[CNN] A major recession is coming, Deutsche Bank warns

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/26/economy/inflation-recession-economy-deutsche-bank/index.html “We regard it…as highly likely that the Fed will have to step on the brakes even more firmly, and a deep recession will be needed to bring inflation to heel,” Deutsche Bank economists wrote in its report with the ominous title, “Why the coming recession will be worse than expected.” If inflation does stay … Read more

Northern Ireland faces loss of 1 million sheep and cattle to meet climate targets!

Northern Ireland will need to lose more than 1 million sheep and cattle to meet its new legally binding climate emissions targets, according to an industry-commissioned analysis seen by the Guardian. The large-scale reduction in farm animals comes after the passing of the ​​jurisdiction’s first ever climate act, requiring the farming sector to reach net-zero … Read more

Doom Porn and Empty Optimism

by Charles Hugh-Smith If we can’t discern the difference between doom-porn and investing in self-reliance, then solutions will continue to be out of reach. I’m often accused of calling 783 of the last two bubble pops (or was it 789? Forgive the imprecision). Like many others who have publicly explored the notion that the status quo … Read more

Amish Farmer Faces $250K Fine, Jail Time And Losing His Sustainable Farm For Processing His Own Meat

Amos Miller’s private food club members say they don’t want their grass-fed meat treated with the chemical preservatives required by all USDA-approved processing plants Amos Miller says he is being persecuted by the federal government for practicing his religious freedom to raise and prepare food the way he believes God intended food to be raised … Read more

META/Facebook Claims to Have Had a Great Quarter

by Chris Black Unlike Google and Netflix, the Zucc seems to know what he’s doing lately. Facebook Soars After Reporting Solid User Growth Despite Revenue Miss And Weak Guidance https://t.co/bLSkfuIaPp — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 27, 2022 Solid user growth basically means they turned all the banned accounts back on. I don’t know many young ones … Read more

[WSJ] Facebook Parent Meta Expected to Post Slowest Revenue Growth Since IPO

https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-platforms-facebook-fb-q1-earnings-report-2022-11651022191 Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is expected to post its slowest revenue growth on record as the company navigates growing competition for users and privacy headwinds in its advertising business. Meta’s stock price was battered in February when it posted quarterly results that showed a sharper-than-expected decline in profit, a gloomy revenue outlook and … Read more

“History made!” as first burger is purchased with ApeCoin. spoiler: it’s just like using a credit card except you pay a $10 gas fee.

Vids or it didn’t happen 🔥 History made with the first ever ApeCoin purchase at the Bored & Hungry grand opening 🦍🪙 🎥: @frensHouse#BAYC #apecoin #crypto #nft #nftcommunity pic.twitter.com/vhV7F7bcRQ — Bored & Hungry | Home of America's Best Burger (@BorednHungry) April 19, 2022 h/t synthpop

The Trouble For Big Tech Stocks In Two Charts

by jessefelder This month (so far) has been the worst for the Nasdaq since the stock market was in the throes of the Great Financial Crisis back in 2008. And it shouldn’t be hard to understand what is plaguing the Big Tech stocks that make up the bulk of this index. In addition to capital flows, macro economic trends, risk … Read more

EU oil ban announcement in days!

“I’m told by EU diplomats involved in negotiations that an EU ban on Russian oil (most likely a phased-out one) could be introduced next week. The European Commission says it’s consulting with the US and the G7 group of the world’s wealthiest nations before making an announcement. The aim is that the bloc’s oil sanctions … Read more

Did twitter employees commit crimes and/or election interference? Is there more to Elon acquiring twitter?

by AC It is astonishing how severe the suppression of free thought was during the #TwitterDarkDays. Now I get tens of thousands of likes per tweet, and gained over 50,000 followers just yesterday alone. Hard to imagine the effect of this level of suppression on the 2020 election. — James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) April 27, 2022 … Read more

Department of Homeland Security is standing up a new Disinformation Governance Board to coordinate countering misinformation

The board will be called the “Disinformation Governance Board, and will be headed by executive director Nina Jankowicz. Jankowicz was previously a disinformation fellow at the Wilson Center, and had advised the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry as part of the Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship Jankowicz has previously said that she was concerned that Twitter had determined … Read more

Google reports big miss on YouTube numbers, RumbleVideo continues to gain momentum experiencing the “greatest quarter that [they’ve] ever seen”

🚨 As Google reports a big miss on YouTube numbers, @RumbleVideo is continuing to gain momentum experiencing the "greatest quarter that [they've] ever seen." And now, they're helping President Trump's platform, Truth Social, join the fight against Big-Tech censorship 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/nRXkTThv8v — Tea Party Patriots (@TPPatriots) April 27, 2022 h/t JosephCraft