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Crowds smashing buses, blocking roads, reports of gunfire Cops outnumbered and losing control fast The Knicks won a championship and NYC immediately turned into GTA pic.twitter.com/uq53TzLds1 — Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld) June 14, 2026 🚨 BREAKING: SHOOTING REPORTED IN TIMES SQUARE AMID KNICKS RIOTS Rioters are BLOCKING emergency vehicles from responding THE NATIONAL GUARD …
Per Israeli Channel 12, Israel has conveyed a message to the U.S. advocating for a decisive shift in objective. Israeli officials are urging the U.S. to prioritize the complete destruction of Iran’s energy infrastructure as the move that breaks the current stalemate. The Israeli position, as relayed by these sources, suggests the operation could be …
U.S. gasoline hits $4 per gallon, highest since 2022, as Iran war drives up fuel prices U.S. gasoline prices have surged above $4 per gallon for the first time in more than three years, as the oil supply shock triggered by the Middle East war rapidly drives up costs for families. Prices at the pump …
Iranian Missiles Sow Panic, Destruction In Israeli Towns Sheltering from an Iranian missile attack on his town in southern Israel on Saturday, 17-year-old Ido Franky heard “terrifying” blasts like nothing he had experienced before. An Iranian missile hit Franky’s town of Arad, hours after another struck Dimona — home to a nuclear facility — wounding …
Record winds are just one part of the extreme weather hitting the country this weekend, with some facing blizzard conditions and others preparing for triple-digit heat. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region, leaving trees down and substantial property …
A central banker's nightmare: inflationary pressure plus job destruction. pic.twitter.com/BQitHdAlXb — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) March 6, 2026 This is royally cooked. No sugarcoating. https://t.co/XLFSVBgjow — Prof (@TheProfInvestor) March 6, 2026 BREAKING: We’ve just got HORRIBLE jobs numbers. We LOST 92,000 Jobs. Analysts expected 50,000 NEW jobs. So as gas prices soar 60 cents in under …
via Nick Giambruno Warren Buffett once referred to derivatives as “financial weapons of mass destruction.” He wasn’t being dramatic—he was warning that if things went wrong, these complex financial instruments could cause massive, far-reaching damage to the global economy. What Buffett feared most was how a sudden, unexpected market shock could set off a dangerous …
The tariffs have also just turned into an enormous boon for China and India to seize the world stage as the newly dominant players. This week brought a few major international victories to both. by David Haggith Two predictable outcomes of tariffs and tantrums are now moving full speed. One is the collapse of the dollar, which I’ve …
United States Southern Command on Monday announced that Joint Task Force Southern Spear took out three narcotrafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific. A total of eight “narco-terrorists” were killed in the strikes. “Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking,” US SOUTHCOM said. …
Jim Zelter’s warning hit hard because he was not talking about a normal slowdown. He was describing the kind of break that wipes out entire business models and leaves companies with no way back. He spoke calmly, but the message underneath was anything but calm. “I think you’re going to get more secular distress than …
Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 4 as it heads for Cuba after Jamaica disaster. 735,000 evacuated; heavy floods feared. Read more on https://t.co/ktRjVA3jqq#HurricaneMelissa #Cuba #Jamaica #Storm #Weather #Disaster pic.twitter.com/3OkOspyulq — shorts91 (@shorts_91) October 29, 2025 Hurricane Melissa pummeled Cuba early Wednesday after leaving a path of destruction across Jamaica, where 25,000 tourists remain stranded and …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flW8nU61KU0 Earlier this week, U.S. Vice President JD Vance announced the opening of a civilian military coordination center in southern Israel where around 200 U.S. troops are working alongside the Israeli military and delegations from other countries planning the stabilization and reconstruction of Gaza.
As Carter Evans reports, entire communities are now considered uninhabitable.
Buckle up pic.twitter.com/Btz5dSdNdp — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) June 23, 2025 It boils down to this: In terms of condos, sales that closed in May fell further and hit the lowest point in the data, along with Lockdown May 2020, seasonally adjusted; supply spiked to the highest level since the Housing Bust. In terms of single-family …
$500 billion in damage… https://twitter.com/Kahlissee/status/1815422893120954786 https://twitter.com/Converseallowed/status/1936029246721323300
*SWISS CENTRAL BANK CUTS KEY INTEREST RATE BY 25BPS TO 0.0%, LOWEST SINCE JUNE 2022$CHF 🇨🇭🇨🇭 pic.twitter.com/Ajfw639gAz — Investing.com (@Investingcom) June 19, 2025 Zero yields are back! For those who believed zero and negative interest rates were something of the past. It already happened again, even without a new economic or financial crisis. The Swiss …
On the afternoon of May 4, 2025, the city of Guangzhou was suddenly thrown into chaos by an unexpected bout of severe convective weather. What began as a sunny day quickly turned into a dramatic weather event, with egg-sized hail, violent thunderstorms, and fierce winds battering multiple districts.
An unexpected and severe hailstorm struck multiple cities in Guangdong and Fujian between March 3 and March 4, 2025, causing widespread damage to vehicles, buildings, and infrastructure. The China Meteorological Administration had issued a yellow alert for severe convective weather, warning residents of the impending storm. The channel lists such natural disasters as: 1) Geological …
USAID staff are fighting back. Two unions representing USAID employees on Thursday filed a lawsuit over the cuts against Trump, Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the agency, the State Department and the Treasury Department. ‘What we’re seeing is an unlawful seizure of this agency by the Trump administration in a plain violation of basic …
USAID staff are fighting back. Two unions representing USAID employees on Thursday filed a lawsuit over the cuts against Trump, Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the agency, the State Department and the Treasury Department. ‘What we’re seeing is an unlawful seizure of this agency by the Trump administration in a plain violation of basic …
With a countdown and a series of quick booms, a piece of Beaver Stadium’s history came down to make way for its future. A crowd of spectators gathered on a snowy Saturday morning to watch the Beaver Stadium press box, part of which predates the stadium itself, come tumbling to the ground. The structure was …
By Egon von Greyerz As we approach what usually should be a blissful holiday period, the treacherous path the world is now on does not bode well for 2025 and beyond. Two global crises will dominate the world for at least several years and possibly decades. FINANCIAL CRISIS The crisis I have been discussing and …
I had no one to talk to when I was deep “behind enemy lines” at Army Public Health Center, so I made private videos talking to my camera. I will make this one public. There needs to be accountability for the wake of destruction that has occurred during this belligerence! Many officers knowingly aided and …
The recent airstrikes by Turkish warplanes have led to total destruction at the Awda oil field located in the northeastern Syrian province of al-Hasakah, near Al-Qamishli. These targeted strikes were aimed at energy facilities and have resulted in significant damage, rendering several installations inoperable. Tragically, civilian casualties have also been reported, highlighting the humanitarian impact …
The extent to which demand for existing homes has collapsed and remains collapsed is astounding, but ultimately not surprising: Demand plunged in 2022 when mortgage rates soared, and plunged a lot further in 2023 as mortgage rates continued to rise to almost 8% by October 2023. But then as mortgage rates dropped starting in November, …
Yunnan was once again hit by disaster as a severe hailstorm wreaked havoc on October 14, 2024. This wasn’t an ordinary storm; huge hailstones, likened to billiard balls, crashed down, leaving vehicles and rooftops in shambles. The sheer size of the hailstones contributed to the widespread damage, with entire streets flooded and rendered impassable. The …
Tampon Tim justified vandalism by calling it civil disobedience over perceived genocidal symbolism. Then after public outcry Walz promised “there would be consequences”. These were the “consequences” for a felony crime. pic.twitter.com/idruyS9JkQ — Rhetoric Facer 🇺🇸 (@John_Monahan) October 14, 2024
BY DAVID HAGGITH Pretending costs don’t matter when “doing good” or that we’ll find ways to make it work doesn’t pay the bills and doesn’t make it work. Photo by Dayne Topkin on Unsplash Central planners and do-gooders often make things worse for those they claim they want to help. Once again, today, the “Restaurant Apocalypse” is in …
Dawn broke over scenes of devastation in several counties across Oklahoma on Sunday, with reports of severe structural damage, closed highways, blackouts, injuries and at least one death. It came just a day after a preliminary 106 tornadoes leveled homes and buildings in six states on Friday, with Nebraska and Iowa the hardest hit, officials …
