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He’s right. Ironically when Japan announced their first QE the Fed arrogantly laughed at the idea in the 1990’s before doing the exact same thing following 2008. Now here we are again: pic.twitter.com/wEx5TcvCtC — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) January 22, 2026 The BOJ's failure to act will have dire consequences for its own economy and severe …
Secretary Noem says the new facility dubbed Alligator Alcatraz will be a model for similar ICE detention centers in other states. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alligator-alcatraz-model-kristi-noem-homeland-security/ This makes no sense. FEMA money meant for emergencies is funding tents and wire in remote Florida swamps. Folks who oppose it warn it feels more like a stunt than strategy. The site’s …
China didn’t just become a global powerhouse by chance. It climbed the economic ladder by studying and replicating what the West built through generations of risk-taking, innovation, and painful trial and error. It offered up a billion people willing to work for a fraction of Western wages, and Wall Street jumped at the chance to …
Martin Shkreli has been sued in New York by a digital art collective that said it paid $4.75 million for a one-of-a-kind album by the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, only to learn that the convicted pharmaceutical executive made copies and is releasing the music to the public. Shkreli paid $2 million in 2015 for “Once …