by Simon Black In the autumn of 1362, on the banks of Syniukha River in eastern Europe, General Algirdas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was about to do something that would have been unthinkable only a few decades before. …
by dreddie27 SWIFT Ban Means the Fed May Need to Be Ready With Dollars – Bloomberg The decision to exclude various Russian lenders from the SWIFT messaging system could result in missed payments and giant overdrafts within the international banking system and …
There has been a growing trend of Democratic politicians switching parties. In the last year, particularly, there have been numerous party switches throughout the U.S. Take Harriet Holman for example. Holman is a Democratic council member in Dorchester County, South …
Americans normally are happiest when the economy is growing rapidly. The unusual nature of today’s recovery has upended that pattern. Last year was the best year for job growth on record. Workers are commanding solid wage gains. Booming home and …
Authored by Michael Maharrey via SchiffGold.com, Are we heading toward housing crisis 2.0? That remains to be seen. Two things are for certain. The is a massive housing bubble. And the Fed is holding the pin. The bubble in the …
by confoundedinterest17 In August 1979, when Paul Volcker became chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, the annual average inflation rate in the United States was 11%. Inflation peaked in 1980 at 14.6%. Volcker raised the federal funds rate from 11.2% in 1979 …
“Based on interviews of more than 40 individuals and a review of over 100,000 texts and emails, the investigation found violations of Company policies, including CNN’s News Standards and Practices, by Jeff Zucker, Allison Gollust, and Chris Cuomo,” the memo …
And Don Lemons assault case moves forward. Allison Gollust, the CNN executive in a relationship with former network head Jeff Zucker, has resigned after an investigation found the duo – along with Chris Cuomo – violated company policies, according to …
By Graham Summers, MBA The Russia distraction appears to be over. The markets are enjoying a relief bounce. Enjoy it while it lasts. The bigger issue for investors today is the fact that the markets are experiencing the first coordinated …
Biden’s decision — reportedly coordinated with Turkey but reached without consulting Israel, Greece or Cyprus, the main countries involved in the project — undercuts three of the strongest American allies in the Mediterranean region. EastMed’s cancellation — variously described as …
This person (identifies as genderqueer with they/them pronouns, his kinks are animal sexuality and 'gay uncle' BDSM) is now in charge of overseeing America's nuclear power plants. This is how empires end. Not with a bang, but with whatever the …
In a speech on Monday, the first lady acknowledged that her signature legislative initiative is “no longer” in the Democrats’ spending bill. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/us/politics/jill-biden-free-community-college.html
Today was my first time experiencing the frozen door handle of doom. @elonmusk can we add an option to open the door from the app? pic.twitter.com/t8eBWnWFZD — Matt Smith (@MatchasmMatt) February 5, 2022 h/t Justthefacts12345
by Michael Snyder Hordes of local pharmacies are shutting down in major cities all over the nation, and it isn’t because of the economy. Sadly, because shoplifting has become so rampant in places such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco …
On Sunday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) pushed for the federal government to allocate $1.5 billion to fund new gun control actions by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). The New York Post reported that Schumer wants to …
Politifact has further proven that the entire “fact checking” industry that has sprouted up in recent years is little more than a shill factory promoting the interests of the establishment. In this latest episode, Politifact sought to “fact check” a …
by The Phoenix The bounce hit as I had expected, but I must be honest… things got pretty hairy there for a few hours on Monday. The issue now is where do we go from here? Stocks are still in deep …
by Chris Black Normal people have been retreating from participating in school, the education profession and government. This is the result. “The concept that schools have a right to be running secret, don’t-tell-your-parents clubs … & actively coaching children how …
A fire in the Bronx choked an apartment building with thick black smoke, killing 17 people, many of them children. That was on the ninth day of January, a Sunday — the same day a teenage cashier at a Burger …
#China cut another policy rate for first time in nearly two years, 10-year govt #bond yield hit lowest since May 2020 https://t.co/DYg9krsWrT — YUAN TALKS (@YuanTalks) January 24, 2022
by laflammaster https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h8/current/default.htm Looks like they are trying to approach the market like the apes. Trying to form diamond hands out of shit in their hands. Problem: Those securities were pumped by the Fed.
Federal appeals court rules California pandemic gun store shutdowns violated Constitution A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that two California counties that shut down gun stores as nonessential businesses in 2020 due to the scamdemic violated the Constitution’s Second …
by the_tourniquet https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/nysearca/2022/34-94006.pdf https://twitter.com/Bitfinexed/status/1484203855298629643
Biden’s dark winter is approaching. Energy prices + labor shortages + government printing of trillions in money are driving inflation. Global supply chains previously strained by shutdowns are now reaching a breaking point. Vax mandates create labor shortages reducing …
It is predicted that the costs of AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and other processors will rise by between 10 and 20 percent in the next months as the result of TSMC boosting chip prices. Taiwanese companies would have already notified customers …
Last year, aided and abetted by Democrat city and state leaders and their soft-on-crime prosecutors, crime sprees became something of a spectator sport. Viral videos showed dozens of people engaging in brazen smash and grab robberies of luxury goods in …
Customer in an Etobicoke Costco is arrested and hauled away by cops for not wearing a mask despite having a medical exemption. Allegedly one of the managers of the store is detaining the man alongside police. It's for your health. …
$AMC CEO Aron sells another 312,500 sharesSEC Edgar Link: https://t.co/2lQcBuhj6o — Special Situations 🌐 Research Newsletter (Jay) (@SpecialSitsNews) January 12, 2022
After Another Great Year for Stocks, Peril Lingers After a remarkably fruitful year in which the stock market shook off rising inflation and coronavirus cases, 2022 began with a decline. It may be the first in a series of …
BY JOHN RUBINO The most common retirement plan involves making some reasonable investment-return assumptions and then structuring your annual spending to run your nest egg down to zero at age 90 or thereabouts. Ideally, you spend your last dollar on the …