Authored by J.B.Shurk via AmericanThinker.com, War between Russia and Ukraine looks imminent.  Israel and Iran are engaging in tit for tat maritime altercations.  And China is ratcheting up provocative incursions into the airspaces and waters of Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines. Any one of these regional conflicts is incendiary enough to ignite World War III (or, more accurately, […]

The director of China’s CDC has acknowledged an uncomfortable truth: China’s vaccines aren’t nearly as effective as the country’s scientists have proclaimed – much less their competitors. “We will solve the issue that current vaccines don’t have very high protection rates,” Chinese CDC Director Gao Fu said at a Saturday conference, according to a report […]

Just around the time Joe Biden was concluding a meeting with more than a dozen CEOs on Monday addressing the global chip shortage that has snarled supply chains and brought high-tech industries to a stop (a meeting in which he offered $50 billion for semiconductor manufacturing and research), China’s Huawei Technologies – which has been […]

In what is likely to go down as one of his greatest rants yet (and longest run-on sentences), former President Trump weighed in tonight on President Biden’s court-packing commission – and in the process took a jab at the Justices, the Radical Left, Mitch McConnell, and dared to exercise his free speech a little further […]

Authored by Alan Macleod via MintPressNews.com, Investigative site Bellingcat is the toast of the popular press. In the past month alone, it has been described as “an intelligence agency for the people” (ABC Australia), a “transparent” and “innovative” (New Yorker) “independent news collective,” “transforming investigative journalism” (Big Think), and an unequivocal “force for good” (South China Morning Post). Indeed, […]

We live in a bizarre world: one where the the Keystone XL pipeline must be shut in case of a hypothetical (and extremely unlikely) leak, but where Japan is allowed to dump over one million tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. Actually, it’s either bizarre or simply exposing just how profoundly hypocritical, self-serving […]

Authored by Glenn Greenwald via greenwald.substack.com, That Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is a pedophile, a sex trafficker, and an abuser of women who forces them to prostitute themselves and use drugs with him is a widespread assumption in many media and political circles. That is true despite the rather significant fact that not only has […]

Last Tuesday we reported that “China Credit Impulse Is Set To Collapse As Beijing Orders Banks To Curtail Loan Growth For Rest Of 2021“, and just a few days later we got the latest confirmation of this critical – for the global economy – transition. Overnight, China reported that the sequential growth of total social […]

Submitted by Sovereign Man Blueprint The US House of Representatives has passed a bill called the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. If the Senate passes the bill and the President signs it, this would usher in a union labor coup. It would become illegal for employers to attempt, in any way, to influence […]

The Fed tipped its hand today, and unveiled its “viral reaction function” revealing the timetable according to which the Fed will start talking about QE tapering. As discussed previously, James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television that getting 75% of Americans vaccinated would be a signal that the […]

Having loaded up to the gills with bitcoin, Microstrategy, the company that has become the most popular publicly traded proxy for the cryptocurrency, and whose holdings surpassed $5.4 billion (with 90,859 tokens as of March 1),  announced today that it would start spending some of this digital cash hoard, and would pay its four non-employee […]

Shortly after today’s first bond auction, the $58BN in 3Y notes which saw brisk demand at 1130am ET this morning, moment ago the US Treasury held the second coupon sale for the day when it sold $38 billion in a closely watch 9-year 10-month reopening. This auction was less enticing to buyers, stopping at a […]

Authored by Jonathan Miltimore via The Epoch Times, Nearly half of Americans between 18 and 34 are concerned about returning to a normal social life after the pandemic, a new YouGov poll found… Nearly 3 million Americans are being vaccinated against COVID-19 each day, but the “return to normal” may not be as close as many hope. A new […]

La Soufriere volcano “continues to erupt explosively and has now begun to generate pyroclastic density currents. Explosions and accompanying ashfall, of similar or larger magnitude, are likely to continue to occur over the next few days,” warned St. Vincent’s emergency management organization (NEMO).  Another eruption seen by @NOAASatellites‘ GOES-16 at #LaSoufriere today. Happened around 8am UTC, 4am […]

Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in The Hill on President Joe Biden’s Commission on the Supreme Court.  While the composition of the makeup of the Commission is now known, the true purpose of the Commission remains in doubt. While the Commission is likely to make recommendations for “reforms,” the genesis of the […]

China has continued its muscle-flexing exercises near Taiwan on Monday, this time sending an unprecedentedly large group of aircraft to breach Taiwan’s defense zone.  Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has announced that 25 Chinese Air Force planes entered its airspace, which included 18 fighter jets escorting four long-range bombers. It marks the largest ever Chinese aerial incursion […]

Authored by Bruce Wilds via Advancing Time blog, For all the noise made over Covid-19, many people might be surprised to find out that it was not the leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020. It came in third, behind heart disease and cancer, according to a new CDC study. COVID-19 was listed […]

It’s an extremely busy week – and day – for Treasury issuance, which sees a $58BN 3-year note sale at 11:30am ET, followed by $38BN 10-year reopening at 1pm ET; and concludes with $24BN 30-year reopening Tuesday in a dramatically abbreviated schedule. Moments ago, the first of today’s two auctions priced, and anyone who was […]

Sotheby’s auction house – established in 1744 London – is holding its first auction for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) by anonymous artist ‘Pak‘ which “scrutinizes our understanding of value.” “The Fungible” collection by Pak kicks off on Monday at 1pm EST for fifteen minutes, and will end on Wednesday the 14that 1:15 p.m. ET. To participate, […]

Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, The ghost of 2013 indeed is hanging over this market. Nothing matters and the trend remains fully intact and new record market highs are made every month. November, December, January, February, March, and now April as any smaller pullbacks are continuously bought. Steady and guaranteed gains every month as markets continue […]

Update (2446ET): Protests erupted earlier today in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, after a police officer shot and killed a man during a traffic stop. Members of the community protested the police killing of the man that soon turned violent.  Now riot and looting appear to be underway in the business district of the metro area.  Further […]

Authored by James Bovard via JimBovard.com, A gun seizure case before the Supreme Court could open the flood-gates to warrantless searches… President Joe Biden launched his first attack on the Second Amendment this week, making clear his intent to radically curtail Americans’ legal rights to own firearms. The White House boasted that Biden was nominating a “fierce” advocate of […]

The Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing and Treasury’s fiscal stimulus have resulted in the greatest monetary experiment of all time. The result of trillions of dollars pumped into the economy has lifted prices of all assets, everything from the stock market to homes to baseball cards to crypto to classic cars and motorcycles.  Last week, readers were one of […]

Authored by Brian McGlinchey via Stark Realities, Fed up after years of relentless National Guard deployments in undeclared wars, state lawmakers across the country are pushing legislation that would prohibit the use of Guard units in combat zones without a formal declaration of war by Congress. The bills are being promoted by BringOurTroopsHome.US, a self-described organization […]

Huntington Beach police declared an unlawful assembly in Downtown Huntington Beach, California, Sunday afternoon following a “White Lives Matter” rally that resulted in social unrest.  Hundreds of people gathered in Downtown Huntington Beach for the event, but it appeared counter-protesters (representing Black Lives Matter) also showed up in numbers. Members of various factions clashed, and that was […]

Authored by Daniel Mitchell via The American Institute for Economic Research, The state of New York is an economic disaster area. New York is ranked #50 in the Economic Freedom of North America. New York is ranked #48 in the State Business Tax Climate Index. New York is ranked #50 in the Freedom in the 50 States. New York is next-to-last in measures of inbound migration. New […]

The Australian government is mulling a proposal which would require citizens to provide at least two forms of identification if they want to use social media, under the guise of ‘battling online bullying and more easily report users to authorities. Under the guise of preventing online bullying, the Morrison government’s plan would require ‘100 points […]

Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, In the face of constant attacks by US officials over alleged human rights abuses, China released a report on Friday that blasts the US for its many military interventions that have created humanitarian disasters. The report, titled “Severe Humanitarian Disasters Caused by US Aggressive Wars against Foreign Countries,” was released by the […]

For the last several months, bargain hunters have been rushing to sign leases in Manhattan as swelling apartment inventory has pressured prices. Landlords are more desperate than ever to attract new tenants, offering record concessions to fill vacant apartments.  Appraiser Miller Samuel Inc. and brokerage Douglas Elliman Real Estate released a new report Thursday indicating […]

Summarizing investor sentiment in his Weekly Kickstart note, Goldman’s David Kostin writes that three macro issues dominated investor discussions about the US equity market since the start of the year: rates, inflation, and taxes. Not surprisingly, interest rates have been the most important of these topics. In a rising interest rate environment, short duration outperforms […]

Authored by Conrad Black via AmGreatness.com, The U.S. now has an official regime of lies, supported by an almost worthlessly dishonest media, and scores of millions of Americans brainwashed into the false view that they live in an evil country… Not every aspect of the onslaught of self-hate that has broken over America, warped its […]

The purchasing power of a currency is the amount of goods and services that can be bought with one unit of the currency. For example, one U.S. dollar could buy 10 bottles of beer in 1933. Today, as Visual Capitalist’s Govind Bhutanda notes, it’s the cost of a small McDonald’s coffee. In other words, the […]

Op-Ed by Roger L. Simon via The Epoch Times With his new – most likely unconstitutional – executive orders regarding weapons, Joe Biden is cementing his place as America’s leading gun salesman… President Joe Biden speaks during an event on gun control in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on April 8, […]

Video of an abandoned Missouri resort town filled with dilapidated mansions has gone viral on TikTok as local law enforcement warns people to stay away.  Near Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri, is a 900-acre project, called Indian Ridge Resort, which held huge promises when it was partially constructed a little more than a decade […]

Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Canada’s climate strategy to significantly cut emissions and become a net-zero emissions economy by 2050 will create a seismic shift in the large oil and gas sector, where up to three-quarters of the workers, or up to 450,000 people, are at risk of displacement, TD Bank said in a new report […]

In the aftermath of last week’s historic snub, when the female president of the European Commission was left speechless – and chairless – during her controversial visit to Turkey’s president, diplomatic relations between Europe and Turkey has once again fallen off a cliff.  As a reminder, the European Commission president, Von der Leyen was clearly […]

Authored by Christian Toto via RealClearInvestigations, A documentary film about an African American lawyer who rose from poverty and oppression in the Deep South to the highest court in the land would seem a natural for Black History Month. Yet, in February, at the very time its Prime Video service was featuring films highlighting black […]

About 1.5 years after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted UPS Flight Forward the ability to start a drone airline business, UPS Flight Forward announced Wednesday plans to purchase electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Beta Technologies. The first ten BETA aircraft are scheduled to enter UPS Flight Forward’s fleet by 2024, with an option […]

Any government efforts to ban Bitcoin would be “foolish,” said Hester Peirce (aka “Crypto Mom”), a very Bitcoin-friendly commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), during a MarketWatch virtual conference earlier this week, according to Cryptoslate reporter Liam Frost. “I think we were past that point very early on because you’d have to […]

With US politicians “desperate” to show internet monopolies Google, Facebook and Amazon just who is boss – if purely for brownie points with their constituents but terrified to actually do so in real life, China overnight showed how it’s done when Xi’s regime escalated his ongoing crusade against China’s richest man, Jack Ma, byt imposing […]

So much for the patriarchy.  At the top of the helm in President Biden’s economic cabinet are numerous women. For example, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and trade czar Katherine Tai all collectively help run the economy. Many of President Biden’s economic advisors are also women, Reuters noted this week. The effects of […]

Authored by Samantha Chang via The Western Journal, The co-founder of the polarizing Black Lives Matter movement is under fire for buying a $1.4 million home in a posh California neighborhood that’s 88 percent white. It’s an interesting decision for Patrisse Cullors, a self-professed Marxist and race-baiting activist who has paid lip service to promoting black pride. According […]

Very few, if any, financial outlets have been more outspoken over the last decade about the harm that governments can do micromanaging (and in this case, shutting down) economies than we have been.  Which is why we weren’t surprised to see a brand new report noting that due to the pandemic (and the ensuing global […]

Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court late Friday ruled against California, blocking the restrictions ban on in-home Bible studies and other religious gatherings. The court’s narrow 5–4 ruling was in favor of a group of Santa Clara residents who asserted the restrictions violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. “Applicants are likely […]

How do you know that cryptocurrencies are disrupting (translation – “scaring”) the status quo and offering ‘we, the global people’ an alternative to establishment fiat control? Simple – when the global central planning elites continue to jawbone how terrible, awful, dangerous (etc…) cryptocurrencies are and will be. On the heels of US Fed’s Powell “it’s […]

Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, More debt equals less growth. In October, I discussed the “2nd Derivative Effect” and the ongoing cost of the stimulus. With the passage of the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan,” will the math of debt to growth change? Now, even Deutsche Bank credit strategist, Stuart Sparks, got the memo. “History teaches us that […]

Chinese anti-trust regulators have just slapped Alibaba with a record RMB18.2 billion ($2.8 billion) fine after concluding that the Chinese e-commerce giant had abused its market dominance for the sake of profit at the expense of Chinese society. The FT reported that China’s State Administration of Market Regulation announced the penalty on Saturday. It was […]

From Nicholas Colas of DataTrek Research Today we offer up a list of 5 negative scenarios for US/global equities. In no particular order: 1) markedly higher interest rates, 2) below-expectation US consumer spending, 3) heightened geopolitical risks once militaries/non-state actors are vaccinated, 4) US Big Tech regulation and 5) a raft of better investment opportunities […]

There has been a clear shift in market mood and sentiment ever since the COVID pandemic: whereas the Fed smashed mortgage rates to record lows, and the federal government delayed the foreclosure wave via forbearances. On top of this, socio-economic chaos in major metro areas resulted in an urban exodus like never before.  This has […]

Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Iconic author Frederick Forsyth has accused the UK government of waging a “campaign of mass fear” against the British public by using psychological methods to ensure compliance with lockdown that resemble those used against East Berliners in the 1960’s. Forsyth was responding to an article published in the Telegraph […]