AI stack reveals hidden costs at every level. VC funding props up $nvda, OpenAI, and app makers

Your $200 AI app secretly throws money at everyone else before reaching OpenAI. Unless you as a user are miraculously comfortable paying $1k for the AI app The only thing propping up AI is VC funding No VC funding:The AI application layer is unprofitableThe LLM layer is unprofitableThe compute layer is unprofitableThe GPu layer is …

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DC Police Have Been LYING About Drop In Violent Crime!

Washington DC’s highly touted 25–28% drop in violent crime is highly dubious, seeing as how murder stats are up while officials claim overall violence is down. Citing an NBC4 Washington report and a headline about a suspended DC police commander, Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss police-union allegations that police supervisors reclassified shootings, stabbings, …

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Treasury confirms no new bitcoin purchases and plans to hold $15-$20 billion while seizing more

Strategic bitcoin reserve turns out to be more like a digital paperweight. TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT SAYS THE U.S. WILL **NOT** BE BUYING ANY BITCOIN THEY WILL HOLD THE $15-$20 BILLION IN BITCOIN THEY ALREADY HAVE AND CONFISCATE MORE WEIRD, BECAUSE I WAS PROMISED A STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE MAKES SENSE WHY BO HINES RESIGNED NOW, …

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Meme stock frenzy grips Gen Z with 62% seeking financial advice on social media instead of advisors

62% of Gen Z now use social media as a primary source for financial advice over traditional financial advisors. https://www.pymnts.com/consumer-finance/2024/79percent-of-millennials-and-gen-z-turn-to-social-media-for-financial-advice/ “Platforms like TikTok have become central to this shift, capturing the attention of 62% of Generation Z, who now view it as a valuable resource for financial knowledge.”  

Okay: bubble

Explain this. *Forward earnings: SPY vs Air Freight & Logistics pic.twitter.com/Aaep4OGKOg — Samantha LaDuc (@SamanthaLaDuc) August 14, 2025 Stagflation is here. God help us all. — The Great Martis (@great_martis) August 14, 2025 Are we going into a really crazy recession? Stock market ATHCrypto ATH Private companies ATH Deficit ATH Household debt ATH Stock buybacks …

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DOJ trial attorney loses job after sandwich attack on federal agent in downtown DC

WATCH: A DOJ employee has been fired and charged with a felony after throwing a sandwich at a federal officer during a confrontation in downtown D.C., according to Attorney General Pam Bondi. pic.twitter.com/HqDBdsWhxf — Outnumbered (@OutnumberedFNC) August 14, 2025 WASHINGTON — His career is toast. A DC man who hurled a Subway sandwich at a …

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SURPRISE! MSNBC SUPPORTS Trump’s DC Police Takeover!

A recent segment on MSNBC revealed that even some Democrats and media figures who worked for Joe Biden are privately supporting Donald Trump’s plan to take over Washington, DC’s police department, despite publicly opposing him. In particular, hosts Joe Scarborough and Chris Matthews acknowledged that rising murder rates make Democrats vulnerable to accusations of defending …

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Volkswagen locks horsepower behind subscription and one-time fee.

Volkswagen’s ID.3 is advertised with 168 horsepower, but you actually get 148 horsepower unless you pay extra. “The configurator lists the ID.3 Pure with 170kW (168bhp), but the fine print says it’s electronically limited to 148bhp unless you pay.” https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/367566/forget-netflix-volkswagen-locks-horsepower-behind-paid-subscription The boost comes from software, not hardware. No range improvement, just more torque for rent. …

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Q: What’s your takeaway from the PPI inflation report? Top Trump economic advisor replies, “Sir, I… come on, you’re violating the rule here.”

Q: What's your takeaway from the PPI inflation report? Top Trump economic advisor: Sir, I… come on. You're violating the rule here pic.twitter.com/J7aiJYl9IH — FactPost (@factpostnews) August 14, 2025 “Now our inflation is down to a perfect number. Hardly any at all. Yet our country is taking in tens of billions — trillions of dollars …

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway shows a new stake in UnitedHealth Group. Apple trimmed, T-Mobile dumped

Berkshire Hathaway now owns 5.04 million shares of UnitedHealth Group, worth $1.57 billion as of June 30. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/berkshire-invests-in-unitedhealth-trims-apple-stake/ar-AA1KxN2n and, another one MICHAEL BURRY ADDS $115M OF $UNH pic.twitter.com/69BNEvrdXX — amit (@amitisinvesting) August 14, 2025 The position was built quietly over two quarters. “Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a new stake in troubled insurer UnitedHealth after …

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‘F–k That’: Hunter Biden Crassly Shrugs Off Melania Trump’s $1B Lawsuit Threat Over Epstein Remarks

Hunter Biden crassly brushed aside first lady Melania Trump’s threat to sue him for $1 billion if he doesn’t retract “false” and “defamatory” comments linking her to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. “F–k that. That’s not going to happen,” Biden said with an arrogant smile during an interview on the YouTube show “Channel 5 with Andrew …

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Trump spending like covid

The U.S. government’s gross national debt has officially climbed past $37 trillion. In January 2020, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that gross federal debt would not surpass $37 trillion until after fiscal year 2030 Trump spending like covid pic.twitter.com/CtFdlbpwNp — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) August 14, 2025

The most absurd number in CPI?

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35 Retailers Collapsing Right In Front Of Our Eyes

Your local Walmart could be gone tomorrow. That Walgreens down the street? Shuttered. The grocery store where you’ve shopped for years? Permanently closed. This isn’t some doomsday prediction. It’s happening right now across America. Over 3,000 major retail stores are shutting down permanently in 2025. Pharmacies, grocery chains, department stores, fast food giants – they’re …

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Facial recognition used across UK despite court ruling it unlawful and no legal oversight

Ten live facial recognition vans will be deployed – but human rights groups argue the tech is “dangerous and discriminatory”. The police’s use of facial recognition technology is to be significantly expanded in an attempt to catch more offenders, ministers have announced. Under the plans, 10 live facial recognition (LFR) vans will be used by …

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