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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

LME finds bags of stones instead of nickel in metal warehouse. pic.twitter.com/FmgA3FhJld — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) March 17, 2023

That’s from El Universal, the #1 newspaper in Mexico and the headline reads like this 96% that enter US comes from Mexico! https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/promo-ediciones-impresas-periodico/promo-portada-17032023 AC

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

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. 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

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 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

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates another 25 basis points – or 0.25% next week amid the banking crisis. Two US banks failed in the last week after they were unable to produce enough cash for depositors. Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed within the last week. Moody’s cut the outlook … Read more

Hunter Biden has filed a sweeping countersuit against the computer repair shop owner who said that Biden dropped his laptop off and never claimed it, a legal action that escalates the battle over how provocative data and images of the president’s son were obtained nearly five years ago. In the counterclaim, filed on Friday morning … Read more

CREDIT SUISSE CFO TEAMS BEING CALLED UP TO WORK OVER THE WEEKEND – SOURCES CREDIT SUISSE CFO TEAMS TO WORK ON SCENARIOS FOR BANK – SOURCES — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) March 17, 2023

via jonathanturley: There was a time when cleanliness was viewed as “next to godliness.” That clearly has changed. It is now apparently next to white supremacy. While it would be impossible to discuss all of the wacky scholarship being published today, Loyola (Chicago) Professor Jenna Drenten is a standout with a new theory that “cleanliness” is … Read more

Donald Trump says he will be arrested Tuesday https://t.co/KqlB7W5U77 pic.twitter.com/YQBVgRBnNQ — New York Post (@nypost) March 18, 2023 [link to twitter.com (secure)] View post on imgur.com Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump OUR NATION IS NOW THIRD WORLD & DYING. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS DEAD! THE RADICAL LEFT ANARCHISTS HAVE STOLLEN OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND WITH IT, … Read more

.@SecYellen has apparently pushed the SIBs to recycle some of the deposits they received from @firstrepublic back into FRB for 120 days. The result is that FRB default risk is now being spread to our largest banks. Spreading the risk of financial contagion to achieve a false… https://t.co/fIbqNFgugI — Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) March 17, 2023 … Read more

pic.twitter.com/CExu8MbtbK — Michael Burry Archive (@BurryArchive) March 18, 2023 chatgpt: Quadrant 1 (top left): Banks in this quadrant have a relatively low percentage of deposits greater than 250k % of total (below the median of 30%) and a relatively low percentage of unrealized losses % of CET1 Capital (below the median of 60%). These banks … Read more

TWO HUNDRED BANKS AT RISK OF BANKRUPTCY- WSJ — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) March 17, 2023 Source: WSJ Janet Yellen Just Poured Lighter Fluid on Every Small Bank in America What in the world was she thinking? When a bailout was hastily arranged for uninsured depositors at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the implication was that … Read more

There’s a growing divide between the rank-and-file officers of the FBI and upper management, according to FBI agent-turned-whistleblower Steve Friend, and it’s those at the top who are pushing a political agenda. “I spent close to nine years in the FBI, spent a good chunk of my time just keeping my head down and working … Read more

. . . Does Depopulationist Villain Bill Gates’ Fake Meat Cause Cancer? Via Bloomberg: The big honking asterisk is that normal meat cells don’t just keep dividing forever. To get the cell cultures to grow at rates big enough to power a business, several companies, including the big three, are quietly using what are called immortalised cells, something … Read more