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Menzies Research Centre’s Freya Leach praises Elon Musk’s call for elected officials to undergo cognitive tests. “I completely support the idea of competency tests for anyone over 50 to be honest,” Ms Leach said. “Not only do I support competency tests, I support universal IQ tests for politicians as well.”
Our Next Vice President @JDVance “We’re done importing foreign labor! We’re going to fight for American citizens and their good jobs and their good wages!”pic.twitter.com/IZ7yJfz9zU — The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) December 27, 2024
There’s no point in having a nuclear bunker beneath your home if boxes of old Christmas ornaments are blocking the door. That’s not an uncommon scenario in Switzerland, a country with a vast network of Cold War-era nuclear shelters, both public and private, many of which double as storage units and have fallen into disrepair. …
Man dubbed ‘Living Nostradamus’ gives his seven scary predictions for 2025 Brazilian Athos Salomé, who the New York Post this year revealed had correctly predicted four prophecies, has now revealed his predictions for what could come during the year ahead “2025 will be the point of time when the authorities start to officially declare existence …
Reverse repo surges $72BN to $268.7BN for year-end window dressing. Funding market spreads already had blown out to 3 month highs amid spike in repo tightness pic.twitter.com/wyBoMBEPN8 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 27, 2024 The Federal Reserve's emergency Bank Term Funding Program dropped to $5 billion this week. It'll be $0 in January. pic.twitter.com/md8wCxDkVv — Financelot …
Here’s the original tweet. https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1871978282289082585?s=46&t=Wpywqyys9vAeewRYovvX2w h/t TrampStampsFan420
These clowns on CNBC seem to not have a care in the world about what’s happening today and for most of December. What value does this network bring to investors? They never discuss downside risks. They only look at the upside to things and offer up stock picks. Useless — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 27, …
Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, Poulsen had seen sick cows before, with their noses dripping and udders slack. But the scale of the farmers’ efforts to treat the sick cows stunned …
A Florida company is giving new meaning to the popular “reduce, reuse, and recycle.” Specifically, it wants to reuse the byproduct produced during phosphate mining to build roads. There’s only one problem: It’s radioactive. Using radioactive material to build roads in Florida . Earlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency approved the request of Mosaic, …
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections for Feb. 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition, saying it was the only way to give the country a stable government capable of tackling its problems. Scholz lost a confidence vote on …
HOUSTON – 23andMe, the popular at-home genetic testing company, has helped millions of people uncover their family roots and health risks through DNA analysis. However, recent financial troubles have raised concerns for its 15 million customers, especially about what could happen to their sensitive genetic data if the company goes under. Some fear that their …
Vivek Ramaswamy Agrees With Elon Musk: Americans Have a Poor “Mediocre” Work Ethic And Those American Jobs Will Go to Workers From India The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it …
After reading about guards beating an inmate, I went to check the reviews of the Madison County Jail. When a regular business is brigaded, Google just removes some reviews. When a part of the system is exposed, Google removes all the reviews and the score. Good timing, holy shit: Last year, and in the first …
Facing backlash over his support for mass immigration, Elon Musk has said, in response to “White men not getting hired,” that “we’re just dumb.” Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/q2714TMLSO — AF Post (@AFpost) December 26, 2024
US Debt Growing by $1000 billion every 100 days pic.twitter.com/O1UwAch94y — Willem Middelkoop (@wmiddelkoop) December 26, 2024 On the next advancing cycle in gold towards $2,900, I expect senior gold miners GDX test $48 mark. Gold $3,400, GDX to $65. This is my personal view… pic.twitter.com/kr0MTHUkGo — Rashad Hajiyev (@hajiyev_rashad) December 26, 2024 Behold the …
Justin Trudeau’s political career is hanging by a thread as over 50 Liberal MPs, including key figures from Ontario, demand his resignation. Facing mounting discontent over soaring living costs and a worsening housing crisis, Trudeau’s government is on the brink of collapse. The recent resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has only intensified calls …
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) posted a poll on X early Wednesday morning, asking users on the platform if failed House Speaker Mike Johnson should be reelected to serve another term as Speaker on January 3, 2025. Poll respondents, most of whom are likely Republican voters, overwhelmingly called for Johnson to be removed from leadership. This …
Not that it’s a surprise at this point, but the Wall Street Journal is now reporting that pretty much everyone in Washington DC knew for some time that President Joe Biden was sundowning, and collectively worked to hide the fact from the public. Biden’s inner circle, in particular, shielded the President from scrutiny while also …
their time is coming. Trump has murmured 'Qatar' once or twice. — commentary (@gettingtrumpnow) December 24, 2024
Was looking through 2024 capital gains taxes: Capital gains tax Capital Gains Rate Single Taxable Income 0% Up to $48,350 15% $48,351 to $533,400 20% Over $533,400 h/t WarmFormal9881
A gay Georgia couple convicted of sickening sexually abuse of their two adopted sons will spend the rest of the lives behind bars. William and Zachary Zulock, 34 and 36, were each sentenced last week to 100 years in prison without the possibility of parole, the Walton County District Attorney’s office announced. “These two Defendants …
As retail investors flock to stocks with record inflows, yesterday 20 day skew hit a new all time high, as Wall Street quietly liquidates. pic.twitter.com/f5f9vfWUgy — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) December 24, 2024 A big Christmas vol crusher to round-trip VIX back to the lows of last week as if the hawkish FOMC had never happened. However, …
Ordering a pint under 25 can be hard,Searching your wallet to find your ID card; But next year, with new laws ‘cross the land,You can prove your age with the phone in your hand. So it’s Christmas! Raise your glass with a smile! Want to know more? Here’s @PeterKyle. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/pGHLgBhZwg — Department for Science, …
https://twitter.com/_/status/1870916394021183839 🚨NEW: Anthony Scaramucci warns Elon to “stick to business." “He's just got to be very, very careful because he's making enemies that he doesn't realize." "Lay off the gas on politics a little bit because these people could hurt you." "It's no no need for you to get hurt.… pic.twitter.com/hIlLfSMH1m — Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) …
According to the Ulster Institute for social research, Japan has the highest average IQ in the world. With an average score of 106.48, it finished 0.01 ahead of Taiwan. Four other Asian nations — Singapore, Hong Kong, China and South Korea — made up the top six. It’s the second successive year that Japan has …
Did you guys notice a lot of big corporations are merging? I think they are preparing for unified leadership as soon as the new financial system comes online. Which means a huge market crash is coming… Honda https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/nissan-honda-announce-plans-consider-merger.amp Nordstrom https://apnews.com/article/nordstrom-liverpool-acquisition-private-e802942a18e1afd99dcd9857a946b7ce The Container Store https://people.com/the-container-store-files-for-bankruptcy-8765892 CVS https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/money/a62637352/cvs-store-closures/ h/t CopyNinja1987
The World Health Organization (WHO) Academy in Lyon, France, officially opened its doors yesterday with a high-profile inauguration ceremony. The event was attended by WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, French President H.E. Emmanuel Macron, alongside dozens of health ministers, international representatives, donors, and local French partners. The WHO Academy is a revolutionary project which …
Look at that, he finally got back to where he was with felony book keeping back in 2000. Only took him 24 years for his next cook-the-book scam and it wasn’t even his idea. MSTR owns 40B in buttcoin (that they can never sell) Less 10B in convertible notes due before 2030… Equals 30B equity …
More proof of them not being there to represent us.
https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/intel-arc-b580-review The $400 price range is the most competitive GPU market. Most users are stuck using xx50-60series cards(steam GPU survey). If intel can break into this market at a lower price point, they could eat up a good size chunk of the market. Most kids buy prebuilt, and Prebuilt pcs will rush to get these …