Import prices jumped nearly 11% in the past year. Consumer sentiment is absolutely terrible due to inflation

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 Import prices jumped nearly 11% in the past year, helping to fuel U.S. inflation Over the past year, overall import prices have climbed 10.9%. Export prices jumped 3% in February — the largest on record — and are up 16.6% in the past year. Retail sales rose 0.3% in February (not adjusted for inflation), big … Read more

If these are representative of our ‘educated’ class, we’re doomed.

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As I watch this and cringe, I see mainstream journalists who are soft, uneducated about the realities of war, and ignorantly and carelessly promoting WW III. If these are representative of our 'educated' class, we're doomed. #Ukraine #WWIII https://t.co/V8NUHodlyn — Chris Martenson (@chrismartenson) March 16, 2022 Julian Assange: "Populations dont like wars…and have to be … Read more

Russia is about to default on $150 billion

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The government says that all debt will be serviced, though it will happen in rubles as long as sanctions — imposed because of the war — don’t allow dollar settlements. Failure to pay, or paying in local currency instead of dollars, would start the clock ticking on a potential wave of defaults on about $150 … Read more

Eli Lilly Halts Sales Of All Non-Essential Drugs In Russia.. including its blockbuster erectile dysfunction drug, Cialis.

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Here’s one deprivation the Russian people probably weren’t expecting. American drugmaker Eli Lilly has decided to halt export of all non-essential drugs to Russia, including its blockbuster erectile dysfunction drug, Cialis. The drugmaker told the FT that while it would continue to supply drugs for life-threatening illnesses, it will suspend all marketing, drug trials and investment in … Read more

BIDENFLATION: ‘We have a problem’: $800 rent hikes squeezing metro Phoenix tenants.

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Kathleen Black is facing a 50% rent increase on the older three-bedroom central Scottsdale apartment she shares with her four kids and father. “My apartment’s management is upping my rent by $800 a month,” said Black, who moved from Goodyear to Scottsdale in 2020 after a divorce so her children could go to school with their … Read more

Did Pfizer hide adverse reactions?

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Did Pfizer hide adverse reactions? Dr. Ryan Cole: "If an authorization from a legal point of view is obtained through fraud, then the liability protections these pharmaceutical companies are granted through the CARES Act by Common law, those protections go away." pic.twitter.com/5GEL7gMAAn — Dr. Simone Gold (@drsimonegold) March 15, 2022

Congress Gives Itself Double-Digit Raise, While Americans Struggle to Make Ends Meet

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Amid economic turmoil for the American people, their representatives in Washington gave their offices a double-digit raise this month even as the average American worker finds their real wages decreasing due to inflation that outpaces wages at new. If you missed Congress giving itself a little pat on the back, that’s understandable — members aren’t … Read more

India and Saudi Arabia Implementing Non-Dollar Trade with Russia

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by Chris Black This is kind of eerie as it happens so fast, but everything is by design if you ask me. https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1503728487840063491 📢 India is reportedly considering buying Russian crude oil in rupees and rubles rather than the US dollar. https://t.co/dRkqy3gRmE — Lotus Eaters News (@lotuseatersnews) March 15, 2022 This entire game is based … Read more

Mossad Operatives Targeted by Iran Missile Strike

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by Chris Black This hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard ordered a ballistic missile attack on a Mossad facility in Kurdish held Iraqi territory. There were numerous casualties, including some high ranking Israeli officers. Safe to say the US and Israel are pretty spooked. #EXCLUSIVE: IRGC strike on Mossad base in … Read more

Barclay’s Suspended VXX ETN Share Creation – Implications and Trades?

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by dreadnought89 Yesterday Barclay’s announced that they are suspending any further sales from inventory/issuance of VXX shares. This is the ETN that holds the front two months of /VX VIX futures contracts. Since the announcement, VXX has become decoupled from the VX futures prices, and is trading at a massive premium over NAV. VXX implied volatility … Read more

Ukrainian Journalist Broke Biolabs Story 1 Year Ago

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by Chris Black Why was it buried? Video is no longer available on Youtube but a copy sits here.  https://t.me/kremlinprachka/17776 ^Russian only Official briefing on the existence of these biolabs is here https://t.me/inessas100/376 Other notable work on this subject is by Dilyana Gaytandzhieva http://dilyana.bg/  & George Webb https://substack.com/profile/60060898-george-webb  

Think EU Central Banks are paying attn? The Fed? And they are going to tighten into this?

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Think EU Central Banks are paying attn? The Fed?And they are going to tighten into this?BTW These numbers are worse than before the Pandemic.@DiMartinoBooth @paranoidbull https://t.co/6SCVGnOXia pic.twitter.com/OrpRha599n — Markets-like people-should be free-TQN-👑 (@TechQn) March 15, 2022 #recession … #GFC2 #Eurozone #GDP edition https://t.co/HBmg8E1WMl — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) March 15, 2022 https://twitter.com/leadlagreport/status/1503746594872741891 Wall Street Mood Turns … Read more

Mitt Romney’s “Treason” Smear of Tulsi Gabbard is False and Noxious, But Now Typifies U.S. Discourse

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The Founders limited "treason" in the Constitution due to concerns it would be abused to criminalize dissent: what is now routine. Neocons weaponized it during the War on Terror. It was the dominant theme of the Trump years. The war in Ukraine has brought it to all new levels. — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 15, … Read more