A hub for independent voices and hard truths
It was not hackers, not satellites falling silent, and not a solar storm. It was older and simpler than that: a set of undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, the most volatile shipping lane in the world. For decades, experts warned that global internet infrastructure was fragile. When the …
They can keep the whole thing afloat as long as they’d like The release valve is just the currency. Inflation is running at 3%-5% …and there's a 100% probability that the Fed cuts at least 25bps in ten days As if that wasn't bad enough, there's a 11% probability they …
Nvidia’s profits vanish into thin air Soaring sales, sinking cash, red flag rising $NVDA Posted $56 billion in revenue growth and $26 billion in that income but just $15 billion in cash flow that’s a 58% conversion down from 90% receivables balloon draining $5.7 billion revenue soar and cash crawls …
Factories are shutting. Shops are closing. Workers are walking out under stress that has nowhere to go. The air smells of fear and exhaustion. Bank accounts are shrinking while bills climb. The institutions meant to protect us are either blind or complicit. Every metric screams warning. Every statistic is a …
A South Lake Tahoe resident tested positive for bubonic plague after camping in the area. Officials say it was likely a flea bite. “Plague is naturally present in many parts of California, including higher elevation areas of El Dorado County,” said Kyle Fliflet, Acting Director of Public Health. That’s the …
Interest rates are stuck. Inventory is swelling. Buyers are gone. More than half of all homes now sell below asking. It’s the weakest housing market since 2012. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/housing-market-craters-56-homes-123114860.html Rents are falling, vacancies hitting records. National apartment rents dropped 0.8% year over year in July. The vacancy rate just hit an …
by Michael Our society is more addicted to the Internet than ever. So how has that affected us? Are we happier than we once were, or are we less happy? Are we more mentally healthy than we once were, or are we less mentally healthy? I don’t have to give …
Forget the daily market chatter about flashy tech or quick trades. If you want the real pulse of the American economy, look no further than where people actually live: the housing market. Right now, that vital sector, for some of its biggest players, is signaling real trouble, not just a …
This is a pretty crazy statistic. 1/3 of people who made a commitment to spend nearly half a million dollars on something regret what they bought pic.twitter.com/hzUV404rJ5 — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) May 7, 2025 Unsold housing inventory in USA has continued to rise sharply, to highest since Global Financial Crisis …
NOW – Bessent Just Blew the Lid Off 50 Years of American Failure—Trump’s First 100 Days Are About to Change Everything Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just said the quiet part out loud and it was a direct shot at the political class that ran Washington for the last half-century. “I’m …
China seems to think Trump is desperate for a deal? Doubt it. Half their fucking country is about to close shop. pic.twitter.com/aqKfCeg32a — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) April 30, 2025 🇨🇳 China Overnight Economic Data: *Manufacturing PMI: Miss 🔴*Services PMI: Miss 🔴*Composite PMI: Miss 🔴 China's economy is crumbling amid tariff …
The price of bitcoin, big macs and inflation will all trend linearly over 50 years and these trends won’t be affected at all by half the world’s wealth being funneled into a volatile asset that can’t be scaled. h/t Octagonal_Octopus
Central banks almost never say they intervene in currency markets. In a survey, half said they do. Central banks report they were likely to boost gold holding while none reported crypto holdings The 21st annual Central Banking survey, sponsored by HSBC, has revealed that currency market intervention by central banks …
🚨 #BREAKING: Reports of an AIRCRAFT DOWN in the Hudson River in NYC FDNY responding. Unknown casualties. DEVELOPING… pic.twitter.com/HUqkSd8usu — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 10, 2025 “Split in Half”: Six Dead, Including 3 Kids, After Helicopter Crashes Into the Hudson River in New York City Six people are dead after …
This is insane. 50% of Gen Z and Millennials are still on their parent’s payroll. The average person is getting $18,000 from mom and dad 🤯 pic.twitter.com/3NPvSrorpu — Anthony Pompliano 🌪 (@APompliano) March 31, 2025 62% of Americans could come up with $2,000 in case of an emergency, the lowest …
Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new phase of matter while studying a model system of a magnetic material. … … The phase is a never-before-seen pattern of electron spins—the tiny “up” and “down” magnetic moments carried by every electron. It …
When banks stop lending to the public, the consequences will be seismic. What happens when Banks stop Lending to the Public 🤔 Since Silicon Valley Bank failed in March of 2023, more than 50% of all the new🔵Loans and Leases originated by the Commercial Banks have been made to🟡Non-Depository Financial …
Earlier this week, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Education (DoED) and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the initiation of a “comprehensive review” of more than $5 billion in federal grant money that goes to Columbia, “in light of ongoing investigations for potential violations of Title …
The Internal Revenue Service is writing up plans to cut up to half of its 90,000 person staff, according to a report from the Associated Press. This comes as the Trump administration has been working to cut back on the government and make it more efficient. According the AP, the …
by Mike Shedlock The share of spending by the top 10 percent keeps rising. Economy Increasingly Dependent on the Wealthy The Wall Street Journal reports The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People Many Americans are pinching pennies, exhausted by high prices and stubborn inflation. The well-off are spending …
There’s no sugarcoating this—Connecticut residents are getting fleeced. Imagine working hard only to open a bill where just $236.71 is actual electricity use, yet $876.40 is fees. That’s nearly 80% of the total bill! A $227.76 “public benefits” fee forces you to cover someone else’s lights, while the $175.60 delivery …
Federal bureaucracy isn’t just inefficient—it’s a fortress protecting political patronage. Kristol’s non-profit sitting at the receiving end of this tangled mess? Predictable. The delay isn’t in the processing—it’s in cutting through the intentional obfuscation. 48 vCPUs are throttled curating the USAID grant network for every single EIN, will take a …
Government spending is now half of the economy in most of the developed world…. pic.twitter.com/PoEfWCuf7X — The Long View (@HayekAndKeynes) January 15, 2025 Fiat currency isn’t just a tool for inflation – it’s a weapon for endless wars. Without it, governments couldn’t fund trillion-dollar conflicts without your consent. — GoldSilver …
Exactly! "…his is completely unsustainable and points to a much weaker labor market than the headlines make it appear." The soon-to-be unemployed government whisperers have been using government hiring to demonstrate growth, akin to how bloodletting was once believed to heal… — John Welty (@apostlejohn) January 10, 2025 BREAKING: Bank …
Incoming Trump "border czar" Tom Homan called on the Aurora chief of police to hand suspected Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents so they can be removed from the country. The Aurora Police Department arrested 14… pic.twitter.com/0Ljmfheh3C — @JosetteCaruso Josette Caruso …
TLDR Migrant caravan in Mexico halves in size after Trump’s election win Many migrants, disheartened by Trump’s tough border stance, turn back Trump’s immigration policies could include birthright citizenship end and increased deportations Some continue journey, hoping to secure asylum before Trump assumes office Impact of Trump’s previous policies left …
When Republicans vote on Wednesday to tie a stopgap spending bill to new requirements for voters to provide proof of citizenship they will have the backing of Americans, according to a new poll for DailyMail.com. It found that 48 percent of likely voters believe that noncitizens are voting in American …
OpenAl’s Mira Murati says “If you look at the trajectory of improvement, systems like GPT-3 were maybe toddler-level intelligence,” Murati says. “And then systems like GPT-4 are more like smart high-schooler intelligence. And then, in the next couple of years, we’re looking at Ph.D. intelligence for specific tasks. Things are …
