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One of America’s most iconic highways is disappearing — in real time. Along California’s Big Sur coast, Highway 1 has collapsed at multiple points, sending asphalt, guardrails, and entire sections of roadway crashing into the Pacific Ocean. This is not a single landslide. It is a systemic failure across more than 60 miles of coastline, …
The U.S. told Iran on Wednesday that it will not agree to Tehran’s demands to change the location and format of talks planned for Friday, two U.S. officials told Axios. Why it matters: The standoff could block the diplomatic path and convince President Trump to opt for military action. Driving the news: The U.S. and …
via Phoenix Capital Research There are rumors that the crash in precious metals has rendered several financial firms “insolvent.” The reality is that while stocks have hit new all-time highs, things have been troubling for the banks/ financial firms “behind the scenes” for months now. Indeed, it is striking how few investors are aware of …
Four oceanfront homes in the Outer Banks in North Carolina have collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean after the Carolinas and Virginia were hit by a powerful nor’easter. The storm brought “heavy snow, powerful wind gusts, and even blowing sand along parts of the coastline,” Tyler Roys, AccuWeather senior meteorologist, tells Realtor.com®. As much as 18 …
Bitcoin fell below $80,000 for the first time since April 2025. More than $2 billion of bitcoin long and short positions have been liquidated since Thursday, according to data from Coinglass. The crypto market drop comes after a fall in global equities and a drop in the price of gold and silver. Bitcoin extended losses …
And so it begins. View post on imgur.com Off to a great start so far! pic.twitter.com/FopdrjKd8J — ChrisNuke (@ChrisNuke69) January 31, 2026 They dumped 2.75 billion ounces of paper silver (maybe more) in less than 48 hours. That's equivalent to about 3 years' worth of silver production sold off in 2 days. IMO it's fraud. …
Same playbook every cycle, dump old garbage, strip context, let social media do the damage. Here you go.. a clearer view of the President Trump Allegations in the Epstein Files… and yes, the link now works. As I stated previously, these allegations came from random people, including from Australia, calling into the NTOC or SDNY …
The UN is on the brink of “imminent financial collapse” due to US funding being slashed, according to Secretary-General Guterres. Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/12AhLKICzh — AF Post (@AFpost) January 30, 2026 United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Friday warned that the world body is on the brink of financial collapse and could run out of cash …
Traders placing record bets on dollar collapse – Bloomberg The greenback’s plunge has been attributed to market turmoil created by US President Donald Trump’s policies Traders are betting big that the US dollar will continue to fall amid uncertainty about Washington’s political and economic policies, Bloomberg has reported. The dollar suffered its worst single-day decline …
Despite the consensus narrative, what we are currently experiencing globally is not “de‑dollarization,” but a broad loss of confidence in developed economies’ fiat currencies and sovereign debt as a reserve asset for central banks and institutions. This fundamental loss of confidence in the solvency of developed economies’ sovereign issuers is boosting demand for gold. USA₮ …
Here is the source of the vibecesson We have outright deflation in rent, gas, eggs and milk vs last year but blue collar workers are expecting the squeeze to continue… inflation expectations are near 7%! They aren’t thinking about 12m changes and saying problem solved. They… pic.twitter.com/i38oCwNB6P — The Long View (@HayekAndKeynes) January 28, 2026 …
❗️⚠️🇮🇹 – The scale of this landslide is staggering. A massive landslide is devastating parts of Niscemi, a hilltop town in southern Sicily. Triggered by relentless heavy rains from Cyclone Harry, the slide has created a 4 km (2.5-mile) chasm, with some sections dropping up to… pic.twitter.com/fn8CaXg10O — 🔥🗞The Informant (@theinformant_x) January 28, 2026 A …
Former World Bank Director, Erik Bethel, breaks down a US dollar collapse scenario. “How are they buying it? Well they buy it by printing money. The artificial demand for dollars around the world is largely due to the fact that 60% of central banks have the dollar sitting in… pic.twitter.com/8JpWSluhNj — Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyan762) January …
Fed will need to tighten. There are few bubble-like segments in equities and commodities that could pop.https://t.co/cw0WLRfiQC — Marko Kolanovic (@markoinny) January 22, 2026 Commodities collapse up continues pic.twitter.com/gC80f181mg — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) January 24, 2026
People always ignore the warnings when something shiny and new shows up, and AI is the latest shiny object. Just like in 1929, everyone wants a piece of the “next big thing” and convinces themselves it can’t fail, even when the numbers don’t make sense. Trillions are flowing into data centers and tech hype, while …
California will be bankrupt by 2030. If you’re expecting a state pension, it is at risk. If you don’t believe it, check Grok or Gemini and explore how California politicians changed the reporting rules on your pension so they could hide how underwater it is. The middle class citizens of California will soon be asked …
This man claimed questioning him was questioning science. He cannot cope with being wrong. https://t.co/GBACpe5Nbw — Dr Clare Craig (@ClareCraigPath) December 22, 2025 I will never forget when Fauci called opposition to vaccine mandates “ideological bullsh*t.” pic.twitter.com/NMDvrC7rbg — The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) December 22, 2025 Dr. Fauci warns the “normalization of untruths and conspiracy …
HE SAYS GOVERNMENTS ALWAYS END UP DESTROYING THEIR OWN CURRENCIES, AND U.S. POLICY SCARES HIM. BERKSHIRE IS NOW DEPLOYING $348B INTO JAPANESE YEN. THE MAN WHO NEVER PANICS IS PREPARING FOR A DOLLAR FALL… Learn More: https://x.com/tonyresearch_/status/2000625179811086844
via halturnerradioshow America’s household debt hit $18.59 trillion with a $197 billion Q3 spike this year. Many people are calling this “the elite’s silent war on the middle class.” That’s $136,000 per household and an increase of $1,500. Mortgages, car loans, and credit cards are chaining families while the politicians in DC print trillions for …
Big Short investor Michael Burry said that OpenAI is destined to end up like web browser company Netscape, which fizzled out after a landmark IPO in 1995. He also said Palantir $PLTR is DiamondCluster, a consulting firm that rocketed in market cap and size in 2000 but eventually sold out to PricewaterhouseCoopers for around $380M. …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, The conclusion that soaring asset prices mean the economy is strong is a hallucination that goes unrecognized because the entire financial system is hallucinating. Consider the data that the financial sector bases conclusions / decisions on (i.e. the data that the financial sector “trains” on) in a Bubble Economy like the …
China's Real Estate Collapse Sends Local Debt To Record $18.9 Trillion https://t.co/htlQos8qIF — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 4, 2025 Almost 20 years ago, when the Lehman/AIG collapse and the ensuing global financial crisis sent the world into a brief but acute depression, it was China’s massive debt-fueled growth dynamo that kick started the world economy and …
Veronica Martinez woke up early one recent morning to make a fresh batch of cookies. She packed them in a box and headed to a community center in East Oakland, where a nonprofit called Trybe invites families to get the things they need — produce, milk, eggs and even diapers. Most of the families set …
For the record, U.S. stocks peaked in October 2007 and the economy entered recession in December 2007. As of now, the S&P 500 peaked in October. ADP private payroll job creation year to date is at the same level it was at when the GFC recession started. Is the AI super bubble killing jobs? It’s …
U.S.-based employers announced 153,074 job cuts in October, up 175% from the 55,597 cuts announced in October 2024. It is up 183% from the 54,064 job cuts announced one month prior, according to a report released Thursday from global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. “October’s pace of job cutting was much …
Let me get that straight @piersmorgan: You’re witnessing the rape, replacement and murder of your own people but it’s ok because you’ve got chicken curry now? You’re a despicable man. You embody everything that’s wrong with Britain. pic.twitter.com/JWIEFUWvyH — Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) November 28, 2025
Spitznagel told Reuters (1) in an interview that he expects “an 80% crash” but also noted that he believes it will only happen “after a massive, euphoric, historic blow off rally.” While the stock market might be headed for an unstable future, he believes that a 20% gain for the S&P 500 index is possible …
“The company behind Donald Trump’s social network Truth Social has lost more than $400m (£305m) on its stash of Bitcoin as the price of the cryptocurrency plunges in a trillion dollar market sell-off. Trump Media & Technology Group held more than 11,542 Bitcoin at the end of September, according to its latest financial statement. These …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, Yes, AI is a catalyst. But for what is not yet knowable. The current narrative holds that the big problem we need to solve is conjuring up cheap energy to power AI data centers. Fortunately for us, the solutions are at hand: building modular nuclear power plants at scale and …