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OPINION: Our current economic success is a debt-fuelled Ponzi scheme where everyone has a stake in the fictional statements issued each month. The party is going to end and it will not be pretty. Since the Great Depression, Western economies have run a predictable course. Good times coincided with government surpluses and high interest rates. Economic turbulence was … Read more

(Bloomberg) — Investor concerns over China Evergrande Group’s debt are shifting to the country’s stronger property companies as a selloff across the industry’s dollar bonds hits higher-quality borrowers. The fear of contagion comes as holders of dollar notes sold by Evergrande unit Scenery Journey Ltd. are yet to receive payment for coupons that were officially … Read more

The cryptocurrency market is now worth more than $3 trillion. As of 7:38 a.m. in London, the overall market cap of cryptocurrencies hit $3.01 trillion, according to CoinGecko pricing. The third- and fourth-biggest tokens, Binance Coin and Solana, have added more than 20% in the past seven days; all of the seven biggest coins are … Read more

A new report by the U.S. Department of Justice is now putting Kamala Harris in the national spotlight — and it’s for all the wrong reasons. A report from Politico notes that the DOJ confirmed an error relating to where Harris was when the January 6th incident happened at the U.S. Capitol. The report from … Read more

Americans are cutting back on steak as rising grocery prices squeeze spending. Supermarkets say shoppers are buying more store-brand meat products and trading down from beef to less-expensive alternatives such as chicken or pork, after prices for products such as rib-eye climbed about 40% from a year ago, according to research firm IRI. Some consumers … Read more

American workers are hoping that the tight pandemic labor market will translate into better pay. It might just mean robots take their jobs instead. Labor shortages and rising wages are pushing U.S. business to invest in automation. A recent Federal Reserve survey of chief financial officers found that at firms with difficulty hiring, one-third are … Read more

Color me shocked, but John Durham is actually coming through. And while I know we have seen no “big names” indicted, I’d say just wait and let’s see what unfolds. In a country where the Deep State runs amuck and has almost unlimited power, I think there’s something to be said about Durham’s investigation which … Read more

Elon Musk faces a tax bill of more than $15 billion in the coming months on stock options. Musk asked his 62.7 million Twitter followers over the weekend whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla holdings. The looming tax bill makes a sale of Tesla stock this year likely regardless of the outcome of … Read more

by skewtr Democrats obviously know their policies are unpopular and harmful. They are doing this because they expect the public to blame Biden. With late-stage dementia, they don’t expect Biden to run again, or even live much longer after his presidency. Once Biden is out of office and the country has fallen apart, Democrats will … Read more

USA Today/Suffolk University just released their poll with registered voters, and it’s another one that isn’t too kind to President Joe Biden. In fact, his approval rating has sunk to just 38 percent, while his disapproval rating is at 59 percent. This is a new record low for Biden in this particular poll, but as … Read more

https://twitter.com/thebradfordfile/status/1457169089009528834 THE FBI ISN’T A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, IT’S A PARAMILITARY FORCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT: “So why the raids? Since when does the FBI [conduct] raids over missing diaries?” “What is the alleged federal crime (and what is the precedent for a major federal investigation over such an alleged theft)? What precautions were taken by the Biden … Read more

I seriously cant tell between The Onion headlines and SF Chronicle headlines — Go Chiefs (@GoCats17) November 5, 2021 When we've gotten to the point where people are seriously asking whether we should tolerate burglaries then maybe it's time to pack it in. — Demilich Lovato (@DemilichLovato) November 6, 2021 "Government should be super intrusive … Read more

-Erosion of democratic norms-Stifling of civic space-Violations of fundamental rights Biden calls on regime to release 'those unjustly imprisoned for speaking out against abuses & clamoring for the right of Nicaraguans to vote in free and fair elections'…@julie_kelly2 2/2 pic.twitter.com/L3xQgV0xHw — Titania (@Titania977) November 8, 2021 Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Nicaragua’s … Read more

China’s military buildup and its push to develop nuclear-capable missiles is unnerving Congress and U.S. defense officials alike. America’s defense establishment has watched threats from Beijing rapidly grow in multiple areas, including recent hypersonic missile tests, an expanding nuclear arsenal, strides in space and cyber and seemingly daily threats to Taiwan. “We’re witnessing one of … Read more

Their detachment is not just geographical but cultural, and it is not limited to politics. For decades, the nation’s cultural curators have operated through corporations, national sports organizations, Hollywood, academia, the national news media. More and more, they have become detached from the people who buy, watch, or are educated by them. . . . … Read more