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We Are in the Eye of the Hurricane – What Happens Next?

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ESA/A.Gerst, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO via Flickr From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group Today, March 16th, is the 15th anniversary of the first bank failure of the Global Financial Crisis.  If you were paying attention to financial markets back then, you probably remember… On March 14, Bear Stearns, an 85-year-old Wall Street investment bank with a … 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

Housing Bubble is popping in Canada….

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Housing Bubble is popping in Canada. Year-over-year, prices plunged by 18.5%, the largest drop in the data, according to the Canada Home Price Benchmark Index for single family houses 🚨 pic.twitter.com/EyPVup1vA6 — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) March 18, 2023

ULTIMATELY, THE CHINESE ARE PROBABLY BEHIND THIS: Joel Kotkin: The rich are eating themselves: The oligarchs are playing a dangerous game by pouring trillions into woke causes.

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via spiked-online: The recent ‘Great Awokening’ of our elites reflects a long-standing shift among executives in terms of priorities and perspective. The capitalist class first arose out of the middle orders, and even from within the peasantry, as the industrial revolution, particularly in the Netherlands and Britain, challenged the autocracy of both the church and the … Read more

Kamala Harris Roundly Booed While Watching Alma Mater Howard Lose NCAA Tournament Game – Mocked After Embarrassing Postgame Speech to Players

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Kamala Harris was booed by the crowd at a surprise March Madness appearance in Iowa as she watched her alma mater Howard University fall to Kansas, according to the AP. 😂 pic.twitter.com/gnZakJOhXa — Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) March 17, 2023 Congratulations to my @HowardU Bison on a tremendous season. You make us so proud. pic.twitter.com/twSLZgI9Af — … Read more