Credit Card Debt Surges To New All-Time High, Just As Card APR Rates Hit Fresh Record

Credit Card Debt Surges To New All-Time High, Just As Card APR Rates Hit Fresh Record Just when you thought US consumers had finally learning their lesson, and had stopped buying stuff they can’t afford with money they don’t have… we got the latest consumer credit data which collapsed that particular thesis in a millisecond.…

Ford To “Re-Time” New EV Production, Expand Hybrid Production

Ford To “Re-Time” New EV Production, Expand Hybrid Production Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Today Ford announces a two-year delay, “retiming” until 2027, on new EV models scheduled for 2025. In addition. Ford will focus on a full line of hybrids. Retiming Press Announcement Please consider Ford’s Press Announcement on retiming and hybrid production. Ford Motor…

‘No reason’ for Russia not to support US-backed resolution on nukes in space – White House

Washington expects Moscow to vote in favor of a document that the latter earlier dismissed as “detached from reality” Washington expects Moscow to vote in favor of a US-backed resolution about non-deployment of nuclear weapons in space, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said on Thursday. The document will be brought to a…

US ‘very concerned’ over potential Israel-Iran war – White House

Tehran’s threat to West Jerusalem is very real and public, adviser John Kirby has claimed Washington is worried about the escalating tensions between Iran and Israel, White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby said on Thursday. Speaking on CNN’s ‘The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer’, Kirby said the White House is concerned that the…

Poland calls for 50% increase in minimum spending for NATO

President Andrzej Duda has urged bloc members to invest at least 3% of their GDP in collective defense to counter Russia Polish President Andrzej Duda has sent a formal letter to the leaders of fellow NATO states, urging them to boost the minimum spending requirement for collective defense, the Rzeczpospolita news outlet reported on Thursday.…

Climate Alarmists’ Bad Science

Climate Alarmists’ Bad Science Submitted by David Barker, who has taught economics and finance at the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa and worked as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He runs a real-estate and finance company. I debunked research by the Federal Reserve and top academic economists…

Bonds & Bitcoin Bid As Kashkari & Crude Slam Stocks

Bonds & Bitcoin Bid As Kashkari & Crude Slam Stocks An armada of FedSpeak today was pretty much all in the same direction – need more time on inflation, no rush to cut (but will cut), jobs strong – with the only divergence being the degree (Gooslbee, more dovishly worried about labor market due to…

Blinken Bombshell: “Ukraine Will Become A Member Of NATO”

Blinken Bombshell: “Ukraine Will Become A Member Of NATO” Update(1600ET): Secretary of State Antony Blinken just dropped an ultra-provocative bombshell statement which is sure rile Moscow further. He told reporters Thursday in Brussels, where foreign ministers are meeting to prepare for the alliance’s annual meeting in July: “Ukraine will become a member of NATO. Our purpose…

‘Eye-rolls’ in NATO as Stoltenberg pushes for Ukraine long-term support – Politico

Several European countries are reportedly worried that an effort to extend aid for Kiev will give the bloc even more power NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg’s idea to create a long-term €100 billion ($107 billion) plan to support Ukraine has sparked a lot of doubt within the organization, with many wondering where it came from in…

World in ‘pre-war’ period – UK defense minister 

NATO members who fail to meet the 2% defense spending threshold are playing “Russian roulette,” Grant Shapps has said NATO members not spending 2% of their GDP on defense are playing “Russian roulette” with the West’s future, UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has claimed.    In an article for The Telegraph published on Wednesday, Shapps…

US suspected of building ‘secret military bases’ in oil-rich Latin American region

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro sees Washington’s actions close to his country’s borders as “aggression” The United States has installed “secret military bases” in the disputed region of Essequibo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed on Thursday. The Latin American leader was speaking at a ceremony commemorating a recent law defending Guyana Essequibo. The 62,000-square-mile oil- and…

Gold Closes At Record High For 5th Straight Day, Dollar Dumps As Bond Bloodbath Stalls

Gold Closes At Record High For 5th Straight Day, Dollar Dumps As Bond Bloodbath Stalls Another mixed bag of data today – something for everyone – ADP showed better job gains than expected (but wage growth soared, re-igniting inflation fears). S&P Global’s Services PMI dropped (but prices paid soared) and ISM Services PMI also dropped…

Apple Developing Robot As “Next Big Thing” After Dumping Electric Car Project

Apple Developing Robot As “Next Big Thing” After Dumping Electric Car Project After shocking its fans – and everyone else – with the recent decision to give up on developing an electric car after sinking billions of dollars into the now defunct project, Apple – perhaps deciding to quietly move on beyond the neck brace…

Saturdays Only For “People Of Color” At UC Berkeley Farm; Report

Saturdays Only For “People Of Color” At UC Berkeley Farm; Report Authored by Micaiah Bilger via The College Fix, Federal complaint accuses university of racial discrimination… A community farm run by the University of California at Berkeley only allows “people of color” to participate on Saturdays, according to a new federal complaint. The report to the Department…

NATO seeking to insulate Kiev from Trump pressure – media

The military bloc is reportedly debating ways to institutionalize the arming of Ukraine against Russia NATO leaders are devising ways to limit Donald Trump’s potential leverage over Ukraine by ensuring the continued supply of arms to Kiev does not depend on Washington, according to Western media reports. Trump has suggested he would reassess aid to…

World’s oldest man dies at 114 

Venezuelan farmer Juan Vicente Perez Mora has passed away two months before his 115th birthday The world’s oldest man, Juan Vicente Perez Mora, died at the age of 114 on Tuesday in Venezuela, according to local officials. The retired farmer became the oldest living male in 2020, and was officially recognized as such by Guinness…

Polish political elite swept by fake diploma scandal

A private university is under investigation for suspected organized criminal activity A private university in Poland and a number of its high-profile graduates have become embroiled in a corruption scandal involving bribery and fake master’s degrees. Poland’s Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) is investigating the Warsaw-based Collegium Humanum management university for illegal trade in MBA (Master…

30 Year Old Man Stabbed To Death On North Philadelphia Subway Platform

30 Year Old Man Stabbed To Death On North Philadelphia Subway Platform It’s the latest in what can only be described as a disturbing string of violent attacks on and around Philadelphia-area SEPTA’s mass transit stops. On Monday morning this week a man was stabbed to death on the platform at North Philadelphia’s Somerset Station…

RFK Jr. Says He Will Pardon Whistleblower Edward Snowden If Elected President

RFK Jr. Says He Will Pardon Whistleblower Edward Snowden If Elected President Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times, Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., claims he would pardon whistleblower Edward Snowden on his first day as president if elected and “investigate the corruption and crimes he exposed.” Mr. Snowden is a former…

Hey NASA! ISS Space Junk May Have Ripped Through South Florida Home

Hey NASA! ISS Space Junk May Have Ripped Through South Florida Home In early March, Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics posted on social media platform X that space junk from the International Space Station “reentered” the Earth’s atmosphere between “Cancun and Cuba.”  The EP-9 equipment pallet reentered at 1929 UTC over the…

Peruvian president replaces six ministers after police raid her home

Nearly one-third of cabinet members resigned abruptly on Monday Peruvian President Dina Boluarte replaced six ministers on Monday after they resigned abruptly as she faces a corruption probe related to her ownership of luxury watches, media reported on Tuesday.     The resignations follow a probe launched into allegations of illicit enrichment by the Peruvian leader,…

Student killed in school shooting in Finland

Multiple victims and the suspect are all 12 years old, according to the police A student has been killed and two others injured in a school shooting near the Finnish capital Helsinki, local police have reported, adding that the victims and the suspected perpetrator are all 12 years old. The incident happened on Tuesday morning…

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