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FOX BUSINESS: “$100 oil talk pushes Department of Energy into panic mode, Tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserves would be short term fix, says

October 8, 2021 7:01 pmOctober 8, 2021 8:41 am

Watch the latest video at foxbusiness.com https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/100-oil-crude-granholm-energy-white-house Related: https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1445670727974146049 Is Europe’s Energy Crisis a Preview of America’s? Europe has itself to blame for shortages and spiking prices, but Washington is copying many of its policies. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/10/05/energy-crisis-europe-electricity-gas-renewable-us/ View post on imgur.com …

Poll: Growing Econ Threat From China… CIA Creates New ‘Mission Center’ To Counter China…

October 8, 2021 8:36 am

As competition between the United States and China intensifies, more Americans now say the Asian country is more powerful economically, a reversal from two years ago when a plurality said the United States had an economic advantage, according to a …

The Global Energy Crisis Is Going To Take “The Everything Shortage” To An Entirely New Level

October 8, 2021 7:01 pmOctober 8, 2021 7:46 am

by Michael Snyder This is going to be one tough winter. On top of everything else we are facing, a very alarming energy crisis is rapidly growing all over the world. Supplies of natural gas and coal are getting tighter …

A Cold Winter Could Send Oil Prices Soaring Past $100

October 8, 2021 7:35 am

By Irina Slav Meteorologists are predicting a cold winter, and it could send energy prices even higher. Record-high natural gas prices forced some utilities to switch to oil derivatives instead, boosting demand for crude. Though oil prices might break $100, …

China Threatens Air Strike on US Troops in Taiwan. 3 US / Allied Carriers in Position. CIA Redirects Intel Gathering from N Korea to China.

October 7, 2021 10:39 pm

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1446212629626765318 U.S. troops have been in Taiwan for at least a year secretly training its military, officials say, as concern over potential Chinese aggression mounts https://t.co/pNuMXXZMmE — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 7, 2021 🚨WAR DRUMS: China outraged over …

“Soros Prosecutors” Are Making U.S. Cities Uninhabitable

October 7, 2021 10:36 pm

To Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, what happens between consenting adults is a completely private matter. In fact, she is challenging the limits of libertarian ideology. For example, when five gangsters were arrested for holding a public gunfight in …

US Senate Votes to Advance Debt Limit – Here Are the Republicans Who Voted with Dems

October 7, 2021 10:22 pm

The Senate has narrowly voted, 61-38, to bypass a GOP filibuster of the short-term debt limit bill, with 11 Republicans joining all 50 Dems to pass the 60-vote threshold needed to proceed to a final vote. GOP YES VOTES HERE: …

Stagflation Light Might Strike as Early as the Third Quarter This Year

October 7, 2021 7:28 pm

via Mish Talk: What is Stagflation? Stagflation is recession coupled with inflation. Great Depression era economist John Maynard Keynes thought the combination of recession and inflation was impossible. That should have ended Keynesian nonsense right then and there. Unfortunately, it …

Global Tax Deal Inches Closer As Holdout Ireland Agrees To Sign Up

October 7, 2021 7:27 pm

The G-7 and G-20 nations agreed earlier this summer to join forces to tackle tax evasion and harmonize rules across the globe. The plan, if implemented, would force multinationals to pay tax where they operate — not just where they …

Staggering 50 Percent of Small Business Owners Cannot Fill Open Jobs

October 7, 2021 7:26 pm

91% of small business owners hiring or trying to hire reported few or no “qualified” applicants for the positions they were trying to fill. In a random sample of 10,000 small business owners, the NFIB reports Staggering 50 Percent of Small …

Warning! Big Short Resurfaces in U.S. Bonds, Wary of ‘Convexity Trigger’

October 7, 2021 7:26 pm

by confoundedinterest17 Alarm! It was great to be a “Master of the Universe” (Treasury and MBS trader) since October 1981 when the US 10Y Treasury yield peaked at 15.84% and mortgage rates peaked at 18.63%. Treasury and mortgage rates have …

The Truth About The Debt Ceiling and TRILLION Dollar Coin

October 7, 2021 7:25 pm

Trillion dollar coins. The ‘debt ceiling’. What does it all mean, and what is it that they aren’t telling you? Join Mike Maloney for today’s video update. Link to the Debt Ceiling video that Mike mentions is here: https://youtu.be/rcpBffWwsZc

Chart | Wall Street vs Main Street: Why the Stock Market is Not the Economy

October 7, 2021 4:49 pm

by visualcapitalist In 2020, the stock market and the economy had a very public break up. The Wall Street vs Main Street divide—the gap between America’s financial markets and the economy—was growing. By the end of the year, the S&P 500 …

Largest Hospital System in Oregon Bars Unvaxed Patients from Receiving Organ Transplants

October 8, 2021 7:01 pmOctober 7, 2021 4:36 pm

by Chris Black Next, you’ll not be able to ENTER hospitals if you’re not triple-quadruple vaxed. You think I’m kidding? The slippery slope is real. Remember 2 weeks to slow the spread? We’re at 600 days and 3 booster shots …

DA Claims That Aspiring Rapper Shot at Nightclub was Hitting on White Girl “In a Respectful Manner”

October 8, 2021 7:01 pmOctober 7, 2021 4:33 pm

by Chris Black If you’re not up to date with the news, a black guy was shot dead after hitting on a white woman (by her boyfriend) after a fight ensued. Okay, I get it, it’s not cool to murder …

DOJ Tells FBI to Investigate Parents Who Complain to School Boards as Domestic Terrorists

October 7, 2021 4:31 pm

by Chris Black Attorney General Merrick Garland has instructed the FBI to mobilize against parents who oppose critical race theory in public schools, citing “threats.” The letter follows the National School Board Association’s request to classify protests as “domestic terrorism.” …

Biden Supposedly Hits New Low at 42% Approval

October 8, 2021 7:01 pmOctober 7, 2021 4:25 pm

by Chris Black I wonder which 4 out of 10 Americans still think that Dementia in Chief is doing a good job. Sounds like fake news to me… He’s not doing anything at all really, just bumbling around, mumbling and …

Cars, Housing, Stocks, etc. All Being Centrally Engineered via ZIRP, QE, Stimulus, etc.

October 7, 2021 4:04 pm

https://twitter.com/Econimica/status/1446159955615043584 Cars, housing (below), stocks, etc. all being centrally engineered via ZIRP, QE, stimulus, etc. to artificially induced “inflation” against organically decelerating/declining demand. Just check Japan’s QE/housing charade to c where we’re going.

Inflation will run a lot hotter than Fed thinks: Wharton’s Siegel

October 7, 2021 4:04 pm

Jeremy Siegel, professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, joins CNBC’s “Squawk Box” to explain why the Fed might be under pressure to taper faster.

2021’s Uncanny Resemblance to 2008

October 8, 2021 7:01 pmOctober 7, 2021 1:27 pm

by highquaIity A story in a few parts: Let’s take a trip back in time to 2008, just before one of the biggest financial crises the US has ever experienced. 4 of 7 Fed seats resigned shortly before the crisis …

This is America under Joe Biden and Democrats in almost every large city….

October 7, 2021 1:23 pm

The prior day, Old Orchard was hit. https://t.co/oCTlad2BNc — Nicole Sherrod 📈 (@NicSherrod) October 6, 2021

Transitory Inflation And Useless Ingredients

October 7, 2021 1:23 pm

by Keith Weiner of Monetary-Metals Can you remember back to when you were two or three years old? Toddlers often think that there are little people inside the TV (or maybe this was only true when the TV was about as deep as …

Italy hits the stagflation trail too

October 7, 2021 1:23 pm

by Shaun Richards It is past time for us to take another look at the economy of Italy and one reason for doing that is for once we can start with some good news. In August 2021 estimates for seasonally …

Yellen on Tracking Every Transaction $600 or Greater

October 7, 2021 1:17 pm

by Martin Armstrong https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Yellen-Lummis.mp4 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is now defending the Biden administration’s proposal that would require banks to report ALL data to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on transactions over $600. With the NSA collecting every email, phone …

A headline which perfectly sums up how broken the system is.

October 7, 2021 1:12 pm

https://twitter.com/PriapusIQ/status/1445959991286972417

This WashPost op-ed makes a vital often-overlooked point:

October 7, 2021 1:11 pm

This WashPost op-ed makes a vital often-overlooked point: Facebook is spending millions *advocating* for social media regulations because only they and Google would have the resources to comply, making it virtually impossible for competitors to survive:https://t.co/1avRug7Ivd pic.twitter.com/k2mPpdVlIc — Glenn Greenwald …

Are The “Unvaxed” Going To Be Public Enemy #1 Throughout 2020’s?

October 7, 2021 1:03 pm

Rebel Capitalist, Released on 10/6/21 George Edward Gammon is an American real estate investor and entrepreneur. He produces and stars in a popular YouTube Channel. Prior to 2012, George started, owned, and operated multiple businesses ranging from conventions to advertising. …

The Fed Must End Its Love Affair With The Markets.

October 7, 2021 1:03 pm

By Richard Rosso The Fed must end its long-running love affair with the markets. It needs to be over, and here are several reasons why the Fed needs to end it. In 1977, the band Fleetwood Mac released one of …

Energy Crisis Hitting for the Winters of 2021 and 2022

October 7, 2021 1:02 pm

by Martin Armstrong The greatest problem I have is that those in power are evolving to the lowest possible denomination. Thirty years ago, I would have intelligent conversations with heads of state. Those days are gone. If I met with …

The probability of war between China/USA/Taiwan is rapidly increasing…

October 7, 2021 12:59 pm

As President Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ostensibly agree to abide by the Taiwan agreement, the Chinese Communist Party is warning that the militaries currently swarming Taiwan are “teetering on the edge of a face-off.” Tensions are ratcheting …