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by CallMeEpiphany The Introduction The 2008 financial crisis can be summed up as follows: banks believed that giving out loans with poor due diligence to shitty lenders was basically free money. Then Affirm comes along and says, “Hold my beer”. Affirm’s business model is simple. They allow you to make online purchases without having to pay … Read more
.@JeffreyToobin do you have any thoughts on how we can beat big meat? https://t.co/MSW01D97Ne — Dr. Richard Harambe (@Richard_Harambe) December 14, 2021
A Fairview Elementary School teacher was arrested Monday in Maryland and charged with nine counts of aggravated sexual battery, especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a child, eight counts of rape, incest and eight counts of rape of a child. Two victims who are minors were reported by District Attorney General Brent Cooper. Neither are students … Read more
As high school students transition out of distance learning imposed by pandemic restrictions, several California districts are dropping the use of “D” and “F” grades in an attempt to reengage students in school and boost entry into the state’s public colleges. Los Angeles Unified, Oakland Unified, Sacramento City Unified, and San Diego Unified are … Read more
13 years later and he’s still wrong “Some of the models suggest that there is a 75 percent chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during some of the summer months, could be completely ice-free within the next five to seven years.” In December 2008, inventor of the internet (sarcasm) Al Gore … Read more
El-Erian says ‘transitory’ was the ‘worst inflation call in the history’ of the Fed Calling inflation “transitory” was a historically bad move for the Fed, according to Allianz Chief Economic Advisor Mohamed El-Erian. The comments came after the Labor Department reported that the consumer price index rose 6.8% from a year ago in November. The … Read more
Global oil markets have returned to surplus and face an even bigger oversupply early next year as the omicron variant impedes international travel, the International Energy Agency said. Supplies are rebounding around the world — from the current OPEC+ ramp-up and sales from strategic reserves, to record output in the U.S., Canada and Brazil next … Read more
Many House Democrats and others have been wondering whether Pelosi will actually stay through her term. She will. Meanwhile, Jim Clyburn says he doesn’t want the job. House Dems eager to see a change in leadership but terrified of what comes next. — Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) December 12, 2021
The FDA is working with the post office to hold packages containing ivermectin. The FDA could better use its resources to, I don’t know, publicly release the docs submitted by Pfizer to license its mandated liability-free V earlier than 75 years from now! https://t.co/i6eLcqnciX pic.twitter.com/O2d1zgTjAB — Aaron Siri (@AaronSiriSG) December 13, 2021
This is a perfect example of how some stocks have already crashed. The average Nasdaq composite stock is down 39.1% vs its 52 week high. Indexes are increasingly held up only by the big names rather than broad based market strength. pic.twitter.com/fXHfE0zcvD — Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 (@AvidCommentator) December 14, 2021 At this … Read more
JUST IN 🚨 700+ people have been forced into isolation after a person infected with the Omicron variant visited two Melbourne nightclubs last weekend in Australia pic.twitter.com/93iljBHWCE — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) December 14, 2021
The Associated Press is asking the Biden administration for answers on why the Department of Homeland Security used a government database meant to track international terrorists to investigate as many as 20 American journalists, including an Pulitzer Prize-winning AP reporter. AP executive editor Julie Pace on Monday sent a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas … Read more
By Robert Lambourne via GATA The recently released November statement of account of the Bank for International Settlements — https://www.bis.org/banking/balsheet/statofacc211130.pdf — contains information suggesting an increase of about 37 tonnes in the bank’s gold swaps, from 414 tonnes in October to 451 tonnes in November. This compares to the record high estimated at 552 tonnes as of February … Read more
by The Phoenix The Fed Finally Created Inflation… And Now It’s Going To Blow Up the Financial System By Graham Summers, MBA The Fed finally succeeded in creating its much-desired inflation… and the great irony is that it will likely blow up the financial system. For decades now the Fed argued that it should keep interest … Read more
by Martin Armstrong The Taliban has sadly revived Afghanistan’s booming drug business and now poses a stark threat to the rest of the world. According to a BBC report, the country has expanded from opiates to producing crystal methamphetamine. Estimates say the nation produces an average of 3,000 kg per day at 500 separate laboratories. The … Read more
San Francisco was once a world-class city but has over many decades become a bastion of crime and a literal toilet. Conservatives have pointed out how San Francisco’s notoriously left-wing culture has destroyed the city, and now the Associated Press has finally caught on. “Caitlin Foster fell in love with San Francisco’s people and beauty and … Read more
By Lance Roberts Wipe Out” is an appropriate description of what is happening beneath the calm surface of the bull market. As we head into the end of the year, many are hoping for “Santa to visit Broad and Wall.” However, those hopes are not just about adding to this year’s already excessive annual gains. Instead, for many, … Read more
Dr. Peter McCullough explains to Joe Rogan, that in order to make people more willing to take the Covid vaccine, there was a concerted effort to not have a protocol for Covid treatment. pic.twitter.com/Ueb3ppjQOF — Mythinformed (@MythinformedMKE) December 13, 2021
Teachers in South Dakota competed in a bizarre “Dash for Cash” event to grab as many one dollar bills as possible to fund improvements in their schools. At least 10 teachers took part in the “dystopian” event held on Saturday at the Sioux Falls Stampede junior ice hockey game at Denny Sanford Premier Centre. In … Read more
Add celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to the list of people and businesses trading California for Texas. Ramsay has relocated his North American restaurant headquarters to Las Colinas, Texas, from the West Coast, according to a report. The 55-year-old Scottish-born “Hell’s Kitchen” host has hired a team of businesspeople and chefs to expand his restaurant empire across … Read more