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A major Chinese shadow bank has filed for bankruptcy on the grounds it was unable to pay its debts. On Friday, a Beijing court accepted the application from Zhongzhi Enterprise Group (ZEG), which has lent billions to real estate firms. Chinese officials launched an investigation into “suspected illegal crimes” against the firm in November. It …
by Dampish10 There can be no assurance that Steward will successfully execute its plans or that the Company will recover all of its deferred rent and loans outstanding to Steward. As a result, MPT cannot be assured that Steward will make all scheduled lease payments throughout the remaining approximate 22-year fully extended term of its master …
🚨🚨🚨 The criminal law firm representing Burisma, the Ukraine gas giant paying Hunter Biden millions, just registered as a Foreign Agent for its work in 2016. This proves once and for all Hunter Biden violated FARA. The firm was trying to prevent an investigation from the… pic.twitter.com/V7sRcmqabV — Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) January 5, 2024 …
Maersk just announced it will continue to divert from the Red Sea for the foreseeable future. Inflation is back baby! Well this didn’t last long Danish Maersk announced all its ships will be taking the route around Africa and will stop entirely navigating through the Red Sea https://t.co/s8sb7x2k9n — Hussein of the south (@EyesOnSouth1) January …
Totally out of touch. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen declared Friday the US economy had achieved a long-sought soft landing, a historically unusual event in which high inflation is tamed without significantly damaging the labor market. “What we’re seeing now I think we can describe as a soft landing, and my hope is that it will …
BREAKING FOOTAGE: India’s navy commandos boarded a vessel in the Arabian Sea after a hijacking distress call, the latest attack on commercial shipping in the region. pic.twitter.com/DqmHlDk1qR — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) January 5, 2024 NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian navy commandos safely evacuated 21 crew members from a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier involved in a hijacking …
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Police have arrested an “armed and dangerous” suspect after shootings at two locations left one victim dead and two others injured in Forest Park Friday, they said. Forest Park police said Victor Demetrious Baymon was arrested after a brief pursuit in Cobb County. Powder Springs police gave an update …
Joy Behar mocks anti-vaxxers and then goes on to say: "I have been boosted and boosted and boosted, so I got COVID. It does not prevent you from getting COVID, but you don't die from it." Some people you just can’t help. pic.twitter.com/9uslphSaeU — Died Suddenly (@DiedSuddenly_) January 5, 2024
by Stephen Green Attorney for Carol Swain Sends Letter to Harvard Corporation Demanding Answers for Plagiarism by Disgraced President. The Tennessee Star obtained the letter written by an attorney representing Dr. Carol M. Swain, sent on Wednesday to the Harvard Corporation, including Interim President Alan Garber and Senior Fellow Penny Pritzker, demanding answers about what Swain …
by stockocean I have a screener on for large insider sales and came across the following at Adobe: CEO Shantanu sold $19 million worth of stock on 12/22/203. CFO Daniel sold $1.8 million worth of stock on 12/26/2023 Yesterday, the president of Digital Media David Wadhwani sold $3.5 million of stock (~43% of current holdings). …
For years, rumors spread on social media that Steven Reece Lewis, the chief executive officer of a now-shuttered cryptocurrency hedge fund called HyperVerse, was a “fake person” who “doesn’t exist.” After its investigation, The Guardian has confirmed that no organization cited on his resume “can find any record of him.” According to The Guardian, Reece Lewis’s qualifications all appear to be falsified …
BY DAVID HAGGITH Photo by Torsten Dederichs on Unsplash It is funny how Zero Hedge admitted it was wrong. They did it by admitting everyone else was wrong who got tied up in the latest mess of pivot mania without mentioning that they were caught up in it themselves. In fact, they were practically championing the mania, rather than criticizing it as …
Supreme Court agrees to weigh whether Trump can be kicked off ballot in Colorado The case raises a novel legal question under a constitutional clause that prohibits those who have “engaged in insurrection” from serving in the federal government. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether former President Donald Trump could …
An official with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been arrested on an outstanding warrant, according to local reports. TSA Assistant Federal Security Director Maxine McManaman was arrested in Atlanta by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Dec. 28. McManaman had a warrant for her arrest posted by the St. Lucie County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office, …
A state lawmaker wants to prevent Pennsylvania municipalities and counties from designating themselves as “sanctuary cities” for undocumented immigrants. State Rep. Ryan Warner, a Fayette County Republican, co-introduced a bill in November that was assigned to the House Judiciary Committee. Warner said in a statement released Wednesday that an estimated 300,000 immigrants, 75% of whom …
The US will need to print over $1T per year just to pay the interest. Since US Gross Domestic Product is roughly $25T that means that inflation will never be below 4% ($1T / $25T) until the US goes bankrupt. That number will grow substantially as we move forward. Queue “Requiem for a Dream” music. …
Gabriel Prout is grateful for a modest haul of king crab, but it’s the vanishing of another crustacean variety that has the fishing port in Kodiak, Alaska, bracing for financial fallout; for the second year in a row, the lucrative snow crab season has been canceled. “We’re still definitely in survival mode trying to find …
Dems want many new imported Dems (after amnesty). But even without amnesty Dems are using illegal aliens as pawns for re-drawing congressional districts for additional Dem congressional representatives in the House. Obama (who is Biden’s puppetmaster) said he would “fundamentally transform America.” Patriot Thomas Massey has proposed a constitutional amendment to clearly exclude illegal aliens. …
🚨#UPDATE: A four-person crew from Ellsworth Air Force Base is safe after ejecting from their B-1B Lancer according to a statement from Ellsworth Public Affairs, the incident occurred during the B-1B's landing attempt at Ellsworth. The crew was engaged in a training mission at… pic.twitter.com/lV8yFxFN76 — R A W S A L E R T …
Asked what he would do in response to the release of Epstein's flight logs, Vivek responds… *proceeds to rattle off a dozen conspiracies that are now proven true* I swear this dude is on a mission to answer every question exactly right pic.twitter.com/6DmbcjUbuN — Clint Russell (@LibertyLockPod) January 4, 2024 Flashback. https://t.co/87rVi62XOy — Catturd ™ …
This is a white woman lecturing an Indian on white supremacy. Think about that. — Henry Jones Jr. (@hnryjonesjr) January 5, 2024
New information released as part of the second round of Epstein data shows that a teenage girl was used to “obtain potential blackmail information” on “prominent American politicians” and other world leaders. According to the allegations from a victim, “Epstein also sexually trafficked the then-minor Jane Doe, making her available for sex to politically-connected and …
https://twitter.com/TSFights/status/1743003616372195421 If people would just use COMMON SENSE and OBEY THE LAW and not do anything STUPID when approached by a police officer, there would not be any issues at all. When you are told by a police officer to put your vehicle in park, PUT THE DAMN THING IN PARK. Do NOT try to …
2023 congressional members returns vs. S&P 500 It’s nice to see how both parties are corrupt. h/t Humble-Warthog8302
A group of staffers working on President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign warned the president that his volunteers are quitting “in droves” over his handling of Israel’s military response in the Gaza Strip. Biden has faced immense pressure from members of his own party over the United States’ policies in light of the surprise Hamas attacks …
via Mike Shedlock: Economists and others have been predicting monthly increases in rent would stall or fall for two years. Year-over-year rates are down, but monthly increases are still big. Five measures of year-over-year rent increases, various sources described below, Chart by Mish Chart Notes NTR is the New Tenant Rent index from the Cleveland Fed. Lower …
