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A long-watched rift has spawned an iceberg about twice the size of New York City. In February 2019, a rift spanning most of the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica appeared ready to spawn an iceberg about twice the size of New York City. The question among scientists was not if the growing rift would finish … Read more

In late 2007, the Fed and major US banks were predicting a soft landing. pic.twitter.com/o94TVxmLnC — Alf (@MacroAlf) January 29, 2023 IMF, Wall Street, FOMC and regional Fed were all on the same page Albert. ''Soft landing ahead''. It did land, but not softly my friend 🙂 — Alf (@MacroAlf) January 30, 2023 Hedge funds … Read more

Multiple fire departments responded to a massive fire at Hillendale Farms in Connecticut. Hillendale is one of the largest suppliers of chicken eggs where an estimated 100,000 hens have died. https://twitter.com/NewsKlw/status/1619802523157790721?s=20&t=jKg8PWGwBwfeqLMLFTQL3A https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/connecticut/articles/2023-01-29/chickens-killed-in-fire-at-connecticut-egg-farm h/t SubjectedRonin

🚨BREAKING — CDC Creates ICD-10 Billing Codes For Doctors To Keep Track Of People Who Refuse To Take A COVID-19 Vaccine ➡️Z28.310 -Unvaccinated for COVID-19 ➡️Z28.311- Partially vaccinated – received at least 1 dose ➡️Z28.39- Delinquenthttps://t.co/x0NDvhV3lr — James Cintolo, RN FN CPT (@healthbyjames) January 29, 2023

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The Thai Princess who collapsed 23 days after her booster is still in a coma. The Royal Family have been alerted that the purported diagnosis of a bacterial infection is ‘ridiculous’ and that she is most likely the victim of the jab. pic.twitter.com/2Jlgzghxco — Kat A 🌸 (@SaiKate108) January 29, 2023 h/t ReoX

⚡️UNCONFIRMED: Explosions seen in Mahabad, Iran. Awaiting further info. pic.twitter.com/cTHvBSnw67 — War Monitor (@WarMonitors) January 29, 2023 People in Iraq reporting a lot of aircraft activity #BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨 More info on coalition attack on Iran on Syria/Iraq border: – 6 trucks were targeted– The trucks were passing from Iraq border into Syria at the time.– … Read more

Spin off the biggest advertising company in the world from Google? Doubtful, but interesting. Jan 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. government is more likely to force Google (GOOGL.O) to divest a key business with an antitrust lawsuit it filed this week than a group of states that has pursued a similar case for three years, legal experts … Read more

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s smartphone sales fell 13% year-on-year in 2022, the largest plunge for the sector in a decade as consumers spent cautiously, market research firm IDC said on Sunday. The total number of devices shipped was 286 million, down from 329 million in 2022. That meant total 2022 sales volume was the lowest … Read more

The country faces a recession if it defaults on its debt, the Treasury secretary has said US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday warned of dire consequences the country may be facing if it doesn’t hike its statutory debt ceiling in the coming months. According to the senior official, the US could default on its … Read more

Published: Jan. 28, 2023 at 1:44 PM EST|Updated: 2 hours ago BOZRAH, Conn. (WFSB) – Crews battled a massive 3-alarm fire at an egg farm in Bozrah. Officials said the fire was at Hillandale Farms on Schwartz Road. Around 100,000 chickens may have died in the fire, according to the Salvation Army. https://www.wfsb.com/2023/01/28/firefighters-battle-massive-fire-egg-farm-bozrah/   h/t Vortex66

by Quant2011 https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2023/01/27/Gold-as-International-Reserves-A-Barbarous-Relic-No-More-528089?s=08 ​ In contrast to the diversification of foreign currency reserves, which has been undertaken by advanced and developing country central banks alike, active diversifiers into gold are exclusively emerging markets. We document two sets of factors contributing to this trend. First, gold appeals to central bank reserve managers as a safe haven … Read more

by  ihpalash I urge everyone to read this article carefully. https://www.lendingtree.com/credit-cards/credit-card-debt-statistics/ ​ More people are using their credit cards, to fight inflation. Put their income is not enough to live by. So they racking up credit card debt, ​ People are using debt to buy simple stuff like food and shit. Reference: https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/average-credit-card-debt-household/ https://www.creditcards.com/statistics/credit-card-delinquency-statistics-1276/ ​ … Read more

by Quant2011 Who forces them to sell at times of endless debt $ creation? My bet is global technocrats  

pic.twitter.com/fpaExW6cwF — Overlooked Investments (@OverlookdInvest) January 28, 2023 Wow … in store special $14.99 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ROyvgWw54J — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) January 28, 2023 和/他javierruizleon

“CNN just notched its lowest ratings in nine years across all its day parts for the week of Jan. 16 through Jan. 22, 2023, according to Nielsen averaging just 444,000 viewers in primetime, 93,000 in the all-important age 25-54 news demographic and 417,000 in viewers and 80,000 in the demo for total day. It’s the … Read more

by Michael There seems to be clear and rapidly-mounting evidence (non-access/restriction to, particularly large, bank accounts) that Australia/Australian banks are preparing for a financial/economic crash of massive proportions and banning withdrawals for bogus reasons likely in a forerunner to preventing ‘runs on banks’. There are obvious examples of government involvement: if not actual motivation. (eg. claims … Read more

I'm on the Hill for the Freedom Convoy anniversary! pic.twitter.com/YRx1BhPdL5 — Jon Villeneuve (@rightblend) January 27, 2023