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Chamath launches new SPAC. Palantir 580x. Bitcoin $124k. IPOs +800%. Every signal says we’re closing to the peak.

Chamath’s SPAC is back. Again. “American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp.” just raised $250 million. No warrants. No rights. Only speculative heat. Founder shares vest only if the stock price jumps 50 percent. That is not discipline. That is bait. https://www.newswire.lk/2025/08/19/chamath-palihapitiya-launches-new-spac-targeting-ai-and-energy/ Sam Altman’s warning barely registers. “Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are …

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Nature In Chaos: A Massive Invasion Of Rats In California, Hordes Of Diseased Mosquitoes In Las Vegas, And “Zombie Squirrels” With Ghastly Growths That Burst Open

by Michael Why does just about everything seem to be going haywire in 2025?  In particular, the natural world has been thrown into a state of complete and utter chaos.  We are experiencing “the year of the fire” and “the year of the flood” simultaneously, and we are constantly being hammered by large earthquakes and …

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Reddit banned. Spotify gated. YouTube scanning your history. 24 U.S. states force ID uploads. Age verification isn’t about kids, it’s about control.

Reddit threads like r/stopsmoking and r/IsraelCrimes are now blocked in the UK. Spotify, dating apps, even Discord face sweeping age checks. “The rollout of the Online Safety Act has shown just how disastrous this type of regulation can be,” said Mike Stabile of the Free Speech Coalition. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/porn-censorship-is-going-to-destroy-the-entire-internet/ar-AA1KJLaS In the U.S., 24 states already demand …

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This Titanic AI-Driven Stock Market is Unsinkable!

Want to buy stock in the Titanic? Insiders are making theirs available to you quickly! by David Haggith Goldman’s Sachs of gold said today that market dips will be shallow and bought in short order and … “There aren’t a lot of negative catalysts I can think of that would derail the markets in a …

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Trump tries to end war and somehow that’s the problem

Zelensky walks into the White House with seven EU leaders at his side. Macron, Merz, Starmer, Meloni, von der Leyen, Stubb, Rutte. Trump greets them and calls it “a good day for peace.” No one mentions the Alaska summit. No one mentions the ten dead in Kharkiv that same morning. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5458704-trump-european-leaders-ukraine-russia-summit/ Putin’s terms are already …

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Rhode Island assistant attorney general Devon Flanagan arrested for trespass and resisting arrest after repeatedly telling cops she was an AG

I have a feeling she’s about to be unemployed Those women have clearly never faced any type of real struggle in their entire lives. Absolutely retarded entitled morons. — Gain of Fauci (@DschlopesIsBack) August 18, 2025 "Do you know who my friend is? Yeah, she's a lawyer." Cop: "Wow, very cool. I do not care." …

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Only 17 Percent Of Young Adults In The U.S. In The 25 To 34 Age Bracket Have Attained The 5 Major Milestones Of Adulthood

by Michael What I am about to share with you is some of the clearest evidence yet that the middle class in America is being systematically destroyed.  Young adults are forming middle class households at an extremely depressed rate, and that is because the American Dream is simply out of reach for most of them in …

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Chick-fil-A tells teens bring an adult or get out

Anyone under 17 must bring an adult. Or get out (Yahoo). That is the rule at one Ohio Chick-fil-A. No exceptions. No mercy. The Kettering location says it is about safety. A “safe and respectful environment for all guests” (Newsweek). Safety? Respect? Or control? Who decides which teens are safe enough to eat? Who decides …

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History says we’re playing with fire.

What exactly is P/B? Think of it as the market price of a company compared to its “book value,” which is basically assets minus liabilities (net worth on paper). If P/B = 5, investors are paying $5 for every $1 of assets. A simple measure, but one that reveals when markets… — StockMarket.News (@_Investinq) August …

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DOJ caves Epstein files to hit Capitol Hill Friday; Clinton Barr Maxwell subpoenaed in Epstein fallout

Finally. They are giving the records. Friday. The Justice Department. After years of lies. After years of cover-ups. Epstein’s files are coming (House Oversight). This is not a drill. Non-prosecution agreement from 2007. Epstein’s death. Maxwell’s conviction. Clinton. Barr. Maxwell. All subpoenaed. All exposed. Do you see what’s happening? Do you understand what this means? …

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85% of new cars financed average monthly payment $745

$745 per month. That is the average new car payment in 2025. Most buyers are falling behind. Auto debt is surging. And people are trapped in loans stretching six years. Six years of payments. Six years of chains (CarBuzz). Experian confirms it. $745 per month for new vehicles. $521 for used. Even with 72-month loans, …

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Massive chemical fire erupts near San Antonio airport; Hundreds forced to flee as toxic chemicals burn out of control

A huge chemical fire just broke out near the San Antonio airport. Fire officials say the blaze involves tanks of hydrochloric acid and leaking stripper fluid. That is a deadly combination that can explode or produce toxic fumes at any moment (News4SanAntonio). Over 500 gallons of chemicals are burning inside the industrial building. Evacuations are …

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95% of AI projects are failing while Wall Street rakes in profits and businesses see zero returns

95% of organizations that are pouring money into generative AI have little or nothing to show for it. That isn’t rumor. That’s MIT’s own conclusion. They say the machines can’t retain data. They can’t adapt. They can’t learn over time. So let’s stop pretending. They are not intelligent. Not artificial. Not anything. But Wall Street …

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Ukraine’s GDP is $190B. They’re pledging $100B for weapons

Ukraine’s GDP is $190 billion. The weapons deal on the table is $100 billion. That is not a defense budget, it is a buy-in. And it is not even Ukrainian money. Europe pays. U.S. contractors collect. Ukraine signs. Nobody blinks. Not Trump. Not the EU. Not Zelenskyy. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-18/ukraine-offers-100-billion-weapons-deal-to-obtain-us-security-guarantees-ft-reports The pitch is “security guarantees.” The fine …

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October huh? Just in time for the fall market shenanigans. Speculation fever hits new highs in leverage and crypto. Traders pile into 0dtes and risky bets

Businesses are eating 64% of tariffs right now. We know that. But according to Goldman, by October this will drop to only 8%, with consumers eating 67%. Nice one in @SamRo's note this morning. pic.twitter.com/vvWgG39mwS — Ryan Detrick, CMT (@RyanDetrick) August 17, 2025 Even the goat is bearish 🐐 pic.twitter.com/lIqSb7eHwv — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August …

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Decentralized so hard one company runs the show. Turns out infinite bitcoin money printer does have an off switch

So not only did $MSTR buy just $51M of Bitcoin, due to lack of demand for the preferred ATM’s, but it also looks like Saylor is lowering the 2.5x mNAV floor “when otherwise deemed advantageous” to the Company. pic.twitter.com/Scfd4VMYiA — James Chanos (@RealJimChanos) August 18, 2025 Here are both, for comparison. $MSTR pic.twitter.com/1ig7YTfvKh — James …

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Consumer Confidence is at Crisis Levels

Consumer sentiment ≠ vibes. It’s a monthly national survey that translates household feelings into a number (1966=100). It tracks how secure Americans feel about finances, the economy, and buying conditions. Since consumer spending drives ~70% of GDP, these feelings matter. — StockMarket.News (@_Investinq) August 18, 2025 The August report was brutal: • Index fell to …

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America’s housing dream collapses: More than half of homes sell below asking, rents plunge, vacancies soar, and even first-time buyers fear losing it all

Interest rates are stuck. Inventory is swelling. Buyers are gone. More than half of all homes now sell below asking. It’s the weakest housing market since 2012. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/housing-market-craters-56-homes-123114860.html Rents are falling, vacancies hitting records. National apartment rents dropped 0.8% year over year in July. The vacancy rate just hit an all-time high as the 2023 …

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The jaws of stagflation are wide open. People are starting businesses are doing it as side gigs because jobs don’t pay enough anymore for basic living?

The jaws of stagflation are wide open, per Bloomberg byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Number of new U.S. businesses soars to highest level since 2007 byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts “Most people I know starting businesses are doing it as side gigs because jobs don’t pay enough anymore for basic living. Myself included and burning at both ends.” Inflation or jobs: …

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RECORD-BREAKING interest bill hits $1 trillion as Treasury braces for $1.2 trillion year

Interest payments on the national debt hit $1.049 trillion in the first 10 months of FY2025, up 30% from the same period last year. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/12/interest-payments-on-the-national-debt-top-1-trillion-as-deficit-swells.html The Treasury confirms the government is on track to spend $1.2 trillion on interest payments for the full fiscal year ending October 2025. https://www.investopedia.com/why-interest-payments-are-blowing-up-the-federal-budget-8712197 The U.S. Treasury’s own fiscal dashboard …

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Shooter kills man inside Oklahoma hospital. Police gun down suspect

Shooter walks into Oklahoma hospital and kills a man inside. Police gun down the suspect after chaos erupts at the Enid medical center. A domestic fight ended with bullets flying through hospital halls. The hospital says “operations will continue” after the fatal shooting. Security theater collapses again. He fired at officers outside the hospital and …

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The price of meat explodes in America

Americans are breaking down, a grown woman crying because she can’t afford to live anymore “I'm wondering if anybody else is feeling like they're drowning and they can't get out. I work overtime, and I cannot get above water. I mean, I literally have no gas for next week. It was… pic.twitter.com/tS5Io7bY91 — Wall Street …

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Are You Drowning Too?: Vegetables Are Up 38.9%, Coffee is Up 25%, And Electricity Prices Are Rising Twice As Fast As Inflation

by Michael Do you feel knots in your stomach due to financial stress? If so, you certainly have lots of company. All of a sudden, everyone is talking about the cost of living and prices are rising by double-digit percentages all around us. There are so many people out there right now that feel like they are …

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Japan is in the middle of a soft default via inflation

via notayesmanseconomics: After looking at China a couple of days ago it is again time to look East to Nihon this time. We can start with the latest economic news. TOKYO — Japan’s economy grew an annualized 1.0% in the April-to-June quarter from the previous three months, according to preliminary government figures released Friday, avoiding …

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Boiled Frogs: AI Slop, Phishing, Deep-Fakes and Spam, Spam, Spam

Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, We’re frogs in a pot that’s being heated so gradually that we no longer notice the sewage is extinguishing the utility of the Web. Let’s take “Show me the incentives, and I’ll show you the outcome” and direct it on the Internet, the digital realm that is now central …

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Housing bust just hit 30 year low in demand. Lower than 2008 timeframe. And we are nowhere near the bottom.

Alarming graph of housing demand implosion to lowest point in 30 years is at 18 seconds of video. -2.7% Latest News Existing-home sales decreased by 2.7% in June. Month-over-month sales declined in the Northeast, Midwest, and South, and rose modestly in the West. Year-over-year, sales fell in the Northeast and West, while rising in the …

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Small businesses are grappling with rising healthcare costs, high swipe fees, and the growth of the subscription economy.

Small businesses in the U.S. are facing big challenges. Health insurance costs keep rising. Premiums for firms with fewer than 50 employees went from $20,236 in 2019 to $25,167 in 2024 (https://www.kff.org/report-section/ehbs-2024-section-1-cost-of-health-insurance/). The average family premium was $7,529 in 2023 (https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/dec/trends-employer-health-insurance-costs-2014-2023). Deductibles are high too, averaging $5,074 a year per employee (https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/dec/trends-employer-health-insurance-costs-2014-2023). Credit card fees …

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Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow Q3 At 2.5%, Federal Government STILL Spending Like Crazy (Inflation Still Going On)

by confoundedinterest17 The Trump economy continues to boom. The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow forecast model shows real GDP growing at 2.5%. The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the third quarter of 2025 is 2.5 percent on August 7, unchanged from August 5 after rounding. After this morning’s wholesale trade report …

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