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by Michael Global weather patterns have begun to resemble a Hollywood disaster movie, and the mainstream media is starting to admit what many of us have known all along. Thanks to the “Super El Niño” that is now upon us, the second half of this year is going to be really crazy. Europe was just …
Just days after investors started questioning the entire AI trade, Micron delivered one of the most explosive earnings reports in the sector. The numbers were staggering. Fiscal Q3 2026 revenue reached $41.46 billion. That was a 346% increase from a year earlier. Non-GAAP earnings came in at $25.11 per share, crushing analyst estimates of roughly …
Hail the size of grapefruit fell in Illinois Wednesday night, and that may qualify as a new state record, if it can be officially confirmed. Widespread severe storms on Tuesday produced massive hail across parts of Illinois, Texas and Missouri, including a new contender for a state record. AccuWeather Meteorologist and Storm Chaser Tony Laubach …
Camera man catches athletes sponsored by Monster Energy Drink dumping out the cans and filling them with water before shooting They won’t even drink the product they’re promoting, they fill it with water “I don’t think they meant to air this” This same thing happens at extreme sporting events like X Games, skateboarding and BMX …
OpenAI said it raised $110 billion in its latest funding round. Amazon invested $50 billion, Nvidia invested $30 billion and SoftBank invested $30 billion in the round, OpenAI said Friday. OpenAI continues to grow at a rapid pace, but the AI giant faces intensifying competition from Anthropic and Google. OpenAI has closed a $110 billion …
You know the deal today…wind, fire danger, blowing dirt are the headliners. Gusts over 60 mph will be possible, as you can see in the animation below. The wind gust animation starts today, 10 AM MST and ends tonight, 8 PM MST #desertfarmers #cowx #kswx #newx #wywx #okwx #txwx… pic.twitter.com/n89MIfBDQp — Brian Bledsoe 🐊 (@BrianBledsoe) …
The James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have captured the clearest image yet of a galaxy cluster in the making, seen when the universe was only one billion years old. This stunning image showcases what astronomers think is the most distant galaxy protocluster ever found, and it holds a very important clue …
This storm has every serious forecaster nervous, and that should worry you. MONSTER Snowstorm Coming – 80 City BRUTAL Blizzard Alert – This is absolutely INSANE folks! A MONSTER snowstorm is barreling toward us and 80 major cities across multiple states are now under BRUTAL blizzard alerts as this beast threatens to unleash some of …
Goldman says on Friday and Monday, hedge funds just logged their biggest two-day buying spree in over six months and one of the largest bursts of buying seen in the past two years 👀 — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) November 26, 2025 Yesterday the hedge funds had the largest buys of US stocks going back to atleast …
BREAKING 🚨 US OFFICE OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH SHOCKED TO LEARN OFF-EXCHANGE REPO MARKETS (DARKPOOL REPO LOANS) EXCEEDS $5 TRILLION 😱 That’s over 100% MORE than expected… The report states this could cascade into domino bankruptcies and systemic crisis. Lehman Bros on mega steroids💥 Repo = basically short-term loans backed by bonds that can amplify systemic …
Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 4 as it heads for Cuba after Jamaica disaster. 735,000 evacuated; heavy floods feared. Read more on https://t.co/ktRjVA3jqq#HurricaneMelissa #Cuba #Jamaica #Storm #Weather #Disaster pic.twitter.com/3OkOspyulq — shorts91 (@shorts_91) October 29, 2025 Hurricane Melissa pummeled Cuba early Wednesday after leaving a path of destruction across Jamaica, where 25,000 tourists remain stranded and …
BREAKING 🚨 Super Typhoon Ragasa: Video shows floodwaters surging into the lobby of the Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel in Hong Kong pic.twitter.com/DVTz8Ml1ev — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 24, 2025 Live view of Hong Kong. Southern Chinese cities scaled back many aspects of daily life on Tuesday as they braced for Super Typhoon Ragasa, one of …
The Minnesota transsexual murderer of school children wrote out clear clues of what drove him into becoming something some would consider a monstrosity and how society helped him get there. by David Haggith Today we got to see the rare confession by a transsexual, mass-murdering, child that he/she wished he/she had never made the mistake …
It went from tropical storm to Category 5 in a single day. Erin didn’t intensify. It detonated. Winds jumped from 75 mph to 160 mph in 24 hours. That is not weather. That is combustion. https://abc17news.com/news/2025/08/16/category-5-hurricane-erin-is-one-of-the-fastest-rapidly-intensifying-storms-in-atlantic-history/ The National Hurricane Center called it “very powerful.” Director Mike Brennan said Erin gained 96 km/h in nine hours. …
by David Haggith The monster arrived as a toothy baby left on the steps of the New York Stock Exchange, exactly as predicted here for early Summer, but wait until you see what it grows into by the end of summer. The TACO trade is the new action on Wall Street where investors are betting …
VOO — S&P 500 tracker Yield: ~$3,900/year on $300K (roughly 1.3%) Pros Pure exposure to the top 500 U.S. companies Extremely low expense ratio (0.03%) Liquid, tax-efficient, and proven over time Long-term compounding machine with broad diversification Cons Low yield Little protection in drawdowns No active management or income focus Growth slows when the big …
The wreckage is official. CareerBuilder and Monster, once the twin engines of online job hunting, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 24. The merged company, CareerBuilder + Monster, is being dismantled piece by piece. The job board is going to JobGet. The government software unit is headed to Valsoft. Military.com and Fastweb.com are being …
US stocks turned higher on Friday to cap a chaotic week on Wall Street, as investors weighed the latest tariff-related developments in the trade war between the US and China. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 1.8% after seesawing earlier in the session. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) climbed 2.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) …
I’d say Trumps numbers look pretty good! pic.twitter.com/e7uMmBBWJ9 — Sarah Smith (@Defundmedianow) March 16, 2025
NEW: @SpeakerJohnson says there will be a resistance if @realDonaldTrump wins and Democrats will try to take down our institutions. He lays out what the House plans to do to fix Americans’ ACTUAL problems if Trump wins. pic.twitter.com/nSQwjkdkWG — Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) October 30, 2024 PENNSYLVANIA VOTER POLL: Presidential support (w/3rd party)HARRIS / TRUMP46% / …
Huge, fast-moving wildfires have destroyed up to half of the historic Canadian town of Jasper, officials say, and the blazes are still out of control as firefighters try to save as many buildings as possible. Entire streets of the main town in western Canada’s Jasper National Park have been levelled by the fire, with video …
Blizzard. I-80 is a parking lot. It’s getting dark. #blizzard #California #snow #donnersummit @bclemms #CAwx pic.twitter.com/tcxC88Sosx — Jonathan Petramala (@jpetramala) March 2, 2024 https://twitter.com/MichaelWX18/status/1763791499412881624 UPDATE: Hundreds of cars stranded on I-80 near the Donner Summit…blizzard winds and heaviest snow of the storm starting. It’s a race to see if they can clear the interstate before …
BREAKING: Monster waves hit an Army base in the Marshall Islands. Built to Redpill the World!17PLUS https://t.co/1pFeF6wgGt pic.twitter.com/IEIPsYTiZJ — AMERICANDREAM09 🇺🇸 Jack Media ~DREAM (@JackMedia7) January 23, 2024 Monster waves wreaked havoc at a Marshall Islands Army base, captured in a terrifying video. A 3-to-4-ft wave burst into the Army’s dining hall on Roi-Namur island, …
Largest X2.8 Just shot a M7 BOOM https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-x-ray-flux Add to it an earth-facing coronal hole This is likely one of the largest solar radio events ever recorded. Radio communication interference with aircraft were reported by multiple NWS Center Weather Service Units (CWSU) co-located at FAA facilities. See https://t.co/U2jmmJNjJV for full story. pic.twitter.com/tAiLovhCUw — NOAA Space …
