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Global Instability And The Rise Of The “Great Resource Grab” Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, In the past three years China has accelerated export agreements and industrial operations in Africa, becoming the continent’s largest bilateral trade partner. Given Africa’s complete lack of development and GDP, the Asian rush to cement economic ties might seem…

Gold Soars To Record High As Stocks Do Something Not Seen Since Oct 1987 There continues to be a very clear factor footprint across the market, with rotational pressures driving Small over Big / Low Momentum over High Momentum / Growth into Cyclicals / Popular shorts over Longs. On the day, Small Caps literally exploded…

“Staged Theatrics To Win Idiots’ Vote”: Virginia Prof Declares Trump Shooting Was Faked Authored by Jonathan Turley, University of Virginia Assistant Professor Sethunya Mokoko took a break from teaching students to get the word out this week that the entire assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was a staged event for suckers. Mokoko explained that…

“It’s Staggering!” – AI’s Rapid Growth Threatens Energy Industry, Economy, & Climate Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, AI’s rapid growth threatens the stability of the energy industry, economy, and climate due to its high energy consumption. The tech sector’s decarbonization goals are challenged by AI’s power demands, with Google reporting a 48 percent increase…

Trump Picks J.D. Vance As Running Mate 48 hours after being shot through the ear at a campaign event, Donald Trump has announced J.D. Vance as his running mate. “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of…

Starlink Overcomes Lawfare By Dish In Attempt To Stall Next-Gen Satellite Deployment   The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected a challenge last Friday from DISH Network and the nonprofit DarkSky, which sought to halt the deployment of SpaceX’s second-generation Starlink network in low Earth orbit. The crux of the issue was…

Democratic Socialists Of America Withdraws Endorsement Of AOC Via HeadlineUSA.com, The Democratic Socialists of America withdrew its endorsement of “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio–Cortez, D-N.Y., for not being far left enough on Israel’s military strike in Gaza. In a memo on Wednesday, the DSA acknowledged Ocasio–Cortez has taken some “courageous positions on Palestine,” but said she has not done enough to…

Surge In “Donate To Trump” Searches After Assassination Attempt Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee could be set to receive another influx of donations from Americans, including many mom-and-pop voters across the nation, following the assassination attempt on the former president at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening. If the…

“Malice Or Massive Incompetence”: Erik Prince Gives Detailed Assessment Of Secret Service Failure Update (1420ET): Former Navy Seal and Blackwater founder Erik Prince gave a detailed assessment of yesterday’s Secret Service debacle in the wake of a failed assassination attempt on former President Trump. “Hopefully after the tragedy yesterday in Butler PA we can all…

Google, Facebook ‘Kool-Aid’ Starting To Wear Off: CEO Authored by Daniel Y. Teng via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Kwik Kopy’s CEO Sonia Shwabsky says the ubiquity of the online world, powered by Google and Facebook, is compelling business owners and marketing managers to rethink how they connect with customers. Sonia Shwabsky, CEO of Kwik…

Biden’s HHS Forces Foster Parents To Facilitate Sex Changes For Minors, Barring Christian Adoption Christians have long been the driving force behind adoption in America, continuing to run 65 percent of the 200,000 foster homes in the U.S. today. One particularly moving example inspired a new film from the makers of mega-hit film “Sound of…

DOJ Filed Brief In Support Of Trans Inmate Who Sent Bomb To The DOJ Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, Headline USA has uncovered the identity of an anonymous Georgia prison inmate suing the state for a sex change, and can reveal that the plaintiff is a convicted violent sodomizer who was indicted in…

After Hundreds Of Launches, SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Suffers Rare Engine Failure SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket suffered a rare engine failure on Thursday night during a Starlink mission to deploy satellites in low Earth orbit. This was the first mid-flight incident with the Falcon 9 rocket since June 2015.  The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force…

Biden Advisors Threaten To “Beat The Shit Out Of” Staffers Who Don’t Keep Quiet Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, It’s weird seeing the media pile on with the ‘scoops’ about what exactly is going on behind the scenes with Biden’s panicking entourage, but this one takes it to another level. CNN reports that a…

BlackRock ‘Tokenized’ Treasury Fund BUIDL Tops $500 Million Authored by Brayden Lindrea via CoinTelegraph.com, The BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund has reached a $500 million market cap, making it the first tokenized treasury fund to reach this milestone. Launched less than four months ago, BlackRock BUIDL, currently holds $502.8 million worth of tokenized Treasurys, according to…

Nasdaq Pukes To Worst Day Versus Small Caps In 22 Years, Gold Soars Near Record High After Soft CPI Misses across the board today in CPI left US macro surprise data languishing in ‘not so soft landing’ territory… Source: Bloomberg …as inflation and growth factors have are now tumbling in a ‘recession-y’ kinda way… Source:…

US Spent A Record $140 Billion On Debt Interest In June, 30% Of All Tax Revenues On the surface, and following 4 months of triple-digit deficits (in the billions), the June budget deficit of “only” $66 billion was a pleasant surprise (especially when the market expected an $83 billion deficit, and compares favorably to the…

Here’s Our Big Problem: The Ratchet Only Moves Us Closer To The Cliff Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Imagine an institution whose ratchet was set to relentlessly reduce budget, staffing and processes while focusing on increasing output / results. It’s tempting to personalize our problems, as those in power tend to possess…

Elon Musk Defeats $500 Million Lawsuit Over Twitter Mass Layoffs Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A California judge handed Elon Musk a win in a lawsuit filed over the mass firing of staff at Twitter after he took over the social media platform in October 2022. Mr. Musk and X Corp. (Twitter was…

Still In The “First Or Second Innings” Of CRE Tower Storm   While politics and geopolitics dominate the headlines—whether it’s Joe Bien’s mumbling and stumbling or the risks of World War III in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, or the South China Sea—many seem to overlook the ongoing commercial real estate crash in the US. This CRE…

The Pennsylvania County That Just Might Be 2024’s ‘Ground Zero’ Authored by Salena Zito via RealClearPolitics, ERIE, Pennsylvania — Despite 40,000 people leaving this city since 1970 (10,000 of them between 2000 and 2016) and having the unfortunate distinction of being the home of the poorest zip code in the state – “ride or die”…

Bidenomics? Business Bankruptcies Jump 34% In First Half Of 2024 Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Bankruptcy filings by commercial entities grew by more than a third this year as businesses struggled under an environment of high costs and interest rates, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). A total of 3,016 commercial…