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The Thanksgiving holiday travel rush is set to collide with severe coast-to-coast storms, threatening significant delays. Heavy rain, winds, and up to 8 inches of snow are forecast for parts of the U.S., particularly the Northeast and West Coast. Newark Airport is already reporting flight delays due to high winds, and more disruptions are expected. …
By Matthew Piepenburg In this pre-US-election interview, VON GREYERZ Partner, Matthew Piepenburg, joins Jeremy Szafron of Kitco News to address the many ignored “elephants” in the room regarding recession indicators, sovereign debt levels, credit market deterioration, increasingly obvious fiat currency risk and the longer-term direction of precious metal markets. Piepenburg cites the equally ignored insights …
by Michael Months of negotiations have proved fruitless, and it appears that we really are about to get a “full-fledged war” in the Middle East. Sadly, I don’t think that any of the parties involved have really thought this through. Both sides have been arming themselves to the teeth since the last war ended in …
The NYPD is using “Barnacles” to combat illegal parking. They are commercial-grade suction cups that latch onto the glass with 1,000 pounds of force, making forcible removal next to impossible.pic.twitter.com/hsDjxrPJjt — Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 22, 2024 And here's how easy they are to remove, plus they have a sim card inside them with unlimited data, …
A panel of independent experts reported this week that NASA lacks funding to maintain most of its decades-old facilities, could lose its engineering prowess to the commercial space industry, and has a shortsighted roadmap for technology development. “NASA’s problem is it always seems to have $3 billion more program than it has of funds,” said …
https://twitter.com/GayBearRes/status/1833487117907059028 https://twitter.com/GayBearRes/status/1833535286166601765 https://twitter.com/GayBearRes/status/1833558559272894639 Florida Is Facing Its Gravest Real Estate Crisis in Decades In Florida, condo owners are drastically reducing their property prices, some by as much as 40%, in response to impending massive repair costs. This trend marks the severest real estate downturn the state has faced in decades, putting significant financial pressure on …
It was already a hectic day when my insurance broker left a frantic voicemail telling me that my homeowner’s insurance had lapsed. I felt nauseous and naked. Suddenly, any leak, fire, or tree branch falling onto the hundred-year-old Hudson Valley house that’s been in my family for nearly 40 years could wipe out my bank …
In a shocking turn of events, CNN finds itself on the defensive in a billion-dollar defamation lawsuit. Navy veteran Zachary Young is taking on the media giant for their portrayal of his efforts during the Afghanistan evacuation. The case hinges on CNN’s use of the term “black market” and accusations of exploiting desperate Afghans. With …
by Michael The Social Security program was instituted to help elderly Americans thrive during their retirement years. Unfortunately, millions upon millions of retired Americans are finding that their monthly Social Security payments are simply not enough as the cost of living spirals out of control. One recent survey found that a whopping 85 percent of U.S. adults …
Stagflation is when the economy experiences both high inflation and high unemployment. The last time America’s economy experience this was back in the 1970s. Many are now believing – including JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon – that stagflation could be returning in 2024 and 2025. This outcome would be the Federal Reserve’s and Jerome Powell’s worst …
Temeika Clay couldn’t understand why her car insurance premium shot up 80 percent. The Henry County, Georgia, resident did some digging and obtained the LexisNexis credit report for her Chevy Camaro. The credit report revealed GM had collected data about her driving tendencies and made the information available to insurance companies. “Never did I imagine …
According to a report published on Monday by The Washington Times, two seasoned IRS officials, Gary Shapley and a guy going by the name “Mr. X,” testified before Congress about their investigations into Hunter Biden’s numerous alleged tax-related infractions. Biden’s accountants once demanded that he sign a representation letter confirming the accuracy of his declared …
The Railway Exchange Building was the heart of downtown St. Louis for a century. Every day, locals crowded into the sprawling, ornate 21-story office building to go to work, shop at the department store that filled its lower floors or dine on the famous French onion soup at its restaurant. Today, the building sits empty, …
This move has sparked intense debate among economists, policymakers, and the public. Once considered an extreme idea, UBI has become mainstream, challenging how we view the social contract and the government’s role in ensuring citizens’ well-being. As the economy changes rapidly due to technological advancements, globalization, and shifts in labor, the adoption of UBI represents …
State lawmakers have unanimously passed a bill to combat squatting. This comes after a News4JAX I-TEAM investigation exposing how a loophole in the law allowed people to live rent-free in a home for weeks while the property’s owner, Patti Peeples, wasn’t allowed on the premises.
Imagine you’re in a waiting room, and someone sits next to you with four iPhones strapped to their forehead. You might swiftly relocate. Yet that’s exactly what’s happening when someone straps on Apple’s new Vision Pro headset. Each of these goggles contains the rough equivalent to a head full of iPhones: 2 depth sensors, 6 microphones and …
Nightmare Illegal Immigrant Report Goes Public – 1 Jaw-Dropping Number Could Be America’s End The study showed that people getting into the country illegally reportedly use most programs at “statistically significant higher rates than the U.S.-born. Key Takeaways: Nightmare report showed that 54% of the U.S. immigrant population is on welfare. Illegal-headed households use government …
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-announces-2023-form-1099-k-reporting-threshold-delay-for-third-party-platform-payments-plans-for-a-5000-threshold-in-2024-to-phase-in-implementation The politicians decided it would be a great idea if they had every garage sale Sally report their income from online reseller apps like ebay and mercari. That’s about 200 Million more Schedule C forms the IRS now has to go through. They delayed this for 1 more year. They have been talking about …
via PJMEDIA “Sticker shock” has taken on a whole new meaning when new electric vehicle owners get their first repair bill following a simple fender bender. The Wall Street Journal reports that a San Francisco resident got in a minor accident with his electric truck. He thought that repairs would be “a couple-thousand-dollar bill from the repair …
Deutsche Bank’s anticipated $350 million loss on a New York City office building signals a deepening crisis in the commercial real estate market. With the property’s value plummeting and significant vacancies, the situation reflects broader challenges in the sector, as other distressed buildings in Manhattan may face similar struggles. The New York commercial real estate …
Photo by Roselyn Tirado From Brandon Smith We’re enduring a stagflationary crisis – there’s no way around it. It doesn’t matter how much oil Joe Biden dumps on the market from the Strategic Reserves. It doesn’t matter how many jobs he is able to temporarily buy with $8 trillion-plus deficit spending. It doesn’t matter how many times …
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web It’s just a “proposal,” but it’s also being prototyped inside Chrome right now. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/ So what does this mean for you.? Well if you arent using Google Chrome as your browser (and later on, if you arent using the Google Chromium OS) well …
Voters are now more likely to see the Republican Party as capable of governing, tackling big issues and keeping the country safe compared with the Democratic Party. By a 9-point margin, voters also see the Democratic Party as more ideologically extreme than the GOP. The trends against the Democratic Party are largely driven by worsening …
Under Justin Trudeau, Canada has sought to position itself as the global bastion of progressive politics. In my latest Telegraph documentary, seen above, I went to the former British colony to find out how Canadians are dealing with Trudeau’s radical reforms; from the promotion of gender ideology in schools and the mass legalisation of drugs, …
UKRAINIAN NORTHERN FLANK IS ON THE VERGE OF TOTAL COLLAPSE https://t.co/aw4j0nggdC — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) August 12, 2023 UKRAINE’S DEFENSE MINISTER CALLS RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE MOVEMENTS AT KUPIANSK A “NIGHTMARE” SCENARIO; UKRAINIAN DEFENSES ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) August 11, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow says it has destroyed 20 drones over Crimea https://t.co/CIXNJ8gMLS — …
