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by Martin Armstrong A new report from Realtor.com found that nearly one-third of employed young adults in the United States are now living with their parents. These are people with jobs. They are working, earning income, and still cannot afford to establish independent households. The politicians and economists who constantly celebrate employment statistics fail to understand that …
Millions of teenage boys are replacing real-world intimacy with algorithmically programmed “girlfriends.” Psychological studies indicate that these digital interactions mimic the reward loops found in slot machines. The shift mirrors the 1990s video game addiction crisis, but with the added layer of fabricated emotional feedback. This dependency is actively eroding the foundational social skills required …
The first suspected ‘generation-three’ hantavirus case has emerged, potentially signifying the first stage of a much wider outbreak of the deadly rat-borne disease. Samples from a quarantined Italian man have been sent to an infectious diseases hospital for testing after he boarded a Dutch KLM flight alongside a woman who later died from hantavirus. So …
Researchers successfully cloned a single mouse and then repeatedly cloned its descendants for 58 generations over two decades, producing more than 1,200 animals from one original donor. Yet the experiment ultimately ended in failure when the entire lineage collapsed due to accumulating genetic damage. This visual powerfully captures the central message of the study — …
StockMarket.News @_Investinq The US government ERASED its own hunger report. Not because hunger is falling. Because it’s surging. Here’s what they don’t want you to see. Grocery prices in America are up 30% since January 2020. Beef and veal, up 59%, Coffee: up 50%. Eggs: up 36%. Chicken: up 33%. Bread: up 33%. These aren’t …
Extreme temperatures, record snowfall, surging energy use: This isn’t just a tough winter—it’s a historic one If this winter feels strange, it’s not in your head. In the eastern U.S., residents have been suffering through one of the most frigid seasons in recent memory. Yet for much of the West, temperatures have been unusually mild …
by Michael Snyder Whether we like it or not, AI is radically transforming virtually every aspect of our society. We have already reached a point where AI can do most things better than humans can, and AI technology continues to advance at an exponential rate. The frightening thing is that it is advancing so fast …
NEW YORK (AP) — Cat Murphy, a college student, has wanted to be a journalist since she was 11. Many of her friends don’t understand why. When they engage with the news — if they do — they hear a cacophony of voices. They don’t know who to believe. Reporters are biased. They make mistakes. …
Looks like kids are learning theft is the best policy. Lies are the truth. Deception is everywhere anymore. Can't even read a paper or watch anything on tv without propaganda being cranked to max. It's no wonder those numbers are so high. It will only get worse. The loner we wait… — chris 🇺🇸 (@microfire21) …
FOX News reported that Gen Z borrowers’ credit scores have fallen to an average of 676. That number doesn’t just measure financial responsibility. It measures exhaustion. It shows a generation pushed to the edge and forced to make impossible choices. People are not living carelessly. They are paying rent, buying food, filling gas tanks, covering …
by Michael How can we possibly undo the severe long-term damage that has been done to an entire generation of young people over the course of several decades? One of the most powerful pieces of evidence that our society is a failure is the fact that we have produced a “lost generation” of young adults …
Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "At its essence, artificial intelligence takes electricity and turns it into intelligence, empowering Americans." pic.twitter.com/RGk2evy8A4 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2025 The measure to watch is “Electricity CPI”, the electricity component of the Consumer Price Index. Think of it as the government’s scoreboard for how much households pay for electric …
by Michael Four months of rain is about to fall in five days in some areas in the middle of the country. We are being told that an atmospheric river will produce a “firehose of moisture” that is expected to dump 76 trillion gallons of water on the heartland of America over the next week. This is perfectly …
In the biggest development for U.S. Air Force tactical air power in more than two decades, Boeing has been announced as the winner of the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) ‘fighter’ initiative. As the centerpiece of the NGAD effort, the new crewed sixth-generation stealth combat jet, now designated the F-47, is set to change …
The "sandwich generation" is getting squeezed hard. With long-term care costs skyrocketing—nursing homes averaging over $100k annually—millennials and Gen Xers are stuck footing the bill. Government programs like Medicare don't cover most long-term care expenses, and Medicaid's… — Riz.eth (@rizethereum) January 16, 2025 pic.twitter.com/SjnYPzTUaA — Bito (@bitocrates) January 16, 2025 More than 70% of nursing …
It’s a common saying that “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations,” and it turns out there’s a lot of truth to it. Studies indicate that a staggering 90% of wealthy families lose their fortune by the third generation. It’s a pattern that’s both fascinating and a bit disheartening when you think about it. Wealth doesn’t …
TL;DR: TikTok influencer Madeline Pendleton claimed Democrats pay influencers to promote them. She faced backlash, accused of lying and worse, but provided proof. Democrats indirectly fund TikTok influencers through groups like Vocal Media. Influencers promote Democratic messages without disclosing they’re paid ads, violating TikTok and possibly FEC rules. Vocal Media’s efforts have been known since …
Sandwich generation – hidden costs of caring for aging parent byu/Fun_Balance_1809 ineconomicCollapse
The best thing about Grok 2.0 is that image generation isn’t censored. 😂 pic.twitter.com/5SIWsyv49Q — The Deinfluencer (@thedeinfluencer) August 14, 2024 I take back everything bad I’ve said about Grok. This is the best new feature Twitter has added in years pic.twitter.com/zxPnQenvQl — Quantіan (@quantian1) August 15, 2024 https://twitter.com/_/status/1824431930768777605 I asked Grok to make me …
“Every Monday I meet with a group of female friends in a London restaurant. We sit at a table near the window and discuss our lives. We have many things in common. We are all in our mid-50s and highly educated career women. But there is a vacuum in our lives. We are all single and …
🚨 JUST IN: Boston Dynamics just revealed its new generation of Atlas robot. This is absolutely incredible.pic.twitter.com/YVuRJfPLYq — Barsee 🐶 (@heyBarsee) April 17, 2024
NEW YORK — It stinks to smell, especially for young men, it seems. A new survey is shedding light on the self-consciousness American millennial men experience when it comes to body odor. The poll of 2,000 millennials, reveals that an overwhelming 72 percent of men feel anxious about how their body smells on a daily basis. The …
via Mike Shedlock Young adults are more skeptical of government and pessimistic about the future than any living generation before them. This is with reason, and it’s likely to decide the election. Rough Years and the Most Pessimism Ever The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on The Rough Years That Turned Gen Z Into …
by Michael What happens when millions of TikTok influencers scream in horror all at once? On Wednesday, the worst fears of TikTok addicts were realized when the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ban the distribution of TikTok in the U.S. if ByteDance does not sell its shares to someone else. …
Feb 22, 2024 ‘The Five’ co-hosts react to Google pausing its Gemini image generation artificial intelligence bot after it refused to produce images of White people. Google’s Anti-White AI Image Generator, The Google Gemini app erases history and prioritizes Left-wing intersectionality; Joe Biden uses taxpayer dollars to bribe college graduates; and Russia continues its pattern …
Europe’s power demand is expected to rise again soon, as electrification takes off through heat pumps and EVs. More of Europe’s electricity came from wind power than fossil gas for the first time ever last year. That’s according to the latest annual review from clean energy think tank Ember, which is peppered with positive statistics …
Exponential growth of supply. Demand…. Shockwaves In The East: Zhongzhi’s Bankruptcy Exposes China’s Deepening Property Crisis “Despite government intervention, China’s property crisis has been deepening as shadow bank Zhongzhi Enterprise Group declared bankruptcy on Jan. 5. The bank, which had financed the operations of several Chinese property developers over the years, stated in August 2023 …
