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View post on imgur.com https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-13/fuel-price-freeze-fails-to-halt-panama-anti-inflation-protests Inflation Protests, Strikes In Panama Grow Larger Despite Gas Price Cap https://t.co/UAOOzyLUl1 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 14, 2022 Hundreds protest in Panama against rising fuel prices and corruption : Demonstrations against fuel price hikes and corruption have been going on for more than two weeks in Panama, in one of … Read more

The Bank Of Canada interest rate went up a full 100 basis points today. The BoC announced Canadians can expect further increases this year in an attempt to ease record inflation. Speaking with a TD advisor (i’ve known this person for over 20 years) – they are being told customers will likely see a full … Read more

President Joe Biden’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is being sued by a watchdog for allegedly concealing records related to its “hostile takeover” of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), according to a complaint obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. CFPB Director Rohit Chopra, who sits on the FDIC board, came under scrutiny after … Read more

Tesla is asking its customers in Texas to avoid charging their electric vehicles during peak times in order to prevent overtaxing the state’s power grid. The alerts come as Texas’ grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas or ERCOT, is calling on residents to conserve electricity during the recent heatwave, as the system is … Read more

Despite winning a confidence vote, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said he would resign after the populist Five Star Movement, a coalition ally, pulled its support for the government. In a roller-coaster day of politicking in Rome, Italian President Sergio Mattarella announced late Thursday that he would not accept the resignation of Prime Minister Mario … Read more

Daniel Golden, who hails from a family of cops, “was doing what he could to keep people apart” and had even stopped someone from chasing the man who minutes later grabbed a gun and fired off 19 rounds, a prosecutor said. An off-duty Chicago police officer had just helped break up a fight outside a … Read more

by laflammaster BOJ did buy up a shit ton of their own treasury bonds a few weeks back. Maybe BOJ is pulling a short squeeze!

by Chris Black FYI, BRICS is a Russian/Chinese competitor to NATO/EU/UN/WTO/etc. The funny thing is that Turkey is a key NATO member, boasting the second-largest army in NATO, and a wannabe EU member, though Erdogan keeps getting shafted due to human rights abuse and general treacherous behaviour. And now this: RT: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and … Read more

by Chris Black This is the most inspiring thing the Biden Administration has put out since the latest batch of kino images of Hunter Biden smoking crack. NEW – Kamala Harris: "You need to get to go and need to be able to get where you need to go to do the work and get … Read more

by Chris Black Three people have been charged with 115 felony hate crimes for posting 115 fliers promoting something called the “Aryan National Army.” This is a flagrant violation of their First Amendment rights, goes without saying. With that said, we need to choose our battles because the government has systematically decided that people on … Read more

M1 Money Supply – any doubt why we have inflation ? https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M1SL https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1547699010705559552 h/t Shaun Kaven

Fed members are tripping over each other to become more hawkish. There is now an 86% probability of a 1% rate hike in two weeks:https://t.co/EZuPl45Eqz Volcker Madness. pic.twitter.com/XAYu5lQHP2 — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July 14, 2022 Beige book pic.twitter.com/5PpsiS5QKi — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) July 14, 2022 Fasten your seat belts https://t.co/LtwZCjyzO2 — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) July 14, 2022 As … Read more

Lol 100% democratic cities — 👨🏽‍💻🛸🐋 (@keefywombat) July 13, 2022

by Boo_Randy Coming soon to an oligarch-looted country near you. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62156711 Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has told the military to do “whatever is necessary to restore order” after protesters stormed his office on Wednesday.

by Boo_Randy How’s that “Build Back Better” working out for ya, ‘Murica? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11010535/United-States-sees-one-HIGHEST-inflation-rates-developed-countries.html The United States is experiencing one of the highest inflation rates among developed countries, with the federal government reporting on Tuesday that inflation climbed to a 41-year high of 9.1 percent last month. The consumer price index, a broad measure of goods and services in … Read more

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