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Nearly $7 billion worth of aid could be jeopardized if the legislation is signed into law, the country’s finance ministry has warned Ghana could lose $3.8 billion of World Bank funding if new anti-LGBTQ legislation is signed into law, the West African nation’s Finance Ministry has cautioned. A $3 billion IMF loan package could also …
The strongest generation’s achievements are being destroyed by the weakest generation. — Overton (@overton_news) March 5, 2024 These people in charge of America don’t represent my country anymore and are illegitimate https://t.co/oTgT5mXmiW — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) March 5, 2024 The Department of Veteran Affairs just banned the V-J Day kiss photo. "To foster a more trauma-informed …
Bitcoin hit a $67,500 high Monday, and is rapidly approaching silver’s nearly $1.4 trillion market capitalization. Ether topped $3,600 for the first time since January 2022 amid strong institutional demand. BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF saw another busy trading day, recording over $2 billion in volume before market close. Bitcoin (BTC) continued to knock off $1,000 milestones …
Pierre Lassonde, Former Chair WGC 2005-2008 • Despite the record high gold price, interest in gold is not present in America but is in China and India. • Central banks in China and India have bought 1,200 tons of gold last year, one third of all gold produced every year. • The gold ETF has …
We truly live in a bizarro world when males are able to play in female sports by just saying they’re females. Good for Kim O’Brien for standing up against the cancellation of women. And good for Riley Gaines for paying her the prize money she forfeited by doing so. 👍🏻 — Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 …
Roughly 62,000 pounds of fentanyl smuggled into California was confiscated by authorities in 2023. The total amount of the potent synthetic opioid seized last year “is enough to potentially kill the global population nearly twice over,” Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Tuesday. In 2023, the California National Guard supported other law enforcement agencies in counter-drug …
by Michael Order is breaking down all over the western world as governments lose control of their populations. Farmers have been holding angry protests throughout Europe, enormous groups of migrants have been rioting on a regular basis, looting has become a way of life in many communities in the United States, and now truckers are …
I find this hard to fathom. What can be the cause when there is so much education on how not to get pregnant. View post on imgur.com https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/abortion There were 61 million people who died in 2023. Not by abortion. View post on imgur.com More people died from abortion than any other cause of death. …
🚨🇺🇸 Tucker Carlson At World Government Summit “Joe Biden is senile – everybody knows it – it’s now been confirmed this week” pic.twitter.com/54CF1WrMja — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) February 13, 2024 Watch the whole interview, it’s excellent
Carlson: Moscow is much more beautiful, cleaner and safer than any American city HE ALSO EMPHASIZED THAT HER FOOD AND SERVICES ARE ABOVE WHAT THEY OFFER IN THE UNITED STATES He especially apostrophized the Moscow subway and compared it favorably with New York: "Many in New York… pic.twitter.com/2rMcoHtBIf — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) February 12, 2024 …
The other 12 countries that have more homeless are third-world shitholes. U.S.– 653,104 homeless Russia –11,285 homeless U.K. — 380,000 homeless Japan — 3,065 homeless https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_homeless_population h/t DIY Spaceman
BREAKING: World entering ‘age of chaos:’ UN chief READ: https://t.co/u9brhmVYjl pic.twitter.com/uemkCpGGFx — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) February 7, 2024 NOW – UN chief: "Our world is entering an age of chaos." pic.twitter.com/Y5XTllyuUS — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 7, 2024 Guterres warns UN Security Council dysfunction is more perilous, lacking Cold War-era conflict management mechanisms. Acknowledges UN’s need …
via Simon Watkins The ability of either the U.S. or China – or even both working together – to contain Iran’s response to the attacks on its military proxies may have disappeared with the latest U.S. attacks on them. The U.S.’s toleration of increased oil flows from Iran to China also meant that Beijing was …
The US is now history’s largest oil producer, according to S&P Global Commodities Insight. Crude and condensate production hit a new global record this quarter. “When you look back on 2008 — when US production was at a 62-year low, and exports were zero — it is a remarkable turnaround.” The US is now history’s …
Breaking news echoes a surreal twist in the economic landscape as the biggest Pentagon contractors, typically synonymous with multibillion-dollar deals, now reject and cancel contracts due to the pervasive grip of inflation. In this unforeseen turn of events, certainties unravel, welcoming a journey into what seems like Bizarro World. This disruption challenges the very notion …
Patrick Bet-David reacts to Javier Milei’s epic speech at the World Economic Forum’s annual Davos Event. Milei delivered a speech that not only silenced critics but championed capitalism with compelling data and historical insights. In this video, we dissect Javier Milei’s powerful message, focusing on how capitalism has dramatically reduced extreme poverty worldwide and highlighting …
Well, it seems like the art of decision-making is truly evolving. Nancy Pelosi supports Biden’s border bill—which she hasn’t yet read 😂 pic.twitter.com/QP76PoMyaK — Julia 🇺🇸 (@Jules31415) January 29, 2024 Nikki Haley says she trusts the E. Jean Carroll jury verdict and thinks “they made their decision based on the evidence.” pic.twitter.com/HJMDZiaVIW — Julia 🇺🇸 …
Very impressive surgery. Hadn’t realized one could get away with less immunosuppression by transplanting just the valves and vessels. The first baby to undergo a partial heart transplant will hopefully be spared repeated heart surgeries as the implanted tissue is growing with him – an outcome that has never been seen before in humans. …
by Anonymous Coward There are many people who are not old enough to remember life before laptops, Smartphones and High Speed Internet. I went to college just before Desktop PC’s. Every paper I wrote was typed on a Smith Corona typewriter. I looked up all my information at the library. I read books, magazines and …
by Chris Black As predicted, the UN won’t even pretend to exercise their nonexistent authority against Israel. Because the UN, like the US, is run by these people. Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have ordered Israel to take steps to limit killings and acts of genocide in Gaza and to allow in …
Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, How does it feel to have the largest government that the planet has ever seen? When I was growing up, I was taught that we had a capitalist system and that we had a limited federal government. Of course neither of those things has been true …
Grant Shapps, the UK’s new Defence Secretary, in his first major speech, has issued a stark warning about the nation’s defence posture, drawing parallels with the 1930s and cautioning against a repeat of history. In his address at Lancaster House, Shapps reflected on the post-Cold War era marked by optimism and the notion of a …
Nice speech: .@NoorBinLadin to @JackPosobiec: "America will thrive without the World Economic Forum, but the World Economic Forum will not survive without America." pic.twitter.com/IsC95hRF2i — Human Events (@HumanEvents) January 19, 2024
by Michael Since the middle of November, the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have literally attacked dozens of commercial ships in the Red Sea, and the Houthis insist that the attacks will continue until Israeli troops pull out of Gaza. Needless to say, that is not going to happen. Since the Houthis are not able to …
by Michael How does it feel to have the largest government that the planet has ever seen? When I was growing up, I was taught that we had a capitalist system and that we had a limited federal government. Of course neither of those things has been true for a very long time. Today, the …
via oilprice: Chile’s SQM has announced that it has suspended operations at the Atacama salt flat due to widespread protests by an indigenous community. Local groups have taken to the streets demanding to be included in talks between SQM and the government. Some Indigenous leaders are open to supporting lithium extraction at a fair price. Chile’s lithium …
via naturalnews: Though he passed away in 2020, British-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson (1923-2020) taught the world some very important lessons about climate change that persist through time, including the fact that the ever-dreaded-among-climate-lunatics element known as carbon dioxide (CO2) is good for the planet rather than bad. Back in 2015, Dyson participated in an interview …
by Michael How is this cycle of escalation going to end? Each day, either Hezbollah or Israel is escalating matters to a dangerous new level. A war between the two parties has already begun, and at this point I don’t see any way to avoid a full-blown regional war that will result in tremendous death …
Now, they just lead Biden off the stage by the hand. pic.twitter.com/F59w3elUIm — Russian Market (@runews) January 6, 2024 Cognitive Decline: Biden appeared very confused as he left DC for a short vacation to one of his DE estates. He just returned from two weeks of vacation and a 32-minute speech.pic.twitter.com/8dNZeaijyc — @amuse (@amuse) January …
