‘Questionable Political Prosecutions’: House Republicans Ask Garland To Release Jack Smith Conflict-Of-Interest Documents
‘Questionable Political Prosecutions’: House Republicans Ask Garland To Release Jack Smith Conflict-Of-Interest Documents Authored by Catharine Yang via The Epoch Times, Republican members of Congress have sent a letter asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the conflict-of-interest review of special counsel Jack Smith. “Mr. Smith has a history of questionable political prosecutions,” wrote Rep. […]
Job Openings Tumble By 500K Even as Number Of Quits Unexpectedly Soars
Job Openings Tumble By 500K Even as Number Of Quits Unexpectedly Soars For those fascinated by the narrative that AI will cause a margin-busting corporate revolution as millions of mid-level employees are replaced by a cheap “bullshitting” AI algo, then today’s latest JOLTS report will come as a far smaller shock than the bizarre surge […]
Zelensky Implores Military To “Show Results” Before NATO Summit Amid Waning Enthusiasm In West
Zelensky Implores Military To “Show Results” Before NATO Summit Amid Waning Enthusiasm In West In a rare public sign of desperation, Ukraine’s President Vladimir Zelensky is pleading for his military to “show results” ahead of the major NATO summit to be convened in Lithuania on July 11. This comes amid rumblings out of Washington that […]
University Creates Language Guide That Erases ‘Man’ And ‘Mother’ From Existence
University Creates Language Guide That Erases ‘Man’ And ‘Mother’ From Existence Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, The University of North Carolina (UNC) has shared an ‘inclusive’ language guide, laying out guidelines for what students and staff are and are not allowed to say. The guide essentially wipes the word ‘man’ out of existence, […]
Rule By Decree: The Emergency State’s Plot To Override The Constitution
Rule By Decree: The Emergency State’s Plot To Override The Constitution Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Rule by indefinite emergency edict risks leaving all of us with a shell of a democracy and civil liberties just as hollow.” – Justice Neil Gorsuch We have become a nation in a permanent state […]
Three Years Later, No Justice For BLM Insurrection In D.C.
Three Years Later, No Justice For BLM Insurrection In D.C. Authored by Julie Kelly via American Greatness, D.C.’s lead prosecutor has turned a blind eye to a six-month campaign of terror in the nation’s capital in 2020 so he could keep his sights on the mostly nonviolent protesters of January 6, 2021… “Our office prosecutes […]
Crypto Calm Before The Smile
Crypto Calm Before The Smile By Marcel Kasumovich and Kartikey Sinha of One River Asset Management 1. Adapt or die. It’s clever, even if overused. The finite nature of life is what makes it so precious. Embracing adaptation over comfort, the joy of the struggle. Hundreds of brainy quotes are at your fingertips to give […]
UBS Slides As Net Profit Halved, Despite Wealthy Client Inflow
UBS Slides As Net Profit Halved, Despite Wealthy Client Inflow UBS’s Swiss-listed shares slid in early Tuesday trading after the bank posted a 52% year-on-year decrease in net profit in the first quarter. Despite the slump, the bank recorded strong customer inflows while preparing to acquire rival Credit Suisse. This marks the first financial results […]
Is China Winning?
Is China Winning? By Russell Clark, author of the Capital Flows and Asset Markets substack A preferred trade for the last few years has been long GLD/short TLT – it represents the trade off facing western central bankers. Either destroy the bond (and assets) market, or face inflationary pressure. I have been surprised at how […]
Global Financial Risks Have Risen Amid Bank Turmoil, IMF Chief Warns
Global Financial Risks Have Risen Amid Bank Turmoil, IMF Chief Warns Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the rescue of Credit Suisse by rival UBS show that risks to global financial stability have increased, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva said at a conference in Beijing on March 26. […]
FDIC Seeks Help To Restart Sale Of Silicon Valley Bank After First Attempt Falters
FDIC Seeks Help To Restart Sale Of Silicon Valley Bank After First Attempt Falters US banking regulators have been placed in a challenging situation following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, as they are now responsible for protecting depositors and preventing further bank runs. Regulators are now facing the daunting task of attempting to auction […]
Proud Boys J6 Sedition Trial Halted After Leaked Chat Logs Show FBI Agent Said Her Boss Ordered Her To “Destroy Evidence”
Proud Boys J6 Sedition Trial Halted After Leaked Chat Logs Show FBI Agent Said Her Boss Ordered Her To “Destroy Evidence” Authored by Chris Menahan via Information Liberation, The feds’ political persecution of the Proud Boys took a wild turn after unintentionally leaked chat logs from FBI Special Agent Nicole Miller revealed she said she […]
Even JPMorgan Is Lashing Out At Ridiculous Seasonal Adjustments In Key US Data
Even JPMorgan Is Lashing Out At Ridiculous Seasonal Adjustments In Key US Data It has become impossible to be an economist or data-watcher (and thus strategist, investor, pundit or analyst) in the US: the reason is that seasonal adjustments have made virtually every data set a load of garbage, with little relevance to the real […]
Watch: North Korea Airs ICBM Missile Test Footage As Tensions Rise
Watch: North Korea Airs ICBM Missile Test Footage As Tensions Rise North Korean state television has aired footage of their recent test of a new long range ICBM system capable of carrying a nuclear payload. The missile covered 614 miles and reached an altitude of 3,584 miles, landing accurately in a designated area on the […]
Biden Willing To Let Germans Freeze In Blowing Up Pipeline: Seymour Hersh Interview
Biden Willing To Let Germans Freeze In Blowing Up Pipeline: Seymour Hersh Interview Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh in a fresh interview with Germany’s Berliner Zeitung newspaper which follows up on his bombshell reporting How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline, has provided more context to the Biden White House’s decision-making behind the brazen, high-risk covert op. […]
Visualizing Tesla’s Unrivaled Profit Margins
Visualizing Tesla’s Unrivaled Profit Margins In January this year, Tesla made the surprising announcement that it would be cutting prices on its vehicles by as much as 20%. While price cuts are not new in the automotive world, they are for Tesla. The company, which historically has been unable to keep up with demand, has […]
Stocks, Bonds, & Gold Soar As Powell Shrugs Off Loosening Financial Conditions
Stocks, Bonds, & Gold Soar As Powell Shrugs Off Loosening Financial Conditions After some initial volatility, US equity markets are charging higher… …and bond yields lower… After Fed Chair Powell appeared to shrug off the fact that financial conditions have dramatically loosened recently… Specifically, Powell noted that financial conditions have tightened very significantly over the […]
When Will The Fallen Generals Rise
When Will The Fallen Generals Rise The S&P 500, the world’s biggest and most liquid equity index influences the sentiment or price of most global assets. However, as discussed here repeatedly over the past few years, its performance has been skewed by mega-cap growth stocks, i.e., the Generals. Of course, in 2022, they had a […]
Elon Musk Says 100 Starlink Terminals “Active” In Iran Amid 100 Days Of Unrest
Elon Musk Says 100 Starlink Terminals “Active” In Iran Amid 100 Days Of Unrest More than a hundred days since the Iranian anti-government protests began, the longest since the 1979 Islamic revolution, SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk announced Starlinks are operational in the region. On Monday, Musk tweeted, “Approaching 100 Starlinks active in Iran.” He tweeted at Wall […]
EXCLUSIVE: Military Official Predicted MRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Might Be Paused Over Heart Inflammation
A U.S. military official predicted a pause in the administration of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines could happen if more cases of post-vaccination heart inflammation were detected, according to newly obtained emails. Harry Chang, a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, made the prediction on April 27, 2021—the same day the director of the U.S. Centers […]
Biden Seeks New Unilateral Powers For WHO Chief To Declare Public Health Emergencies
President Joe Biden’s administration is pushing amendments to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing regulations to give Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus unilateral authority to declare a public health emergency in any nation based on whatever evidence he chooses. The proposed U.S. amendments were forwarded to the WHO in January for consideration next week by the UN’s […]
Study Finds ‘Positive Correlation’ Between Higher Mask Usage And COVID-19 Deaths.
“Countries with high levels of mask compliance did not perform better than those with low mask usage,” found a new study, whose data and analysis instead discovered a “moderate positive correlation between mask usage and deaths.” The peer-reviewed study – “Correlation Between Mask Compliance and COVID-19 Outcomes in Europe” – was authored by Beny Spira, […]