Cities turn to tech to keep sewers free of fatbergs

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Swaddled in wet wipes, ensconced in congealed cooking grease and able to transform into pipe-blocking masses so hard as to require excavation equipment to dislodge, fatbergs are truly the bean-and-cheese burritos of the sewage world. They can cause havoc on a town’s bowels, achieving lengths that outspan bridges and accumulating masses that dwarf double-deckers. Fatbergs are a modern … Read more

We are already in the Great Depression.

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by garycomehomee Got pretty blackpilled while searching to see if I can buy a home. I work a white collar middle class type job in a city. Turns out the only properties I can even buy are small ghetto condos which don’t even qualify for financing and mobile homes. I remember growing up my Dad … Read more

Russian Gold Barred From World’s Largest Gold Market

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Over the past week, we first noted that amid broad economic sanctions, there were numerous Russian gold refiners on the LBMA’s “Good Delivery” list, and subsequently we said that this “begged the question as to what would the LBMA do about the large number of Russian gold refineries on the LBMA Good Delivery Lists, refiners which are embedded with … Read more

White House Says U.S. Needs to be Prepared for Long, Difficult Road Ahead, ZeroHedge: Carnage Everywhere As Market “Begins To Break

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WHITE HOUSE SAYS U.S. NEEDS TO BE PREPARED FOR LONG, DIFFICULT ROAD AHEAD — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 7, 2022 Nasdaq, Russell in bear market pic.twitter.com/3Fn9zikFtD — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 7, 2022 Wall Street Scrambles To Slash S&P 500 Price Targetshttps://t.co/Ximjwn0ORE — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 7, 2022 "The Market Is Totally Dysfunctional" – Traders Concerned Russian … Read more

Gas Prices In Europe Skyrocket Again As Supply Risks Grow :Dutch gas, which jumped as high as 64% to 335 euros a megawatt-hour — the equivalent of around $600 a barrel of oil.

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By ZeroHedge  European natural gas futures soared Monday after reports the Biden administration was considering curbs on Russian crude imports sent shock waves across commodity markets. Brent surged to $137/bbl and quickly pared gains to trade near $125/bbl around 0630 ET. The focus is European natgas futures, Dutch gas, which jumped as high as 64% to … Read more

Big Finance Cancels Russia

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by Chris Black I am sure this will never happen here. American Express: In light of Russia's ongoing, unjustified attack on the people of Ukraine, American Express is suspending all operations in Russia. Additionally, cards issued locally in Russia by Russian banks will no longer work outside of the countryhttps://t.co/jXbPDcSEjF — cliff (@atpcliff) March 7, … Read more

It Was Fun While It Lasted

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by Chris Black Say goodbye to what was left of the American economy. The 1930s will seem like boom times compared to the rest of this decade. If the country lasts until 2030, it will be a miracle. Of course that is the Davos plan. Freedom is gone and so are the sovereign nations. Replaced … Read more

No. Greedy Corporations Aren’t Causing Inflation

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By Lance Roberts  Greedy corporations are not causing inflation. Such is despite the claims of many of those on the political left that failed to understand the very basics of economic supply and demand. Here is the basic argument by those pushing for a more socialistic agenda: “Greedy corporations are causing inflation by jacking up … Read more

What If It Breaks?

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by Charles Hugh-Smith Making your entire economy a Landfill Economy dependent on the fantasy of infinite replacements and substitutions is the height of hubris and folly. Very few people ask: what if it breaks? It’s a question we can ask of a great many things: touchscreens, motherboards, tools, vehicles, supply chains and entire systems: what if it breaks? … Read more

The massive Anchor DeFi ponzi is rapidly plunging deeper into a death spiral. Deposits skyrocket while Borrows wane. They can’t reduce their 20% ponzi yield without triggering a mass exodus.

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by DontMicrowaveCats TL;DR- Anchor Protocol is one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in DeFi. They promise people who deposit UST stablecoin to their platform an eternal 20% yield. The only way they can pay this yield is through borrower interest payments and the “Yield Reserve”. The Yield Reserve is basically just the protocol’s internal fund … Read more

Uranium is poised to have an incredible 2022

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by 3STmotivatio TLDR: Uranium is setting itself up to be on the best performing investment asset classes over the coming years. There are various catalysts that are in place right now and on the horizon, with the price of uranium in my view going much higher in 2022 and beyond as the market gets tighter … Read more

The gas prices ARE Biden’s fault and by design. It literally says so, IN HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER.

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by TheRedpilling Stolen from elsewhere on Reddit: The position in Biden’s executive order clearly states that the pipeline, and any other aid to domestic oil production, creates an obstacle to ‘clean’ energy by making fuel more affordable for Americans. The democrats want gas prices high. To them, gas prices are just a sin tax. They … Read more