Brain Battle: Elon Musk Open To “Cage Match Debate” With Mark Zuckerberg
Brain Battle: Elon Musk Open To “Cage Match Debate” With Mark Zuckerberg Earlier this week, Chris Anderson, host of TED Talks, suggested that a ‘cage match-style debate’ might be a more fitting showdown for Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg than an actual mixed martial arts fight. Musk is in luck after proposing a mixed martial arts […]
Federal Court Declares Trump A Flight Risk In Secret Subpoena Decision
Federal Court Declares Trump A Flight Risk In Secret Subpoena Decision Authored by Jonathan Turley, The disclosure of a subpoena of Twitter by Special Counsel Jack Smith was surprising in a number of respects, including the hefty $350,000 fine imposed by U.S. District Court Beryl Howell (below) for a three-day delay as the company sought […]
Ecuador’s Outspoken Anti-Narco Presidential Candidate Assassinated In Broad Daylight
Ecuador’s Outspoken Anti-Narco Presidential Candidate Assassinated In Broad Daylight Ecuador has declared a countrywide state of emergency for 60 days the morning after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down at a campaign rally in the capital, Quito. Video of the assassination is widely circulating, showing an assassin firing multiple shots at close range while Villavicencio entered […]
Initial Jobless Claims Jumped Last Week Led By Ohio
Initial Jobless Claims Jumped Last Week Led By Ohio The number of Americans filing for jobless claims for the first time rose from 227k to 248k last week (both SA and NSA jumped)… Source: Bloomberg Ohio saw the largest jump in initial claims by far (see below) followed by California and Texas. Missouri saw the […]
CPI Rebounds In July; Fed’s Favorite Inflation Indicator Remains ‘Sticky’
CPI Rebounds In July; Fed’s Favorite Inflation Indicator Remains ‘Sticky’ Expectations for this morning’s must-watch CPI print were for a MoM and YoY rise in the headline, and modest slowing of the core YoY. However, The Fed will be watching its new favorite signal – Core Services CPI Ex-Shelter – which reaccelerated in July (+0.2% […]
China Slams Biden For “Blatant Economic Coersion And Bullying” After US Imposes Investment Limits
China Slams Biden For “Blatant Economic Coersion And Bullying” After US Imposes Investment Limits China lashed out at Joe Biden’s long-awaited executive order that limits U.S. investment in technology, but stopped short of issuing immediate counter measures. The Chinese commerce and foreign affairs ministries issued strong responses on Thursday, just hours after Biden signed an […]
Futures Rise, Dollar Slides Ahead Of “Dovish” CPI Report
Futures Rise, Dollar Slides Ahead Of “Dovish” CPI Report US equity futures and European bourses rebounded from yesterday’s slump and are higher into CPI, which may provide clues on the Federal Reserve’s next steps, with slight outperformance from MegaCap Tech. As of 7:45am ET, both S&P and Nasdaq 100 futures were up 0.5%. The Stoxx 600 […]
Markets Will Be Blindsided By Inflation’s Comeback
Markets Will Be Blindsided By Inflation’s Comeback Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, It might look like it’s been defeated, but US inflation is poised to begin accelerating again soon. Stocks and bonds are unpriced for this outcome. Markets are most sensitive at economic turning points. That’s because they have a tendency to linearly […]
“Wiped Off Map”: Hawaii Wildfires Level Entire Town, Claiming 36 Lives
“Wiped Off Map”: Hawaii Wildfires Level Entire Town, Claiming 36 Lives Fueled by strong winds from Hurricane Dora, wildfires left widespread damage across the Hawaiian island of Maui. Local authorities report at least 36 people have died, and hundreds of buildings have been destroyed. “As the firefighting efforts continue, 36 total fatalities have been discovered today amid […]
US CPI Data Loom Big After Bumpy Start To August
US CPI Data Loom Big After Bumpy Start To August By Michael Msika, Bloomberg markets live reporter and commentator After being stuck in a relatively tight range for four months, the European stock market is looking for a catalyst — confirmation that peak rates are in sight. Today’s US inflation data could be crucial. The Stoxx […]
“Getting MRI Of Neck & Back”: Musk May Need Surgery Ahead Of Fight With Zuckerberg
“Getting MRI Of Neck & Back”: Musk May Need Surgery Ahead Of Fight With Zuckerberg Update (Monday): Elon Musk, who on Sunday morning proposed a mixed martial arts cage match with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, may have found the perfect excuse to either delay or entirely call off the fight: “Exact date is still in […]
Environmental Protection Vs. Economic Growth
Environmental Protection Vs. Economic Growth The battle in the minds of people in the U.S. between prioritizing the environment (even at the risk of curbing economic growth) or the economy (even if the environment suffers), has been a bit of a rollercoaster over the last few decades. As Statista’s Martin Armstrong reports, while Gallup survey data shows that […]
Two Charts Show Consumers Worldwide Demand Teslas
Two Charts Show Consumers Worldwide Demand Teslas Dozens of US states and countries across Europe and elsewhere are spearheading initiatives to ban new car sales with internal combustion engines by the early 2030s. As a result of the imminent demise of gas and diesel-powered cars, there has been a significant shift in consumer demand towards […]
Threads Unravels: So-Called ‘Twitter Killer’ App Sees Exodus Of Users, Plunge In Engagements
Threads Unravels: So-Called ‘Twitter Killer’ App Sees Exodus Of Users, Plunge In Engagements Corporate media and their progressive friends have spent the last nine days championing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s new social network, “Threads,” calling it a “Twitter Killer” and prophesying the demise of Elon Musk’s free-speech platform. Threads, the new social media app from […]
DeSantis Says He Would Sign Legislation To Defund “Corrupt” IRS
DeSantis Says He Would Sign Legislation To Defund “Corrupt” IRS Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called IRS a “corrupt organization” and said he would welcome a bill abolishing the agency if elected president in 2024. DeSantis made the comments during an interview with conservative radio host Dana Loesch on May […]
Jeffrey Epstein Moved $270,000 For Noam Chomsky, Paid Leon Botstein $150K
Jeffrey Epstein Moved $270,000 For Noam Chomsky, Paid Leon Botstein $150K Dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein transferred $270,000 between accounts for Noam Chomsky and paid $150,000 to Bard College’s Leon Botstein – after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution – the two academics have confirmed to the Wall Street […]
Murdered Cash-App Founder Was Attending Underground Sex, Drug Parties With Sister Of Alleged Killer
Murdered Cash-App Founder Was Attending Underground Sex, Drug Parties With Sister Of Alleged Killer Murdered Cash App founder Bob Lee – who was found staggering around a San Francisco neighborhood at 2:30 a.m. April 4th after being stabbed – allegedly frequented underground sex and drug parties with the sister of his accused killer. While initial […]
Democrat Cities Have Biggest Homicide Rate Problem, Study Finds
Democrat Cities Have Biggest Homicide Rate Problem, Study Finds The Democratic Party aggressively promoted the idea of ‘defunding the police’ after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer in 2020, which was supposed to improve public safety. A few years later, a new study found the homicide rate in Democrat cities is […]
Jobless Claims Hover Near 17-Month Highs, Flash Recession Signal
Jobless Claims Hover Near 17-Month Highs, Flash Recession Signal In the new post-revision world of jobless claims, the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits for the first dropped modestly last week from 246k to 230k (but remains well above the 200k Maginot Line). Continuing claims was practically flat from the prior week at 1.88 […]
“There Appears To Be A Deal”: McCarthy Makes Late-Night Concessions On $4.8 Trillion Debt-Limit Package
“There Appears To Be A Deal”: McCarthy Makes Late-Night Concessions On $4.8 Trillion Debt-Limit Package As House Republicans’ $4.8 trillion debt-limit package hangs in the balance, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and his top lieutenants made several concessions in order to secure enough votes to pass the Limit, Save, Grow Act. The changes, aimed at winning […]
Eating Meat Is The Norm Almost Everywhere
Eating Meat Is The Norm Almost Everywhere On average, 86 percent of people surveyed for Statista’s Consumer Insights in 21 countries said that their diet contained meat – highlighting that despite the trend around meat substitutes and plant-based products, eating meat remains the norm almost everywhere in the world. You will find more infographics at Statista As […]
Senator Accuses FAA Of Ignoring Potential Vaccine Dangers To Pilots
Senator Accuses FAA Of Ignoring Potential Vaccine Dangers To Pilots Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is expressing dismay over how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) responded to his questions about the agency’s handling of pilot health issues. “How can the FAA maintain safe skies when […]