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Expect more flight delays this summer — Congress decided that airlines could only hire aspiring commercial pilots who have 1500 hours of flight time instead of 250.

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Planning to fly this summer? Good luck. Delays are up. Cancellations, too. Why? Because of the pilot shortage. A pilot shortage? How can this be? Flying is a popular job. Some people fly small planes just for fun. Why aren’t there enough commercial pilots? Because the government passed another dumb law. In 2009, after a Colgan … Read more

Spain has gone full retard: Businesses now can’t put their air conditioning below 80 degrees!

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Spain’s government has announced that all air conditioning in public spaces has to be set at or above 27 degrees Celsius, or 80 degrees Fahrenheit, in an attempt to limit energy consumption and dependency on Russian gas. pic.twitter.com/qhYIeLfAL2 — CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) August 5, 2022 https://www.zerohedge.com/political/spain-bans-ac-dropping-below-80degf-threatens-massive-fines   h/t Fugazi World

China cancels/suspends US relations after Pelosi trip

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MORE – China cancels/suspends US relations after Pelosi trip. pic.twitter.com/i7u9gxY7ko — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 5, 2022 China sanctions House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over ‘egregious provocation’ in visit to Taiwan (FOX NEWS) China has announced sanctions against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her family, following her visit to Taiwan which China strongly condemned. China’s Foreign … Read more

You can’t ask question in here! This is the White House press room!

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I’M SHOCKED — THIS IS AN ATTACK ON PRESS CREDIBILITY THAT’S ENDANGERING U.S. DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL PRESS FREEDOM: Biden Spokesman John Kirby Reprimands Reporter for Shouting Over Others in Briefing Room: ‘You Know Where We Are?’ The National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications and former State Department spokesman had it out with Simon Ateba of Today News Africa. Ateba spoke … Read more

IDF striking targets in Gaza, emergency situation declared in Israeli homefront

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#BREAKING: IDF says it is striking targets in Gaza, emergency situation declared in Israeli homefront, more to follow — ELINT News (@ELINTNews) August 5, 2022 #BREAKING: Smoke rising from downtown Gaza City amid reports of Israeli airstrikes on Palestinian Islamic Jihad pic.twitter.com/X78I9T0Yjm — ELINT News (@ELINTNews) August 5, 2022 pic.twitter.com/o6y07aHtzk — אדיר לחקים Adir Lehakim … Read more

Biden Is Pushing For EV Charging Stations — But States Say His Plan Makes Absolutely No Sense

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State officials are having a hard time following the Biden administration’s regulations for the construction of charging stations for electric cars as the Biden administration works to create a nationwide network of electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, according to E&E News. Transportation planners in rural Western states are claiming that the Biden administration’s plan wasn’t created … Read more

First bus of migrants from Texas arrives in New York City: Gov. Greg Abbott says border crossers can now receive ‘services and housing’ Mayor Eric Adams has ‘boasted about’

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Group of roughly 50 migrants was dropped off at Port Authority Bus Terminal  New York City now joins Washington D.C. as a drop-off location for migrants Texas Governor Greg Abbott said New York is an ‘ideal’ destination for migrants They ‘can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted … Read more

American dream is over? Salary needed to buy the median US home is now $76K – and the typical family cannot afford a house in 35 of country’s 50 biggest cities

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by Boo_Randy Heckova job, “Zimbabwe Ben” Bernanke, Yellen the Felon, & BlackRock Jay. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11080955/Median-salary-needed-buy-home-76K.html A family making the median national income can no longer afford the typical house in 35 of the country’s 50 biggest cities, according to a new study. Based on home price data from the first quarter of the year, the salary needed … Read more

Markets are pricing in a huge recession and crisis ahead (6-12mo lag). It’s a bear market rally driven by moronic retail investors and FOMO, fear of missing out on the recovery

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*The US 10yr V 2yr curve is now -36 basis points (0.36%) inverted – the most ever Markets are pricing in a huge recession and crisis ahead (6-12mo lag) Note that earlier this week when I wrote about this inverted yield curve, it was only -0.22%…👇🏻https://t.co/wt6OXfbGWe pic.twitter.com/Yq6xWQ1yks — Adem Tumerkan (@RadicalAdem) August 3, 2022 It's … Read more

UC Berkeley Caves to Protesters, Halts Housing

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UC Berkeley recently began clearing an area of land known as “People’s Park” for the development of new student housing. On Wednesday, plans for that housing ground to a halt following violent protests by far-left rioters. According to far-left advocacy group Defend People’s Park, the area where new student housing is being developed was occupied … Read more

Up to 20,000 Students Missing From LA Unified Enrollment Rosters

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Between 10,000 and 20,000 students are missing from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) enrollment rosters—just two weeks before the start of the 2022–23 school year. District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said last week at a press conference the number of students unaccounted for is likely due to obstacles that block them from attending school, … Read more

Why Is Walmart Laying Off So Many Workers?

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by Michael If brighter days are eventually coming for the U.S. economy, why would Walmart be so eager to lay off corporate employees?  Of course the truth is that brighter days are not coming.  Yesterday, I posted an article in which I listed 11 big companies that are laying off workers.  After I completed that article, I … Read more

New Crypto legislation introduced…

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After 13 years, at least three crashes, dozens of scams and Ponzi schemes and hundreds of billions of dollars made and evaporated, cryptocurrencies finally have the full attention of Congress, whose lawmakers and lobbyists have papered Capitol Hill with proposals on how to regulate the industry. The latest bipartisan proposal came Wednesday from Sens. Debbie … Read more