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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 …
Those junk mail envelopes come with prepaid return postage. If everyone sent them back stuffed with their own junk mail, the original senders would be stuck footing the bill for the return postage. If everyone did this it would annoy the junkers a little. Right?? — Austin Spitler (@fedmykidkorn) April 1, 2025
“Pharma stocks tumbled today after Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency responsible for authorizing vaccines, resigned under pressure from his new boss, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “If Peter Marks does not want to get behind restoring science to its golden …
After a prolonged period of tight spreads and a downward trend, the high-yield spread has finally broken out. This is another critical chart sending an important message, further reinforcing a risk-off stance. pic.twitter.com/WJpDk7A4yx — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) March 31, 2025 Excellent interview. The recent drop in rates could be temporary once tariffs are implemented. They …
Growth scare claims another victim, sending crude and gasoline plunging today. At one point, crude traded as low as it has been since August 2021. It’s getting to be so much even Wall Street cheerleaders are now openly referencing the R-word. The “scare” is coming in from all sides.
$SPX Something will give.. and give soon. pic.twitter.com/lFXDMhvqBv — Heisenberg (@Mr_Derivatives) February 11, 2025 〽️ Double top & BEARFLAG pic.twitter.com/ETjtWVz0U3 — C invest (@mikael_aune) February 11, 2025 This Goldmans sentiment indicator seems a pretty good forecaster of an impending bear market H/t @dailychartbook pic.twitter.com/kL7t6SBs43 — Albert Edwards (@albertedwards99) February 11, 2025 It has begun…. https://t.co/57GUpfkQDt …
A federal court on Sunday issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, detention camp as part of the president’s efforts to remove illegal immigrants from the U.S. Lawyers for the trio said in a legal filing that the detainees …
UK payrolls took a massive hit in both November AND December. While the media looks for reasons to blame, the answer instead comes from all the rest of the world. Unemployment is on the rise all over the place, with the situations in some of them going way beyond softening or weakness. More than a …
U.S. taxpayers may be in line to receive a stimulus check by the end of January if they did not claim the Recovery Rebate Credit on their 2021 tax return, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. The IRS said the decision came about after reviewing internal data which showed eligible taxpayers who filed a return …
China is a complete sh*t show. Their 2008 moment. https://t.co/z9K9spoqBU — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 29, 2024 Bazooka’s and bank recaps. Nothing has worked. Instead, China’s industry is in freefall with deflation threatening to spiral out of control. At the same time, real estate developers are back in the news facing insolvency; a threat that …
The December Philly Fed Manufacturing survey was another disaster, collapsing from -5.5 to -16.4, versus an expected rise to +2.8. This is the weakest level of the year. More problematic, prices paid jumped while prices received fell. All signs point to #stagflation. Sorry, Fed. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) December 19, 2024 The markets still don't …
🚨TELECOM HACK CHAOS: U.S. SAYS “USE WHATSAPP AND PRAY” Chinese hackers just pulled off a heist on AT&T, Verizon, and other telecom giants, snooping on live calls, call records, and even top-secret systems in D.C. The U.S. government’s advice? “Use encrypted apps like Signal or… pic.twitter.com/RrtFMXI07f — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 4, 2024 Amid an …
by Michael Anyone that thinks that it is going to be easy to end the war in Ukraine is just being delusional. The Russians do not want to end the war right now because they are winning and they don’t want to stop until they have achieved their goals. The Ukrainian leadership in Kyiv does …
I didn’t mention the tariffs too. Ran out of characters lol — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) November 14, 2024 This rises until the stock market breaks. and break it shall https://t.co/jrqI19fdH2 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) November 13, 2024 Extreme worrisome. pic.twitter.com/aLmz6cf56M — The Great Martis (@great_martis) November 13, 2024 US debt ‘set to explode’ under Trump …
Russian spies are thought to have hidden an incendiary device inside a parcel loaded on a plane heading for Britain, before it dramatically burst into flames hours just later at a warehouse. Counter-terrorism police are said to be investigating Russia’s involvement in the terrifying incident, which happened at a DHL centre in Minworth, Birmingham on …
Ukraine’s manpower problem is growing worse as forces have moved from the frontlines of the war against Russia to stage an incursion into Russian territory. Ukrainian forces pierced through Russia’s border last week and have now seized more than 400 miles of territory in the Kursk region, in a surprise incursion that caught Moscow off-guard. But the …
Congressional Republicans should be issuing subpoenas to Google, not sending letters https://t.co/GB5ISi3Zp3 — George (@BehizyTweets) August 14, 2024
They aren't sending their best to protect President Trump.pic.twitter.com/dzLLAUVUpI — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) July 21, 2024 pic.twitter.com/9AMWp3wAAH — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) July 21, 2024
Recent earnings reports from major US banks have been disappointing, which has led to a decline in their stock prices. For example, JPMorgan Chase’s stock fell more than 5% after the bank forecasted lower-than-expected full-year income from interest payments. Similarly, Wells Fargo and Citigroup also saw declines despite some positive aspects in their reports. This has …
But for some reason we have been sending them nearly $200 billion in military aid (some gets sold on the black market) and financial aid (how much gets stoIen?). pic.twitter.com/l948mmy0W7 — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) July 11, 2024 https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1811352077697728836
Homebuilders Have the Most Inventory Since May 2008, Big Discounts Coming Speculative building, measured by started but unsold housing inventory, is at the highest level since May of 2008. https://t.co/VgkiA2sWJq — Mike "Mish" Shedlock (@MishGEA) May 25, 2024 The echoes of 2008 are deafening as the housing market teeters on the edge of another crisis. …
via Natural News: Some of the 32 NATO member states are inching closer to seriously considering sending military troops to Ukraine in answer to Kyiv’s request of training 150,000 recruits as the beleaguered nation is facing a critical point in its manpower shortage. The appeal to send in men came after the delay in the delivery of …
The international community is scrambling to provide Ukraine with air defense batteries, but two key countries, Spain and Greece, have declined to donate their systems. Despite Ukraine’s urgent need for at least seven advanced air defense batteries to protect its cities and critical infrastructure from Russian attacks, Madrid and Athens are prioritizing their own security …
via politico: The U.S. is considering sending additional military advisers to the embassy in Kyiv, the latest show of American commitment to Ukraine as Russia appears to be gaining momentum in the two-year conflict. The advisers would not be in a combat role, but rather would advise and support the Ukrainian government and military, according …
“If Russia won, the lives of the French would change. We will no longer have security in Europe,” said Macron, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s appetite for territory may not stop with Ukraine. “Wanting peace today means not letting Ukraine fall.” Macron spoke on the eve of meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and …
Leaders across Europe have lined up to rule out putting troops on the ground in Ukraine after French president Emmanuel Macron announced he was open to the idea of sending soldiers to fight against Vladimir Putin’s forces – as the Kremlin warned of the “inevitability” of a direct war with Nato if such a move …
Same thing on our flight from Phoenix to Dulles yesterday. Group from Guatemala carrying docs from DHS that read "Release on Recognizance". Doc said "you have been arrested and are being processed for removal". — Wes Querns (@WesQuerns) February 14, 2024
FORGET RAZOR WIRE – TEXAS DEPLOYS TANKS The Texas Army National Guard is moving M1A1 Abrams battle tanks and M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles to its border with Mexico. As states begin to send their troops to assist in securing the border, this looks like a battle Biden can’t win. Source: 𝕏 FORGET RAZOR WIRE …
The Obamunists are in a hole, they really don’t know what to do next. So they will continue to double down on failure. The Ukrainian Army is fading, losing ground in the field, and there are obvious internal squabbles going on, amid rampant corruption. So Lyndon Johnson, err… I mean… Biden, is sending an Offial …
