Independent thinking for complex markets and current events
“Iran now wants to have nukes because of Israel and America.” Mehdi Hasan just DESTROYED the Israeli spokesperson on Piers Morgan Uncensored. He flipped the entire narrative: Israel is the only country in the Middle East with nuclear weapons Israel bombed six countries last year Yet the West acts like Iran is the existential threat? …
https://twitter.com/rev_cap/status/1922734542676185216 Everyone lowers their expectations to just get into the ponzi scheme then the rug gets pulled. Then you're left with a house you don't want that's underwater pic.twitter.com/ZE4rH7vEYU — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 14, 2025
The incoming Trump administration fills Russian state TV propagandists with glee. In mid-November, when president-elect Donald Trump started to announce his future appointees, state TV host Olga Skabeeva gushed, “All of them are totally wonderful!” Evgeny Popov, Skabeeva’s husband and the co-host of Russia’s 60 Minutes, concurred, describing Trump’s picks as his “radical dream team”. …
BRICK OVEN PIZZA BAN?!?!! MY NEW YORK ACCENT COMES OUT IN FULL FORCE WHEN I AM PISSED. The psychopathic nutcases in charge in New York City are trying to ban Brick Oven Pizza because they are colluding with the architects of Green New SCAM. All a money making GRIFT for the… pic.twitter.com/hiuKz907DP — Cara Castronuova …
Well, here’s a plot twist in the saga of the ‘Brick Lady’! Turns out, she wasn’t a victim but the mastermind behind a wild tale that grabbed headlines. So, she claimed she got hit by a guy just because she wouldn’t share her phone number, and people poured in with the donations – tens of …
by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics represents another brick in the mall. Or office space! Understanding the backdrop of the crime-ridden progressive metro area of San Francisco, alongside the mass exodus of businesses and residents, and the record-high vacancy rate of office towers, we asked a very important question earlier this summer: What are office buildings worth? We quickly found out in June that one downtown …
via notayesmanseconomics: Today is the morning after the night before and let me hand you over to the Financial Times to explain why. The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday to the highest level in 22 years, as it wrestles with how much more to …
I think another miscalculation they’ve made is that shopping is also partially a social activity. Grab some friends, go shopping, make some impulse purchases, have lunch, catch a matinee, and so on, is much more than just “buying stuff”. via WSJ: Nike and others are selling through traditional retailers they once shunned When Nate Checketts …