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The Empire State Building. The Statue of Liberty. Central Park. Times Square. A horde of rats sprinting between an underground nest and a restaurant, squeaking and squealing as a group of tourists cheer them on. New York has never lacked for attractions, but that last one on the list is …
The removal of Ukraine’s minister of defense after a flurry of reports of graft and financial mismanagement in his department underscores a pivotal challenge for President Volodymyr Zelensky’s wartime leadership: stamping out the corruption that had been widespread in Ukraine for years. Official corruption was a topic that had been …
via pjmedia: Modern-day journalism has transformed into nothing more than a progressive propaganda machine, so much so that when folks who work for big mainstream media outlets like CNN actually perform their duties as real journalists it’s so shocking it actually becomes the headline for other news content creators and …
“Colleges and universities across the country are scrambling to find legal means of maintaining the levels of diversity they would like to see.” “Though barred from actively using race as a factor, they will still ‘see’ race in signifiers such as name, ZIP code and, perhaps most notable, what students say …
Tencent, others begin enforcing China’s new oversight move on apps. Mobile app stores in China run by Tencent Holdings (0700.HK), Xiaomi (1810.HK) and others have started to bar app publishers from launching new apps if they do not make all the disclosures required by authorities, documents seen by Reuters showed. …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhcPhwoOXWs Investors should fasten their belts for a volatile fall as September begins. This month is historically known as the cruelest for stocks, with data going all the way back to 1928 showing that Wall Street reports significant losses and enters into “correction mode” as soon as the autumn kicks …
Pete Buttigieg is just a symptom of a vastly larger crisis. “Make a note of how they aren’t ‘advocating for a complete erasure of cars.’ Instead, they want the government to ‘re-direct the U.S. from relying on private motor vehicles.’ The word ‘private’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. …
Manufacturing has been in contraction for nearly a year and declining for two. Institute for Supply Management's Aug manufacturing PMI confirms sector is contracting and still signaling broader recession; new orders still falling; only 1 out of 9 manufacturing industries adding jobs; price pressures down as increasing number of firms …
by 2201992 Biden has requested 12 billion. Any aid package is required to start in congress. Specifically the House of Representatives which is controlled by Republicans. Kevin will need to call for a vote on a bill for Hawaii. Email and call your reps to get their asses working on …
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-04/jpmorgan-s-matejka-says-us-stock-market-complacency-is-worrying?srnd=premium#xj4y7vzkg Note: this is why i am currently seeking cheap valued resilient dividend yielding european stocks. h/t gewur33
via usatoday: One of the most telling moments came in a congressional hearing in February when I warned of the dangers of repeating the abuses of prior periods like the Red Scare, when censorship and blacklisting were the norm. In response, Rep. Dan Goldman, D-New York, invoked Oliver Wendell Holmes’ view that …
Every country should pay its sovereign debt. Default, we are told, is not an option. But has anyone told China? The United States pays interest on approximately $850 billion in debt held by the People’s Republic of China. China, however, is currently in default on its sovereign debt held by …
https://twitter.com/_/status/1698690792204726717 All eyes are now on what could potentially be a Major flooding event for the Decentralized Administration of Thessaly and Central Greece. All models suggest very high rain totals through Thursday. Some areas could get up to 500 mm of rain in just 48 hours. Very concerning. pic.twitter.com/MFTM663I2p — …
The Mother Of Freudian Slips
1. Ta’kiya Young was shot while trying to run over a cop2. There is no evidence race is a factor3. Nobody ever said Black Lives *Don't* Matter4. BLM is a grifter organization that has scammed donors out of millions5. BLM pulls this every time the Dems need a race distraction …
“The most incredible part about housing affordability? How much worse it is outside of the US. In New Zealand, it costs 250% more to buy than rent. In Canada, it costs 230% more to buy than rent. In Australia, it costs 150% more to buy than rent. In the UK, …
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-08-30/explainer-what-to-know-about-the-new-covid-19-booster-shots-planned-for-fall h/t CFP
https://twitter.com/SleepLess_eth/status/1698865457942421976
View post on imgur.com Justin Trudeau has a 2% chance of winning the next election. That is still too high. pic.twitter.com/Cn7hoJWcZK — Keean Bexte (@TheRealKeean) September 4, 2023 Not sure where the poling data is from but it looks promising. h/t Google_It
via Mike Shedlock: Trump and Biden both tried to cut off China’s supply of advanced microchips. So China is now producing its own. Please consider New Phone Sparks Worry China Has Found a Way Around U.S. Sanctions. As Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was visiting China earlier this week, a sea-green Chinese …
"The average worker should feel as if he has been ripped off — and he has," says GMO's Co-founder Jeremy Grantham on wage stagnation in the US. pic.twitter.com/l6IQD64Nuh — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 4, 2023
⚡️Erdogan said he had extensively discussed the grain deal with Putin, “it played a huge role in preventing a food crisis” pic.twitter.com/IiSRU0xOuz — War Monitor (@WarMonitors) September 4, 2023 Erdogan:Only 6% of ships loaded with grain were destined for African countries, so Russia has every right to be angry. pic.twitter.com/c3OgexD2N5 …
via reuters: Thousands of Burning Man attendees readied to make their “exodus” on Monday as the counter-culture arts festival in the Nevada desert ends in a sea of drying mud instead of a party around its flaming effigy namesake. Rain over the weekend turned the once hard-packed ground to pudding. …
Is the US in recession already like Germany? Latest jobs numbers weren't encouraging at all (even before revisions). In fact, that weakness is starting to look like other significant data suggesting more than possible contraction. HAPPY LABOR DAY? pic.twitter.com/ijCik2ZYb2 — Jeffrey P. Snider (@JeffSnider_EDU) September 4, 2023 Staggering figures reveal …
An organization under the financial umbrella of outspoken billionaire George Soros is mounting a brazen bid to implement a perilous cap on free speech in America’s digital public square. Today, the battle lines are being drawn with Common Cause, a group bankrolled by Soros, gleefully trumpeting its success in nurturing …
Property taxes, insurance, and general home upkeep are not included and for many are more than the mortgage itself. And those costs absolutely increase over time. h/t TonyLiberty
Tech stocks have now seen their longest streak of inflows since September 2021. Year-to-date, tech funds have seen a total of $34 billion of inflows. To put this in perspective, the second largest category is consumer funds with just $4 billion. Meanwhile, just 5 tech stocks… pic.twitter.com/xFHxJcR8Du — The Kobeissi …
Americans owe nearly $2T in student debt! 😮 Is a college education still worth it? pic.twitter.com/o2ntanoV1b — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) September 3, 2023
