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by Doug French via Mises The local paper offered up this vague headline last week, “Car Part Thefts Up in Henderson in 2021, Police Say.” Most readers likely passed over the article. But, in the time it takes to read the piece, a half dozen catalytic converters can be stolen. “It actually takes an individual who’s committing these offenses about … Read more

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1418990520395878401 This will be epic! #UPDATE Map showing the path of Typhoon In-fa, which is expected to make landfall in eastern China at the weekend pic.twitter.com/IZO2vuc3wh — AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 23, 2021 Typhoon In-fa is bearing down on the southern Japanese islands and has its eye set on eastern China by next week. … Read more

(Bloomberg) — Argentina’s central bank is ruling out increasing interest rates for the foreseeable future even as currency pressures mount and annual inflation climbs above 50%. The country’s monetary authority is prepared to keep holding its key rate for months to come, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. The central bank, know … Read more

So it’s in the news, delivery delays make ikea, Aldi, Lidl and many more. Especially washing mashine shortages and so on.ikea will delist 600 products for at least 1 year.. They blame corona outbreak in a Chinese port.. https://m.focus.de/finanzen/boerse/konjunktur/stau-in-chinesischem-mega-hafen-ikea-aldi-deichmann-welche-haendler-wegen-lieferengpaessen-jetzt-das-sortiment-kuerzen_id_13502893.html Oh, there’s more – all from today! We should prep and have a bug out bag: … Read more

The Vatican has released information on its real estate holdings for the first time, revealing it owns more than 5,000 properties, as part of its most detailed financial disclosures ever. The information released on Saturday was contained in two documents – a consolidated financial statement for 2020 for the Holy See and the first ever … Read more

Forced to reckon with a worsening drought, California’s water regulators are preparing to forbid thousands of farmers from tapping into the state’s major rivers and streams. It’s an extraordinary step — and one that regulators didn’t take during the last drought, which was considered one of the worst on record. The State Water Resources Control … Read more

Not just Gavin shuffling it into the Ocean, there is a black market for H2O! https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/thieves-in-california-are-stealing-scarce-water-amid-extreme-drought-devastating-some-communities/ar-AAMs88B?ocid=msedgntp “As an extreme drought grips California, making water increasingly scarce, thieves are making off with billions of gallons of the precious resource, tapping into fire hydrants, rivers, and even small family homes and farms. “Water stealing has never been … Read more

June House Price-To-Rent Ratio rises at a record 17%, now well exceeds peak level of the Housing Bubble pic.twitter.com/LfcozNgWEJ — Not Jim Cramer (@Not_Jim_Cramer) July 23, 2021 DB warns of permanent rise in inflation: Between 33-50% of unprecedented govt deficits have been monetised by major CenBanks, w/#ECB monetising more than half of all govt debt … Read more

Reward for any rational human being who can tell America what he said pic.twitter.com/xr7WI4DApE — Dr. Jesse Livermore Ph.D., Law📈 (@JessieLivermore) July 23, 2021 Biden not fit for office! House Rep. Ronny Jackson, Trump’s and Obama’s top White House doctor, thinks Biden won’t finish out his first term in office due to unfitness ‘Something is … Read more

Fauci then denounces the "inflammatory statements" about him and U.S. funding in Wuhan as beneath him: "I'm a scientist and my job…is to be a scientist and a public health official. I certainly don't like how all of this has turned out to be so contentious." pic.twitter.com/lNEVN1n2K2 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 23, 2021  

Retail buyers went all in buying this dip. If market only goes up why not? Some volumes here 🚀 pic.twitter.com/zBMQ1iyGAa — Menthor Q (@MenthorQpro) July 24, 2021 https://twitter.com/farrisbaba/status/1418730318899597317 $VIX $VXX don't care about this rally in $SPX pic.twitter.com/sS9c5FbakD — Jim Carroll (@vixologist) July 23, 2021 China's credit drain [https://t.co/lTRuz6KUlO] pic.twitter.com/qqI6RRSCq9 — NoviceTrader (@ElliottGamma) July 23, … Read more

Half of Australia’s population is currently under stay at home orders with strict lockdowns in 3 states. Meanwhile, in Milwaukee.. pic.twitter.com/PXX28VIUGj — Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) July 22, 2021

For those wondering where on the #TamarakFire this occurred. Here’s a map showing Division O where our crew was deployed. — Nate (@TheCornTrooper) July 22, 2021