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JUST IN: At least 5 people shot after 300 teens started "rioting" following Chicago’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony. “300 juveniles rioting in the Loop now, at least 5 victims shot, one critical with life threatening gunshot wound to torso,” said @AldermanHopkins. “Multiple… pic.twitter.com/HT6HqAI6qH — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 22, 2025 One person was killed and …
NVIDIA is not just selling GPUs to Musk’s xAI. They own a stake in the company. Every dollar xAI spends on hardware flows back to NVIDIA through sales and equity growth. Every time xAI succeeds, NVIDIA’s valuation rises. This is not a normal supplier relationship. It is a financial loop engineered to maximize control, influence, …
This is the vicious cycle we are trapped in. It does not matter if it is cars or houses. Interest rates are soaring. Tariffs are hitting everything. The cost of building anything has gone through the roof. Every new house, every new car, every single project feels taxed, priced, or delayed out of reach. All …
The AI money loop is creating a surge in valuations that feels unstoppable, but it hides enormous risk. Nvidia’s investments into OpenAI, Oracle’s GPU purchases, and OpenAI’s massive capacity orders keep pumping cash around in a cycle that inflates stock prices far faster than real-world growth. Each transaction looks like progress, but the system depends …
Before the trade war began, American companies sending goods to China paid nothing in tariffs. That was the status quo. Zero tax. A smooth transaction from the U.S. to China. But that clean slate is long gone. Now, any American product sent to China carries a ten percent tax. That includes not just finished goods …
by AC In the late 1990s, Enron, the infamous energy giant, and MCI, the telecom titan, were secretly collaborating on a clandestine project codenamed “Chronos Ledger.” The official narrative tells us Enron collapsed in 2001 due to accounting fraud, and MCI (then part of WorldCom) imploded in 2002 over similar financial shenanigans. But what if …
Everything feels so high. SPX with 120 month moving average. Dec 2024: SPX 6000, 120MMA 3400. Its funny how the same bullshit scams repeat, but just in VERY slight variation. Penny stocks – CryptoHousing shortage – Housing shortageDotcom – AI My dad started day trading in the late 1990s and lost his entire six figure …
I spent several days in the Tenderloin and other neighborhoods decimated by homelessness, drug overdose deaths, and mental illness. This human tragedy is being further exacerbated by failed public polices like “housing first” and “harm reduction.” But there are now several people on the ground trying to change this narrative and the direction of the …