The $9 trillion of Chinese local government bonds that helped drag the rest of the world out of the 2008 financial crisis are a growing risk this time around.

China’s Murky Debt Corner Faces Funding Squeeze (Bloomberg) — The $9 trillion of Chinese local government bonds that helped drag the rest of the world out of the 2008 financial crisis are a growing risk this time around. The bonds funded an economic boom in China more than a decade …

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The Obama Presidency Was Destructive In So Many Ways

The Long, Destructive Shadow of Obama’s Russia Doctrine: A series of bad decisions during the Obama years prepared the ground for Vladimir Putin’s war. In an interview with Times Radio in May, Richard Dearlove, the former head of Britain’s MI6, observed that “the policy that [U.S. President Barack] Obama followed in 2014, when there …

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The long-awaited rebound in investment banking has yet to materialize, making for a disappointing quarter.

by scott_jr Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser: “The long-awaited rebound in investment banking has yet to materialize, making for a disappointing quarter.” ​ Trading, which was stronger earlier in the year, also turned weaker. Citigroup’s revenue from that business fell 13%. JPMorgan’s revenue associated with trading equities and fixed income also …

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Tucker Carlson responds to “There’s coke in the White House!”

‘Tucker Carlson proceeds to give one of the funniest two-minute monologues ever.’ Audience: "There's coke in the White House!" Tucker Carlson proceeds to give one of the funniest two-minute monologues ever. pic.twitter.com/5s75vI298Q — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) July 16, 2023 BREAKING: The Secret Service declined to interview 500 suspects in …

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Kamala just dropped a truth bomb…

Kamala just said that “reducing population” is a goal of the climate change movement They aren’t hiding it anymore YOU are the carbon they want to eliminate True evil pic.twitter.com/SZOaM9cAz2 — DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) July 14, 2023

Leftist cries out in pain as crews attempt to remove their hands from runway after using epoxy to cement themselves to it

The leftists who glued their hands to runways, ruining the trips of families who work hard all year, discover that they may lose lose their fingers from the process of removing them from the epoxy. I could watch this for hours, heartbroken, of course. pic.twitter.com/UB22LgIWnd — James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) July …

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European Political Changes Coming by Fall

Dutch PM Rutte: OUT NETHERLANDS- BREAKING. The Man who tried to destroy farming is OUT! Rutte confirms he won’t stand again. Globalists 0 – 1 The people Now watch the WEF, Schwab is looking for a replacement. Will Blair and Rutte fight it out? https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1678323766290415617 UK Defence Minister: OUT BREAKING: …

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Economic Strength and Recessions

by sterk1984 I see so many articles, comments etc. proclaiming that it’s obvious that we aren’t going into a recession because the economy is doing so well and the unemployment rate is so low. Don’t recessions usually happen at the END of economic cycles when the FED puts the brakes …

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The hope that oil demand will decrease as the world transitions to clean energy is built on a lot of hype and wishful thinking.

via Julianne Geiger: Oil demand’s future is rosier than the common narrative would have you believe, according to a report released today by Energy Outlook Advisors. According to energy analyst and the report’s author Anas Alhajji, the hope that oil demand will decrease as the world transitions to clean energy …

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Israel PM Netanyahu rushed to the hospital after briefly losing consciousness

🚨🚨🇮🇱Israeli prime Minister Netanyahu rushed to the hospital. pic.twitter.com/ZlWQ1J28PY — Terror Alarm (@Terror_Alarm) July 15, 2023 Update: Netanyahu walked into the ER under his own power. His doctor, Zvi Berkowitz, says he is "in good condition and stable." A similar thing happened on the evening of Yom Kippur, ostensibly following …

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