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by Michael The terrorists that shoot people and blow things up aren’t the real threat. We can handle the small scale stuff. What we should really be concerned about are the terrorists that are thinking much bigger. If terrorists cook up a highly contagious disease in a lab and release it in multiple U.S. cities, …
The AI money loop is creating a surge in valuations that feels unstoppable, but it hides enormous risk. Nvidia’s investments into OpenAI, Oracle’s GPU purchases, and OpenAI’s massive capacity orders keep pumping cash around in a cycle that inflates stock prices far faster than real-world growth. Each transaction looks like progress, but the system depends …
The illusion of financial stability has cracked, and the system is exposed, wobbling under weight it can no longer carry. Gold is racing toward $3,800, silver has pushed past $44, and every tick in the metals market screams alarm. Investors are running for cover, and the frenzy has nothing to do with optimism or growth. …
VIX +10%, QQQ +4%, market bubble like nothing seen before. Never seen $VIX climb +10% over a 10-day stretch while $QQQ climbed 4% at the same time. Divergences like this might pop up for a day or two, but not for this long and not into new ATHs. Today feels like the biggest bubble I’ve …
The walls are closing in, and most people are too busy scrolling to see it happen. All across Europe the internet is being reshaped, not by new ideas or better technology, but by censorship that no longer asks for permission. What started as a narrow strike against Russian media has turned into a wide net …
The skies over Northern Europe feel unsettled, and the silence from defense ministries sounds more like fear than control. On September 22, Copenhagen’s Kastrup airport shut down completely after large drones circled the runways, grounding flights and diverting planes into smaller airfields across Denmark and southern Sweden. Almost at the same hour, soldiers in Oslo …
The numbers are falling and with every poll, confidence across the country is bleeding away. Inside the White House, the quiet grows heavier, as if no one wants to admit what everyone already sees. Donald Trump’s job approval has dropped to 37 percent and his rating on the economy sits at 34 percent according to …
The U.S. job market is unraveling quietly while most people cling to the hope of a rebound that has already failed, and the numbers now reveal an economy slowing far faster than anyone wants to admit, leaving millions of workers stuck in jobs they cannot leave while millions more struggle to find work at all. …
Britain has stepped into something far larger than a symbolic vote at the United Nations, because when Keir Starmer recognized Palestine, he opened the door for Mahmoud Abbas to revive a demand that carries a number almost too big to grasp, £2 trillion, equal to the size of the entire British economy, and presented it …
This is true. Capital rotation to safe havens. More bullish traction inbound. How you can make money from this risk off narration; – understand that price will self-correct. – then position yourselves and buy the dips. Gold price will reach $4,000/oz in near term — Tender Market Research (@Tradebeta2) September 22, 2025 #Gold trending higher …
Do you think this signals real confidence or just FOMO buying? Sell to retail and crash the market afterwards? Gen Z needs less Avocado Dubai chocolate! pic.twitter.com/ZRdUGW1WAC — Yessy (@iJesseee) September 22, 2025 "Global equity valuations are elevated" -Goldman Sachs pic.twitter.com/zW4R49L8a2 — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) September 22, 2025 https://twitter.com/DarioCpx/status/1969222325309497349 Once you see it, you cannot …
Two things shown in this chart.1. Poor people getting poorer.2. Unprofitable datacenters getting…unprofitabler.#AiMania https://t.co/RFe9ukQGAf — Nobody Special (@JG_Nuke) September 21, 2025 pic.twitter.com/EEXeqZLRFg — Nobody Special (@JG_Nuke) September 21, 2025 Trump certainly hasn't helped any of these things, and has made some of them worse. But everything you just listed was a problem either caused, ignored, …
Erika Kirk forgives the killer of Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson. “Father, forgive them, for they not know what they do.” “That young man. I forgive him.” Trump apologizes to Charlie Kirk's widow after refusing her call to forgive her husband's alleged assassin https://t.co/pe1nGLEZex — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) September 22, 2025 President Donald Trump apologized to …
Europe is moving faster than anyone can keep up. Governments from Hungary to the Netherlands are attacking Antifa like it is the enemy of the state. After Charlie Kirk’s killing, they turned a single event into a cross-border campaign. Protest, speech, resistance, all of it is now dangerous in their eyes. They are not chasing …
France is on the edge and everyone is pretending it is not. Debt is rising faster than the government can admit, deficits are stuck above 5 percent of GDP through 2027, and the debt-to-GDP ratio is on track to hit 121 percent by that same year https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/fitch-downgrades-france-to-a-outlook-stable-12-09-2025 . That number does not just warn of …
by Michael We sure have seen a lot of really crazy things happen so far this year. But in the minds of most Americans, there is one crisis that far outweighs everything else. As I have been documenting for years, our standard of living has been collapsing as the cost of living has risen must …
I love listening to Elon. When he’s asked a question in any format (Interview, podcast, etc) he takes as long as he needs to formulate the honest response.He has no canned responses, he carefully considers the question and processes his reply. — Matty Ky (@IMUR_Huckleberi) September 21, 2025 Charlie was murdered by the Dark for …
The flags went up. The leaders gave their speeches. The cameras rolled. Then the blood came. Hours after the UK, Canada, and Australia announced they were recognizing Palestine, a man walked into a wedding in New Hampshire and started shooting. He yelled “Free Palestine” as he killed one guest and wounded three more. That was …
Here’s what it comes down to. The Murdochs and Trump’s people are moving in to own TikTok. Elon Musk already has Twitter. Zuckerberg does whatever helps him the most, no matter who is in charge. Bari Weiss is lined up to run CBS News. ABC caves the second anyone pushes back. MSNBC looks like it …
“Achieving these results required additional incentives, resulting in a reduced average sales price of $383,000, and our gross margin drifted down to 17.5%, while our SG&A expenses came in at 8.2%, reflecting the soft market conditions.” Source: https://newsroom.lennar.com/2025-09-18-Lennar-Reports-Third-Quarter-2025-Results “The average sales price for new homes dropped to $389,000, an 8.7% decline year-over-year, and a striking …
via TopFinanceTakes Chart’s showing QQQ sitting around 45-50 net options sentiment lately -neither hugely bullish nor bearish. Feels like the market’s a little unsure where to lean right now. Price is making all-time highs, but option flow hasn’t fully caught up. Kind of a “waiting for the next spark” vibe. Chart: Prospero.ai A few of the …
Tricolor Auto Holdings just blew up, and the fallout is spreading fast. What was once a quiet giant in subprime car lending has collapsed into Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Cars are gone, loans are unpaid, and billions in debt are floating in the system with nowhere to land. But the real danger isn’t the bankruptcy itself, …
Russia is making a move. A defector says they have a plan to strike Poland before Christmas. It is not meant to start World War III. It is meant to shake NATO, test the alliance, and cause confusion. At the same time, Russia launched its biggest air attack on Ukraine since the war started. They …
🚨 NOW: The true scope of the crowd for Charlie Kirk in Arizona — WOW. Original estimates of 100K bumped to up to *300,000.* This is going to be one of the most remembered days in modern US history. 🇺🇸 🎥 @realdukedenman pic.twitter.com/r4gT1mnVHI — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 21, 2025 https://twitter.com/US_Bandit4547/status/1969805833962672454 🚨 BOOM! STACKED speaker …
The global aviation system just showed how fragile it really is. Over one weekend, two major airport networks broke down at the same time. In Europe, a cyberattack took out automated boarding systems across multiple airports, hitting Heathrow, Brussels, and Berlin hard. In Texas, a collapse of fiber optic cables and contractor errors shut down …
This is a major problem. pic.twitter.com/ySUbrgtEhV — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) September 21, 2025 Companies that import, wholesale, or sell products are paying higher costs upfront, and that money has to come from somewhere. Many businesses are absorbing those extra costs, which shrinks their profits and leaves less room to invest or grow. With margins under …
If you want to know why Elon hates the left it is because they trooned his son. This is probably the sole reason. — LetsBeFriends (@Badopinions4) September 20, 2025 "I lost my Son, they call it dead naming for a reason, so my Son, Xavier is dead. Killed by the woke mind virus. I vowed …
Banks are not raising savings rates to match the Fed, leaving ordinary savers with no safe way to earn returns. This forces investors into stocks to chase yield, inflating demand and prices. The market is behaving unnaturally and unsustainably, which means that when it breaks, the fallout could be severe and widespread. The bull market …
The lights are still on, but keeping them that way is getting expensive fast. No one in charge wants to admit how bad it has become. Electricity in the average U.S. city now costs 18 cents per kilowatt-hour. That is a 35 percent increase in five years. Prices are rising faster than wages, faster than …
Radicalization is happening right now. One post, one comment, or one viral outrage can set off the next shooting, and our society has no way to stop it before someone dies. "The alleged gunman, a former health policy analyst for the California Indian Health Board, posted on X the day before the shooting, seemingly wishing …