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Americans, world tensions are rising and an attack on US soil may be imminent. According to many, it’s only a matter of time until one of the powerful nations which are enemies of the United States takes the battle to United States soil. And with no idea of where they might attack first, patriots need …
https://twitter.com/WonderW97800751/status/1746936585822589159 h/t Uppity Me
Wow, Listen very carefully to what Ursula says here.. WEF: They’re cracking down on speech. pic.twitter.com/ssvGhTPn9t — Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) January 16, 2024 If your alarm bells aren’t going off than the problem is you. h/t Guest
Google is laying off several hundred employees in its advertising-sales team, Business Insider has learned. The search giant plans to cut hundreds of roles from its advertising-sales unit as part of a restructuring, Philipp Schindler, Google’s chief business officer, told staff Tuesday in a memo. Schindler wrote that the cuts were the result of changes …
REPLAY UPDATE: Part 1 of 2: BREAKING: Vivek Ramaswamy is on FIRE as Donald Trump welcomes him to the stage in New Hampshire in his first appearance after endorsing President Trump: "We need a Commander-in-Chief who will lead us to victory in this war." 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/fUeeBSP8Do — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 17, 2024 Part 2 …
In a bid to tackle the escalating problem of space debris, a Japan-based startup is making waves with its efforts to utilize ground-based laser beams to remove minuscule space fragments. With the exponential growth of space-related activities globally, the threat posed by space debris originating from defunct satellites and rocket bodies has prompted innovative solutions. …
So, it appears that many of the President Trump voters don’t have a liberal arts degree… We’ve been talking in the run-up to this about some of the key groups in Iowa that will be decisive, and we’re getting some readouts from the exit poll about how they’re telling our pollsters on the way in …
DAVOS, Switzerland — U.S. diplomats have been so worried about the size and intent of a Chinese delegation in Switzerland this week that they’re trying to arrange a meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken with a Swiss official while he’s in the country for the World Economic Forum. The discussion about adjusting Blinken’s schedule …
by Michael The layoffs are starting to come at a fast and furious pace now. At what point will the mainstream media finally admit that we are facing a major crisis? In recent days, I have been writing quite a bit about the alarming transition that the employment market is going through. There is a …
via oilprice: There are two key reasons why China, Russia, and the U.S. have long been scrambling to secure control over Iraq’s gas sector, and these are its massive potential size and its huge geopolitical importance. Last week’s awarding of the major build-own-operate-transfer contract to a subsidiary of Chinese flagship gas firm PetroChina to develop …
More than 8,500 people and some 6,000 vehicles participated in a major rally in the German capital, police said Thousands of tractors clogged the streets of Berlin on Monday as German farmers staged a major rally to protest against agricultural policy changes planned by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Cabinet. The government had earlier announced a reduction …
HAPPENING TODAY: Challenge to remove Donald Trump from Washington's ballot surfaces in Kitsap County READ MORE from our @HannahknowlesTV here: https://t.co/uLSTrkPv75 https://t.co/9bjAaXonU2 pic.twitter.com/L8JsdZxSPn — Steve McCarron KOMO (@SteveTVNews) January 16, 2024 KITSAP COUNTY, Wash. — A Kitsap County judge has declined to hear a case Tuesday to remove former President Donald Trump from Washington state’s …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVmMvH84DFg Technology doesn’t typically preserve it’s value, but sheer force of belief and manipulation behind Bitcoin somehow does. Blockchain is legit, but all that crypto stuff built on it isn’t. h/t EconomicConstipator ·
Optimism in the US banking industry is being threatened by a growing pile of bad loans, putting pressure on the sector’s biggest players. Bloomberg analysts say non-performing loans, or loans to debtors that haven’t made a payment in over 90 days, rose to a combined $24.4 billion in the last quarter of 2023 for JPMorgan …
Russia believes it has “lost” $300 billion in assets frozen due to sanctions, an independent Russian news outlet has reported, as a lengthy legal fight looms over the money the Biden administration reportedly wants to seize to rebuild Ukraine. However, a market analyst has told Newsweek that such a confiscation of Russian assets could mean …
“But he eliminated the PTO program, first launched in 2021, at the start of the year “to prepare for the increase in wages in 2024,” he said.” “The new California law doesn’t apply to employees at full-service chains such as Chili’s or Cheesecake Factory. Lederman, the veteran franchise consultant, agreed. He said he fully expected …
Also ruins dreams.. pic.twitter.com/uAcaUlfD9u — Webmiester (@Webmiester) January 15, 2024
Belief in the so-called “American dream” that hard work is rewarded was found to be a minority position among every demographic group polled. Two surveys released Monday provide troubling insight into Americans’ cost of living and overall faith in the country’s economic system. The first, based on Census data and information from the car shopping …
This is why they hate and fear 𝕏 We’ve rejected MSM and have turned to independent journalists to tell us the news. — FloridaMan.eth 🍊 (@votefloridaman) January 15, 2024 Thanks for citing our data. News and Media has indeed gone down -7.89% year-over-year in 2023, signaling a drop of 311.5B total visits during this period. …
Central Arkansas Issues Low Water Warning…. says current “Wheat” colored water is Safe to Drink LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Parts of Central Arkansas have been placed on a conserve water notice as winter weather puts a strain on the water supply. The City of Lonoke has been placed on a conservation order as the city runs …
Luckily, oil prices have fallen significantly from their highs. It's interesting that oil markets are not concerned about geopolitical tensions. This is offsetting some of the impact of higher shipping costs. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as this develops. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) January 16, 2024 https://twitter.com/spaghettimballs/status/1747306662032220188
SEX WORKERS "FULLY BOOKED" AT DAVOS This year's WEF meeting at Davos appears to be heading in the usual direction of drug-fuelled bung-bunga sex parties. Local escort service web site officially announced: "All local service providers are completely booked during the WEF… pic.twitter.com/l99v2KL9Pw — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 16, 2024 The 54th annual gathering of …
President Trump hammers the Fake Media Complex: "If the fake news would become real and honest news, 90% of our problems in this country would be solved." pic.twitter.com/9XMTkXIWlE — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) January 16, 2024
Wash Post: On immigration, Democrats are the ones driving polarization via washingtonpost: In the early 2010s, as tea party Republicans bitterly clashed with President Barack Obama, political scientists and pundits popularized a comforting theory to explain America’s growing partisan divide. “Asymmetric polarization” held that while it might seem as though the parties were drifting apart …
via Mike Shedlock: Trump wins Iowa easily. Results declared with only 3% of the vote in. Surprisingly, immigration, not the economy is the top concern. The above clip from the Wall Street Journal. Live Stream Trump was declared the winner with only three percent of the vote in. This is how it looks with 99% …
Empire Fed Manufacturing Survey Suffers Biggest 2-Month Collapse (Ex-COVID) In History Well, no one saw that coming… The New York Fed’s Empire State Manufacturing Survey for January crashed from -14.5 to -43.7 – the worst print in the survey’s history outside of the COVID lockdowns… Source: Bloomberg The -43.7 print was a stunning 10 standard …
Iran’s Guards attack Israel’s ‘espionage centers’ in Iraq, state media says https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-eas…024-01-15/ Jan 16 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they attacked the “espionage headquarters” of Israel in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, state media reported late on Monday, while the elite force said they also struck in Syria against the Islamic State. “Ballistic missiles were …
