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Biden’ Kiev Junta has been engaged in a punitive war of genocide against the Donbass since 2014. Putin is both morally and legally justified in disarming the unjust aggressors in Kiev: https://twitter.com/heyhelloirene/status/1524855757279313936 h/t OldCatfish

  In an interview with Kai Ryssdal on Marketpleace.org Jerome Powell said at the five minute, forty second mark there will be 50 basis points increases and the Fed will do ‘more’ if needed to get inflation under control. Kai prodded him to admit 75 basis points might be the ‘more’ he was talking about to get … Read more

by TheHappyHawaiian CPI from the BLS says that rents are up 5% over the last 12 months, but that’s not even close to reflecting the rents shown elsewhere. We all know this though, ask anyone about their rent and you’ll get some anecdotes saying 2-5%, but you’ll get a lot more saying 15-30%. The chart … Read more

The price of the Terra (LUNA) cryptocurrency has fallen by more than 99 per cent, wiping out the fortunes of crypto investors. Terra, which ranked among the top 10 most valuable cryptocurrencies, dropped below $1 on Wednesday, having peaked close to $120 last month. Other coins also appear to be in trouble amid a market-wide … Read more

TikTok has a new feature that tells you who’s viewed your profile. To enable Profile View History, open your TikTok profile and tap the eye icon in the top-right corner. While you have Profile View History on, other people will see when you visit their profile too. TikTok has hundreds of millions of users, with … Read more

More than 90,000 civil servants are likely to lose their jobs in an attempt by Boris Johnson to find money to ease the cost of living crisis. The prime minister is understood to have tasked the cabinet with cutting staff by a fifth, telling them every bit of cash saved on government spending could be … Read more

The multi-day severe weather threat across the Plains escalated on Thursday, with thunderstorms delivering powerful winds and massive hailstones across the region a day after a meteorologist was killed in a crash during a preceding storm. The extreme weather event has been declared a Derecho, a long-lived thunderstorm complex that is sometimes called an “inland … Read more

The updated Netflix Culture memo also includes a new section called “Artistic Expression,” explaining that the streamer will not “censor specific artists or voices” even if employees consider the content “harmful,” and bluntly states, “If you’d find it hard to support our content breadth, Netflix may not be the best place for you.”   The … Read more

by Chris Black Something not noted in the article but gives it huge context – this record 108,000 overdose deaths in 2021 comes despite the fact that nearly every first responder – police, EMT, firefighter – carries Narcan which can stop an overdose in its tracks. So those years in the 2010s when we had … Read more

by Chris Black Wow, that escalated quickly. Elon vows to buy Twitter, make it a “free speech” platform (will never happen), promises to reinstate the Donald’s account, and now this: “Even though I think a less divisive candidate would be better in 2024, I still think Trump should be restored to Twitter.”https://t.co/0XcauApuOS — The Washington … Read more

by Chris Black Twitter shares are bouncing back after Musk clarified that he is “still committed to the acquisition”. Still committed to acquisition — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 13, 2022 Oh come on. I’m sure the dozens of shell companies Musk uses to manipulate the futures market in the companies he is involved in, didn’t … Read more

by Chris Black https://t.co/GfHVWiA91q — Planet Today (@PlanetTodayNews) May 13, 2022 Here’s the deal: Most of those ships were forced to turn back and return to China. The window to sell the inventory this year blew by. The companies just wrote the orders off as a loss to reduce their taxes. Once that happens, they … Read more

by Violated_Norm  

The Biden administration has proposed amendments to World Health Organization regulations that would give the U.N. agency’s director-general unilateral authority to declare a health emergency in the United States. The International Health Regulations amendments will be subject to votes at the upcoming annual meeting of the WHO’s governing legislative body, the World Health Assembly, May … Read more

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem and very often makes the problem worse.”—Milton Friedman You’ve been flagged as a threat. Before long, every household in America will be similarly flagged and assigned a threat score. Without having ever knowingly committed a … Read more