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View post on imgur.com View post on imgur.com We built it. Panama may have abused the relationship and broke the international law still in effect about the canal. If so, it’s ours again, if Trump wants it. Relevant parts still active. “Under the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal (the …
Just what we need at the peak of drone hysteria – more drones in the skies over the U.S. But this latest batch will be courtesy of Google’s parent company Alphabet, whose subsidiary Wing will be “expanding its drone delivery service to DoorDash customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex”, according to The Verge. Wing’s drones …
by notayesmanseconomics As we arrive in Christmas week we find that the data on the UK economy is sending a rather unseasonal message. Here is the official release from earlier. UK real gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have shown no growth in Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2024, revised down from the first …
I will sign executive orders to end child sexual mutilation, get transgender out of the military and out of our schools, and we will keep men out of women’s sports.” https://twitter.com/_/status/1870913404023759244 ❌ BREAKING: Trump has announced that one of his first actions as president will be signing an executive order to ban transgender individuals from …
A Georgia homeowner was arrested and charged with criminal trespass after attempting to move back into her home, which was being occupied by an alleged squatter. ‘I spent the night on a mat on a concrete floor in deplorable conditions. While this woman, this squatter slept in my home,’ Loletha Hale told WSB-TV Atlanta. On …
It’s rare to see such overt ideological censorship in print. Most academics know enough to couch their partisanship in comments about the quality of citations or the need for more data. But Click is just a symptom of the wider problem. She has grown up in a department and in an American history profession where …
This is a real movie that released on Friday. That they want us to take seriously. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA pic.twitter.com/JpkNs7ysTQ — Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) December 20, 2024 https://twitter.com/_/status/1870203610438742061 h/t Dan
In the week ending December 18th, on Wednesday when the Fed cut rates, panic selling returned. Large-cap funds saw $20.9 billion of outflows, ending a 6-week streak of inflows. Outflows in small-cap, multi-cap and mid-cap funds were $5.4 billion, $3.9 billion and $2.9 billion. pic.twitter.com/q0etlJoGlq — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) December 21, 2024 Many were …
Corporate bankruptcies and defaults accelerating, unemployment continues to rise, and spreads blow out. Especially, after Powell said “we’ve avoided recession” and S&P Global is expecting the speculative-grade default rate to fall to 3.5% by September 2025. Moody’s pointed out… https://t.co/9tn3htvQQI pic.twitter.com/kPNU1t3OTz — WarnTracker 2.0 (@j77324) December 21, 2024 This is concerning: Non-farm payroll employment in …
The American dream is now considered to be a “trap”. Don’t worry though true freedom comes with fiat and nothing to show for it. h/t LarryNoodlesOnGuitar
I don't understand why people buy $MSTR instead of just buying $BTC. — HayderTrader (@HayderTrader) December 21, 2024 https://twitter.com/FinanceLancelot/status/1870370239164166605 Bitcoin $BTC ETFs saw an outflow of $680 million on Thursday, the largest outflow in history 🚨 pic.twitter.com/PvAVtTFogQ — Barchart (@Barchart) December 21, 2024
There’s more to the Brazil story, especially since Brazil’s story isn’t strictly about Brazil. With markets there spiraling into chaos, the government is down to blaming ‘speculators.’ If that’s the case, then speculation has gone global in a lot of critical ways. From currencies to job findings plunging, even something real like the Baltic Dry …
Currency Tailspin Forces Brazil’s Leader to Do the Unthinkable: Cut Spending: Brazil’s currency plunges to lowest level in 30 years after breakneck spending on pensions and social services. For months, Brazilian leaders have thrown almost everything they have in an effort to stop the country’s currency from a precipitous yearlong plunge. But nothing had …
The Federal Trade Commission today announced a final Junk Fees Rule to prohibit bait-and-switch pricing and other tactics used to hide total prices and bury junk fees in the live-event ticketing and short-term lodging industries. These unfair and deceptive pricing practices harm consumers and undercut honest businesses. “People deserve to know up-front what they’re being …
DC Elites Are Underestimating Elon and DOGE, and This Week Proved It@levie explains: "There's been this underlying notion of like, @elonmusk et al. don't understand the government enough to be able to change it." "And it might actually be the case that the government doesn't… pic.twitter.com/LqMpBWLXSW — The All-In Podcast (@theallinpod) December 21, 2024 President …
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As expected, RRPs are down again, now below $100 billion as Fed's rate cut has reduced incentive to park liquidity at this facility; we'll be seeing repurchase agreements ramping up in the New Year and then the '19 repo crisis may repeat: https://t.co/lboowxcZmU pic.twitter.com/8S4dLXHCjb — E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) December 20, 2024
1. The thought is the Fed could make homes more affordable by cutting interest rates So far, mortgage rates are doing opposite, and rising instead Why? Because mortgage rates move with the yield on the 10-year Treasury, which has surged this week pic.twitter.com/zk0c3UJi9Y — Michael Burry Stock Tracker ♟ (@burrytracker) December 20, 2024 3. A …
Health officials in Europe are investigating Ozempic and the trendy drug’s possible link to an eye-rotting condition that causes blindness. On Dec. 17, the European Medicines Agency announced that it will review two recently published Danish studies that found that Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic — brand name for semaglutide — significantly increases the risk of developing …
Dow jones Update Keep it simple. Bounced off major trend-line (text book) Lower high expected over the weeks before it lets go. Unless it simply lets go. pic.twitter.com/hfCoiv0HnG — The Great Martis (@great_martis) December 20, 2024 https://twitter.com/leadlagreport/status/1870078316029313153 …..and how do you conclude "Soft Landing" based on this? Give me your best shot 💪 ["This time …
1/3 #bitcoin and all of crypto is 🐀 poison, has ABSOLUTELY no value, generates no cash flow, and has no use case beyond harmful speculation (b/c it sucks up valuable resources – i.e., capital that could be used to fund useful assets and valuable energy resources)… https://t.co/L2MTGOyPFw — Gordon Johnson (@GordonJohnson19) December 20, 2024 3/3… …
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH KAMMY AND JOE. Kamala abruptly cancels her planned trip to California and races back to the White House, per reporters. Biden also just suddenly returned to DC, after he was expected to stay in Delaware until after Christmas.pic.twitter.com/1af9xrIeXT — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 20, 2024
Seeing McDonalds and Starbucks struggle at the same time is a warning sign also. Last time that happened was 2008. — WarnTracker 2.0 (@j77324) December 20, 2024 McDonald's has laid off some workers in California. Lamb Weston, which 14% of their business comes from selling fries to McDonald's, reported terrible earnings today. pic.twitter.com/EH7FplOpb8 — WarnTracker …
by Martin Armstrong No government agency will willingly surrender power once it is in their grasp. Every other nation has ONE REGULATORY body, yet the USA has the CFTC and the SEC, plus the Federal Reserve over banks. If you obey the laws of one, you go to jail with the other. This hurts American …
Eighty bankruptcies are not from small mom-and-pop dealers; they involve corporate dealership companies that own multiple dealerships under their corporate umbrella. Stellantis (Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge), Ford, and Nissan are at risk of bankruptcy soon. With record high inventory levels growing at staggering rates, production line cuts, soaring debt levels, and insanely priced MSRPs… Dealerships across …
Louisiana and Wisconsin are reporting serious cases of Bird Flu, and California just declared a state of emergency. Are they going to try it again? Last year, Igor Kirillov alleged that the US had plans to manufacture another biological crisis. They killed this guy yesterday. pic.twitter.com/AMPTiRxmqK — Clandestine (@WarClandestine) December 18, 2024 🚨 #BREAKING: CONGRESS …
The Biden administration has been using agency lawfare via the DOJ, EPA, FAA and SEC to investigate his companies with crazy claims. One example is the DOJ suing SpaceX for refusing to hire refugees. SpaceX is required by law to have strict security clearance for employees because SpaceX rockets are considered missile technology. These agencies …
……..and almost no demand at these prices… pic.twitter.com/uzqEYs3ybc — Saw Chuck (@Saw_Chuck2023) December 18, 2024 Distressed sellers inbound. They keep droping the rates on these townhomes. 2.99% interest rates. I drive by it every day and I don't see cars. They also stopped building at the halfway point. Apartments all around this area with banners, …
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The fact that Trump threatens competition to the USD, but then embraces Bitcoin, should tell you a lot about how much of a threat Bitcoin is to the U.S. Dollar. — Peter Spina ⚒ GoldSeek | SilverSeek (@goldseek) December 19, 2024 Bitcoiners sure went from #Bitcoin will end the dollar to #Bitcoin is needed to …