by Charles Hugh-Smith We have an extraordinary opportunity to transform our unsustainable “waste is growth” economy and toxic inequality to sustainable systems that optimize well-being rather than collapse. The possibility that the United States could fragment is no longer a marginalized topic. Maps displaying various post-U.S. regional configurations accompany essays exploring how and why a break-up … Read more
Small business confidence is back near an all-time low, according to the CNBC|Momentive Small Business Survey for Q4 2021. The small business demographic skews conservative and Republican respondent views of a Democratic president and economy are expected to be low, but independents are the primary reason for the decline, with support for President Biden slipping … Read more
https://twitter.com/consent_factory/status/1468204466432319494 Even worse in Germany… German police detain an elderly woman who didn’t have her vaxx passport. This scene looks irry.pic.twitter.com/FL7grO5DM6 — Aaron Ginn (@aginnt) December 7, 2021
By Irina Slav California is by far the most ambitious U.S. state when it comes to things like emission standards, EV sales, and renewable energy. California is shutting down its nuclear power plants to double down on wind and solar. It is also importing more oil from the Amazon rainforest than any country in the world. … Read more
by laflammaster Tue 07 Dec, 2021 – 2:08 AM ET Fitch Ratings – Hong Kong – 07 Dec 2021: Fitch Ratings has downgraded China Aoyuan Group Limited’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘C’, from ‘CCC-‘. Fitch has also downgraded the senior unsecured rating and the ratings on the outstanding US-dollar senior unsecured notes … Read more
Kyle Rittenhouse has big plans for his future. During an interview with Blaze TV’s “You Are Here,” Rittenhouse spoke about his plans going forward after he was acquitted of all charges related to the Kenosha shootings. Rittenhouse did not mince his words when discussing Kenosha County prosecutor Thomas Binger, saying his experience in court changed … Read more
How would you feel about Congress snatching away your credit card or preventing you from participating in credit card reward programs? Don’t laugh. Left-wing groups in Washington are declaring that the plastic card in your wallet is the financial villain that needs to get reined in. A new study from researchers at the Federal Reserve … Read more
A member of Greene’s staff explained that while the congresswoman made an appeal after her first violation of the mandate, she has not chosen to appeal further charges. Since her first fine, the staffer noted, “[Greene] has received many more, totaling over $70,000.” As the time for an appeal for any of the most recent … Read more
by laflammaster Data Sauce: https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H8/current/
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that "chief executive officer" is a "made-up title" and that many corporate titles "don't mean anything," speaking at the #WSJCEOCouncil https://t.co/UcdhalJ2jK pic.twitter.com/9aQLfpYcqC — WSJ Business News (@WSJbusiness) December 7, 2021 h/t BFD
After a year of increasing retail thefts across the San Francisco Bay Area, thieves are becoming more brazen as they unleash ‘flash mob’ lootings at high-end retail stores. Criminal gangs have also begun to target marijuana businesses. According to the nonprofit group Supernova Women, criminal gangs targeted at least 15 licensed cannabis businesses in November, … Read more
Silence from @CNN as Jussie Smollett testifies that host @DonLemon tipped him off to skepticism of Chicago police https://t.co/qeQxTKsqPz — Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) December 7, 2021 AC
If this is true, and it seems to be, the illegal aliens are above the law under the Biden administration. We have been seeing Illegals crossing the border—unscathed. There are buses waiting for them—who arranged for that? Where do the buses go? Now we know… The Government is making arrangements with Homewood Suites for one, … Read more
This is messed up. When I was a child, we couldn't afford to decorate our house. Some years we couldn't even afford a tree. But, every year my dad would take us out to see all the beautiful displays around the neighborhood. Those are some of my fondest childhood memories — Jaqui (@jaqui4) December 7, … Read more
BREAKING: A Vatican source tells Newsmax's John Gizzi that "Pope Francis is dying," with insiders saying they believe the Pontiff will not survive past 2022. https://t.co/137oLuDGwW pic.twitter.com/x8mGhhUxEm — NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) December 7, 2021
Apartment rent and occupancy set new records in November, even as the rental market headed into its traditionally slow season. Apartment occupancy hit a new high of 97.5% in November, according to RealPage, a real estate technology platform. The annual increase in asking rents for new move-in leases hit 13.9%. “The rental market is actually … Read more
Synopsis: Tim Pool gives his left-leaning opinion on the Russia/NATO brinkmanship. Russia is amassing tens of thousands of troops along the border and Biden can’t stop sh*tting his pants.
CNN reported on Tuesday Meadows’ lawyer sent a letter to the committee informing congressional investigators of the decision and contending the panel was not “respecting boundaries concerning Executive Privilege.” “We agreed to provide thousands of pages of responsive documents and Mr. Meadows was willing to appear voluntarily, not under compulsion of the Select Committee’s subpoena … Read more
It is now confirmed that legacy cable tv and newspaper companies are state-TV like the fake tv in China and North Korea. This is a fascist merger of the state and corporations. So this beyond nonsensical recent CNN article about how inflation is actually good for poor people and bad for rich people is now starting to … Read more
