAT MOMENTS IN GRAFT: Texas non-profit gets a $530 million no-bid contract to help deal with influx of migrant children after hiring a Biden transition official.

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Texas non-profit was awarded $530 million to curb the child migrant crisis  Family Endeavors is  a faith-based organization in San Antonio, Texas The no-bid grant was awarded shortly after the non-profit hired Biden transition official Andrew Lorenzen-Strait as its senior director for migrant services Lorenzen-Strait is also a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement official  Recent data … Read more