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Pandemic Whiskey Boom Turns To Hangover Authored by Douglas French via The Mises Institute, Yeah, the other night I laid sleeping  And I woke from a terrible dream  So I caught up my pal Jack Daniel’s  And his partner Jimmy Beam  And we drank alone, yeah  With nobody else  Yeah, you know when I drink…

White House Approves Transfer To Israel Of More Bombs & Jets Worth Billions The Biden White House has approved of sending billions of dollars worth of new military equipment and ammo to Israel, The Washington Post has revealed, even amid public criticism from US officials over Prime Minister Netanyahu’s intent to soon send ground troops…

How Much Do Food Stamps, Social Security, And Medicare Support The Economy? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Inquiring minds might be interested in a discussion of government transfer payments as a percentage of real income. I can help, but prepare to be disgusted. Data from BEA’s personal Income and outlays report. Real means inflation…

Victoria White Files $2 Million Suit For Police Using ‘Excessive’ Force In Jan. 6 Beating Authored by Joseph M. Hanneman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Minnesota woman beaten by police in the Lower West Terrace tunnel at the U.S. Capitol has filed a $2 million civil suit for being repeatedly struck in the…

Israel Believes Only 60-70 Out Of 134 Hostages Are Still Alive Israel’s official count for the number of people still being held hostage in the Gaza Strip remains at 134 mostly Israeli citizens as well as some foreigners, which includes possibly deceased victims. Amid stalled truce negotiations in Qatar, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has revealed that…

Republicans Score Win in Court Battle Over Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballot Requirements By Zach Stieber of The Epoch Times Pennsylvania rules that require mail-in ballots to be dated are legal, a federal appeals court has ruled. A state law that says voters must fill out, date, and sign envelopes containing the ballots is not prevented by…

France Takes Down Fake Ukraine War Recruitment Website Targeting Immigrants In a bizarre and unprecedented situation, France has flagged what officials are calling a fake recruitment website which seeks volunteers to fight on behalf of Ukraine in the with Russia. It reportedly was made to look official, to the point of misleadingly presenting itself as…

Wealth Gap And The Road To Serfdom Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, One of the most interesting conundrums is the surging wealth gap in America. Despite two of the largest bull markets in history since 1980, most Americans struggle with making ends meet and are unprepared for retirement. Such a reality starkly differs from…

United Airlines Boeing 777 Diverted To Denver After ‘Engine Issues’  The Federal Aviation Administration should expedite its plan to curb United Airlines’ growth, including preventing the carrier from adding new routes, following a series of safety incidents in recent weeks and another incident on Thursday evening.  Last night, United Flight 990, a Boeing 777-200 traveling from…

You Can’t Fool All Of The People All Of The Time About Immigration Authored by Simon Hankinson via The Epoch Times, There’s an old saying attributed to Abraham Lincoln: “You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time. But you can’t fool all of the…

Stocks, Gold, & Crypto Soar In Q1 Despite Rout In Rate-Cut Expectations Q1 macro was characterized by a vast divergence between ‘soft’ surveys crashing as ‘hard’ data drifting higher… Source: Bloomberg The strong ‘hard’ data – and sticky inflation – along with endless jawboning, drove rate-hike expectations drastically lower in Q1. 2024 expectations for The…