Inflation rears its head in central and eastern Europe

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Money printing coming home to roost. Poland has been trigger happy with profligate government spending for a decade now. They spend massively on "social programmes" which are various direct cash hangouts to the people. How could you not eventually get inflation like this? — Matt đŸ‡ŹđŸ‡§đŸ‡”đŸ‡±đŸ‡șđŸ‡žđŸ‡šđŸ‡© (@MattStirner) April 21, 2022

Karl Denninger Makes the Case that What NATO is Doing With Regards to Russia is Illegal: “NATO Is Invalid And The Nations In It Deserve What They Get

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NATO Is Invalid And The Nations In It Deserve What They Get [Comments enabled] Everyone wishes to argue “Article 5” of the NATO treaty, which is the mutual-defense pact. You get attacked and we all get attacked. Ok. What does Article I say? The Parties undertake, as set forth in the Charter of the United … Read more

It’s official: Wimbledon announces all tennis players from Russia and Belarus – including those who have publicly condemned the war – will be banned from competing. Includes numerous top players.

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REUTERS: Wimbledon, the world's most prestigious tennis tournament, to bar all Russian players They originally said they'd ban Russians unless they denounce Putin. Instead, they're banning all Russians, including those who bravely denounced the war:https://t.co/yZqZ99VpTg — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 20, 2022 "Wimbledon’s Decision to Ban Russian and Belarusian Players Is Indefensible" Good article by … Read more

Tennessee passes bill requiring drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a parent

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The Tennessee legislature passed a bill Wednesday that would require drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a parent and are convicted of vehicular homicide due to intoxication. The legislation passed through the Tennessee Senate on Wednesday following an amendment to rename the bill after the two daughters of state police officer Nicholas … Read more

Musk to explore potential tender offer for Twitter, has $46.5B in committed financing for deal

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Elon Musk is exploring whether to commence a tender offer for Twitter, according to a new securities filing. In an updated filing published Thursday, Musk said that given the lack of response from Twitter’s board, he is now exploring a tender offer to purchase some or all shares of the company directly from its stockholders. … Read more

Fed Finally Decided To Crash Stocks Today? Fed’s Powell: “It Is Appropriate To Be Moving A Little More Quickly On Interest Rates”

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FED'S POWELL: IT IS APPROPRIATE TO BE MOVING A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY ON INTEREST RATES || 50 BPS HIKES ARE ON THE TABLE, PARTIC FOR MAY MEETING — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) April 21, 2022 Is today the day the Biden Fed finally crashes stonks — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 21, 2022 I was just having lunch … Read more

The most busted name in news: CNN+ ‘is to be shut down by Warner Bros Discovery’ after just 150,000 people signed up. they put 250 million into developing it. The CFO resigned. Failed after just 21 days.

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JUST IN: CNN+ shutting down April 30th. Reminder, they put 250 million into developing it. The CFO resigned. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) April 21, 2022 JUST IN – WarnerBros Discovery terminates CNN+ streaming service at the end of this month, failed after just 21 days. — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 21, 2022 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1517183390591733761 Warner Bros. Discovery is … Read more

Influencer with same name as ‘Libs of TikTok’ user blames Taylor Lorenz for cyberbullying

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Taylor Lorenz was blasted by an Instagram influencer who said she was being cyberbullied because she has the same name as the operator of the right-leaning Twitter account “Libs of TikTok” who was allegedly “doxxed” by the Washington Post reporter on Tuesday. Chaya Raichik, a stay-at-home mother of two children living in the United Kingdom, bears the … Read more

WE’VE DESCENDED INTO SOME SORT OF BIZARRE HELL-WORLD IN WHICH JACK DORSEY IS A VOICE OF SANITY:

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Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Claims He Witnessed Incident Where CNN Tried To Falsify News. “Idan’s tweet stemmed from an earlier remark that Dorsey made on the platform when he called out CNN’s Brian Stelter and a columnist for The Washington Post on Monday over a tweet that took aim at Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Dorsey … Read more

Is this chart of bitcoin transactions per day really correct? If so, then this whole thing is a joke…

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by smart_hedonism This is a chart of the number of bitcoin transactions per day from 2010. There’s been no significant change in the number of transactions per day since 2017! https://imgur.com/a/uJywc6v Is this chart really correct? It’s taken from here https://www.blockchain.com/charts/n-transactions All these claims about the increasing adoption of bitcoin, comparisons to the growth of the internet etc … Read more

Over 95% of the resources intended to “save” Greece ended up in the hands of national and international banks

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The documentary examines how the worldwide economic crisis of 2008 manifested in Greece. It examines how the debt repayment program, which the IMF, ECB and European Commission, which is likened to the troika, implemented on Greece and which will cause a major austerity program in the country, was implemented and the political corruption that brought … Read more