Pentagon Intel Chief Admits No Weapon Will Be “Holy Grail” For Ukrainian Breakthrough
Pentagon Intel Chief Admits No Weapon Will Be “Holy Grail” For Ukrainian Breakthrough Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, A senior Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) official has described the war in Ukraine as a “stalemate” and said none of the weapons the US and NATO are providing will help Ukrainian forces “break through” in their counteroffensive. “Certainly we […]
Largest US Retailer Of Pool Supplies Warns Of Sliding Demand
Largest US Retailer Of Pool Supplies Warns Of Sliding Demand Swimming pools and hot tub installations exploded during Covid as homeowners transformed their backyards into private oases. At one point, pool companies had a backlog of two years, but now that has all evaporated. The latest sign the pool bubble has deflated is the largest […]
Eurozone PPI Dumps Into Deflation, PMIs Plunge
Eurozone PPI Dumps Into Deflation, PMIs Plunge Eurozone producer prices Source: Bloomberg Belgium, Greece, and Ireland have seen the largest PPI deflation YoY while Hungary, Solvakia, and Latvia remain in extreme inflationary regimes… Source: Bloomberg The biggest driver of the decline in PPI was a 5% MoM (13.3% YoY) decline in energy prices. However, core […]
New York City Now Sheltering More Illegal Immigrants Than Homeless Citizens: Deputy Mayor
New York City Now Sheltering More Illegal Immigrants Than Homeless Citizens: Deputy Mayor Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), New York City is now providing more shelter to non-citizens than to its own homeless resident population, according to the latest assessment from a city official. Illegal immigrants and their relatives take […]
Where International Travelers Spend The Most
Where International Travelers Spend The Most When it comes to travel, some tourists spare no expense. And some cities are well suited to attract them. From the luxurious desert city of Dubai to the city of light and love, Paris, many international travelers today are looking to tick the crème de la crème of destinations […]
University Slammed For Erasing The Word ‘Woman’ From Its Maternity And Menopause Policies
University Slammed For Erasing The Word ‘Woman’ From Its Maternity And Menopause Policies Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, A London University has been criticised for removing the word ‘woman’ from it’s maternity policy and declaring that maternity, as well as the menopause, applies to “all genders”. The University of the Arts London (UAL) […]
Blinken Draws Fire Over Afghanistan Blame Game, ‘Stonewalling’
Blinken Draws Fire Over Afghanistan Blame Game, ‘Stonewalling’ Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClear Wire, Former Ambassador Thomas Boyatt, a highly decorated foreign service officer who served in multiple senior U.S. foreign service roles in the 1970s and 80s, has a bone to pick with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Since the chaotic and deadly […]
Finally, Europeans May Be Rejecting The EV Kool-Aid
Finally, Europeans May Be Rejecting The EV Kool-Aid Authored by Duggan Flanakin via RealClear Wire, You may not know it if you rely solely on American media, but there is a growing revolt across much of Europe against Net Zero mandates in general and electric vehicle mandates in particular. It seems that, led by luxury […]
PacWest CFO ‘Sold Puts’ In ‘Show Of Confidence’ Last Week
PacWest CFO ‘Sold Puts’ In ‘Show Of Confidence’ Last Week Instead of charging in with a traditional ‘show of confidence’ by buying the company stock, PacWest Bancorp’s Chief Financial Officer Kevin Thompson made his ‘bullish’ bet by selling puts. As Bloomberg reports, Thompson, who joined the company in November, is one of more than 100 […]
House Republicans Accuse Biden White House Of Creating ‘Authoritarian-Style’ Digital Dollar
House Republicans Accuse Biden White House Of Creating ‘Authoritarian-Style’ Digital Dollar Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden and his administration are attempting to develop an “authoritarian-style” and “surveillance-style” digital U.S. dollar through executive orders, warned House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) on Tuesday. U.S. Dollar banknote in this […]
Judge Overseeing Bankman-Fried Fraud Trial Threatens To Revoke Bail, Throw SBF In Prison Over VPN Use
Judge Overseeing Bankman-Fried Fraud Trial Threatens To Revoke Bail, Throw SBF In Prison Over VPN Use Don’t expect to see any more random, headscratching tweet from SBF ever again. On Thursday, the federal judge overseeing Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial threatened to revoke the FTX co-founder’s $250 million bail package and throw him in prison if severe […]
Russia Production Shock Is Fading For Crude Oil Bulls
Russia Production Shock Is Fading For Crude Oil Bulls By Grant Smith, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and analyst President Vladimir Putin captured the oil world’s attention with last week’s announcement of production cuts, but for crude bulls the impact of a Russian disruption is wearing off. Brent futures have already surrendered the gains from Friday’s […]
Not A Single Student Can Do Math At Grade Level In 53 Illinois Schools…
Not A Single Student Can Do Math At Grade Level In 53 Illinois Schools… Authored by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner via Wirepoints.org, Spry Community Links High School, in the Heart of Little Village in Chicago, says its vision is to “provide a challenging and supportive environment…to enable our students to succeed in the 21st […]
Watch: US Fighter Jets Shoot Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off Carolinas
Watch: US Fighter Jets Shoot Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off Carolinas Watch Live: US Restricts Airspace Near Myrtle Beach For “National Defense Airspace” Operation * * * Update (1441ET): US fighter jets have shot down the Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast. The best view so far of the spy balloon being shot down. […]
Big Misses From Alphabet, Amazon, And Apple Confirm “The Web 2.0 Bubble Is Bursting”
Big Misses From Alphabet, Amazon, And Apple Confirm “The Web 2.0 Bubble Is Bursting” By Dhaval Joshi of BCA Research The Web 2.0 bubble is bursting, with far-reaching consequences. But to understand the consequences, let’s begin with a brief history of the web: how it evolved from the original Web 1.0 to the current Web […]
UK Defense Committee Chair Calls For “Massive Arms Factory” In Poland
UK Defense Committee Chair Calls For “Massive Arms Factory” In Poland Authored by Grzegorz Adamczyk via Remix News, Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood claims the construction of an arms factory in Poland to produce NATO-standard ammunition would be a more sustainable way of supply the Ukrainian war effort… The construction of a major arms factory in […]
Goldman Slashes Pay Of CEO And DJ D-Sol By 30% To $25 Million
Goldman Slashes Pay Of CEO And DJ D-Sol By 30% To $25 Million A few weeks ago, when Goldman reported dismal Q4 earnings which saw its subprime-targeting consumer finance group report very ugly numbers, we joked that while “In 2008 Goldman made a killing on subprime; in 2022/23 Goldman is getting killed by subprime” Goldman […]
How Do You Feel About Religion?
How Do You Feel About Religion? How do you feel about religion? As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz details below, depending on which country you are in, this question is more or less likely to be met with a shrug or even an objection to religious belief. In China, the highest percentage of people among the 56 countries […]
Will The European Union Ban Or Tax Meat Production?
Will The European Union Ban Or Tax Meat Production? Authored by Chadwick Hagan via The Epoch Times, Will the European Union or certain countries in the EU ban meat production in order to meet emission regulations? In short, the answer is yes. There is a very real possibility in the near future that a member country (probably Sweden, Denmark, […]
A Simple And Clear View On Markets And The Economy
A Simple And Clear View On Markets And The Economy By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities A Simple and Clear View on Markets & the Economy For better or worse, I want to be on the record with my rather simple view. 1. The economy is rolling over and the recession will be sooner, deeper, […]
Despite Massive COVID Wave, High-Frequency Indicators Show China’s Traffic Congestion Rebounds
Despite Massive COVID Wave, High-Frequency Indicators Show China’s Traffic Congestion Rebounds China abruptly reversed the zero-Covid regime that isolated the world’s second-largest economy for nearly three years. High-frequency data shows highway congestion is rising, which could indicate a surge in crude demand in 2023. BloombergNEF published a note that found China’s road congestion index rebounded […]
What Did Nancy Know & When Did She Know It?
What Did Nancy Know & When Did She Know It? Authored by Julie Kelly via AmGreatness.com, The January 6 select committee never intended to act as a truth-seeking mission but rather perform a cover-up for what actually happened… The January 6 select committee finally released its long-delayed report late on December 23 after most Americans had happily […]
US Lawmakers Negotiating Over 7,500 ‘Pork-Barrel Spending’ Earmarks Totaling $16 Billion For Spending Bill
US Lawmakers Negotiating Over 7,500 ‘Pork-Barrel Spending’ Earmarks Totaling $16 Billion For Spending Bill Authored by Bryan Jung via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Congress is negotiating more than 7,500 “pork-barrel spending” earmarks totaling $16 billion for a year-long omnibus spending bill. The US Capitol building in Washington, on Dec. 20, 2020. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images) […]
Florida Hospital Stops Ivermectin Without Telling Family, Fires Nurse For Advocating For It
The children of a 55-year-old Florida woman say the hospital treating their mother for COVID-19 told her, and them, that she would be treated with ivermectin. But the treatment was stopped after she improved because a hospital pharmacist intervened, medical records show. Dianne Spangler, of Titusville, worsened after the ivermectin was stopped early. She was […]
Judge Orders Freedom Convoy Organizer Tamara Lich Be Let Out Of Jail On Bail – LifeSite
She was directed to leave Ottawa within a day and be out of Ontario within 72 hours, not to return unless for court reasons. An Ontario judge ordered this afternoon that trucker Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich be immediately released on bail but with strict conditions. The decision came after Lich was earlier denied bail […]
Gen. Robert Spalding: The Rise Of Tech-Tyranny Amid Trucker Protests, COVID-19
Lil Miquela is a 19-year-old, Brazilian-American model, musical artist, and influencer with 3 million Instagram followers. The clincher is that she’s not a real person. She’s an AI personality who has earned major money for her Los Angeles-based designers. But, behind the CGI glitz and glamor, there’s an undertone of eeriness to what Lil Miquela’s […]
Teacher Unions Used Pandemic To Funnel Millions To Divisive Political Groups: Government Accountability Institute
America’s largest teacher unions have funneled millions of dollars to divisive political movements as well as mostly Democratic political candidates, using the pandemic and their political influence to advance policies outside of education—including election reform and COVID-19 policy. This was among several findings in a new investigation into America’s two largest teacher unions focusing on how […]
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Continues To Deny COVID-19 Vaccine Exemptions
The reins of authority over COVID-19 vaccination mandates seem as if they are continuing to tighten from at least two major institutions in Dayton, Ohio. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which is a key player in national security and employs about 32,000 people, is continuing to deny vaccine exemptions for many military members and defense contractors. […]
Did Dismissals Of Safe Outpatient Drugs Cause Needless COVID Deaths? Dissenting Doctors Say Yes
For the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no officially approved outpatient treatments for combating the disease. From March 2020, when the virus first emerged in the United States, until that November, when the Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of monoclonal antibodies, health authorities advised that the infected do little […]