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by Michael Global financial markets are starting to shake, and it is because of what is happening in the Middle East. At this stage, every day is a rollercoaster ride for investors, and that is not likely to change any time soon. The Iranians have paralyzed traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and trying to …
Is it just me, or does it feel like everything is just about to spiral out of control with this AI-memory-boom-chatbot-slop-crisis thing? We already know that memory prices have gone bananas and that the crisis is complicating the production of all kinds of computing-adjacent devices. Now the CEO of memory specialist Phison is reported to …
No thanks! Please stay away from are hard earned income🙂💰💸 — JorgeNudist305🌴 (@JorgeNudist305) February 13, 2026
By definition it is a ponzi scheme, depends on new investors to keep it going. Money received is just spent. h/t technicallycorrect2
Trump official Monica Crowley: “We’re in an era of real masculinity, thanks to the bold, muscular leadership of President Trump and our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth.” pic.twitter.com/SUJfMn3cxd — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 7, 2025
https://twitter.com/JOKAQARMY1/status/1975211982149366234 Nothing good will come of this.
UPS and Canada shopping are a dangerous combination right now. If you are thinking of ordering anything from Canada, be careful. Tariffs are one thing—you might pay them, maybe even 100 percent. But the real shock comes from UPS. The fees they are adding are huge. People are reporting $5 items arriving with $50 in …
The penalty is real. The tariffs are live. At 12:01 a.m. EDT, the Trump administration doubled duties on Indian goods, jumping from 25% to 50% and hitting more than half of India’s exports to the United States. The White House cast the move as punishment for India’s continued purchases of Russian oil, framing every barrel …
A data center was just built where this woman lives in New Jersey, she just got her first power bill “I just got my first power bill under the new rules in which I pay for AI to plug into our power grid — Is my bill more than double the highest I’ve ever paid …
Trump thanks Iran 😭 pic.twitter.com/PlNvShqMCu — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) June 23, 2025 Trump wants no more “military engagement” in the region. – White House — tic toc (@TicTocTick) June 23, 2025 “The Highly Respected Emir of Qatar,” who gifted me a $400 million luxury jet. pic.twitter.com/LwqSQSqASF — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) June 23, 2025
Bill Gates predicts 2-day work week as he believes AI is set to replace humans for "most things" within a decade. Gates pitches it as a warning but he has nearly 35% of the Gates Foundation's portfolio invested in two AI stocks. This is "predict to cash in on making it happen" pic.twitter.com/eWmplbf0xg — Ewan …
In 2008, the Fed came to the rescue of the Wall Street banks that caused the 2008 crash by transferring $2.7 trillion in toxic-waste Mortgage Backed Securities (MBSs) from the banksters to the public ledgers. Now it can’t offload these MBSs without imploding the housing bubble. Thanks to the Keynesian fraudsters at the Fed turning …
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by confoundedinterest17 Former Federal Reserve Chair and Biden’s Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was so in on Biden’s failed economic spending spree that she caused a fiscal disaster by refinancing Federal debt at the short end of the Treasury curve. Leaving Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent a real mess. As in $9.2 TRILLION. With interest rates …
BREKAING: Elon Musk says that the X algorithm is changing to: – Penalize "negativity"– Promote informational/entertaining content– Increase unregretted user time pic.twitter.com/heb3J8XEHD — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 4, 2025
Bill Clinton just made things worse for Kamala — Zaki Solja (@ZakiSolja) October 14, 2024 Ted Cruz is an incredibly skilled orator. Listen to him dismantle this woke leftist Democrat. I could listen to him dismantle these clowns all day. pic.twitter.com/ByIpNaBwt7 — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) October 16, 2024 Reporter: “You are secretly saving the …
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JUST IN: Elon Musk's child Xavier aka "Vivian" has responded after Musk said his son was "dead" thanks to the woke mind virus. Musk said he vowed to "destroy the woke mind virus" after he was tricked into signing papers for puberty blockers. Xavier, now known as "Vivian"… pic.twitter.com/cgNbykOpsP — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 25, …
EUPHORIC SENTIMENT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT: US households and professional Investors are all-in stocks. Fund Managers are the most bullish EVER. Insiders are selling shares like crazy. Retail investors YOLO-ing NVIDIA stock. This is incredible.👇https://t.co/CtDDeknZSF — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) July 12, 2024 The 1-month implied correlation index is now 3.1… can it get any more …
If you weren’t already infuriated by Joe Biden’s exploitation of the federal student loan program as a means of buying votes and redistributing wealth, this should do the trick. On Wednesday, Minneapolis Mayor Melvin Carter — who earns makes takes $140,814 a year before benefits — rushed to Twitter to thank President Biden for erasing his remaining student debt, sharing a screen shot …
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Could it really take twice as long and four times as much money to replace the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge than it did to build it in the first place? The Key Bridge was built at a cost (adjusted for inflation) of about $200 million. Replacing it could take a decade and cost $400 …
As if the Diabetes epidemic wasn't bad enough, thanks @McDonalds — Ken D Berry MD (@KenDBerryMD) March 26, 2024
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by confoundedinterest17 According to mythology, Hades made King Sisyphus roll a huge boulder endlessly up a steep hill in Tartarus. Unfortunately, the modern day version of Sisyphus is the middle class pushing a boulder endlessly up a steep hill while the top 1% (the elite class) horde more and more wealth. An example of the Sisyphus economy? …
Whether working full time for themselves or part time as contractors, picking up occasional gig work or having a side hustle, an estimated 64 million Americans performed some sort of independent work in 2023. These aren’t just accountants or Uber drivers. They’re IT consultants, makeup artists, musicians, interpreters, fitness instructors, copy editors and truck drivers. …
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by David Haggith Photo by Micah Williams on Unsplash Wolf Richter is calling it a “bond bloodbath,” which he says is happening because delusions about the Fed’s fight with inflation are finally giving way. Reality struck home in the latest retail report that showed high increases in retail sales that were in good part due to high increases in …