College students struggle with mental health as pandemic drags on… Nurses say morale has hit low…

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People handed flowers to strangers on campus this week, and wrote encouraging notes in chalk. Students played with baby goats and tail-wagging dogs brought in to comfort them. Classes were canceled Tuesday, pop-up counseling centers appeared in dorms and concerned parents brought cookies and hugs to campus. It has been a week of grief and … Read more

Will Liz Cheney, House Democrats Investigate Insurrectionist Takeover Of Interior Department?

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“Security personnel at the U.S. Department of the Interior sustained “multiple injuries,” according to spokeswoman Melissa Schwartz in the Washington Post, after left-wing protesters held the agency headquarters under siege on Thursday. Fifty-five protesters were arrested in the turmoil, the demonstration group People vs. Fossil Fuels said in a statement to the Post, concluding five … Read more

With all the hype and price gains happening right now, here’s a reminder that crypto has no fundamental value.

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by n64ssb Remember that crypto/blockchains are nothing more than a distributed, append-only database that has various ways to maintain consensus. There is nothing magical about this, and the only benefit of a decentralized database is that the government can’t easily shut it down if it isn’t controlled by a centralized entity. So unless your application … Read more

[Rumor] Bank of America Elite Visa Infinite Card

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by JC1812 Key details: $550 Annual Fee (Matches Chase Sapphire Reserve, seems like it’s going to be a competition with Chase) Up to $150 annually in statement credits for lifestyle conveniences, including streaming services, food delivery, fitness subscriptions and rideshare services. Up to $300 annually in Airline Incidental Statement Credits for qualifying purchases like seat … Read more

Evergrande CEO in Hong Kong for restructuring and asset sales as the Chinese developer battles against default on more than $300 billion in debts. That’s a whole lotta debt.

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HONG KONG – Evergrande Group’s chief executive is holding talks in Hong Kong with investment banks and creditors over a possible restructuring and asset sales, two people said, as the Chinese developer battles against default on more than $300 billion in debts. CEO Xia Haijun, a confidant of chairman Hui Ka Yan and who runs … Read more

Facebook Hearings Parody

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by Martin Armstrong The usually left-leaning Saturday Night Live mocked the recent Facebook whistleblower testimony. Although it is still left-leaning, the writers must have realized that most US lawmakers are completely out of touch with reality and the very issues they make decisions on. They display false outrage but fail to act. “What Facebook has … Read more

Federal Judges Traded Stocks of Litigants DURING Cases…

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Mary Geiger Lewis acquired Walmart Inc. stock. Charles Norgle Sr. reported nearly a dozen buys and sells of Pfizer Inc. shares. Charles Siragusa had two accounts that bought Medtronic PLC stock. None of that would be a problem, except for this: All are federal judges, and at the time of the trades, all were hearing cases involving those companies. The Wall Street Journal … Read more

APPLE censors Quran, Bible apps in China

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Apple has censored a Quran app and a Bible app in China, the company confirmed to the BBC. Apple said Chinese officials had flagged the apps as breaking laws on illegal religious texts. Apple’s human rights policy says the company is “required to comply with local laws.” Apple has taken down a Quran app and … Read more

The tax preparation industry conspires against citizens to keep taxes complicated so you keep paying them.

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by ChewbaccaEatsGrogu Filing Taxes Could Be Free and Simple. But H&R Block and Intuit Are Still Lobbying Against It. Intuit spent more than $2 million lobbying last year, much of it spent on legislation that would permanently bar the government from offering taxpayers prefilled returns. H&R Block spent $3 million, also directing some of their efforts … Read more

IS A LIBEL SUIT NEXT?

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This is fake news: Joe Rogan gets CNN’s chief medical correspondent to admit CNN lied about ivermectin. CNN claimed this year that talk show host Joe Rogan injected himself with horse dewormer after he contracted the coronavirus. It was a lie. Not a misstatement or an exaggeration, but an outright lie. Rogan did no such … Read more

Gold Price Flag Suggests Big Rally May Start Soon

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by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders As precious metals traders have waited out this extended sideways/downward price contraction in price over the past 14+ months, a very broad Pennant/Flag price formation is nearing an APEX level which suggests Gold may begin a new rally phase over the next 60+ days. Support near $1675 is a critical price … Read more

Prices of Nearly Everything Now Surging

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by moneymetals Bank Depositors Face IRS Audit Risk on Top of Inflation Risks Don’t want to listen? Read the podcast below! Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason. A big week for precious metals markets as inflation pressures push consumer prices to painful new heights. On Thursday, the U.S. Labor Department reported … Read more

Kraft Heinz CEO Tells The Public To Get Used To Higher Food Prices

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by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan According to Kraft Heinz CEO Miguel Patricio, the company is going to be “raising prices, where necessary, around the world.” Patricio says the general public should get used to higher prices for food. His comments follow a spike in government-induced energy and raw material prices alongside supply chain issues around the globe prompting … Read more