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Earlier this week, with Fed hawks suddenly dropping like flies following the resignations of Boston and Dallas Fed presidents, Rosengren and Kaplan, amid a public outcry over their recently-revealed daytrading activities which benefited them as a direct result of monetary policy decisions they were explicitly and directly involved in, we joked that if the Fed… Continue reading Fed Vice Chair Clarida Traded Millions One Day Before Powell Emergency Pandemic Statement

As Israel’s “coronavirus czar” called on the country to prepare for a fourth shot of the Covid-19 vaccine while virus variants continue to evade the first three, American’s top infectious diseases specialist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, prepares the ever-trusting general public for a domestic booster shot program. According to Fauci, the US booster shot program will… Continue reading Fauci Talks Boosters: Pfizer First As Moderna Delayed

If one wants to wrap their brain around why the leftist-establishment media complex has lost all credibility, this Tablet article by Konstantin Kisin from August is mandatory reading worth ten minutes of your time. A snippet: Imagine your outrage as you see news reports of a bunch of MAGA hat-wearing kids from a religious school… Continue reading Horse-Paste Hooey: How Left-Wing Lunatics Spread Yet Another Obvious Lie

Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Since the US carried out a drone strike in Kabul the prior Sunday (Aug.29) that witnesses say killed 10 civilians, the Pentagon and the White House have defended the bombing, claiming it targeted ISIS-K. But relatives of the victims strongly deny that any of them were affiliated with ISIS and want answers from… Continue reading Victims Of US Drone Strike In Kabul That Wiped Out Children Want Answers

In an upcoming bond offering, California listed several risks that could have adverse impacts on its economy. Besides COVID-19, wildfires, increasing debts, and cybersecurity threats, what we found fascinating was the risk to the state’s power system. The State of California Investor Relations page recently published the bond offering summary that describes Morgan Stanley and Wells… Continue reading California Admits Grid At Risk Amid Push To Greenify Economy

Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The U.S. military pullout from Afghanistan will likely lead to civil war and the resurgence of terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, said Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley in an interview. “My military estimate is​ ​…​ ​that the conditions are likely to develop of a civil war,” Milley ​told… Continue reading Milley Admits US Withdrawal From Afghanistan Will Lead To Civil War, Terrorism

A social safety net is synonymous with a failsafe for many, but, as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz notes, in the case of the U.S. Social Security system, additional action is needed to ensure it stays that way. The annual OASDI trustees report by the Social Security Administration, covering old-age, survivors and disability insurance, shows that under… Continue reading When Is The Social Security Asset Fund Running Out?

The US Coast Guard is responding to a 14-mile long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico discovered in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, officials said Saturday according to Bloomberg. The spill, which consists of a 4-mile black sheen and a 10-mile rainbow sheen, is located in federal waters off Port Fourchon, Louisiana, said Sam… Continue reading “This Is Big”: 14-Mile Long Oil Spill In Gulf Of Mexico Investigated By Coast Guard

Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, Internal Taliban divisions come to the fore as squabbling hinders the formation of Afghanistan’s new Islamic Emirate… It looked like everything was set for the Taliban to announce the new government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after this Friday’s afternoon prayers. But then internal dissent prevailed.… Continue reading Escobar: Why The Taliban Still Can’t Form A Government

Slowly but surely, the world is transforming into a 1984-Robocop-Terminator-Minority Report–Judge Dredd fusion dystopia. And while we wait for Elon Musk’s dancing humanoid robot (wonder how much the deposit on that particular pipe dream will be), Singapore is wasting no time, and according to Mothership the small Asian nation is deploying ground robots on trial… Continue reading Robocop Is Here: Singapore Deploys Robots To Detect “Undesirable Behavior” Including Groups Of “More Than Five People”