Photo by Vita Marija Murenaite From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group If you pay any attention to financial news (or if you’re a regular reader of my columns), you’re probably familiar with the term “bubble.” We’ve seen the 2008 housing bubble, the dot-com stock bubble, some are referring to the recent collapse in bonds as the end of a … Read more
Finland no longer receives electricity from Russia. https://twitter.com/DagnyTaggart369/status/1525396326862708737 h/t John Slow
Drinks.house.gov, 6 packs or more!!! What the F*CK is going on in DC?! They are partying while all this SHIT burns down…. Pelosi is opening a liquor store in the House where Members can buy alcohol with their taxpayer-funded MRAs. All while Americans are struggling to pay for food? Outrageous. pic.twitter.com/YPTs1M8p1e — Rep. Austin Scott (@AustinScottGA08) May 13, 2022 … Read more
by DRUMBSHIT Link to Tweet The DNC and Biden have acted like social justice warriors since day one of their supposed “fairest election in the history of elections!” win. To quote his former boss Barack Obama: “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f*ck things up.”
by worthlessreview Think about it. What does every rich person care about? The people? No. Kids? Nope, send them off to boarding school. The environment? *LOL*. They care about their pets. Crazy cat breeds, dogs smaller and smoother than my brain, exotic fish harvested by children in the Congo. Colorful fish, rare birds and hairless … Read more
I don’t usually agree with Democraps, but this guy hits the nail on the head: h/t OldCatfish
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
Sky’s Ashish Joshi has been to Blackpool where many residents have to decide between heating or eating, as the cost of living crisis continues to hit the Lancashire town. The government says it is acting to help the most vulnerable communities in areas like Blackpool. A spokesman said: “We are already tackling health disparities in … Read more
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
It is evident that fintech is here to stay. What is clear is that this is a shift and that we are headed for a more technologically advanced and sophisticated banking and financial system. Our lives are becoming connected, and technology is a key part of our lives. There are many developments in the fintech … 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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSinqkmsWkY – Food banks across America say those economic conditions are intensifying demand for their support at a time when their labor and distribution costs are climbing and donations are slowing. The problem has grown to the point where last week President Joe Biden called for a Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in September, … Read more
0:00 – 50% market correction? 2:30 – Fed monetary policy 6:00 – Biggest market risks 10:10 – Private equity 11:30 – Stock fundamentals 15:16 – Stock market outlook 17:22 – Crypto market
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
Government is not a problem-solver, but a problem multiplier. In an effort to make college “more affordable” and “more accessible,” students now live under mountains of debt. All of this credit has naturally driven up the price of going to college as well. Now government, in yet another effort to “help,” is thinking about forcing … Read more
