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Why do politicians insist on every problem in the world having to be funded by America? Americans can barely afford to pay their bills and buy groceries, our border is porous, crime is through the roof, and cities are falling apart. Why don't we focus on fixing our problems at… https://t.co/vV4wUSAiqT — Wall Street Mav …
Uh oh — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 31, 2023
Why are we sending $14.5 billion to Israel? Israel is an extremely wealthy country. They can afford to pay for their war and buy all the weapons they need. Israel doesn’t need military aid. They need weapons, which we can sell them. But they don’t need financial aid … at all. https://t.co/4xiC94LmRH — Wall Street …
by confoundedinterest17 Biden is the God of Hellfire! Forcing Americans to support China. The actual cost of charging an electric vehicle is $17 per gallon, and automakers are losing $36,000 per EV they sell. Its enriches China and makes the US dependent on Chinese batteries and minerals controlled by China. Ford EV sales are almost nonexistant. …
SINGAPORE: A man who posted a video of himself slicing a bottle with a samurai sword was charged in court on Monday (Oct 30) after someone lodged a police report. Joel Ezekiel, a 49-year-old Singaporean, was handed one charge of possessing a knuckle duster without lawful purpose. Ezekiel was remanded and appeared in court via video-link, draped …
The search is on worldwide to find ways to extract carbon dioxide from the air or from power plant exhaust and then make it into something useful. One of the more promising ideas is to make it into a stable fuel that can replace fossil fuels in some applications. But most such conversion processes have …
Opening arguments begin in a Colorado trial to decide whether Donald Trump can be disqualified from the state’s ballot in the 2024 presidential election over the former U.S. president’s efforts to reverse his 2020 re-election loss.
🔊 … Incomes are not keeping up with the cost of living. People are running into a wall. "We're making more money than we have ever made, and we are the brokest we have ever been." "If you had told me a few years ago that $80,000 per year is not enough …" "I have …
Shoplifter knocked out by a bottle of Coke. pic.twitter.com/YjdM9Y2KVU — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) October 30, 2023 h/t Coastie Patriot
GLADSTONE, NJ —Massive layoffs will soon be underway as Pfizer will be cutting nearly 800 people from its Gladstone location in the coming new year. Pfizer will lay off 791 employees on Feb. 12, 2024, from its Somerset County corporate office, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification(WARN) Notice shared by the New Jersey …
Most chain restaurants rely on beef and chicken from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), where veterinary drugs are routinely used, and of 10 fast food meals sampled and tested, all but two tested positive for veterinary drugs Six of the 10 fast food samples (Taco Bell, Dunkin’, Wendy’s, Domino’s, Burger King and McDonald’s) contained a …
Remember the metaverse? It was that new thing that Mark Zuckerberg has been evangelizing for years, even saying at Meta Connect this year that it will be the next frontier of social interactions. “Pretty soon, I think we’re going to be at a point where you’re going to be there physically with some of your …
“BREAKING: New CBP data reveals Border Patrol released over 900,000 migrants into the U.S. in fiscal year 2023 after they were apprehended crossing illegally, including a staggering 155,821 releases in September alone. These numbers do not include ICE or ports of entry releases. For context, 900,000+ is a population size larger than several US states, …
"We estimate that the Treasury will need to borrow $1.5 trillion over the current and the next quarter, after having already borrowed $1.0 trillion in the last quarter" – DB — zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 30, 2023 GDP is a backward looking indicator, but this 4.9% real GDP print is what out of control fiscal spending …
The only caveat is that the slump in September was led by non-intermediate OFCs (which can be erratic). But the underlying trends are alarming too. The 12m growth of household #M4 is at its lowest since records began in September 1998 – and the 3m ann rate is even weaker! (2/2) pic.twitter.com/cpEl5jX5kH — Julian Jessop …
Today, President Biden is issuing a landmark Executive Order to ensure that America leads the way in seizing the promise and managing the risks of artificial intelligence (AI). The Executive Order establishes new standards for AI safety and security, protects Americans’ privacy, advances equity and civil rights, stands up for consumers and workers, promotes innovation …
BREAKING: Saudi Arabia’s military has gone into a state of high alert following deadly clashes with Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who also tried to fire a missile over the kingdom toward Israel, Bloomberg reports pic.twitter.com/L6aCC1keis — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) October 30, 2023 https://t.co/Ym2j9CQRh2 pic.twitter.com/1Ot7HOQiHv — THEWATCHTOWERS (@THEWATCHTOWERS) October 30, 2023 Four Saudi Soldiers Killed as …
The plant never operated at more than a third of its total capacity in its 13 years since being built. Occidental Petroleum quietly sold off a carbon capture facility – the world’s largest — that was built into a natural gas processing plant in Texas, according to a Bloomberg Green investigation. The plant, called Century, …
Poll finds almost half of Americans think our democracy is broken, that political opponents should be silenced, and that we should explore "alternative forms of government." This is exactly what the woke left has been fighting for: to divide us into warring tribes. pic.twitter.com/xrTxuSLF1b — Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) October 30, 2023
DeSantis Slams Biden For Charging Americans Evacuees From Israel While Paying To Fly Illegal Immigrants Arjun Singh on October 27, 2023 Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida criticized President Joe Biden during a speech Friday for charging Americans for their evacuation of Israel while his administration pays to transport illegal immigrants across the United States. DeSantis’s …
VICTORY: Federal judge says Biden regime must immediately stop removing barbed wire on Texas borders Congrats Texas AG @KenPaxtonTX!! https://t.co/SfcCdvtP50 pic.twitter.com/qasu8DqQfP — DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) October 30, 2023
Two month before Hamas attacked Israel, the Pentagon awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to build U.S. troop facilities for a secret base it maintains deep within Israel’s Negev desert, just 20 miles from Gaza. Code-named “Site 512,” the longstanding U.S. base is a radar facility that monitors the skies for missile attacks on Israel. On October …
Who is the genius at JP Morgan that just figured this out. Salary increases are not keeping up with the cost of living increases, per J.P. Morgan, $JPM. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) October 30, 2023
The Big Bond Market Event Wednesday Is at Treasury, Not the Fed The Federal Reserve’s policy statement is setting up to be the No. 2 event on Wednesday, with investor focus instead likely to be on the Treasury Department’s new borrowing plan, due hours ahead of the interest-rate decision. The so-called quarterly refunding announcement will …
127 ASX-listed ‘zombie’ companies on brink of collapse, KPMG research warns Dozens of ASX-listed companies are on the brink of collapse and in need of drastic change to turn things around, with potential investors warned to be on the lookout for ‘zombie’ firms. According to data from big four accounting firm KPMG released on Monday, …
by j_stars Jamie Dimon’s words and actions imply that he is frightened. Take a look at what Dimon is saying and doing and what may be driving his apparent fear. He’s pulling $141M out of JPM stock. This is not business as usual.
Suicide Rates Are up for Gen Z Across the Anglosphere, Especially for Girls. “Since 2010, rates of self-harm episodes have increased for adolescents in the Anglosphere countries, especially for girls. For data on all sources, and larger versions of the graphs, see Rausch and Haidt (2023). Before 2010, there was not much happening. By 2015, self-harm …
by Martin Armstrong America added an additional $105 billion in military spending on top of the $886 billion military budget set to be approved by Congress. We are spending far more on securing Israel and Ukraine than our own border. The bill will provide $13.6 billion in funding to secure the US-Mexico border, which is …
Why aren't we talking about de-EURization instead of de-dollarization? SWIFT data is pretty telling below! 1/2 pic.twitter.com/8vGWzkIRoa — Andreas Steno Larsen (@AndreasSteno) October 29, 2023
Look at what fixing prices has done to Argentina's gasoline supply. Socialism at its best pic.twitter.com/sOsycjCcXf — AXEL KAISER (@AXELKAISER) October 29, 2023