Mayor of DC calls for National Guard to assist with illegal immigrants.

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BREAKING: DC @MayorBowser requests @DCNationalGuard activated indefinitely to help migrant busses arriving in DC. Calling it a “humanitarian crisis” that has reached a “tipping point” with 4,000 migrants so far. Requesting DC Armory be used as processing center. @nbcwashington — Mark Segraves (@SegravesNBC4) July 28, 2022 “Not in my backyard” – Mayor Bowser DC Mayor … Read more

Chicago Mayor Lightfoot refusing to pay speeding, red light tickets as they pile up: report

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Multiple police-driven vehicles used to transport Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot have reportedly racked up multiple traffic tickets that have gone unpaid despite the mayor’s advocacy for stricter speed cameras in the city. The mayor’s office responded to the report in a statement Tuesday. Two of the SUVs used to shuttle Lightfoot throughout Chicago have accumulated three speed … Read more

Gas Levy Could Triple Household Heating Bills In Germany

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By Charles Kennedy Germany plans to introduce a levy for all its gas consumers beginning in October as the government looks to avoid a wave of collapsing gas-importing and gas-trading companies amid record-high natural gas prices, a new bill seen by Reuters showed on Thursday. Russia is further reducing flows via Nord Stream this week, to just 20% … Read more

BEWARE! The FBI is now raiding the safe deposit boxes of perfectly innocent Americans and seizing contents.

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First, the FBI raided a private business to seize safe deposit boxes and assets belonging to hundreds of people who were not suspected of having committed any crimes. Now, prosecutors are trying to keep the public in the dark about why the brazen forfeiture effort was undertaken in the first place—and are offering little justification … Read more

Now ‘Squad’ claims guns marketed using ‘white supremacy’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cites tattoo in ad to support contention

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Members of “The Squad,” a group of left-wing members of the House of Representatives, accused firearms manufacturers of using white supremacy in the marketing of firearms Wednesday. Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts made the claims during a hearing of the House Oversight and Reform Committee targeting the marketing … Read more

HOW CANCEL CULTURE BOOSTS THE POWERFUL — AT EVERYONE ELSE’S EXPENSE.

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When Washington Post reporter David Weigel retweeted a joke in early June, he probably didn’t expect to be suspended without pay for a month, or for it to lead to a newsroom blowup culminating in another reporter’s firing and a very public black eye for the Post. Comedian Dave Chappelle probably didn’t expect to have his show at First … Read more

Wikipedia Experts hard at work to redefine a word ‘Recession’

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by laflammaster https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recession&offset=&limit=100&action=history Caption: I wonder why so many edits https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recession&offset=&limit=100&action=history Caption: Something happened on 25th… Past: 2 quarters of negative growth (GDP) Now: Subjective metrics – not just GDP, nothing clearly defined.

“Those Who Play With Fire Eventually Get Burned”: Xi Tells Biden On Taiwan

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‘China’s President Xi Jinping warned Joe Biden ‘those who play with fire will get burned’ during a two-hour call Thursday morning amid rising tensions over Taiwan, according to Chinese state media. The fifth call between the world leaders since President Biden took office comes amid simmering tensions and a potential impending visit to Taiwan from … Read more

Here’s an extremely illuminating episode on how liberal corporate media works.

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Kim became extremely popular among Rising viewers. She developed a loyal audience size vastly larger than what 95% of employees of large liberal media corporations have. That's because she does what they won't: questions rather than slavishly parrots official orthodoxy. — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 28, 2022 Yesterday, Kim announced she had left Rising, in … Read more

It’s all just for show…

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Everyone is sitting around for 20 minutes without masks, then they're told to put them on for the camera. It's all just for show. pic.twitter.com/6hiXX8qAQJ — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) July 28, 2022

EU Members Urge Citizens To Reduce Energy Consumption

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By ZeroHedge Peak winter season is looming, and Europe is racing to fill its gas inventories. European Union lawmakers are beginning to prepare the public for the potential of a complete cutoff of Russian gas. Germany and other EU member states are urging citizens to reduce energy consumption ahead of winter. European Union policymakers have … Read more

There Won’t Be Any Winners Because The Status Quo Is Corrupt Everywhere

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by Charles Hugh-Smith Systemic corruption on this vast scale optimizes failure and collapse. Debating which nations will “win” as the global economy unravels is a popular but pointless parlor game. Since the status quo in every nation is deeply, profoundly, systemically corrupt, there won’t be any “winners,” there will only be losers. Apologists love to say … Read more

What Recession? We’re Beautiful Baby!

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by Chris Black All that has mattered for over a decade is how much free cash The Fed has funnelled to banks, and how many shares corporations can buy back. AAPL repurchased $22BN in stock in fiscal Q3. — zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 28, 2022 The real economy never recovered after 2008 and has continued to … Read more