Open AI goes begging for $30 billion from UAE and Blackrock — $1.4 trillion valuation is delusional.

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OpenAI is discussing a financing round of at least $30 billion with investors including BlackRock and several United Arab Emirates investment funds, potentially lifting the ChatGPT developer’s valuation to about $1.4 trillion, according to Bloomberg. The UAE investors, including Abu Dhabi-based MGX, are considering forming a syndicate that could contribute up to $10 billion, Bloomberg … Read more

Brazil runoff holds. France students hit the street. A lab death is still unconfirmed.

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Bolsonaro gets endorsements from two former rivals before runoff https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolsonaro-wins-endorsements-rightwing-rivals-brazil-election-runoff-2026-10-05/ Flávio Bolsonaro picked up endorsements from Ronaldo Caiado and Romeu Zema, who together received about 2.45% of the first-round vote. That gives him an immediate bloc of additional political support heading into October 25. Brazil’s stock market jumps 7.7% to record high after Bolsonaro leads … Read more

Everything will start in Europe and then come here. Just look at France this weekend.

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Everything will start in Europe and then come here. Just look at France this weekend. The whole world is a giant powder keg right now. The panic is growing regarding diesel and jet fuel. ⛽️ pic.twitter.com/FNCiCgkcyi — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 6, 2026 DALIO WARNS CHINA AND JAPAN COULD PULL BACK FROM TREASURIES Ray Dalio … Read more

Largest denaturalization effort in U.S. history — 40 criminals just lost citizenship. U.S. revokes citizenship of two spies for China.

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Justice Department Moves to Strip Citizenship from 40 Criminals in Largest Single-Period Filing Under the Trump Administration The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed denaturalization actions in multiple U.S. district courts against 40 individuals accused of serious offenses, including acting as an agent for a foreign government, committing voluntary manslaughter, and aggravated … Read more

France is now paying the biggest premium over Germany to borrow since the 2012 euro crisis.

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France is now paying the biggest premium over Germany to borrow since the 2012 euro crisis. Decades of deficits finally caught up. The bond market prices the balance sheet, not the promises, and it has decided France is a credit risk. The French-German 10-year spread blew out to… pic.twitter.com/RTgjgCCjqt — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) … Read more

El-Sayed is lying about the time and the figures, but as he lies about pretty much everything, that’s no surprise.

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In Canada, with its single payer system, anyone who needs quick treatment and has money goes to the US. El-Sayed is lying about the time and the figures, but as he lies about pretty much everything, that's no surprise. pic.twitter.com/cisRWSimrS — Richard Klagsbrun (@ThisStrangePara) October 6, 2026 False, I made an appointment last week to … Read more

70% of divorces are initiated by women; that jumps to 90% for college educated women

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Michael Rosenfeld, a sociologist at Stanford University, found that women initiated 69% of all divorces, compared to 31% for men, using data from the How Couples Meet and Stay Together survey. Among college-educated women, that figure climbs to about 90%. At the same time, researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics estimate that 78% … Read more

DON’T PANIC! The Russian Plague Story Is Meant To Scare You featuring Dr. Robert Malone – Redacted [VIDEO]

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A strange story unfolded in Russia after a 28-year-old employee of an anti-plague research institute in Siberia died from what was described as pneumonia of unknown origin. This event triggered international headlines suggesting a pneumonic plague outbreak, mass quarantines, and a potential lab leak. However, Russian health authorities stated that testing did not identify any … Read more

Americans Are Spending More Because Everything Costs More

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by Martin Armstrong Economists keep pointing to consumer spending as proof that the American economy remains strong. Americans spent 0.9% more in August, and naturally this is being celebrated as the resilient American consumer. But real disposable income did not increase AT ALL, while the personal savings rate fell to just 4.1%. Americans are spending … Read more

Crypto Super PAC starts throwing around millions to House candidates — here’s the list.

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The full list of candidates the group is backing is below: Republicans Ben Cline, VA-06 Troy Downing, MT-02 Tom Emmer, MN-06 Michelle Fischbach, MN-07 Scott Fitzgerald, WI-05 Mike Haridopolos, FL-08 Pat Harrigan, NC-10 French Hill, AR-02 Bill Huizenga, MI-04 Brian Jack, GA-03 Frank Lucas, OK-03 Lisa McClain, MI-09 August Pfluger, TX-11 Guy Reschenthaler, PA-14 David … Read more

America’s Wile E. Coyote Moment

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via Matthew Piepenburg When it comes to contextualizing the tech, bond, gold and policy headlines of Q4 2026, it’s easier to foresee their pathway ahead by first looking backwards. Once understood, we mathematically realize that our problems are not in the future, they are right now. The 1970s  Ah, the 1970s. It was an era of bellbottom … Read more

Japan wants to build a ring of solar panels around the Moon to power the Earth forever

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Japan is planning to wrap the Moon in solar panels and power Earth forever. It's called the Luna Ring, and the Shimizu Corporation is the company behind it. Picture a belt of solar panels stretching about 11,000 km around the Moon's equator. Some stretch of that ring is always… pic.twitter.com/ZSGKErJgg3 — Papa Hemingway✝️✡️ 🇺🇸 (@PopHemingway) … Read more

Yemen’s government says it took the Bab al-Mandab back.

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Saudi-backed Yemeni forces said they pushed the Houthis off the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The Presidential Leadership Council launched a wider drive to retake Houthi ground, including a push toward Sanaa. Saudi coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki pledged full support until the Houthis are “eliminated.” The Houthis had claimed a hit on Aramco in Riyadh. Riyadh called … Read more

Margin debt has gone parabolic while leveraged ETFs, swaps and 0DTE options pile on more risk

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Margin debt has gone parabolic even though leveraged ETFs have gained market share. This excludes swaps, 0dtes, and other forms of excess. The Kospi bubble collapsed in 72 hours when the parabola broke down. Risk always happens fast. pic.twitter.com/wn0NLbmI1Z — Kashyap Sriram (@kashyap286) October 5, 2026 Global air pax traffic growth by region. Look out … Read more