Judge Bans X In Brazil For Refusing To Comply With Demands As we previewed overnight, Elon Musk’s X has been ordered ‘immediately suspended’ by Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, citing the company’s refusal to comply with a legal order to censor the judge’s political opponents, Bloomberg reports. Officially, the ruling was due to…
Stocks End August Flat After Early Collapse; Bonds & Gold Soar On Rate-Cut Hopes
Stocks End August Flat After Early Collapse; Bonds & Gold Soar On Rate-Cut Hopes The S&P 500 traded in a 500+ point band in August (about 10%) as investors first became very concerned that an imminent recession was being ignored by the Fed, before becoming more convinced that a recession may not be that imminent…
Secret Service to get additional military support ahead of election – Pentagon
The move comes after the agency came under scrutiny following the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump The US Secret Service will be provided with additional military support capabilities for presidential and vice presidential candidates ahead of the upcoming election in November, representatives of the service and the Pentagon announced on Thursday. US…
Brazil blocks Starlink accounts in standoff with Musk
The South African billionaire’s social media platform X is on the brink of being taken down in the Latin American country Elon Musk’s Starlink has announced that Brazil’s top judge has ordered the company’s financial accounts in the country to be blocked, amid an ongoing feud over the social media platform X. Starlink, Musk’s satellite…
Germany to clamp down on illegal migration
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser’s announcement comes a week after a deadly stabbing allegedly perpetrated by a Syrian migrant Germany will clamp down on illegal immigration, Islamism, and knife crime in the wake of last week’s deadly stabbing attack in Solingen, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has announced. She added that police and regional authorities would be…
Two-Thirds Of Americans Now Believe That The American Dream Is Unattainable
Two-Thirds Of Americans Now Believe That The American Dream Is Unattainable Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, When we were young, most of us believed that we would achieve “the American Dream” someday. Today, two-thirds of us believe that the American Dream is unattainable. That is a searing indictment of a system…
Nvidia Dumps, Gold Pumps As Dollar General Craters Most On Record
Nvidia Dumps, Gold Pumps As Dollar General Craters Most On Record It was all about Nvidia’s earnings, and how the market would react to them, and… well, it left a bit to be desired. After initially spiking as high as $128 on blowout Q2 earnings, NVDA then dumped instantly as the market was disappointed with…
IDF Fires Missiles On West Bank Mosque, Killing Top Terror Commander, In Day 2 Of Incursion
IDF Fires Missiles On West Bank Mosque, Killing Top Terror Commander, In Day 2 Of Incursion Thursday marks day two of the Israeli military and security forces’ large-scale raid into the West Bank, the biggest seen in at least two decades. Fierce fighting overnight focused on a mosque in the city of Tulkarem, resulting in five…
Beijing demands Washington stop ‘military collusion’ with Taiwan
The US must stop providing weapons to the Taiwanese army, a top Chinese military official has said Washington should stop collaborating with the Taiwanese military and must respect China’s core interests, Chinese Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia has said, calling the Taiwan issue vital for Beijing. During a meeting with US National Security…
UK bankers hoping Trump regains White House – Politico
Access to US markets will be easier for British companies under a “pro-business” Republican president, experts have told the outlet British business would prefer to see Republican nominee Donald Trump prevail over Vice President Kamala Harris in the US presidential election in November, Politico has reported, citing finance experts from the City of London. …
Türkiye’s top MP claims ‘some countries’ blocked Russia-Ukraine peace
The US wants to use the conflict to consolidate the West and contain Moscow, Numan Kurtulmus says Russia and Ukraine were close to agreeing peace terms during the Istanbul talks in the spring of 2022, but “some countries” did not want those efforts to succeed, Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus has said. In an interview…
Unwind Of China’s Great Carry Trade Could Unleash $20 Billion In Monthly FX Sales
Unwind Of China’s Great Carry Trade Could Unleash $20 Billion In Monthly FX Sales By Martin Lynge Rasmussen of Money: Inside and Out China’s trade balance reached $852bn in the year to July reflecting weak domestic demand and Chinese manufacturers growing global market share. What gets less attention is the activities of Chinese goods traders…
Elon Musk Offers Free Cellular Starlink For Emergencies Worldwide As Space Race With Legacy Mobile Carriers Heats Up
Elon Musk Offers Free Cellular Starlink For Emergencies Worldwide As Space Race With Legacy Mobile Carriers Heats Up SpaceX’s Starlink “Direct to cell” service, in partnership with mobile carrier T-Mobile, will be offered free worldwide for connecting to emergency services. “After thinking it through, SpaceX Starlink will provide emergency services access for mobile phones for people in distress…
Florida Can Enforce Ban On Puberty Blockers, Gender Surgeries For Children: Appeals Court
Florida Can Enforce Ban On Puberty Blockers, Gender Surgeries For Children: Appeals Court Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, A federal appeals court has allowed Florida to enforce a ban on hormone replacement therapy for children while the legal challenge against the ban proceeds. In the Aug. 26 decision, a three-judge panel of…
Kim Dotcom calls for boycott of France over Durov arrest
The Megaupload founder has urged people to stop buying French products and refrain from visiting the country The founder of the Megaupload file sharing service, Kim Schmitz, more commonly known as Kim Dotcom, has called for a boycott of France over the recent arrest of Telegram creator and CEO Pavel Durov in Paris. Writing on…
Trump slams prosecutor as ‘deranged’
The US Department of Justice has again accused the former president of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss Former President Donald Trump has lashed out at the US administration and the Department of Justice over their latest attempt to prosecute him for alleged interference in the 2020 presidential election. The Republican candidate in this…
NATO member rules out sending long-range arms to Kiev
Finland, as an immediate neighbor of Russia, expressed concern it could be attacked from their side Finland’s President Alexander Stubb has ruled out supplies of high-precision long-range weapons to Ukraine at this point, voicing concerns over its proximity to Russia as neighbor. In an interview with Finnish state-owned broadcaster Yle on Tuesday, Stubb reiterated…
Dear Democrats, Things Are Not Looking Good…
Dear Democrats, Things Are Not Looking Good… Authored by Jenna McCarthy via Jenna’s Side Rocks blog, Dear Democrats, I hope you’ve got your organic, ethically-sourced stress balls and fair trade lavender calming spray handy, because I think you’re going to need them. The anti-vax black sheep of Camelot has thrown his support behind the felonious, mean-tweeting Cheeto, and…
Gold Hits New Record High, Bitcoin Battered As NVDA Earnings Loom
Gold Hits New Record High, Bitcoin Battered As NVDA Earnings Loom Consumer sentiment lifted modestly today (headline Conf Board) but under the hood it was a shit-show with labor market weakness accelerating and purchasing-plans puking. Regional Fed surveys were also ugly (as home prices hit new record highs). That ‘bad’ news prompted a dovish shift…
Federal Judge Blocks Biden-Harris Administration’s “Parole In Place” Program For Illegal Aliens
Federal Judge Blocks Biden-Harris Administration’s “Parole In Place” Program For Illegal Aliens Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, On Monday, a federal judge in Texas blocked the Biden-Harris Administration’s attempts to implement a “parole in place” program that would have awarded a pathway to citizenship to illegal aliens who are the spouses of American…
Washington behind Durov’s arrest – Russia’s top MP
The US wants to control the Telegram messaging platform, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has claimed The US government wants “total control” of social media, which is why it orchestrated the arrest of Pavel Durov, the CEO of Telegram, a messaging platform it so far has no influence over, Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin…
Global South ‘worried’ West could relax rules for Kiev’s strikes in Russia – Beijing
“Super hawks” in some countries are intentionally heating up the Ukraine conflict, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has warned Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia share China’s concerns about the West easing restrictions on Kiev’s use of weapons deep inside Russia, Beijing’s special representative for Eurasian affairs said on Tuesday. Li Hui made the remarks while briefing…
