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At least 6 people injured after explosion and fire at refinery in Salina Cruz, Mexico, officials say. pic.twitter.com/JzNYX4YiHg — AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) May 12, 2026 Pemex reported a powerful explosion followed by a fire at the Hidros 2 cooling tower inside the Antonio Dovalí Jaime refinery in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. Six workers were injured (three …
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116420395293904982 BREAKING: Donald Trump has taken to Truth Social after Iran's foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz "completely open" for the "remaining period of ceasefire". Oil prices have dropped by 10% following the announcementhttps://t.co/1jZc7AWiag 📺 Sky 501 pic.twitter.com/PMJ7pxEpo2 — Sky News (@SkyNews) April 17, 2026 Donald Trump hailed a major step toward peace with …
by Michael How many plagues have to hit us before people finally start waking up? So far this month I have written about rabbits with “black, tentacle-like protrusions coming from their heads”, squirrels with “ghastly growths that burst open”, deer that have “tumor-like growths hanging off their bodies”, and a “mysterious fungus” that is transforming spiders in the United States and elsewhere …
Hong Kong’s High Court has ruled that China South City Holdings must be liquidated, marking the largest Chinese property developer by assets to face winding-up since Evergrande’s collapse. “Developer China South City Holdings was ordered to liquidate by Hong Kong’s High Court, making it the biggest Chinese builder by assets to be wound up since …
The EU has completely f*cked Europe. Only one European car makes it into the top 10 best-selling vehicles worldwide. No European company in the global top 10 of tech. No European search engine. No smartphone. No operating system. No streaming platform. No social media giant. No cloud infrastructure. No semiconductor leader. What Europe produces at …
SAUDI ARABIA GOES FULL MAD MAX AS MASSIVE DUST STORM HITS Al Qassim – about 250 miles northwest of Riyadh – got absolutely swallowed by a giant dust storm…think apocalypse vibes, but with more sand and zero heads-up. It got so dark, it looked like someone hit the lights, and trees were getting knocked over …
by Michael Absolutely gigantic dust storms are “triggering massive highway pileups” in the middle of the country, virtually the entire Southwest is currently experiencing at least some level of drought, and dust storms and soil erosion are now costing our economy more than 100 billion dollars every year. If you think that what we are witnessing is “normal”, …
Sprinkling diamond dust into the atmosphere could offset almost all the warming caused by humans since the industrial revolution and “buy us some time” with climate change, scientists say. New research indicates that shooting 5.5 million tons (5 million metric tons) of diamond dust into the stratosphere every year could cool the planet by 1.8 …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, So here we are, with a handful of winners declaring the system is working great and high-fiving each other, too busy congratulating themselves to see the tsunami of karma racing toward shore. It’s a toss-up which is wider: the widening gap between the top 10% and the bottom 60%, …
Another one Bites the dust! Goodbye Big Lots! https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/briefs/2024/08/02/nearly-300-big-lots-closing-in-as-discount-retailer-faces-bankruptcy/74638441007/ Columbus-based retailer Big Lots announced in a public June filing it would close 35-40 stores while opening three around the country, but it now likely may shutter nearly 10 times that amount. The discount retailer did not release a list of closing stores, but its website …
Flashback to 1995 when experts told the New York Times that at the most likely rate of sea level rise (SLR), most of the east coast beaches would be gone no later than four years ago. These were conservative climate model forecasts. Another prediction bites the dust!! pic.twitter.com/TflORWOEXM — Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) March 26, 2024
by confoundedinterest17 Another Biden program bites the dust, this time his big push to encourage everyone to buy an electric vehicle (EV). Meanwhile, Biden keeps going on vacation (as if he REALLY cares about middle America). Cars and light trucks are seeing declining YoY sales in January (-0.7%) as M2 Money growth remains negative. Automotive News was the …
As it stands right now, Biden vs Trump debates will not happen in 2024. This is a huge gift to Democrats. The Commission on Presidential Debates announced the forthcoming slate of debate sites for presidential election season 2024. Since 1976, there have been consistent televised presidential debates in the United States. Originally broadcasted and conducted …
by confoundedinterest17 Another (economic report) bites the dust! U.S.-based employers announced 75,151 cuts in August, a 217% increase from the 23,697 cuts announced one month prior. It is 267% higher than the 20,485 cuts announced in the same month in 2022, As M2 Money growth collapses to Great Depression levels. Instead of The Dust Bowl, we can call …