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by confoundedinterest17 One possible definition of an asset bubble is … when Elon Musk tweets about something and its price drops by 8.2%. (Bloomberg) — Bitcoin gave up all its gains from weekend trading as analysts questioned whether the cryptocurrency is overheated. (Bticoin) Prices dropped as much as 8.2% during the European session, falling back to around … Read more
Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Trump activist, was shot in the neck at close range, apparently by a law enforcement officer, and died of the wound. That was the only shot fired at the Capitol that day. The liberal commentator Glenn Greenwald further diminishes the ‘armed insurrection’ meme in an important column titled ‘The False and Exaggerated … Read more
by Shaun Richards So far 2021 has been a rather unsettling one for central bankers. There have been two main drivers of this. One is the rise and rise of Bitcoin which I note saw new highs over the weekend. But today’s subject is something that sends a deeper chill down their spine. Whilst we … Read more
The Indiana Senate on Tuesday voted 37-8 to pass a bill that would give the government broad powers to seize assets from people suspected of “unlawful assembly,” which, under state law, is defined as “an assembly of five (5) or more persons whose common object is to commit an unlawful act, or a lawful act by unlawful means.” If that sounds … Read more
DIGI, a nonprofit industry association that represents tech giants in Australia, including Facebook, Google and Twitter, has announced that the sites have agreed to a code of practice to fight misinformation on their platforms. The group, incorporating Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Redbubble, TikTok and Twitter, has agreed, following pressure from the Australian government, to take the … Read more
Texas utility regulators will temporarily ban power companies from billing customers or disconnecting them for non-payment, after the deadly winter storm that caused widespread blackouts, Governor Greg Abbott said on Sunday. Abbott called an emergency meeting with state lawmakers on Saturday after reports of many customers receiving bills for thousands of dollars for just a … Read more
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1362922706048602112 Every politically controlled educational system will inculcate the doctrine of state supremacy sooner or later, whether as the divine right of kings, or the “will of the people” in “democracy.” Once that doctrine has been accepted, it becomes an almost superhuman task to break the stranglehold of the political power over the life of … Read more
BY JOHN RUBINO Financial history includes plenty of extreme years. That’s not surprising, since we’re emotional beings with short memories. Combine those two traits and you get cycles, many of which end with a bang. Even so, this one stands out. A full accounting of the ways in which today’s financial markets have exceeded previous bounds … Read more
Merseyside Police outside an Asda store today. “Being offensive is an offence.” Staggering. pic.twitter.com/VBeCJsDS2s — Paul Embery (@PaulEmbery) February 21, 2021 A 48 sheet poster, printed and promoted by the police, that contradicts UK law. It’s no wonder people are being harassed on the streets for eating a sandwich, when we let these away with … Read more
by Michael Snyder Even if we weren’t facing an apocalyptic future of our own making, humanity would still be doomed due to the nightmarish reproductive crisis that we are now facing. Just about every measure of human fertility that you can measure is dropping precipitously, and this is particularly true in the western world. As … Read more
by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Liberty Report Americans have clearly lost their way. The same failed ideas are being played out in all the various aspects of our lives. Fortunately, the way back is not complex, but actually very easy. Americans must (once again) discard the disastrous belief in top-down government central planning and one-size-fits-all policies. They … Read more
Spring is springing: and with it a sign that lockdown measures will start to be eased. Care home residents in England will be allowed one regular visitor from the 8th of March – and reports suggest that people could be allowed to meet each other outdoors by Easter.
Press conference h/t Tcan61
They can’t pump fuel without electricity. Truck drivers stranded, shelves will empty out as a result in other states, I’m already seeing it. There is no popcorn anywhere. Any of our other Southern state members stuck without gas other than Texas? https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Power-outages-causing-gas-stations-to-close-15957194.php https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-19/gas-stations-still-dark-as-texas-emerges-from-big-freeze https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/news/some-texas-gas-stations-run-out-of-fuel/vi-BB1dNLsa h/t chasity
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1363522279141826560 https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1363522293876461569 https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1363522310183944193 Biden Refused Abbott’s Request That He Sign Major Disaster Declarations For 177 Texas Counties After Refusing To Allow Texas Power Plants To Operate At 100% Capacity Resulting In Massive Power Outages h/t KiT
The Quad rejected Biden’s vision and even in the first meeting of the G7 leaders at the Munich Security Council, where he tried to regurgitate his rhetoric of ‘America being back,’ wasn’t well received. Watch to know more.
British surgeons have carried out the world’s first transplants in children using dead hearts that were brought back to life. Using a pioneering machine, NHS medics have been able to reanimate hearts from donors whose hearts had stopped. 14-year-old Freya Heddington first complained of shortness of breath and feeling faint in 2019. She was diagnosed … Read more
The food was taking too long to come out, and customers started to trash everything. AC
