Surprise Shakeup At Alibaba As CEO Steps Down, Moves To Cloud Unit

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Surprise Shakeup At Alibaba As CEO Steps Down, Moves To Cloud Unit After a surprise managerial shakeup, Alibaba shares fell in premarket trading in New York. Eight-year veteran CEO and Chairman Daniel Zhang sent a memo to staff on Tuesday explaining his departure. This comes after Zhang unveiled the splitting of Alibaba into six separate units in […]

Iranian Drone Factory To Be Built Outside Moscow, White House Says

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Iranian Drone Factory To Be Built Outside Moscow, White House Says Ever since Iranian-supplied suicide drones began being used by Russia to attack Ukrainian cities, the White House has been warning allies with growing alarm of the increasing military coordination between Moscow and Tehran, both which are under expansive US sanctions. But for the first […]

Several Dead After Armenia, Azerbaijan Exchange Fire As Border Crisis Escalates

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Several Dead After Armenia, Azerbaijan Exchange Fire As Border Crisis Escalates Via The Cradle, Armenia and Azerbaijan exchanged fire in the contested Nagorno-Karabkah region on Tuesday, resulting in deaths on both sides, Al-Jazeera reported. Defense ministries from both countries issued statements on Tuesday afternoon saying their own troops had been killed in a clash close to the […]

The Chicago Teachers Union Now Runs The Mayor’s Office

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The Chicago Teachers Union Now Runs The Mayor’s Office Authored by Matt Paprocki via RealClear Wire, Socialism hasn’t always been mainstream. It started off as radical: too hot to touch. So in 2010, radical new leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union started slowly. “Convincing our members to wear a red T-shirt on Friday was a […]

WTI Extends Gains After API Reports Large Draws Across The Board

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WTI Extends Gains After API Reports Large Draws Across The Board  Oil eked out a gain (holding yesterday’s surge) after a report showed that US job openings in February fell to the lowest since 2021, reigniting concerns over a global economic slowdown. “In this macro environment, ahead of payrolls this Friday, the signal of employers not […]

Would A ‘Wealth Tax’ Work?

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Would A ‘Wealth Tax’ Work? Authored by Allen C. Guelzo & James H. Hulme via RealClearPolitics.com, Facing a national debt of over $31 trillion, the Biden administration’s FY 2024 budget plan is looking for a gusher of new revenue in a “wealth tax” of 25% on wealth exceeding $100 million. This would tax not just personal […]

“Boon For Europe”: US NatGas Flows To Freeport LNG Hit ‘Record High’

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“Boon For Europe”: US NatGas Flows To Freeport LNG Hit ‘Record High’ Houston-based energy firm Criterion Research told clients Friday morning that the Freeport LNG export facility in Texas has recorded a surge in natural gas flowing into the plant. Inflows hit a daily record high as the export facility partially restarts operations.  According to Criterion […]

75% Of Russians Support War With Ukraine, New Poll Finds

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75% Of Russians Support War With Ukraine, New Poll Finds According to a new survey by the independent institute Levada Center, 75 percent of Russians said in January that they supported the actions of Russian military forces in Ukraine, as the survey is putting it. This support dipped to 72 percent in September around the announcement of […]

The State Of Global Democracy, US Is ‘Flawed’

The State Of Global Democracy, US Is ‘Flawed’ The Economist Democracy Index rates countries on the state of their governing system each year. In the latest published edition, corresponding to the year 2022, only 24 countries in the world have been rated as ‘full democracies’, representing 8% of the world’s population. This category includes all Scandinavian countries, several […]

Watch: Biden Says “More Than Half The Women In My Administration Are Women”

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Watch: Biden Says “More Than Half The Women In My Administration Are Women” Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, During an appearance at the White House with former president Bill Clinton, the current incumbent bragged that more than half of the women in his administration are… women. It was another gaffe filled shit show […]

WTI Rebounds On Small Crude Build; Cushing Stocks Soar Most Since April 2020

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WTI Rebounds On Small Crude Build; Cushing Stocks Soar Most Since April 2020 Oil prices drifted sideways to modestly lower overnight after the notable builds reported by API, as mixed company earnings and weaker business activity spurred concerns about the US economy While there’s expectation that China’s oil demand will rise after it ditched restrictive […]

David Stockman On The Flawed Strategy For A So-Called Public Health Crisis

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David Stockman On The Flawed Strategy For A So-Called Public Health Crisis Authored by David Stockman via InternationalMan.com, The undisputed fact is that the CDC changed rules for causation on death certificates in March 2020, so now we have no idea whatsoever whether the 1.05 million deaths reported to date were deaths because OF Covid or just […]

Goldman Slashing Bonuses As Much As 40%

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Goldman Slashing Bonuses As Much As 40% It was just hours ago that we wrote about Wall Street layoffs officially kicking in – Goldman Sachs is set to lay off up to 4,000 employees, we noted. And now we learn the employees that remain may wind up seeing their bonuses cut as much as 40%, according […]

Visualizing The Global Population Over 300 Years By Country

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  Since the 1800s, our global population has grown from 984 million people to almost 8 billion – an increase of more than 700%. Which regions around the world have led this growth, and what’s expected for the rest of the century? As Visual Capitalist’s Carmen Ang details below, this animated visualization by James Eagle shows 300 years of […]

EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Collins Blindsided By First Questions On ‘Takedown’ Email

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Dr. Francis Collins, a top U.S. health official, was caught off guard when he was asked for the first time about a report members of Congress issued that revealed new information, including the email Collins sent urging a “takedown” of the Great Barrington Declaration, according to a missive obtained by The Epoch Times. Collins, the head […]

New York Mask Mandate Back In Place After Appeals Judge Grants Stay

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An indoor mask mandate is back in effect in New York State after an appeals judge on Tuesday granted a stay while the governor’s administration pursues an appeal. New York Appellate Judge Robert Miller in New York City granted the state’s request for a stay after Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Thomas Rademaker ruled that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s […]

Conservative SCOTUS Justices Blast Decision To Uphold Vaccine Mandate For Gov’t Healthcare Providers – LifeSite

Two conservative Supreme Court justices wrote scathing dissenting opinions eviscerating the 5-4 decision in Biden v. Missouri, which allowed the federal government to impose a universal mandate for workers in facilities that receive Medicaid and Medicare funding to take the experimental COVID-19 shot. Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito   » Read full article

Blackstone Requiring Office Staff To Get COVID-19 Booster Shots

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Blackstone Inc., the world’s largest alternative asset manager, is requiring its employees in the United States to get COVID-19 booster shots to work in the office, a spokesperson confirmed to Bloomberg. Workers must get the booster shots “as soon as practically possible,” a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Office workers will need to be tested for the virus […]

In Latest Ludicrous COVID Measures, France Bans… Popcorn?

France will ban concessions at cinemas and all consumables on public transport from January 3rd in order to “combat” the spread of the Omicron variant. Additional measures, ostensibly meant to combat the spread of the mild virus, were announced by French Prime Minister Jean Castex during a press conference on December 27th. Indoor events with […]