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The size of the Chinese strategic petroleum reserve is mind blowing: larger than US + Japan + the whole of Western Europe COMBINED byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts
Iran's war strategy is fairly straightforward: Blind U.S. forces by taking out radar installations, then fire low-cost, low-end missiles and drones at various targets to deplete U.S. air defense interceptors. Once U.S. air defense batteries run out of ammunition, then Iran will… pic.twitter.com/KOL6DM0f81 — HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) March 2, 2026 JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Marco Rubio: "They …
Nothing says systemic risk like a record bailout before breakfast. Fed lending $420B to banks is a much bigger story but you are correct. I just posted a link to the Fed story. — Dr. Don Woods (@DonaldW60852684) January 15, 2026 VVIX back over 100 always a red flag, especially with VIX lagging https://t.co/CeIl200Fcl pic.twitter.com/YP7GD3hruh …
None of this pricing makes sense and someone is going to be left holding the bag. That awkward moment where investors ask themselves why they paid 55x earnings for Costco. pic.twitter.com/ISo4SyWMiK — Lyn Alden (@LynAldenContact) December 6, 2025 Ok so serious question why is Tesla worth 15 times more given the average earnings and half …
Is GPU go brrrr more important than medicine? https://t.co/RosnLp8upg — Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) October 3, 2025
Homeless Camps Are Morphing Into Larger Homeless 'Cities' In LA https://t.co/dERjuWggOz — zerohedge (@zerohedge) September 14, 2025 A massive homeless encampment in Koreatown has grown into what neighbors describe as a “city” of its own — complete with a tennis court, garden, barbecue pit, and even illegally rigged electricity, according to the NY Post. “The …
If it looks like a duck, squawks like a duck and walks like a duck maybe… just maybe… is a 🦆 https://t.co/w3GadDi9Fu — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) June 30, 2025 $SPX Just drawing lines. pic.twitter.com/hHzeUQLPKy — Heisenberg (@Mr_Derivatives) June 29, 2025
Canada's private debt bubble, driven by real estate, now exceeds that of the US in 2008 and 1929, as well as Japan in 1991, as shown in the latest (Q3 2024) data and chart. Most will ignore this warning—why social cycles like the LongWave occur. https://t.co/ltrAoFKEz8 pic.twitter.com/nAUVlfUwhC — The Economic LongWave (@TheELongWave) June 10, 2025
New York Taxpayers are about to be DESTROYED – The proposed NY State budget will be OVER $250 BILLION this year– This is larger than Texas and Florida's budgets combined– New York has 33 million LESS people pic.twitter.com/aVCdy9ozJg — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) April 24, 2025
by Michael So many of the major problems that our world has had to deal with in recent years have been caused by mad scientists doing things that they should not be doing. Unfortunately, the global scientific community continues to show no restraint whatsoever. The things that I am about to share with you in this …
via notayesmanseconomics At the moment so many events are focused on Europe. At the present headlines are being created by the war in Ukraine and possible changes as to how that may play out. On its own it poses challenges as in the new situation both the Euro area and European Union are going to …
First, let's look at the numbers: • US GDP: $25.5 trillion• EU GDP: $16.6 trillion But in 2008, they were nearly equal. What the hell happened over the past 16 years? It's simple: pic.twitter.com/cC4YeDjwgg — Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) November 13, 2024 But it goes deeper than numbers… European talent is fleeing en masse. I see …
These people need to lose their pension and go to jail for what they did. TLDR Fired FEMA manager alleges widespread discrimination against Trump supporters within FEMA Internal messages instruct employees to avoid assisting homes displaying Trump support Reports reveal FEMA ignored half of incoming disaster aid calls Media previously dismissed criticisms of FEMA as …
BREAKING: Chinese stocks fell 1.6% on Thursday after 13 trading sessions of consecutive gains. Hang Seng China Enterprises Index was down as much as 4.9% before finishing -1.6%. It seems like some profit is being made as Chinese stocks have been the most overbought in 4 years. pic.twitter.com/21vaATRdvS — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) October 3, …
July 30 (Reuters) – The largest wildfire in the U.S. swelled to nearly 600 square miles on Tuesday morning, bigger than the city of Los Angeles, fire officials in California said, as thousands of firefighters battled the blaze in a wilderness area north of Sacramento. More than 5,000 firefighters from across California and other states …
by confoundedinterest17 Here is a chart of Non-commerciak net positions for US Treasuries, currently showing more bailing out of Treasury positions. Has the world sours on DC’s fiscal train wreck and The Fed? Of course, budget deficits are a disaster with Biden/Congress spending like drunken sailors in port and showing no signs of letting up. …
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"The FDIC shows how CRE concentration risk lives in banks *under* $100 billion—but the big office losses have been have been absorbed by the banks over $100bn."@stevenkelly49 pic.twitter.com/guwin1ehhn — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) May 29, 2024 🚨CRASH ALERT 🚨 update : Compare May 13th VS today. Scary ? You decide. https://t.co/3oGfjOUW2Q pic.twitter.com/JIhWyqEgSx — The Great Martis …
Wading through the wealth of data from ESA’s Gaia mission, scientists have uncovered a ‘sleeping giant’. A large black hole, with a mass of nearly 33 times the mass of the Sun, was hiding in the constellation Aquila, less than 2000 light-years from Earth. This is the first time a black hole of stellar origin …
The Russell 2000 index has risen 24 per cent since the beginning of 2020, lagging behind the S&P 500’s more than 60 per cent gain over the same period. The gap in performance shakes up a long-term historical norm in which fast-growing small-caps have tended to deliver punchier returns for investors who can stomach the …
Archaeologists and theologians are working together to analyze recent discoveries and explain what happened to the ancient city of Sodom found in the Bible’s Old Testament book of Genesis. Dr. John Bergsma, a professor of theology at Steubenville, Ohio’s Franciscan University, thinks the evidence uncovered at Tall el-Hammam located in the southern Jordan Valley may …
https://twitter.com/mane3s_/status/1749541021330051458 Funny when saint Obama did it. It was “TAX CUTS TO CREATE JOBS”. When Trump does it. It’s “TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH” AC
😂 😭 meaning an entire board room sat down and was like “man we’re losing money. We gotta cut it to 150 or were toast.” “Ok… but double the bottle size trick the peasants we can” Shameful work — Benjamin Way (@BWay124) January 5, 2024
Evidently God hears the prayers of the crows. h/t JustmeTX
“BREAKING: New CBP data reveals Border Patrol released over 900,000 migrants into the U.S. in fiscal year 2023 after they were apprehended crossing illegally, including a staggering 155,821 releases in September alone. These numbers do not include ICE or ports of entry releases. For context, 900,000+ is a population size larger than several US states, …
Binance is 10-15x larger than FTX. The collapse will cause the death of most crypto exchanges. There are no firewalls in the crypto industry. https://t.co/OfIXjvTxfe — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) June 11, 2023
Jimmy Dore: How Corporate News Turns Americans Against Each Other! h/t Orangutan
