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Coming to a Chinese Police Station near you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45k63kfqj0k h/t DOORBERT

BREAKING: Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and her mother have been involved in a "near catastrophic" car chase involving paparazzihttps://t.co/IVHXQr05s4 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/HPeiccTZrD — Sky News (@SkyNews) May 17, 2023

The new route will help diversify global trade flows, according to President Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi have taken part in a signing ceremony, via video link, for an agreement on the construction of a rail line between the Iranian cities of Rasht and Astara, the Kremlin press service … Read more

US media reports that the states have proposed to Israel to start developing joint military measures against Iran. — 𝕊𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕻𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 (@SprinterPress) May 17, 2023 🚨🇮🇱🇺🇸 Biden administration proposed to Israel a few weeks ago the idea of engaging in joint military planning on Iran, but Israeli officials have so far treated the proposal with … Read more

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a last-minute plea from the tobacco industry and cleared the way for California to enforce a statewide ban on the sale of most flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes. The court’s action has the effect of upholding a measure passed by the Legislature in 2020, which in turn … Read more

Does that meeting where he says they will get their money out and keep the public in the dark have anything to do with this FDIC meeting? Seems Real To Me. pic.twitter.com/ewbfiBDJDE — Axel Vasa (@SummmertC) March 15, 2023 h/t Revisionist

by bitkogan As it stands, we’re seeing low volatility, and the market seems to be treading water. Despite many factors favoring a drop, we are where we are. The S&P index appears to be slightly bearish – a subtle movement that could become more pronounced. If the S&P doesn’t maintain its 4080 level, we may see … Read more

via reuters: HONG KONG, May 17 (Reuters) – UBS Group AG (UBSG.S) was rushed into buying cross-town rival Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.S) in a deal it did not want, as a global bank crisis worsened the latter’s finances and prompted authorities to take swift action, a regulatory filing showed. UBS, in a Tuesday filing to the U.S. Securities … Read more

Watch the full episode here: https://t.co/1TRtkAixUF — The Matt Walsh Show (@MattWalshShow) May 16, 2023

Meanwhile, in Finland 🇫🇮 Germany 🇩🇪 and UK 🇬🇧 take note. pic.twitter.com/rsXXKy3Ztr — James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) May 17, 2023

Elon = winner Biden = loser historically it goes this way. AC

CNBC asks Musk: Why criticize George Soros rather than make money? Er … why not? It’s possible to do both, at least if one doesn’t treat a massive political player as somehow sacrosanct and above criticism. On Monday, Elon Musk took a potshot at George Soros, which prompted an exchange with Brian Krassenstein over Soros’ impact … Read more

Ideologically driven "fact checkers" have been so negligent on correcting Woke pseudoscience that a growing group of Democrats is convinced men can get pregnant. This is an objective failure of their ability to accurately disseminate information. pic.twitter.com/IJxUGdw2k5 — The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole) May 16, 2023

via theguardian: Some meat and vegetable lines at supermarkets have almost doubled in price over the past year, research has found, prompting fresh calls for the government to intervene as food industry figures gather for summit in Downing Street. Annual inflation on supermarket own-label budget items stepped up to 25% in April, according to the … Read more

The global rate hiking cycle is slowing pic.twitter.com/r5SZ24yFQd — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) May 17, 2023

The risk of a US debt default is greater than it’s ever been, threatening to tip global markets into a brand-new world of pain. For investors, there are few places to hide other than the oldest hedge in the book: gold. The precious metal is by far the top pick for those seeking protection in … Read more

I believe it. Just look at what happened near my hometown yesterday at the mall. 25 stolen items – $120K in valuehttps://t.co/jcXXx0W07y — Danny Marques | Investing Informant (@Invst_Informant) May 17, 2023

So far, it's more like the 2001 recession for this metric, in the sense that the contraction just pulls the numbers back down to the prior growth trend rather than deeply below it. Chart via @ycharts — Lyn Alden (@LynAldenContact) May 17, 2023

S&P 500’s forward 12m operating margin has started to roll over this month, but hasn’t yet cut below its recent April low pic.twitter.com/to4WkIJeiM — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) May 17, 2023 #Earnings alert!To say something about the direction of company earnings, using bottom-up data only, will likely give you a biased view as analysts tend … Read more

NYC rental inflation hits fastest since 2005, per Bloomberg: pic.twitter.com/F4mTZkZrGx — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) May 17, 2023 Atlanta FED median wage growth tracker Updated for April pic.twitter.com/hRJ65VgZXj — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) May 17, 2023 Rising inflation is increasing anxiety among Americans. The high cost of — everything: Rising inflation rates are ramping up anxieties among some groups … Read more