Throughout the past few weeks, multiple reports have alleged tension between President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. An awkward interaction between the two on Thursday will certainly not quell those concerns. According to CNN, Biden and Harris were among many politicians in attendance at the United States Capitol on Thursday. They were there … Read more
Brian Wesbury explains the potential consequences of the president’s idea, and discusses how the administration is giving people incentives not to work on ‘Making Money’ A group of Democrats is ramping up the pressure on President Biden to use his executive authority to cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt and extend a moratorium … Read more
Four current and former staffers told Insider that discussions around TikTok’s product can require calls with employees at ByteDance’s headquarters in China. And final product decisions are often made in Beijing, not in the US or Singapore where TikTok’s CEO is based, three former employees said. One reason TikTok has emphasized its work in the … Read more
Cloud service Amazon Web Services (AWS), which runs around one-third of the internet, saw a massive outage. Not only were centralised crypto exchanges hit, but decentralised players like dYdX went down in the chaos that followed. The time-sensitive nature of transactions on crypto exchanges has users questioning what ‘decentralisation’ truly entails. Amazon Web Services (AWS) was down for nearly half … Read more
https://youtu.be/sy2iPlRtzJM Israel has taken point on a 10-country exercise which simulated a crippling cyber-attack on financial markets around the world, attempting to create a realistic scenario of the panic and chaos that would ensue, Reuters reported. Dubbed ‘Collective Strength’ and carried out on Thursday, the international cyber drill was conducted alongside the United States, Britain, … Read more
New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams pledged not to surrender the city’s streets to the thugs of Black Lives Matter and ANTIFA in a Police Athletic League event on Thursday, striking a tone unheard of during the tenure of ultraprogressive mayor Bill de Blasio. “We’re not going to surrender to those who are saying, ‘We’re … Read more
by tyrranus Very brief and abridged version: Previously, the Consumer Price index (CPI) was calculated using a basket of goods to generate a Cost Of Goods Index (COGI). So, actual prices of actual real world items. The Bureau of Labor Statistics changed their measurement methods and created a Cost Of Living Index (COLI). “The composite … Read more
by I_DO_ANIMAL_THINGS The Department of Justice announced an aggressive plan for going after white-collar crime. In such a way that makes sure to get top level, repeat offenders and stop companies from policing themselves. SAUCE: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-o-monaco-gives-keynote-address-abas-36th-national-institute They’re going after C Suite, CEO’s, CFO’s…. The first announcement: augments our efforts to ensure individual accountability. To hold individuals accountable, … Read more
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link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-10/hedge-funds-ensnared-in-expansive-doj-probe-into-short-selling h/t sha_dow_fax
The primary blame for perpetrating the Jussie Smollett hoax obviously rests with Smollett , but it's still worth asking (a) what cultural factors incentivize this behavior and (b) why so many leading Dems instantly and unquestioningly seized on this before anything was known: https://t.co/D0apIyme9C — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 10, 2021 h/t DonPrivate
by Chris Black The UK High Court has granted the US government’s appeal over the refusal to extradite Julian Assange, leaving the WikiLeaks co-founder to face 175 YEARS in prison if convicted. The US charged Assange with a number of crimes related to his communications with whistleblowers, most importantly Chelsea Manning, who leaked to WikiLeaks … Read more
by Chris Black DHS report shows 4 of the 10 states with the largest illegal immigrant populations are GOP-run red states. https://twitter.com/stacked_automat/status/1447851292295041030
by Chris Black There are viruses smaller than 7KB and many clever ways to use specific bit sequences to cause arbitrary code execution. If a QR code can prompt you to open an image or a website it can give your computer AIDS. Even something more low-level like the alphabet boys are sitting on multiple … Read more
by Chris Black Republicans absorb voter fervor against unpopular social issues, and “lose” on those popular fronts. Meanwhile they “win” token victories on unpopular Economic and war policies, thus insuring THEIR base gets blamed and not the puppet masters. “Sorry your kid is getting his balls cut off, but I secured a tax cut for … Read more
by Chris Black He says during a recent interview that ‘civilization is going to crumble’ if people don’t have more children. When asked if this is why he has so many children, the father of six said he’s trying to set a good example, adding that he has to practice what he preaches. ‘Musk added … Read more
One strategy of avoiding default is to stop going into debt that you can never manage. Another (very odd) strategy is to keep going into debt and pretend that everything is OK. One strategy of halting rising prices, is to stop printing new dollars out-of-thin-air. Another (very odd) strategy is to keep printing dollars and … Read more
When the world's largest stock gains +11% in one week ($280b) and a Germany in market cap, there is no way to assess risk via the stock "market". Except to say that bulls are winning the war of deception. Soon they will have "won". Why that's good is not for me to say. pic.twitter.com/EoFOC6fXhF — … Read more
