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Gold keeps breaking records, but the real drivers aren’t “mysterious flows” or short-term headlines. This week, we look at what the mainstream are saying. And what the numbers suggest about central banks, investor demand and tightening supply… by Peter Reagan Your News to Know rounds up the most important stories about precious metals and the …
J.D. Vance: Russia wants 6,000 sq km it hasn’t conquered yet. Ukraine wants security guarantees so Russia won’t return in months or years. Those are the two core issues. The president opened the door to peace — now it’s on Moscow and Kyiv to walk through. 1/ pic.twitter.com/N8mZIks6xg — Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) September 10, 2025 …
Republicans just ended Federal car mileage mandates. The rules added $6,000 to the cost of a car. They siphoned billions from American car companies to foreigners. And they killed 100,000 Americans by forcing them to drive tin cans. pic.twitter.com/iaVt8bH4IM — Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) August 6, 2025 Republicans just ended federal car mileage rules …
ELON: WE HAVE 6,000 STARLINK SATELLITES AND STILL HAVE NOT SEEN ALIENS "I've not seen any evidence of aliens. SpaceX, with the Starlink constellation, has roughly 6,000 satellites—and not once have we had to maneuver around a UFO.” Source: TeamElonMuskco https://t.co/WGL276P8dz pic.twitter.com/X0PGqighnh — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) August 1, 2025 Musk’s comment shows how big the …
A new $4,800 gold forecast just got topped by JPMorgan’s $6,000 gold scenario. Meanwhile, central banks are hoarding bullion and we assess a new gold-backed currency offering. Here’s a review of the forces driving gold’s price higher… By Peter Reagan Your News to Know rounds up the most important stories about precious metals and the …
For well over two years now, U.S. banks have been fighting tooth and nail against the Basel III regulations – specifically, that only real, physical gold is a Tier 1 riskless asset. Why are banks dead set against this rule? Could it be there’s just not enough gold to go around? By Peter Reagan Your …
Immigrants in the US without legal status will be classified as dead as part of plans to stop them accessing benefits, it has been reported. The White House wants to make Social Security numbers inoperable for migrants whom it wants to pressure to “self-deport” as Donald Trump continues his clampdown on what he claims is …
NEW: The Internal Revenue Service will begin laying off roughly 6,000 employees on Thursday as part of the Trump administration’s push to downsize the federal work force, three people familiar with the agency’s plans said. w/@aduehren https://t.co/gBHfhZBBRX — Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) February 19, 2025 The Internal Revenue Service will begin laying off roughly 6,000 …
‼️BREAKING: #Bitcoin hits record high $87,396 and is up more than $6,000 today. — Radar 𝘸 Archie🚨 (@RadarHits) November 11, 2024 Bitcoin hits $87,000, an all time high. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) November 11, 2024 Ever notice how the crypto community can never actually tell you what’s “right around the corner” It’s always, “just wait.. you’ll …
As seen in the chart below, US technology funds have seen historic outflows over the last month. With over $5 billion of outflows since October 1st, this is more than DOUBLE the outflows seen at the start of the 2022 bear market. Despite record highs, we have record selling. pic.twitter.com/KcMjrtv3VV — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, So here we are, with a handful of winners declaring the system is working great and high-fiving each other, too busy congratulating themselves to see the tsunami of karma racing toward shore. It’s a toss-up which is wider: the widening gap between the top 10% and the bottom 60%, …
A portion of the 226m (741 feet) long dike surrounding the lake in Huarong County, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, collapsed at around 5 PM. The collapsed section was approximately 220m (722 feet) long. Chinese President Xi Jinping instructed to do everything possible to protect the lives and property of the affected residents. He was out …
Archaeologists have discovered a massive 600-foot prehistoric monument in the Czech Republic during excavations along the D35 highway route. Knewz.com has learned that the monument is a prehistoric burial mound dating back to the 4th millennium B.C., making it one of the oldest funerary monuments in Europe. The discovery was made by archaeologists from the …
The UK expects to deport nearly 6,000 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said Tuesday, after the government published new details on the controversial scheme. The figures come days after the plan aimed at deterring migrant arrivals on small boats from northern Europe became law following months of parliamentary wrangling. Rwanda has “in principle” agreed …
Savion Amari Donovan Johnson, 26, arrested in Brackettville, Texas, on Sunday Turned around at border checkpoint sparking chase, migrant jumped out of car Police hauled him out of the SUV, discovered he was with Texas National Guard A National Guardsman is accused of smuggling a migrant across the border into Texas while deployed to stop …
Tweet reads: The reality of a cashless society appears inevitable with terrifying implications for government overreach. In the last 6 years 60% of ATMS in Australia have disappeared with fewer than 6,000 remaining. “Once the government gets control of our money and then they combine that with Medicare. When they combine that with ATO. And …
‘I wanted to blow it. I wanted to have some fun’: DC mom given $10,800 taxpayer-funded lump sum as part of scheme to help poor families spends $6,000 on luxury trip to MIAMI, a $180 haircut and 15 vacation outfits for her three kids is it wrong to give her family a fun time ??? …
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 …
This is Lampedusa, a quiet island with 6,000 Italian residents. Yesterday over 8,000 illegal aliens stormed the island after arriving on boats. This is what Lampedusa looks like now:pic.twitter.com/Iq90he0l37 — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) September 13, 2023
via Mike Shedlock: Health insurers dramatically mark up prices of generics and pharmacies are in on the scheme. Generic Drugs Should Be Cheap But Sometimes They Aren’t The Wall Street Journal reports Generic Drugs Should Be Cheap, but Insurers Are Charging Thousands of Dollars for Them The cancer drug Gleevec went generic in 2016 and can …
A record 4,200 illegals from Africa and the Middle East arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa this weekend Only 6,000 Italians live on the small island known for its stunning pristine beaches pic.twitter.com/9A7mEdvvae — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 28, 2023 Missiles thrown as fights break out between rival migrant gangs at notorious Lampedusa camp.Lampedusa …