SUPERB – every green dot on world map is a radio station – click on any to listen

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This is the COOLEST. A Google Earth-type representation of the planet. Every green dot is a radio station. Click any dot to listen in. It’s like cultural teleportation. You could spend hours with this thing… http://radio.garden/ This is the COOLEST. A Google Earth-type representation of the planet. Every green dot is a radio station. Click … Read more

Technically Speaking: Howard Marks On Speculative Manias

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by Lance Roberts  One of my favorite investing legends is Oaktree Management’s Howard Marks. His investing wisdom and in-depth knowledge of investor psychology and market dynamics are unparalleled. Given the “speculative mania” we continue to watch in the market, I thought a review of some of his previous thoughts is appropriate. Over the weekend, I re-read … Read more

They have a point-Frustration expressed over images of downtown Houston lit up during major winter power outage

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“HOUSTON – While the temperatures dropped on a bitterly cold Monday night, frustration rose with residents asking why the lights inside office buildings in downtown Houston were still on as so many homes and apartments remain without electricity. Here’s what Houstonians are saying on social media: More at link: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/02/16/frustration-expressed-over-images-of-downtown-houston-lit-up-during-major-winter-power-outage/ Ok so we lowered our … Read more

Ranked: The World’s Least Affordable Cities to Buy a Home

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by visualcapitalist The Briefing For the 10th year in a row, Hong Kong is the world’s least affordable housing market The U.S. is home to a mixture of the most and least affordable housing markets Ranked: The World’s Least Affordable Cities to Buy a Home In certain parts of the world, housing prices have risen much faster than household incomes, … Read more

SEVERE TEXAS DOOM: 4 Million Texans Without Power Amid Grid Collapse, As Second Storm Nears

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Texas braces for water & cell service outages as massive blackout leaves MILLIONS freezing in the dark ahead of 2nd snow storm Cities across Texas are preparing for widespread outages in cell phone and water services as the state continues to be pounded by a ferocious winter storm, which has already left millions without electricity. … Read more

TEXAS SUFFERS MAJOR ELECTRIC GRID BLACKOUTS: You Can Blame Frozen Wind Turbines For That One

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by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco Report The frigid cold air has been blamed for record electric consumption, forcing rolling Blackouts across Texas.  However, the major culprit may not be due to the record electricity demand, but rather, frozen wind turbines.  While it’s true that Texans are using record electricity to keep warm during record cold temperatures, half … Read more

WE KNOW THAT “RENEWABLES” IS INSANITY: Texas frozen wind power – outages ensue, electricity now at unheard of $9000 per megawatt-hour.

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via wattsupwiththat: There’s a saying in the lone star state “Don’t Mess with Texas” which actually started out as an anti-littering campaign but has become sort of a slogan for the rugged, no-nonsense way of life that people have there. Now with dead wind turbines littering the state, the focus on deploying unreliable renewable energy in the name … Read more

MicroStrategy Is Selling $600 Million In Bonds To “Acquire Additional Bitcoins”

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With Bitcoin surpassing $50,000 for the first time this morning, Business intelligence and mobile software firm MicroStrategy has announced it intends to sell bonds and use the net proceeds to “acquire additional bitcoins.” In the last few weeks, MicroStrategy has been adding more bitcoin to its reserves (here and here most recently), and today unveiled plans to offer $600 million … Read more

Landmark proposals to strengthen free speech at UK universities

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Tougher legal measures to strengthen free speech and academic freedom at universities in England have been announced by the Education Secretary today (16 February), to stamp out unlawful ‘silencing’ on campuses. Following an increasing number of cases of individuals being silenced, the Education Secretary has warned of a ‘chilling effect’ where students and staff feel … Read more

Bullard not thinking about tapering. Bitcoin $1MM it is then, thanks

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Companies buying #Bitcoin: "They don't know how else to mitigate risk."@elerianm talks inflation fears, Fed expectations, and the timing mismatch between public/official sector $BTC adoption. "It's part of the distortion of financial markets that we're seeing more generally." pic.twitter.com/eJiqOkAQjK — Julia Chatterley (@chattwithjulia) February 15, 2021 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1361667318393233412 Fed's Bullard: There Is No Reason To Get Ahead … Read more

FOMO has moved into the riskiest of corporate debt… Have we topped?

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FOMO has moved into the riskiest of corporate debt https://t.co/HCgMEapUcE — Ian Smith (@iankmsmith) February 15, 2021 https://twitter.com/adrianboucek/status/1361010350787866625 https://twitter.com/MFHoz/status/1361033249737371650 Buffett has been buying Japan for 20 years, been killing him that long. Below, rising line BRK>SPX, falling line BRK<SPX. Buffett has underperformed the SPX the last 25 years. Only Buffett can be this bad, a … Read more