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The U.S. military has given the president a plan to seize nearly 1,000 pounds of highly enriched uranium in Iran that would involve flying in excavation equipment and building a runway for cargo planes to take the radioactive material out, according to two people familiar with the matter. The complex plan was briefed to the …
A mother has removed all Amazon Alexa devices from her Texas home after the AI assistant asked her four-year-old daughter what she was wearing. Christy Hosterman, 32, was using the device to help with a dinner recipe last month when her daughter Stella asked it to tell her a silly story, a feature on the …
by Michael War is at the door. On Friday, last ditch talks will be held in Oman, but nobody is really expecting anything to come out of them. The U.S. wants Iran to end all nuclear enrichment, limit the range of their missiles, end the funding of proxies throughout the Middle East, and stop killing …
The S&P 500 relative to the U.S. money supply looks incredibly similar to the 1999 blow-off top. pic.twitter.com/CpsVvr2TKa — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) June 30, 2025 Also notable: 4 week bill tanking, now almost 20 bps under RRP pic.twitter.com/qrZdz82dZU — George Gammon (@GeorgeGammon) June 30, 2025 The Fed is now providing Wall Street with liquidity through …
by Michael Our current way of life could not continue without rare earth minerals. Every single day of our lives, all of us depend on technology that was built using rare earth minerals. In fact, the device that you are reading this article on right now probably contains rare earth minerals. Ultimately, rare earth minerals aren’t …
Last week’s trade data shows an incredibly bleak picture for the economy: – 49% drop in global container bookings – 64% drop in U.S. imports. – 30% drop in U.S. exports. The data from March 24-31, 2025, compared to the subsequent week (April 1-8, 2025), shows a dramatic decrease in pre-order quantities. The total number …
We have reached a very alarming turning point in American history. More than at any other moment in modern times, Americans are extremely angry about the state of the economy. The next Administration will inherit a country struggling with a deep consumer recession. We have come to learn that our government has piled up the …
by Michael Have you ever wondered why so many of the most powerful men in our society turn out to be sexual predators? As you will see below, another extremely powerful man was just arrested on Tuesday. This happens over and over again, but we aren’t supposed to see a pattern. Every time another big name …
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In the last 24 hours: – Mortgage rates hit +8.09%– Credit card interest rate hits record high– Car loan interest rate hits highest since 2001– Oil prices jump highest in 6 months– China planning +$137 billion stimulus– War continues on in Israel But guess what? Stocks are… — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) October 10, 2023 …
By Egon von Greyerz Will the world experience a catastrophic debt implosion? Just like the Titan Submersible that recently imploded, the global debt bubble can implode “within just a fraction of a millisecond”. More later in the article. Are we now in the third circle in Dante’s Inferno? Dante describes the 9 circles of hell. The 3rd circle …
https://t.co/5FieSwXQOM pic.twitter.com/x5qPDyIMqJ — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) June 29, 2023 Ford to ax at least 1,000 contract, salaried workers Coromandel Nanaimo Station Project Set For Foreclosure Mortgage Applications Remain Collapsed In the US. Mortgage applications were higher even with the 6.75% average 30 yr mortgage rate. Purchases are still down 21% year over year h/t Simian_Stacker
Printing up endless bailouts to keep kicking the can down the road – seems like a sustainable long-term economic model Is there anything left unbailed? Energy bills, mortgages, pensions, food stamps, universities, utilities,… What is this system that runs on continuous bailouts? https://t.co/vpWI8ysGHX — KKGB (@INArteCarloDoss) June 26, 2023 What is #Bidenomics? In a word, …
