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Don’t eat fake meat. They are trying to kill us! 😳 https://t.co/mYFUz1icSB — Diesel (@traderdiesel) February 22, 2023

US natural gas prices, whoa 😮 pic.twitter.com/8wUVzmYktd — Sean Callow (@seandcallow) February 22, 2023 Natural Gas sells at the same price it did in 1990. Not inflation-adjusted, the same price. That's like something in 1980 selling for 1947 prices. pic.twitter.com/rkRYjl6FmD — Bob Hyneman (@BobhynemanUSA) February 18, 2023 This is also around the 1980 price level. … Read more

https://twitter.com/_/status/1628179728505925635 https://twitter.com/_/status/1628182068504014850 h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal

“A paper in Scientific American caught my attention. In July of last year it was shown that SARS-CoV-2 travels incognito from cell to cell via nanotubes. I have kept this in the back of my mind. The recent discovery that the Spike remodels actin (see previous post on platelets and actin remodelling) brought this paper … Read more

Daniel Werfel, who is likely to be the next IRS commissioner, made the commitment during his congressional testimony on Wednesday after Stanford University published a study claiming that black taxpayers are disproportionately hit with audits. As with every other law or policy that supposedly “disproportionately impacts communities of color” (ie. rules meant to keep everyone … Read more

Amazon tech workers are urging CEO Andy Jassy to reconsider a new return-to-work mandate. Employees created an internal petition and Slack channel to share their grievances. Jassy said Friday the company would require corporate staffers to be in the office at least three days a week beginning May 1. A group of Amazon employees is … Read more

Families of young girls threatened or attacked by illegals, and local communities worried for the safety of their children are 'far-right neofascists?' — Tess Summers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇪 (@tesssummers98) February 22, 2023 Top mandarin omits illegal migration from list of Home Office prioritiesLists priorities as "to expand global talent visa routes, help victims of the Windrush scandal"These … Read more

by Shaun Richards Over the weekend  just gone a rather familiar issue has reared its head. Gabriel Makhlouf, governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, has defended Ireland’s world-beating economic growth against accusations that it is an artificial product of big US companies taking advantage of Dublin’s low taxes. Mr Makhlouf told The Financial Times … Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — When Joan Van is sick, she doesn’t get paid. The East St. Louis-area restaurant server and single mother of three said she works doubles to make up the money when she or one of her children gets sick. “You can’t let your kids see you break down because you’re tired and exhausted, … Read more

https://twitter.com/PhilipSoos/status/1628180794329137152 But… but I was told that the economy is strong as hell.

Embattled CNN This Morning anchor Don Lemon will return to the show Wednesday, CNN CEO Chris Licht told staff in a memo Monday night. Licht added that Lemon, who has stepped away from the news network’s nascent morning show amid controversy over his comments about Nikki Haley, will participate in formal training before his return, … Read more

via uncoverdc: NewsGuard is a self-appointed misinformation watchdog. It seems to be just one more way Americans are not allowed to think for themselves. Co-CEOs Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz claim it is the “librarian for the internet.” Set up specifically to rate online journalistic integrity, Brill states NewsGuard provides services that “explain to people something … Read more

Coming to a supermarket near you… vai skynews: Asda and Morrisons are imposing limits on some of the fruit and vegetables customers can buy due to supply shortages. Asda is temporarily limiting the purchase of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, salad bags, broccoli, cauliflower and raspberries to three of each item per customer. “Like other supermarkets, … Read more

Good Golly! 1yr US Treasury bill is currently yielding >5% There IS an alternative to stocks now Do you think the 1yr UST yield will be higher than the CPI rate this year? If so, when? And will that happen more b/c yields rise further from here, or b/c the CPI drops? pic.twitter.com/CdPNilePrZ — Adam … Read more

CAMDEN, N.J. — The federal government is planning to allow states to use Medicaid funds to provide drugs to combat addiction and other medical services for people at state jails and prisons in an effort to help some of those most at risk of dying in the nation’s overdose epidemic. Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of … Read more

Republicans erupted in loud and sustained protests when President Joe Biden claimed during his Feb. 7 State of the Union (SOTU) address that they planned to cut Medicare and Social Security benefits for the elderly. “Some of my Republican friends want to take the economy hostage unless I agree to their economic plans. All of … Read more