The Russians Are Making Their First New Tank Turbines In 30 Years, Likely Signaling A Very Long War

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinBalletic new videos from the Kaluga Turbine Plant, in Russia’s Kaluga Oblast a hundred miles southwest of Moscow, are a warning to Ukraine and its allies. A warning that, at least on an industrial level,…

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Some Dubious Coincident Indicators of Recession, Again: VMT, gasoline supplied, EPU vs Heavy Truck Sates and Sahm Rule

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Reader Steven Kopits, who as recently as a couple weeks ago argued strenuously that a recession occurred in 2022H1, writes of the Economic Policy Uncertainty Index graph shown in this post: Lines up very nicely with your VMT analytics. And it…

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Now We Fear The Fed?

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By Peter Tchir of Academy SecuritiesIf the Fed’s wish was to push risk assets lower, then they got their wish!This market faces a lot of problems, but I don’t think that the Fed is one of them.Yes, we got a Fed…

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Sunday Night Futures

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by Calculated Risk on 9/24/2023 06:12:00 PM Weekend: • Schedule for Week of September 24, 2023Monday: • At 8:30 AM ET, Chicago Fed National Activity Index for August. This is a composite index of other data.• At 10:30 AM, Dallas Fed…

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Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Returns Tuesday—Here’s What’s Happened In The Last 5 Years

ToplineVictoria' Secret will premiere its new fashion show Tuesday in the form of an 85-minute streaming film, after the legacy event was canceled five years ago amid declining ratings and controversies that included the sexual harassment of models, ties to Jeffrey…

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“Spam Strike” Looms After Hormel Minnesota Workers Reject Contract Offer

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By Nathan Owens of Agricultural DiveSummary:Meatpacking workers at Hormel Foods’ plant in Austin, Minnesota, voted to reject a “final offer” contract last week in a push for stronger wages, setting the stage for a potential strike at the processor’s largest facility.“It’s…

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Zelenskyy Asks Spirit Cooker Marina Abramovic To Be Ambassador For Ukraine, Help ‘Rebuild Schools’

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Authored by Chris Menahan via Information Liberation (emphasis ours),Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is recruiting spirit cooker Marina Abramovic to serve as an ambassador for Ukraine and help "rebuild schools." pic.twitter.com/lhcVrtSBDq — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) September 22, 2023From The Telegraph, "Zelensky asks Marina…

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George Clooney Denies Reports That $107 Million Lake Cuomo Villa Is For Sale — Here’s What We Know

ToplineGeorge Clooney is said to be keeping his famous Lake Como villa after a series of reports said the luxurious home was hitting the market—a sale that could have been one of the largest celebrity real estate transactions of all time.…

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Netanyahu’s Hardline Allies Threaten To Implode Israeli Govt Over Concessions To Palestinians

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Via The Cradle,Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition partners insist they would not support Israeli concessions to the Palestinians as part of a deal to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia and would quit the coalition if such concessions were made."If there will…

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The Cleveland Cavaliers’ New Downtown Practice Facility Is A Big Deal

This week, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Cleveland Clinic, in partnership with Bedrock, announced plans for what they are calling a “first-of-its-kind sports performance.” Called the Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center, it would include the team’s practice and a “interdisciplinary…

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Returns Safely To Earth—Scientists Hope It Will Bring Evidence Of How Life Began

ToplineA NASA explorer spacecraft returned to Earth Sunday morning after nearly seven years spent in space on the OSIRIS-REx mission to collect pieces of the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu, which scientists say may help unlock the secrets of the solar system's origins…

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NFL Eyeing Expansion Of International Play—Here’s Where Scouts Are Looking To Go Next

ToplineThe cities of Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have been vetted by NFL officials as the next potential destinations for overseas football games, part of the league’s efforts to expand fandom to international markets and reach a lofty revenue…

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Watch: NASA Spacecraft To Land In Utah Desert With Asteroid Samples

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NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft (which stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) will be ending a seven-year mission on Sunday morning by returning an asteroid sample from space to Earth.OSIRIS-REx was launched in 2016, collected 8.8 ounces of rocks…

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“Our System Is Collapsing In Real Time”: Tucker Carlson Gives Bombshell Interview

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Authored by Urs Gehriger via WeltWoche.ch,“They’re all afraid”Tucker Carlson is unstoppable. Since his sudden departure from Fox News he scores record viewer ratings. In an exclusive interview with Weltwoche, the political media star demolishes the mainstream media’s manipulation machine, reveals his…

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L.L. Bean’s Footprint Is Growing With Expanded Omnichannel Strategy, Including Wholesale

Long before anyone heard the terms direct-to-consumer or omnichannel, L.L. Bean had more than a century’s experience doing it. Yet it followed a methodical step-by-step approach to omnichannel until about 2019, when it took a giant leap. It implemented a brand-building…

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The American Climate Corps Will Put Thousands To Work Building A Stronger Country

Ninety years ago, President Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps put millions of Americans to work building a stronger country, confronting the biggest crisis of its time – the Great Depression. This week President Biden launched the American Climate Corps, to put tens…

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