Library of Congress bomb suspect livestreamed on Facebook for hours before being blocked
Why is the Plague on Humanity still in business?
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Notes today:
The T-Mobile Breach Is Much Worse Than It Had to Be
- The vast majority of victims weren’t even T-Mobile customers. Now their information is for sale on the dark web...Those roughly 48 million users had their full names, dates of birth, social security numbers, and driver’s license information stolen.
Deutsche Telecom (DTEGY) owns 43.16% of T-Mobil (TMUS)
Fed officials felt their employment yardstick for decreasing support for the economy "could be reached this year," but appeared to disagree on other key aspects of where monetary policy should turn next in the transition from the pandemic crisis…
Some 250 ETF's have launched this year… is this ridiculous?. Why would the US market need 250 “MORE” ETFs? Of course, it keeps Wall Street clowns with their computers occupied.
- Florida & COVID in the news AGAIN: Florida’s largest school district voted Wednesday to defy Ron DeSantis and require masks for students when classes begin next week.👍👍
- With more than 121,000 COVID-19 pediatric cases reported in the U.S. last week, Dr. Peter Hotez warns this is likely just the start of what is to come.
- CME has denied press reports of a $16 billion bid for the Cboe.
(Reuters) - The frost events that hit coffee fields in Brazil in recent weeks will cause a loss of around 4% to production in the next season, according to forecaster Tropical Research Services (TRS) in a webcast organized by Intercontinental Exchange Inc (ICE.N). "The frosts were moderate events, not as severe as we saw in 2001 and 1994," said Steve Wateridge, the company's global head of research. (TRS' loss estimate is one of the lowest seen so far in the market...other forecasters had a loss of some 11%)
California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder is vowing to reverse any COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates Gov. Gavin Newsom has put in place if he’s chosen to replace the Democrat.- In case you missed it above: With more than 121,000 COVID-19 pediatric cases reported in the U.S. last week, Dr. Peter Hotez warns this is likely just the start of what is to come.
- If you are pro-life - wear a damn mask !
Mike Lindell: Cyber experts who disproved Mike Lindell’s voter fraud claims sue for $5 million reward he offered
- Landlords from Tampa, Florida, to Memphis, Tennessee, and Riverside, California, are jacking up rents at record speeds. For each listing, multiple people apply. Some renters are forced to check into hotels while they hunt after losing out too many times. (ESS,INVH,AMH ??)
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Crypto is ‘95% fraud, hype, noise and confusion,’ says Fed’s Neel Kashkari
The central banker said he doesn’t see any use case for bitcoin BTCUSD, -0.20%, the world’s No. 1 crypto, and referred to the broader digital-asset sector as one that is largely tied to fraud and hype.
Cryptocurrency is 95% fraud, hype, noise and confusion,” Kashkari said, speaking at the Pacific Northwest Economic Regional Annual Summit in Big Sky, Mont.
Notes today:
- Climate change is exacerbating extreme and freak weather events so rapidly that even the insurance industry is struggling to keep up.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who has used executive orders and court rulings to combat mask mandates and other anti-pandemic measures, has tested positive for a breakthrough case of Covid-19.
- Some 30% of Millennials and GenZers say they have cut ties with friends, family members etc. because they wouldn’t get the Covid vaccine.
- New Zealand will enter a nationwide lockdown on Tuesday over a single Covid case
- Glencore has acquired a stake in Britishvolt, (privat) the battery start-up behind plans for a gigafactory to equip the UK for an electric car future.
Sunday, August 15, 2021
- The Taliban now rule Afghanistan.
- Germany's wholesale prices rose 11.3% YoY in Jul vs +10.7% in June. This was the highest monthly annual rate of change since Oct1974 after the first oil crisis.
- The American University Hospital in Beirut was once the best in the Middle East. It will close on Monday unless somehow somewhere it gets fuel to run the generator.
- CDC: Making the seals tighter to prevent air leakage can reduce people’s exposure by more than 95 percent in laboratory tests. And cover your nose!!
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Biden hailed the Senate's passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill which aims to bring long-awaited improvements to America’s roads and bridges, broadband internet, drinking water and school facilities.
Nixon Broke With Gold 50 Years Ago. What Comes Next?
There have been four post-gold standards, and all of them can be understood by looking at the ratio of share prices (which rise on optimism) to gold (which rises on pessimism). When the stocks-to-gold ratio is rising, confidence is high, but when it falls, there is fear of inflation.
Oats closed limit up last Friday. Will be interesting where to from here.
As of tonight, so far, Oats are in backwardation. Sep is
at 504 Dec at 500
Saturday, August 14, 2021
Pondering Earth's Distant Future
The word has been out for decades: We were born on a damaged planet careening toward environmental collapse.
Friday, August 13, 2021
Preventable!!!!!!!
Notes today:
- The Senior Citizens League estimates that US Social Security could be increase by as much as 6.1%
- US Census shows US growth driven by minorities; white pop falls under 60 percent.
- US Inflation remained at 5.4% in July, the same YoY level reported in June.
- The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 1.0 percent in July, as prices for final demand services advanced 1.1 % and the index for final demand goods rose 0.6%. The final demand index moved up 7.8% for the 12 months ended in July.
- The world’s currently home to about 7.9 billion people, but this number’s growing constantly.
- The UN thinks there’ll be 9.7 billion people on the planet by 2050.
- The FDA is reportedly planning to authorize booster shots for immunocompromised Americans.
- California became the first state to require all school employees to either be vaccinated or submit to regular testing.
- The Chinese Communist Party announced a new five-year economic plan that will strengthen its grip on crucial sectors, signaling that its corporate regulatory crackdown will extend for years.
- Britain’s economy grew by 4.8% between April and June compared with the previous quarter.
The US spent $88 billion $ training the Afghan Army for 20 years. It collapsed in 1 month.
school year.
Nearly half of American workers do not earnenough to rent a one-bedroom apartment, according to new data.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Sugar: Weather woes have triggered downward revisions in the Center-South production estimates to levels as low as 490 million metric tons, a 19% decline versus the previous crop. In the second half of July, sugar content in cane declined in the region from a year ago, while cane yield dropped 18%, the nation’s sugar-cane industry group Unica said in report Tuesday.
Monday, August 09, 2021
Business groups were eager to start giving to Sedition Caucus members in the wake of the January 6th.
The flow of money from corporate PACs and industry groups to political committees allied with the Sedition Caucus started just days after the insurrection, and within the first few months after the deadly attack, their total contributions had already climbed into the millions of dollars.
Austin warns of ‘catastrophe’ as Texas again becomes center of pandemic
Meanwhile, local officials who want to implement proven public health measures to mitigate the spread have been hamstrung by the Texas governor, Greg Abbott,
who has implemented a sweeping order restricting vaccine and mask mandates.
With the Continental Army constantly threatened by smallpox, Washington ordered all soldiers to be inoculated. It was good enough for George Washington!
CODE RED: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has just proclaimed a code red for humanity.” The unequivocal consensus of the world’s top climate scientists—unveiled in a landmark report Monday—is that not only are humans responsible for the catastrophes befalling the atmosphere, the oceans, the ice packs and the forests, but that without drastic moves by the planet’s leaders to eliminate greenhouse gas pollution, things are going to get a lot worse, and quite soon. (Blooomberg)
Notes today:
- Economists and financial professionals are at least 20 times more likely to believe that climate risk is underestimated by asset markets as opposed to overestimated.
- The Dallas Independent School District on Monday announced that "to protect staff and students from the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, Dallas ISD is temporarily requiring all staff, students and visitors to wear masks when on district property."👍
The decision is in direct opposition to Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) ban on mask mandates in public schools and government entities in the state. Abbott announced the ban in May, saying that any government entity that required people to wear masks would face fines of up to $1,000 per offense.👎
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