US Durable Goods Orders Unexpectedly Soar In May
US Durable Goods Orders Unexpectedly Soar In May Amid an ugly slew of manufacturing survey data – from national PMI/ISM to regional Feds – it should be no surprise that analysts expected US Durable Goods Orders to drop 0.9% MoM in May. However, as is the way nowadays, durable goods orders preliminary print jumped a […]
A Political And Economic “Doom Loop” Is Underway In Germany
A Political And Economic “Doom Loop” Is Underway In Germany Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Germany has massive deindustrialization problems on which it is in denial. Add a political doom loop to the mix… Alternative for Germany Lead chart adapted from Wikipedia German Federal Election Polls. Support for Alternative for Germany, AfD, a right-wing political party […]
The End Of Easy Money: Bankruptcy Filings Pile Up At Fastest Rate Since 2010
The End Of Easy Money: Bankruptcy Filings Pile Up At Fastest Rate Since 2010 Authored by Wolf Richter via WolfStreet.com, A cleansing process, long overdue, to whittle down the corporate debt overhang and clear out deadwood, at the expense of investors… It’s turning into a banner year for corporate bankruptcy filings, after years of Easy […]
The Graveyard Of Empires: The Top Investments As The World Order Collapses
The Graveyard Of Empires: The Top Investments As The World Order Collapses Authored by Nick Giamburno via InternationalMan.com,. “You have the watches, but we have the time.” The Taliban often referred to this old Afghan saying when discussing their fight against the Americans. Ultimately, they were proven correct. After almost two decades of conflict, an […]
US & Syria Have Been Holding Secret Talks In Oman
US & Syria Have Been Holding Secret Talks In Oman Via The Cradle, A senior diplomatic official in the Arab League has revealed exclusively to The Cradle that secret, direct negotiations are currently taking place between the US and Syrian governments. The diplomat, who revealed the information under the condition of anonymity, said that “the talks took […]
Tucker Carlson Preparing For “War” Against Fox News
Tucker Carlson Preparing For “War” Against Fox News Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Tucker Carlson is preparing to go to “war” against Fox News as the network refuses to release him from his contract, preventing him from working for other networks until January 2025. Fox News announced it was parting ways with […]
Tucker And Elon? Carlson Plots Next Moves – But Only If Fox Lets Him Out Of 2025 Contract
Tucker And Elon? Carlson Plots Next Moves – But Only If Fox Lets Him Out Of 2025 Contract Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is rallying forces to convince Fox to let him out of his contract so that he can work for, or launch, another network, Axios reports, citing sources close to Carlson – […]
Futures Violently Unchanged As Busiest Week Of Earnings Season Begins
Futures Violently Unchanged As Busiest Week Of Earnings Season Begins In what is shaping up as yet another unchanged open, futures are set up to open violently unchanged after earlier sliding as much as 0.6% following lackluster sentiment in Asia, but a reversal during European trading. Investors are bracing for a barrage of earnings ahead […]
A Pyrrhic End To 130 Years Of Vicious Bad Money And Banking Crises
A Pyrrhic End To 130 Years Of Vicious Bad Money And Banking Crises Authored by Brendan Brown via The Mises Institute, The original vicious circle starts with inflationary interventions in an up-to-then well-anchored monetary regime. Consequent asset inflation spawns a banking crisis. That leads to the installation of anticrisis safety structures (one illustration is a […]
EU Slams Poland & Hungary’s Ban On Ukrainian Food Imports As Other Countries Threaten To Join Blockade
EU Slams Poland & Hungary’s Ban On Ukrainian Food Imports As Other Countries Threaten To Join Blockade Authored by Gergorz Adamczyk via Remix News, The European Commission has slammed Poland and Hungary’s ban on Ukrainian food imports, saying member states cannot make such decisions regarding trade policy. The leader of the ruling conservative Law and […]
Embattled Soros-Backed St. Louis Prosecutor Sanctioned By Judge Amid New Complaints
Embattled Soros-Backed St. Louis Prosecutor Sanctioned By Judge Amid New Complaints Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, A St. Louis judge sanctioned St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s office last week for allegedly withholding evidence in a double-murder case, while allowing the suspect out on bond, amid rising criticism about left-wing prosecutors allowing […]
‘The Real Question Is How Many’: James O’Keefe Suggests He Has Multiple Insiders In Manhattan DA Case Against Trump
‘The Real Question Is How Many’: James O’Keefe Suggests He Has Multiple Insiders In Manhattan DA Case Against Trump James O’Keefe, the founder and former head of undercover reporting and whistleblower organization Project Veritas, has suggested that he has multiple insiders in the Manhattan DA’s case against former President Donald Trump – either on the […]
Is Your Bank “Important” Enough To Save? Don’t Count On It…
Is Your Bank “Important” Enough To Save? Don’t Count On It… Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, The Elites are bailing out their own banks, not yours The systemic banking and financial crisis I’ve been warning about for years has arrived. (In fact, the report I put out in January seems to be playing out in spades). The […]
Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Plan In Trouble At Supreme Court, Lawyers Say
Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Plan In Trouble At Supreme Court, Lawyers Say Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden’s sweeping plan to partially forgive student loans will likely receive a cool reception when the Supreme Court hears challenges to the program on Feb. 28, legal experts told The Epoch […]
Ted Cruz Snaps At Clapper Over Hunter Biden Backpedal
Ted Cruz Snaps At Clapper Over Hunter Biden Backpedal Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) didn’t let former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper get away with an attempt to distance himself from his role in the 2020 suppression of the NY Post‘s Hunter Biden laptop bombshell. As House GOP investigators begin to probe 51 US intelligence […]
US To Increase Artillery Ammunition Production By 500% For Ukraine
US To Increase Artillery Ammunition Production By 500% For Ukraine Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The Pentagon is planning to boost its production of artillery ammunition by 500% over the next two years as the US is depleting its military stockpiles by sending millions of shells to Ukraine, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Since Russia launched its […]
France Grinds To Halt Over Nationwide Pension Strikes
France Grinds To Halt Over Nationwide Pension Strikes French refinery workers, teachers, train drivers, and other critical industry employees walked off their jobs in a nationwide day of strikes against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to increase the retirement age by two years to 64. AP News reported the strikes are “halting high-speed trains, disrupting electricity supplies,” and […]
No Surprise: Wall Street Wants To Raise The Target Inflation Rate Above 2 Percent
No Surprise: Wall Street Wants To Raise The Target Inflation Rate Above 2 Percent Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, Price inflation in the United States remains stubbornly high, with October’s print at 7.7 percent. The Fed’s preferred measure, so-called core inflation is only two-tenths of a percent below 40-year highs, at 6.3 […]
Musk: Twitter Child Porn Failures ‘A Crime’
Musk: Twitter Child Porn Failures ‘A Crime’ On Thursday, three members of Twitter’s Trusty & Safety Council quit the company in a huff, claiming in a tweeted screed that the “safety and wellbeing of Twitter’s users are on the decline” since Elon Musk took over. The individuals in question – Anne Collier, Eirliani Abdul Rahman, […]
FDA To Decide ‘In The Next Few Weeks’ On Vaccine Boosters For Kids Under 5: White House
White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha said on Sunday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will decide in the next few weeks on whether children under the age of 5 can get a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. The comment comes after the FDA approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 boosters for emergency use in children […]
Pfizer, BioNTech Ask FDA To Authorize COVID-19 Vaccine Booster For Children Aged 5–11
Pfizer and BioNTech on Tuesday asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant emergency use authorization for a booster for their COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5- to 11-years-old. Earlier this month, the companies released data from a mid-to-late stage study that they said showed a boost in antibodies from a third dose […]
Pfizer Begins Study Of COVID-19 Pill In High-Risk Children
Pfizer has started a study of its COVID-19 pill in children who have COVID-19 and are designated as high-risk for experiencing severe symptoms. The phase 2/phase 3 study has approximately 140 participants between the ages of 6 and 17. One cohort will receive Pfizer’s pill, known as Paxlovid or nirmatrelvir, twice a day for five […]
Kara Frederick: Big Tech Totalitarianism And America’s Emerging Social Credit System
“It’s not just social media companies or your right to be on Twitter, your right to be on Facebook. It’s everything. Email delivery services, online fundraising platforms … It’s every aspect of your digital life,” says Heritage Foundation research fellow Kara Frederick. From Twitter to GoFundMe, digital platforms have shut down accounts, fundraisers, or online […]
Lara Logan Quitting Big Tech, Accuses It Of ‘Glorifying’ Pedophile Content
Journalist Lara Logan has announced that she intends to quit big tech social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, accusing the networks of allowing pedophilic content to be shared while censoring free speech and alternate perspectives. The award-winning journalist asserted in a Feb. 4 social media post that she cannot “in good conscience” be part of […]
LA County Sues Cafe For Violating COVID-19 Restrictions
In a lawsuit against Novo Cafe last week, the Los Angeles County has accused the Italian restaurant, in the city of Westlake Village, of violating COVID-19 health orders and regulations, racking up fines totaling nearly $100,000. In court documents obtained by The Epoch Times, the county accused Novo Cafe of “putting the health of their workers, customers, […]