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“Courtesy of our friends at Incrementum AG, the following chart gives us an insightful historical perspective. Since the 1900s, we have had four notable commodity cycles. Three of them occurred during inflationary periods: the 1910s, 1940s, and 1970s. The fourth cycle took place in the early 2000s, coinciding with China’s entry into the World Trade …
Welcome to an insightful discussion on the stock market and precious metals. Join us as we explore the S&P 500 chart, dating back to 1925, and uncover potential trends and risks. Discover the impact of the Federal Reserve’s manipulation on the market and gain valuable insights into historical patterns. Brace yourself for an engaging analysis …
🚨Terror attack in Ra'anana Israel, 1 dead 19 injured:🇵🇸A terrorist from Chevron stabbed a woman, stole her car, and proceeded to ram into numerous individuals on three separate streets. This horrific incident included many children and teenagers who were heading home from… pic.twitter.com/2J2qiHsxqs — Uri Israel (@Israel2252) January 15, 2024 FOX: ‘Terror attack’ in Israel …
High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI), commonly referred to as “bird flu”, has been confirmed in mammals inhabiting South Georgia, a remote island located in the South Atlantic Ocean that is a UK territory. Bird flu confirmed in dead elephant and fur seals In October 2023, several brown skua died on Bird Island, which lies off the …
Chinese company Betavolt has announced an atomic energy battery for consumers with a touted 50-year lifespan. The Betavolt BV100 will be the first product to launch using the firm’s new atomic battery technology, constructed using a nickel-63 isotope and diamond semiconductor material. Betavolt says its nuclear battery will target aerospace, AI devices, medical, MEMS systems, …
via CNN: The vast majority of Americans across party lines are unhappy with the state of the US, a new set of polling finds. In an AP-NORC survey released Wednesday, 85% of US adults say that things in the country are headed in the wrong direction, with just 14% believing things are going in the …
BREAKING: Former President Trump’s support among national Republican primary voters has now risen to almost 70%, its highest level yet, according to a new CBS news poll. pic.twitter.com/p0hiXsLFNo — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) January 15, 2024 pay close attention folks pic.twitter.com/FQxklYd1TE — ✨C😁NSPiRACY FACTS✨ (@NXTGENMENTALITY) January 15, 2024 h/t Buzzcheeze
Chinese billionaire Chen Tianqiao, an alleged CCP member, reportedly owns 198,000 acres of Oregon timberland, the Daily Mail reports. According to the outlet, the $85 million purchase makes Tianqiao the second-largest foreign owner of American land. “The sale went through in 2015, but only became widespread knowledge on Monday after Oregon tax records unveiled one of Chen’s …
via Yahoo: The Defence Secretary is set to pledge to send 20,000 British military personnel to a major Nato exercise in eastern Europe as he warns the post-Cold War “peace dividend” is at an end. Grant Shapps will warn that “battle lines are being redrawn” as he announces the deployment of Army, Navy and RAF …
Multiple LNG vessels stranded in Persian Gulf after air strikes on Houthi rebels Qatar appears to have paused sending LNG tankers through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait after the air strikes raised regional risks. Multiple liquefied natural gas tankers were held up over the weekend… — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) January 15, 2024
California’s Public University Employees Demand ‘Equity Transformation’—And Threaten To Strike If They Don’t Get It. Professors and other employees in the California State University system are threatening to strike if system leaders refuse to provide a “desperately needed equity transformation,” which would include “limits to police power” and widespread access to “gender-inclusive restrooms.” The California …
The vestiges of an ancient forest tell the story of just how bad things are at the drought-stricken Panama Canal. A few hundred feet from the massive tankers hauling goods across the globe, gaunt tree stumps rise above the waterline. They’re all that remains of a woodland flooded more than a century ago to create …
The security agreement recently concluded between Kiev and London will guarantee Ukraine’s military support to the UK, if Russia were to attack the country, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal has said. Shmygal was referring to the security cooperation agreement that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signed with Ukraine’s President Vladimir Zelensky on Friday. The pact stipulates support …
Sounds like how people voted for McCain. Obama light says all the right things, with no political experience, who came out of nowhere. Trust @VivekGRamaswamy or not ? Watch and you decide pic.twitter.com/s76gLHylhC — 🦅 Eagle Wings 🦅 (@CRRJA5) January 13, 2024 AC
John Kerry Stepping Down as Biden’s Climate Czar. The last time I checked on Biden’s climate czar John Kerry, he looked dejected when an interviewer listed some of the falling green energy dominoes during the recent United Nations climate summit in Dubai. Now, as Kerry heads to the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland, the climate …
BREAKING 🚨: German Home Prices German Home Prices fell by 10.2% during the 3rd quarter, the largest decline ever recorded pic.twitter.com/AxFczLZ3JL — Barchart (@Barchart) January 14, 2024
A recent study from Vanguard has shown that over the past ~100 years, stocks have outperformed bonds consistently, and any extra allocation to bonds will reduce your overall returns. h/t nobjos
The collapse of men in America will be written about 20 years from now, as will the moment we become Japan. Importing millions of uneducated individuals is a small bandaid on the aggregate decline when few of them will form families. — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) January 14, 2024
Because if there’s one group of people who deserves to be in a position where the responsibility for peoples’ lives are in their hands, it’s people with severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities. h/t Qplus17
Trump called the debate between DeSantis and Haley “two people screaming at each other” 😭😂 pic.twitter.com/xkAQLX0qGg — Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) January 14, 2024 No doubt. https://t.co/Ge5tu5Eirw — Catturd ™ (@catturd2) January 15, 2024 Cringe. https://t.co/d68BB6izAs — Catturd ™ (@catturd2) January 15, 2024
via amgreatness: Let’s acknowledge once again that, as the English Prime Minister Harold Wilson once observed, a week is a long time in politics. The world is in a yeasty state at the moment. Who knows what will happen with the millions of illegal, mostly hostile, migrants that Biden has let into the country? Who …
“Zakharova ridiculed the German prediction of a war between Russia and NATO The plan published by the German tabloid “Bild” , according to which Russia could attack NATO, represents last year’s powerful horoscope for Pisces in Cancer, the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova , said ironically. I do not rule …
Iraq’s parliament has announced that it will stick to a resolution passed in January 2020, urging the Iraqi government to expel the US-led coalition forces from the country. Deputy parliament speaker Mohsen al-Mandalawi said in a parliament session a day earlier that the resolution adopted four years ago to expel coalition forces is “a fundamental …
something to think about going all electric ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/POWS8AV66F — George K (@GKtheHunter) January 12, 2024
“It is literally a prison planet.” Former Blackrock portfolio manager, Ed Dowd ( @DowdEdward ), explains why every last remnant of human freedom depends on mass resistance to CBDCs. “Once the central bank digital currency is linked to all your credit cards and bank accounts, then social controls can be implemented. If you’re a dissenter …
🚨#BREAKING: Multiple Oil tanker trucks have caught on fire with reports of large explosions taking place 📌#Epping | #NewHampshire Currently, multiple emergency personnel, along with hazmat crews, are on the scene of a massive four-alarm fire in Epping, New Hampshire. The… pic.twitter.com/QFwMvGbMQi — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) January …
