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President signals fresh strikes on Iran as 11 US C-17s rush out of Middle East… Same aircraft pattern preceded last attacks, markets freak out hard… Trump posts the line that launched missiles before, escalation back on the table… War clouds gather fast while everyone prayed for peace… Here we go again… pic.twitter.com/JJuZRXvkzu — Vantage Point …
Two armed guys with assault rifles hit a Brinks armored truck yesterday morning in Philly’s Tacony neighborhood. They got away with about 1.8 million dollars in cash.It happened around 9:45 a.m. on Torresdale Avenue right out in the open. They rolled up, robbed the truck, then jumped in a blue getaway car and vanished. No …
By Peter Reagan Sometimes life doesn’t space things out for you. It stacks them. A broken appliance. A medical scare. A bill you weren’t expecting. None of those things are unusual on their own – but when they arrive together, that’s when it starts to feel overwhelming. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how much the …
Everyone is watching missiles, oil, and Wall Street. Almost nobody is paying attention to what is about to hit your grocery cart. Oil closed at $95.73 per barrel today. The Strait of Hormuz, which carries roughly 20% of the world’s oil, is effectively shut. Ships are stranded. Deliveries are delayed. Markets are already reacting violently. …
Something extremely ominous appears to be unfolding right now. Headlines coming out over the past 24 hours suggest that several major fault lines in the global system are starting to crack at the same time. The war in the Middle East is rapidly escalating into something much bigger. Iran is now openly threatening to nuke …
BREAKING: 🚨 Federal Reserve purchases of short duration Treasury Bills now exceeds the height of the 2020 pandemic. Jerome Powell is currently holding $329B short duration T-Bills on the Fed's balance sheet, exceeding the previous crisis peak of $325B. This marks the first… https://t.co/fvDjn6VCQb pic.twitter.com/v4a9OZj3Zb — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) February 27, 2026 Yup, REPO jumped to …
Watch live from Philadelphia as millions of residents across parts of the northeastern U.S. remain stuck at home under road travel bans and blizzard warnings while a fierce winter storm threatens the densely populated region overnight. Read more: https://bit.ly/4kTFoHR
The Sierra Nevada mountains were walloped this week by one of the biggest storms in decades, with some areas seeing more than 10 feet of new snow. UC Berkeley’s Central Sierra Snow Laboratory tallied 111 inches of snowfall over the past five days, making for the snowiest five-day stretch in over 40 years. The only …
“A total of 112 U.S. Air Force C-17’s have now either arrived or are en route to the Middle East with a further 17-18 in-progress flights, a number of Royal Air Force logistics flights from RAF Marham to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, and movement on U.S. Air Force CORONETs,” the source said. C-17s are massive, …
An eye-opening and massive number of C-17 Globemaster military transport and cargo planes have been observed heading to Europe and the Middle East, in what some monitors have forewarned looks like the build-up to major war in Iran. One regional watcher and pundit commented in response: “112 C-17s are in or on their way to …
Catastrophic flooding in Portugal from Storm Leonardo shown in drone footage Dramatic footage captured widespread flooding across southwestern Portugal on Wednesday, February 4, after the region was slammed by Storm Leonardo. “Severe flooding” in Alcacer do Sal, with numerous roads, homes, and businesses left underwater. According to Portuguese news reports citing officials, 89 people were …
By Jonny Haycock In this latest Gold Sessions, Jonny Haycock, Partner at VON GREYERZ, is joined by Alasdair Macleod to examine what may be shaping up to be a perfect storm for global markets. The discussion begins with Japan’s emerging role as a potential warning signal of wider sovereign debt stress, alongside accelerating de-dollarisation and rising geopolitical …
US East Coast bomb cyclone could bring heaviest snow in decades to North Carolina A storm will rapidly strengthen along the East Coast this weekend, delivering heavy snow from the Carolinas to New England, with blizzard conditions likely in the hardest-hit areas. Coastal flooding is anticipated. A storm will rapidly intensify along the Atlantic Coast …
Heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain are slamming large parts of the U.S. as the dangerously cold weather causes major power outages and travel disruptions. What we know Roughly 185 million people are under winter alerts today as dangerous cold grips much of the central and eastern U.S. Wind chills in some areas are as …
Who the hell needs this many tampons for a snow storm? pic.twitter.com/o6XXKQf9Hw — Christy (@ChristyRiz3) January 24, 2026 At this point just buy your own cow. pic.twitter.com/1MGpdQ1tgs — AVERYK (@AVERYK79) January 24, 2026
by Michael A “perfect winter storm” does not come along often. Conditions had to be just right to create a monster like Winter Storm Fern, and it will not be forgotten any time soon. Historically cold temperatures will combine with a gigantic amount of precipitation to create blizzard-type conditions over much of the eastern half …
Texas's largest city warned temperatures will plunge below freezing for 40 HOURS as millions brace for life-threatening storm https://t.co/a69LNe8iu8 — Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) January 23, 2026 Texas’s largest city is expected to see sub-zero temperatures for as much as 40 hours over the weekend as a massive winter storm loomed over a wide swatch …
Nearly everyone east of the Rockies is about to feel this storm. State of emergency declared in multiple states as blizzard threatens to blanket 30 states and 70 million people brace for the coldest storm EVER https://t.co/relYyTx83I — Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) January 22, 2026 A state of emergency was declared in several states ahead …
State of emergency declared in multiple states as blizzard threatens to blanket 30 states and 70 million people brace for the coldest storm EVER https://t.co/relYyTx83I — Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) January 22, 2026 A state of emergency was declared in several states ahead of a massive winter storm that could bring more than a foot …
The tweet of 2026 so far. https://t.co/BfIxOpGfXL — SpaceWeatherNews (@SunWeatherMan) January 21, 2026 Forecasters warn of a ‘potentially catastrophic’ storm from Texas to the Carolinas ATLANTA (AP) — With many Americans still recovering from multiple blasts of snow and unrelenting freezing temperatures in the nation’s northern tier, a new storm is set to emerge this …
An S4 severe solar radiation storm is now in progress – this is the largest solar radiation storm in over 20 years. The last time S4 levels were observed was in October, 2003. Potential effects are mainly limited to space launch, aviation, and satellite operations. pic.twitter.com/kCjHj4XYzB — NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (@NWSSWPC) January 19, …
Confidence is growing in a high-impact winter storm affecting the South and East. Widespread snow, significant icing, and extreme cold are possible as Arctic air collides with southern-stream energy.
by Michael What we have witnessed on the streets of Minneapolis this week has been absolutely stunning. It was once such a beautiful city, but now it has been transformed into a war zone. For more than a decade, I have been relentlessly warning my readers that civil unrest would be one of the core elements of the …
Silent Trump flees growing storm over Epstein 'cover-up' as he jets off for holidays without ANY comment https://t.co/X1Ba9kt4lp — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) December 20, 2025 President Donald Trump remained silent amid accusations of a ‘cover-up’ after the release of thousands of files related to convicted pedophile Jeffery Epstein. The president hyped the economy while speaking …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoN7TJcUchY Hundreds of tractors have clogged the streets of Brussels as farmers converged on the Belgian capital to protest against the contentious trade agreement between the European Union and South American nations they say will destroy their livelihoods. The demonstrations erupted on Thursday as EU leaders gathered for a summit where the fate of the …
by David Haggith While I may be tempted to write in greater depths about some of these stories in my weekend Deeper Dive, we’ll have to see what more the week brings, but today sure brought a whirlwind of news. The swirling headlines of economic and maybe political collapse feel appropriate where I live as …
by Michael While many Americans are searching for the best online holiday deals and figuring out what to watch on Netflix tonight, a storm is gathering. Decisions that are being made right now could radically alter the course of human history, but most of the population is so self-occupied that they don’t even realize what …
A crash and recession would do this market some good. 👀 👀 There’s a storm comin: pic.twitter.com/zpGmrN9Jtf — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) November 18, 2025 Scott Galloway fears a market crash or social crisis in the next year. A top finance professor recommends putting money into baseball cards Scott Galloway, the entrepreneur and NYU Stern marketing …
