FB & the Metaverse… Time to Sell?

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by Che74 Seems to me that this re branding and Metaverse hype is really just an attempt to drive attention away from the recent confirmation that FB is actually horrible for our societies. Trying to keep the stock buoyed while deflecting. I’ve never been a heavy user of FB, always found it creepy, but I … Read more

McDonald’s hikes prices six percent to offset inflation from wage increases, supply costs

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McDonald’s is hiking the prices of its menu items in an effort to offset wage increases and supply costs as the United States grapples with a labor shortage and supply chain crisis, The Wall Street Journal reported. Compared to last year, higher-ups at the fast-food chain anticipate menu prices in the U.S. to increase to … Read more

Chinese state media vows military ‘will show up at US doorstep’ soon and ‘China will win’

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Chinese state-run Global Times media outlet published an op-ed from its editorial board on Wednesday vowing that China’s military will soon confront the U.S. in a hostile exchange. “The US will definitely see the PLA show up at its doorstep in the not-too-distant future,” the op-ed said. “The two sides’ warships and aircraft on the … Read more

USA in Talks to Pay Hundreds of Millions to Families Separated at Border… $450,000 per person!

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WASHINGTON — Thousands of migrant parents and children separated from each other at the U.S. border by Trump administration policies may soon be eligible for hundreds of thousands of dollars per person in compensation, according to three sources familiar with ongoing negotiations in a lawsuit brought on behalf of separated families. The Wall Street Journal … Read more

“All-Black American Flags Have Been Popping Up Across the Country for Months”

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View post on imgur.com Mychalejko: Why is your neighbor flying that all-black American flag? They’ve been popping up across the country for months, and now they’ve been spotted in Bucks County in places such as Perkasie, Plumstead, Buckingham, and Jamison. The all-black American flags being flown by so-called local patriots apparently means “no quarter given” … Read more

Staggering $32 million couponing scam…

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  Officials detailed how a Virginia Beach woman was able to make bogus coupons and scammed retailers out of $32 million. The scope of the fraud that Lori Ann Talens, 41, masterminded was so “staggering” that the massive sum of her theft was a “conservative estimate,” according to information released by the FBI last week. https://nypost.com/2021/10/26/virginia-woman-sentenced-for-staggering-32m-coupon-scam/amp/

Intel Core i5-12600K CPU Up To 50% Faster Than Ryzen 5 5600X, Blows Away The Rocket Lake Core i9-11900K Flagship In Leaked Benchmarks

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For all the AMD / Nvidia fanboys, tech specs are here. Cant just endlessly say Intel is terrible. https://wccftech.com/intel-core-i5-12600k-cpu-faster-than-ryzen-5-5600x-blows-away-rocket-lake-core-i9-11900k-leaked-benchmarks/ The performance benchmarks show the Intel Core i5-12600K blasting up the single-core test with a score of 773 points and the multi-core test with 7220 points. This puts the Core i5 Alder Lake at a massive … Read more

The Fed is WAAAAY Behind the Curve on Inflation

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by The Phoenix Inflation is ROARING. Five year breakevens, which is a key inflation measure, just hit a new all-time high of 3.0% (started in 2002). Inflation expectations running out to five years are now higher than at any point in the last ~20 years. Unfortunately, that’s not even the end of the bad news. The … Read more

Interest Rates Will Skyrocket If Fed Keeps Printing Money

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Michael Pento interviewed on USA Watchdog by Greg Hunter In June, economist and money manager Michael Pento warned the Fed was going to kill the economy by “tapering” the easy money policies. Instead, the Fed ignored inflation, which is obviously not transitory and has kept the money printing going. Now, Pento says it’s coming down to one issue for … Read more