US Virgin Islands Demands $190 Million From JPMorgan Over Jeffrey Epstein Relationship

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US Virgin Islands Demands $190 Million From JPMorgan Over Jeffrey Epstein Relationship The US Virgin Islands says it’s seeking at least $190 million from JPMorgan in its lawsuit accusing the bank of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation. In a Friday court filing in Manhattan, the USVI also said it wants JPMorgan to commit to reforms […]

Cycling’s Global Governing Body To Ban Trans Athletes From Women’s Races

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Cycling’s Global Governing Body To Ban Trans Athletes From Women’s Races The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body of sports cycling, announced on Friday that transgender female cyclists will not be allowed to compete in international women’s eventsif they have “transitioned after puberty.” “From now on, female transgender athletes who have transitioned after (male) puberty […]

Meanwhile, In Finland…

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Meanwhile, In Finland… Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Antti Lindtman, a favorite to replace Sanna Marin as his party’s chair, told a Finnish tabloid newspaper the embarrassing photographs were not intended for public viewing… A top Finnish politician in the running to replace former Prime Minister Sanna Marin as leader of the Social […]

Court Dismisses Environmental Challenge To UK Nuclear Plant Approval

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Court Dismisses Environmental Challenge To UK Nuclear Plant Approval Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, A UK court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by an environmental group against Sizewell C nuclear power plant project, ruling that the government’s go-ahead to project was in line with the law. In the autumn budget statement last November, the UK Chancellor […]

Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs Will Kill As Many As Cancer By 2050; UN Report

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Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs Will Kill As Many As Cancer By 2050; UN Report Deaths from drug-resistant infections are set to skyrocket by 2050, according to the UN 2023 report ‘Bracing for Superbugs: Strengthening environmental action in the One Health response to antimicrobial resistance.’ Unless drastic action is taken to tackle the problem, it could also lead to a […]

Gaetz Demands DOJ Indict FBI Agents Following Durham Report

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Gaetz Demands DOJ Indict FBI Agents Following Durham Report Authored by Lorenz Duchamps via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has suggested that the FBI should be defunded and its agents criminally indicted after special counsel John Durham concluded this week that the federal agency should have never launched an investigation into […]

WTF Was That? Arkham Denies Buggy Mt.Gox Alerts To Blame For Bitcoin’s Collapse Yesterday

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WTF Was That? Arkham Denies Buggy Mt.Gox Alerts To Blame For Bitcoin’s Collapse Yesterday Authored by Tom Mitchellhill via CoinTelegraph.com, The price of Bitcoin nosedived over 8% in less than an hour yesterday afternoon, which media outlets reported was due to blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence incorrectly sending out an alert that wallets linked to […]

Why Gold May Be On The Cusp Of Another Major Bull Market

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Why Gold May Be On The Cusp Of Another Major Bull Market Authored by Jesse Felder via TheFelderReport.com, Last week, the Treasury Department revealed that the federal deficit hit $1.1 trillion in the first half of the fiscal year ending in March, $432 billion larger than the same period a year earlier. Moreover, most of this expansion […]

Money-Supply Growth Fell To A 50-Year Low In Feb. Will The Fed Panic?

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Money-Supply Growth Fell To A 50-Year Low In Feb. Will The Fed Panic? Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, Money supply growth fell again in February, falling even further into negative territory after turning negative in November 2022 for the first time in twenty-eight years. February’s drop continues a steep downward trend from […]

‘Surgical Removal’ Of Crypto Will Only Weaken USD Dominance

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‘Surgical Removal’ Of Crypto Will Only Weaken USD Dominance Authored by Jesse Coghlan via CoinTelegraph.com, A day after Coinbase received a Wells notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission, industry commentators weighed in on what recent regulatory actions mean for America’s crypto future… The United States’ crackdown on cryptocurrencies and crypto firms will only serve […]

Is The World Nearing Peak Population?

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Is The World Nearing Peak Population? Authored by Bill King via RealClearPolitics.com, I regularly talk to well-informed people who do not realize that world population growth is rapidly decelerating. Currently, the UN estimates the most likely case is that the world’s population will top out around 10 billion in 2080 and then begin a long, […]

Whatever They Decide These UFOs Are, The Answer Will Be More US Militarism

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Whatever They Decide These UFOs Are, The Answer Will Be More US Militarism Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via caityjohnstone.medium.com, US war planes have shot down three unidentified objects in North American airspace over the last three days, which is entirely without precedent. On Sunday an octagon-shaped object was reportedly shot down over Lake Huron near […]

“These Are The Manipulations That Will Be Common Now That The World Is Transitioning To Squeezing Scarce Resources Out Of A Globalized Economy”

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“These Are The Manipulations That Will Be Common Now That The World Is Transitioning To Squeezing Scarce Resources Out Of A Globalized Economy” By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management Kishida’s cabinet formally adopted a policy to extend the life of its nuclear plants beyond the self-imposed sixty-year limit. Japan’s engineers had originally […]

Third High-Altitude Airborne Object Shot Down By US Fighter Jet

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Third High-Altitude Airborne Object Shot Down By US Fighter Jet One day after the US shot down a ‘cylindrical, silverish gray’ object in the northeast arctic region of Alaska, another unidentified airborne object was shot down by the US military over northern Canada on Saturday – making it the third time in just over a […]

Computer Monitor Prices Slide As PC Bust Worsens

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Computer Monitor Prices Slide As PC Bust Worsens Readers have been well-informed about the pandemic-fueled personal computer boom that ended last year.  We have pointed out that graphics cards to memory chips have been deeply discounted in the last several months due to lackluster demand and rising supply. Another critical piece of the PC that […]

Guinness Hikes Beer Prices In Ireland, Risking “Financial Hardship For Many”

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Guinness Hikes Beer Prices In Ireland, Risking “Financial Hardship For Many” Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says a move by Guinness to raise prices of a pint in Ireland would cause “financial hardship for many,” after the company announced an increase of 12 euro-cents per pint. The move has prompted calls for London-based parent company, […]

These Are The Security Features Of American Money

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These Are The Security Features Of American Money In 1739, Benjamin Franklin sought to tackle the issue of counterfeit money in America, using a printing press and leaves to create unique raised patterns on the colonial notes. Almost 300 years later, Benjamin Franklin is the face of the U.S. $100 bill, and it is protected by a […]

“Left Wing In Dirt”: B-2 Stealth Bomber Damaged During Emergency Landing

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“Left Wing In Dirt”: B-2 Stealth Bomber Damaged During Emergency Landing A Northrop Grumman stealth bomber experienced an in-flight emergency and was forced to land at Whiteman Air Force Base Saturday evening. The bomber experienced damage during the landing and caught fire, according to reports.  “A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit experienced an in-flight malfunction […]

US Starts Process To Release Vaccine For Monkeypox: CDC

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Doses of the Jynneos vaccine are being released in the United States to prevent monkeypox amid rising cases in the past few weeks in several countries not endemic for the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There are more than 1,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine that were approved in the […]

New Committee Head Appointed By Department Of Defense To Address Military Suicides

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The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced May 17 that Gayle Iwamasa will lead the Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee, which addresses the issue of suicides in the American military. Iwamasa has served as a national director in the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs […]

FDA Restricts J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine Over Risk Of Blood Clots

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on May 5 that it will restrict the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to adults who can’t receive mRNA vaccines, because of the risk of potentially life-threatening side effects with the J&J shot. The agency said the COVID-19 vaccine can now only be administered to people aged 18 […]