Hamptons Mansion Bidding Wars Persist

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Hamptons Mansion Bidding Wars Persist The US housing market has remained surprisingly resilient price-wise despite 7% mortgage rates. The Fed continues pushing interest rates to 22-year highs to curb the multi-year inflation storm. In the luxury market, bidding wars for mansions in the Hamptons hit a record high in the second quarter, even as prices and sales cooled. About […]

Mitch McConnell Escorted Away After Freezing During News Conference

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Mitch McConnell Escorted Away After Freezing During News Conference Can the US get term limits already. The 81-year-old Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell inexplicably froze and stopped speaking during a weekly Republican leadership news conference Wednesday afternoon, and went silent before he was escorted away. The Kentucky Republican had been making his opening remarks about […]

Doubts And Questions About Biden Will Only Grow

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Doubts And Questions About Biden Will Only Grow Authored by A.B. Stoddard via RealClear Wire, Wow, big news broke Tuesday – President Biden’s campaign is officially going to be headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. For months nervous Democrats have wondered why Biden only had four full-time staffers devoted to his reelection effort and why the campaign […]

The IEA Net Zero Roadmap Is A Green Mirage

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The IEA Net Zero Roadmap Is A Green Mirage Authored by Rupert Darwall via RealClearEnergy, The IEA has allowed itself to be used as a tool for climate policy extremism… Two years ago, efforts by climate activists and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investors to block investment in oil and gas production by Western companies […]

Judge Lets E. Jean Carroll Seek More Damages Against Trump In Defamation Lawsuit

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Judge Lets E. Jean Carroll Seek More Damages Against Trump In Defamation Lawsuit Authored by Mimi Nguyen Ly via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on Tuesday approved a request from E. Jean Carroll to amend the first of her two defamation lawsuits against former President Donald Trump to include comments Trump made about her […]

A Quad-Witching Battle-Plan

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A Quad-Witching Battle-Plan Via SpotGamma, Quad Witching and the JPM Collar roll are right around the corner, one Friday after the next. The Gamma Index™ is very high (about 3) with a theoretical max of 4. Our chart here shows how much gamma is scheduled to expire on June’s Quad Witching next Friday (June 16). […]

The Debt Ceiling Game Is Parent-Child With A Bad Nash Equilibrium

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The Debt Ceiling Game Is Parent-Child With A Bad Nash Equilibrium By Dhaval Joshi of BCA Research The Debt Ceiling Game Is Parent-Child With A Bad Nash Equilibrium In game theoretical terms, the debt ceiling standoff is the Parent-Child game. The ‘Child’ is the Democrats who can cut spending a lot (be very good), cut […]

How Long Until The US Is Put On Downgrade Watch?

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How Long Until The US Is Put On Downgrade Watch? By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Smooth Sailing Ahead? The market started off rough and looked incredibly shaky on Wednesday. However, a great performance by MSFT was one of the main things that held the broad markets together and they ended the week incredibly strong. […]

Ukraine Receives Its First Patriot Missile Defense Systems

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Ukraine Receives Its First Patriot Missile Defense Systems Authored by The Libertarian Institute via Kyle Anzalone, Kiev received the Patriot air defense system from the US and Germany, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov confirmed on Twitter. While Kiev will only receive a limited number of advanced interceptors, Reznikov said Ukraine had realized its “dream.” “Today, our […]

Another California Storm Is Coming

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Another California Storm Is Coming California has been relentlessly battered by an endless series of atmospheric river storms in the past three months. After being struck by yet another storm last week, the state now braces for the possibility of another one arriving in just a few days. For more on the forecast timing and impacts […]

Los Angeles Police Union Says Officers Should No Longer Respond To Certain Calls

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Los Angeles Police Union Says Officers Should No Longer Respond To Certain Calls Authored by Jamie Joseph via The Epoch Times, As the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) grapples with understaffing and slow emergency response times, the city’s police union – the Los Angeles Police Protective League representing over 9,000 sworn personnel – submitted a […]

SpaceX Crew Dragon With Four Astronauts Blasts Into Orbit, Heads To Space Station

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SpaceX Crew Dragon With Four Astronauts Blasts Into Orbit, Heads To Space Station On Thursday, SpaceX and NASA successfully launched a four-person crew to the International Space Station after a delay earlier in the week. The Crew-6 mission includes two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut, and an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates, which was […]

Tesla’s Germany Plant Is Producing 4,000 Cars Per Week, Three Weeks Ahead Of Schedule

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Tesla’s Germany Plant Is Producing 4,000 Cars Per Week, Three Weeks Ahead Of Schedule If Tesla’s new plant in Germany is any indication, not only is demand not a problem, but the company is moving along efficiently and firing on all cylinders.  The company’s new plant in Brandenburg has reportedly “reached an output of 4,000 cars […]

Hungary Demands UN Investigation Into “Scandalous” Attack On Nord Stream Pipelines

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Hungary Demands UN Investigation Into “Scandalous” Attack On Nord Stream Pipelines Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Hungary has called for a UN investigation into the “scandalous” attack on the Nord Stream pipelines, which journalist Seymour Hersh asserted were destroyed by the United States. Three of the four natural gas pipelines connecting Russia […]

German Foreign Minister Just Said The Quiet Part Out Loud On Ukraine

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German Foreign Minister Just Said The Quiet Part Out Loud On Ukraine German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock bluntly stated in fresh remarks that Western allies are fighting a war against Russia. The remarks came during a debate at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Tuesday amid discussions over sending Leopard 2 […]

The Benefits Of A Savings Culture & The Future Role Of China’s Yuan

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The Benefits Of A Savings Culture & The Future Role Of China’s Yuan Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com, Savings are a vital component of any successful economy, and the foolishness behind the paradox of thrift is exposed in this article. It has been a huge error for Keynesian policy makers to discourage savings in […]

A Crisis Is Looming For The US Energy Grid

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A Crisis Is Looming For The US Energy Grid Authored by Felicity Bradstock via OilPrice.com, The U.S.’ aging energy infrastructure is already under strain, but the combination of more renewable power sources and higher demand could cause shortages for years to come. The major concern for the energy grid is severe weather events, such as […]

Sam Bankman-Fried Signs Extradition Papers, Will Return To US From Bahamas

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Sam Bankman-Fried Signs Extradition Papers, Will Return To US From Bahamas After a chaotic 24 hours of on-again, off-again headlines surrounding the disgraced Democrat donor, ABC reports that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has now signed extradition papers in the Bahamas. After apparent disagreements between his US and local lawyers yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that, according to […]

From Washington Mandates To Shanghai Lockdowns, Who Is Making Billions From COVID-19?

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The estimated global COVID-19 death toll stands at 6.24 million (1 million in the United States). Other social impacts of COVID-19 and its associated “management” policies, like how school closures have affected children’s development, are harder to quantify, albeit on display among our families and communities. Economically, COVID-19 and COVID “management” have almost certainly influenced […]

US Army Discharges More Soldiers For Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine

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The Army has now discharged 27 soldiers for refusing an order to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the service said on Thursday, confirming that another 24 soldiers were discharged in recent days. “To date, Army commanders have relieved a total of six Regular Army leaders, including two battalion commanders, and issued 3,275 general officer written reprimands […]

CDC Removes 24 Percent Of Child COVID-19 Deaths, Thousands Of Others

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has removed tens of thousands of deaths linked to COVID-19, including nearly a quarter of deaths it had listed in those under 18 years old. The health agency quietly made the change on its data tracker website on March 15. “Data on deaths were adjusted after resolving […]

Babies Born During Pandemic Have Lower Developmental Scores: Study

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Babies who were born during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic had lower developmental scores compared to pre-pandemic, a study suggests. According to research published on Tuesday in JAMA Pediatrics, COVID-19 infection during pregnancy does not appear to affect infants’ brain function, but the pandemic itself may be having an impact. A group of […]