By Graham Summers, MBA The single most important rule in investing is “don’t fight the Fed.” The Fed is the single most powerful entity in the financial system. And as we discovered in 2020, there is almost no limit to its power: the Fed was able to stop the most aggressive market crash in history… … Read more
The bombshell upcoming documentary “Rigged” from Citizens United Productions reveals how Big Tech contributed hundreds of millions of dollars to a pair of non-profit organizations through CZI. The non-profits, in turn, spent the money on a Democrat-focused get-out-the-vote effort all under the guise of pandemic “election safety.” Rigged starts by recounting Big Tech’s role in the last two elections, starting with … Read more
MUSHROOMS can talk to each other and have a vocabulary of up to 50 words, fungi boffins say. And they are thought most likely to be chatting about the weather and potential dangers. They could even be letting other mushrooms know they are about and warning them off their patch. Researchers analysed patterns of electrical … Read more
It’s about being able to afford the next tanker delivery while the prices are rising. It’s also about not losing your shirt when you have full tanks of expensive gas as the prices begin to fall. (Stations make 1-2% profit on gas sales. Big price swings can destroy months of profits.) I grew up in … Read more
Breaking ranks with EU, Hungary says ready to pay for Russian gas in roubles – Reuters The rouble added nearly 2% on the day to 81.70 to the dollar. It strengthened 2.7% to trade at 89.10 versus the euro, near levels seen before Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. — Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) April … Read more
In a desperate effort to alleviate pressure at the pump that’s left Americans coping with the highest gas prices on record compounded by inflation, the Biden administration is reportedly seeking ways to import more oil from Canada. Too bad President Joe Biden spiked the Keystone XL Pipeline that was expected to bring 830,000 barrels of … Read more
The sources of President Joe Biden’s large income after he left his post as vice president have never been detailed in his tax returns. In the week prior to the presidential election, I wrote a piece that asked the question, “Where Is Hunter Biden’s Money?” It was an important question then, even more so now. … Read more
“Potentially discriminatory or inappropriate language will be flagged, along with suggestions on how to make your writing more inclusive and appropriate for your audience.” Most here probably already know better than to use Google Docs but if you needed another reason not to, then read this: https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2022/03/more-assistive-writing-suggestions-in.html Every day, this shit gets more out of … Read more
Unlike many other economies, the U.S. doesn’t respond directly to changes in short-term interest rates, Dudley said, partly because most U.S. home buyers have long-term, fixed-rate mortgages. But many U.S. households, also in contrast to other countries, have a significant amount of their wealth in equities, which makes them sensitive to financial conditions. Dudley’s call … Read more
I’m thinking they will just have him resign due to “health reasons” in the not distant future. But then, they have have the Kamala problem…..how do they deal with that. h/t FeedYourHead
An Office of Congressional Ethics complaint filed Monday shows Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., failed to properly disclose more than $885,000 in stock transactions as required by law. Suozzi did not report at least 31 stock transactions from September 2017 to June 2021 until last month, the complaint claims. The congressman’s trades “involved 9 companies that … Read more
Glenn Greenwald was a more liberal journalist if my memory serves me right. Maybe he’s more independent now. Makes a good point though. The deleted tweet I was referencing is below. There are many like these. @BrianStelter talked about liberal fears of Musk no longer censorship Twitter for them on CNN yesterday. pic.twitter.com/ySoc68A7Ip — Glenn … Read more
The EU and the euro were the first step in WEF’s global totalitarian govt. That’s clear to me now. If European countries want to survive, the EU has to end, they need their own currencies and sovereignty back. But I don’t see them admitting what a mistake they made. Germany is going to collapse. h/t … Read more
The original tweet Wow. Democrats just denied my motion to subpoena Hunter. They continue to protect him at any cost. I guess Democrats are ok with his shady business dealings. https://t.co/19jpH2kAj6 — Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) April 5, 2022 h/t Insider1183
Finally, this is now conclusive proof that the massacre in Butcha was staged in order to provide the Western mass media with a pretext, ahead of Victoria Nudelman's visit to Europe, in order to stiffenn the sanctions against Russia. Unbelievable…! https://t.co/XlXNkA0otm — 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 (@kevin_techworld) April 6, 2022 Nastya Savchyshyn – one of … Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency has cleared the release of 2.4 billion genetically-modified mosquitoes in California and Florida. The mosquitoes, created by biotech firm Oxitec, will be non-biting Aedes aegypti males engineered to only produce viable male offspring, per the company. Oxitec says the plan will reduce numbers of the invasive Aedes aegypti, which can carry diseases like Zika, yellow fever and … Read more
Americans could be in store for a major retirement overhaul with the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022, otherwise known as the Secure 2.0 bill. The proposal, which on March 29 passed the House with broad bipartisan support, comes as almost half of older workers have no retirement savings. To be sure, Secure 2.0 has yet to … Read more
The Fed's chances of pulling off a soft-landing "are very, very low," says Bill Dudley, former New York Fed President and Bloomberg Opinion Columnist https://t.co/owt2IMb5I9 pic.twitter.com/iAYI4yDyZY — BSurveillance (@bsurveillance) April 6, 2022 DEUTSCHE first big bank to forecast recession Black-Swan Funds Thrive Brainard is amongst the most dovish FOMC members. She is quoting Volcker. Let … Read more
