Source: TheEpochTimes.com
Will gold rescue Zimbabwe from the ashes of economic despair and usher in a new economic era?
Country Music Singer John Rich, Dr. Ben Carson And Larry Elder’s Free Speech Bank Is Now Open To All – Rick Findlay 6/2/23
Source: ReclaimTheNet.org
Radio host Larry Elder, along with country music star John Rich and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, has made a foray into the banking sector with an aim to promote the values of free speech.
The three are now the proud co-owners of Old Glory Bank, renamed from First State Bank in Elmore City, Oklahoma, which carries the legacy of being the state’s oldest bank.
This week, the bank announced that it’s open to all with no need to join a waiting list….
Debt-Ceiling Theater Masks True Depth of DC’s Red Ink – Brian McGlinchey 6/1/23
Source: starkrealities.substack.com
As the latest debt-ceiling drama winds down, Americans are varyingly exasperated, angered, anxious and maybe even a little bit entertained by the spectacle.
While their emotions vary, most citizens have something in common: They don’t realize they’re being misled about the actual depth of their government’s financial disorder. Despite all the talk of the federal government hitting a Congressionally-set $31.4 trillion debt limit, the truth is that DC’s actual liabilities are far higher than even that disturbing number.
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13 Nations Agree to Convert Over to Less-Productive ‘Green’ Farming Methods – Leo Hohmann 5/31/23
Source: leohohmann.com
The global climate cult is getting ready to kick its war on food into overdrive with 13 nations – many of them major cattle and food-producing states led by the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Spain – signing onto a commitment to place farmers under new restrictions intended to reduce emissions of methane gas.
5 Things I Truly Don’t Understand About the ‘Inevitable Energy Transition’ – Jude Clemente 5/29/23
Source: RealClearWire.com
Please note: this article was pulled down offline from Forbes. I will let you draw your own conclusions as to why.
This list could be closer to 50 but let’s just stick to a handful of them. I literally live in this business every day, and I’m just so confused.
The Corruption of Climate Science – Edward Ring 5/23/23
Source: AmGreatness.com
“We need to criticize the people who got us here,” says Alex Epstein, founder of the Center for Industrial Progress and author of Fossil Future. “We can’t keep treating these designated experts as real experts. They are not real experts, they are destroyers. They are anti-energy, non-experts. And that needs to be made clear.”
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Three Lies They’re Telling You About the Debt Ceiling – Ryan McMaken 5/23/23
Source; Mises.org
Negotiations over increasing the federal debt ceiling continue in Washington. As has occurred several times over the past twenty years, Republicans and Democrats are presently using increases in the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip in negotiating how federal tax dollars will be spent.
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Ordinals Good or Bad for Bitcoin? Supporters and Opposers Raise Voices – Helen Partz 5/11/23
Source: CoinTelegraph.com
Bitcoin Ordinals, a technology that enables adding text, images and code on a satoshi — the smallest unit of Bitcoin (BTC) — continues to inspire debate among the Bitcoin community.
AI Chatbot to Replace Human Order-Takers at Wendy’s Drive-Thru – Shawn Knight 5/9/23
Source: TechSpot.com
Your next interaction at the drive-thru could be with an AI chatbot instead of a human order-taker, and you might not even know it. Fast-food giant Wendy’s has partnered with Google to trial an artificial intelligence chatbot at one of its restaurants in its home state of Ohio. The chatbot will be trained to understand how customers typically order items from the menu and interact in a natural way.
According to Wendy’s Chief Executive Todd Penegor, the test bot will be “very conversational” and some customers might not even realize they aren’t talking to a human employee….
Short Sellers Cratered Silvergate Bank and First Republic; They’re Now Targeting PacWest and Numerous Other Regional Banks – Pam Martens and Russ Martens 5/3/23
Source: WallStreetOnParade.com
President Joe Biden is putting the national security of the United States at risk by not suspending the short-selling of federally-insured banks. Concerns over the safety and soundness of the U.S. financial system could cause money flight out of the U.S., impacting the strength of the U.S. dollar and a loss of confidence by our foreign allies.
The Big Government-Big Bank Plot To Exploit Us – Lew Rockwell 5/8/23
Source: LewRockwell.com
On May 1, government bank officials sold Republic Bank to JP Morgan Chase, the largest bank in the country. Even the New York Times report about the sale recognized that the normal rules had been suspended when the interests of the big government-big bank cabal were at stake: “Lawmakers and regulators have spent years erecting laws and rules meant to limit the power and size of the largest U.S. banks. But those efforts were cast aside in a frantic late-night effort by government officials to contain a banking crisis by seizing and selling First Republic Bank to the country’s biggest bank, JPMorgan Chase.
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How the War on Crypto Triggered a Banking Crisis – Ellen Brown 4/29/23
Source: EllenBrown.com
According to an article in American Banker titled “SEC’s Gensler Directly Links Crypto and Bank Failures,” SEC Chair Gary Gensler has asked for more financial resources to police the crypto market. Gensler testified at an April 18 House Financial Services Committee hearing:
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The Banking Collapse Of 2023 Is Now Officially Bigger Than The Banking Collapse Of 2008 Was – Michael Snyder 5/1/23
Source: TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com
Yes, you read the headline correctly. Collectively, the three big banks that have collapsed in 2023 had more assets than all 25 banks that collapsed in 2008 did. Unfortunately, the banking collapse of 2023 is far from over. We still have eight more months to go before this year is done, and many more banks are currently teetering on the brink of disaster. Executives at those banks are telling us not to worry, but of course executives at First Republic were issuing similar assurances just last week. Personally, I had heard that First Republic supposedly had enough reserves to keep going for months. But that was a lie, and now First Republic is toast. The following comes from the official statement that the FDIC issued when it took over the bank…
JPMorgan Chase Repeatedly ‘De-Banked’ Conservative And Religious Groups, Republican State Officials Say – Daily Wire 5/3/23
Source: DailyWire.com
Nineteen Republican state attorneys general asserted on Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase “de-banked” organizations for their conservative and religious tendencies, calling on the nation’s largest financial institution to respect the viewpoints of their customers.
Argentina Abandons USDollar In China Trade As Local Bitcoin Reaches Record High – ZeroHedge 4/27/23
Source: ZeroHedge.com
Over the last few weeks, it has seemed you can’t turn a page, blink at a pixel, or hear a news report without some form of de-dollarization headline shrieking at you. From Brazil to Saudi Arabia, and from India to Argentina, and increasing number of nations are ‘reportedly’ shifting away from the dollar hegemon.
De-Dollarization Kicks into High Gear- Pepe Escobar 4/27/23
Source: TheCradle.co
It is now established that the US dollar’s status as a global reserve currency is eroding. When corporate western media begins to attack the multipolar world’s de-dollarization narrative in earnest, you know the panic in Washington has fully set in.
The numbers: the dollar share of global reserves was 73 percent in 2001, 55 percent in 2021, and 47 percent in 2022. The key takeaway is that last year, the dollar share slid 10 times faster than the average in the past two decades.
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Silver Demand Set Records in Every Category in 2022 – Schiff Gold 4/19/23
Source: SchiffGold.com
Silver demand set a record in every category last year based on final data released by the Silver Institute this week.
Total global silver demand in 2022 came in at a record $1.242 billion ounces. This represented an 18% increase in silver demand over 2021.
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The IMF Has Just Unveiled A New Global Currency Known As The “Universal Monetary Unit” That Is Supposed To Revolutionize The World Economy – Michael Snyder 4/13/23
Source: TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com
A new global currency just launched, but 99 percent of the global population has no idea what just happened. The “Universal Monetary Unit”, also known as “Unicoin”, is an “international central bank digital currency” that has been designed to work in conjunction with all existing national currencies. This should set off alarm bells for all of us, because the widespread adoption of a new “global currency” would be a giant step forward for the globalist agenda. The IMF did not create this new currency, but it was unveiled at a major IMF gathering earlier this week…
Biden to Spend $5 Billion on New Coronavirus Vaccine Initiative Supported by Gates, Fauci and Republican Lawmakers – Children’s Health Defense 4/12/23
Source: ChildrensHealthDefense.org
The U.S. government will spend $5 billion on a program to accelerate the development of new coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics, White House officials announced this week in an interview with The Washington Post.
Walmart Abandons Unprofitable Chicago Stores After Investing “Hundreds Of Millions” In City – ZeroHedge 4/12/23
Source: ZeroHedge.com
After two decades of losses and “hundreds of millions of dollars” invested in Chicago, Walmart is shuttering four unprofitable stores in the metropolitan area, reducing its store footprint by half in the crime-ridden city.
Downtown San Francisco Whole Foods Closing a Year After Opening – The San Francisco Standard 4/10/23
Source: SFStandard.com
One of the largest supermarkets in Downtown San Francisco—the Whole Foods Market at Eighth and Market streets—intends to shut down at the close of business Monday just a little more than a year after the store opened, company officials told The Standard.
India, Malaysia Move Beyond Dollar to Settle Trade in INR – The Hindu 4/1/23
Source: TheHindu.com
The announcement is seen as a decisive step towards de-dolarisation and an effort to safeguard Indian trade from the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine and its subsequent fallout and sanctions.
India and Malaysia have agreed to settle trade in the Indian rupees, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on on April 1, 2023.
The announcement came in the backdrop of ongoing official efforts to Safeguard Indian trade from the impact of Ukraine crisis. The shift away from The U.S. dollar which has been the dominant reserve currency for international trade so far has added significance as it indicates India is willing to take concrete steps towards de-dollarisation of its international trade.
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The CEI: Why Brands Risk Going Broke to Look Woke – Daisy Luther 4/10/23
Source; TheOrganicPrepper.com
If you’re anything like me, you may have been utterly baffled by recent events in marketing. Companies like Gillette, Disney, Nike, Tampax, and Bud Light seem to have completely abandoned their core customer base and pandered to an entirely different demographic – one that’s unlikely to even need or want their products in the first place.
Well, look no further for the answer.
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US Announces $2.6 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine – Antiwar 4/4/23
Source: AntiWar.com
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a new massive $2.6 billion weapons package for Ukraine that includes HIMARS ammunition, missiles for air defense systems, artillery rounds, and other equipment.
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Central Bank Gold Buying Shows No Sign of Slowing Down – Schiff Gold 4/4/23
Source: SchiffGold.com
There’s no sign of a slowdown in central bank gold buying.
In February, central bank gold reserves rose by another 52 tons, according to the latest data compiled by the World Gold Council.
It was the 11th straight month of central bank net gold purchases.
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Here’s How We’ll Have Labor Shortages and High Unemployment at the Same Time – Charles Hugh Smith 4/3/23
Source: OfTwoMinds.com
This is how we’ll end up with severe shortages of truly skilled labor and high unemployment of those who lack the necessary skills.
The labor force and the job market are referred to as if they were monolithic structures. But they’re not monolithic, they are complex aggregates of very different cohorts of age, skills, mobility, education, experience, opportunity, potential and motivation.
Executive Order Lays Foundation for Lab-Created Foods – Dr. Joseph Mercola 4/5/23
Source: LewRockwell.com
Dr. Mercola Interview Begins at 3:40 Video Link
September 12, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an “Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe and Secure American Bioeconomy.”1
This executive order makes biotechnology a national priority across agencies and branches of government. As noted in this order, biotechnology will also be used to “improve” food security, sustainability, and agricultural innovation in the U.S.:
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‘Break Up Big Ag,’ Says Sanders After Egg Giant Posts 718% Profit Increase – Common Dreams 4/3/23
Source: CommonDreams.org
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders this weekend renewed his call to break up agricultural monopolies after the nation’s largest egg producer reported that its quarterly profits soared more than 700%.
Cal-Maine Foods, which controls about 20% of the U.S. egg market, announced last week that its revenue for the quarter ending February 25 rose 109% to $997.5 million, while profit for the same period skyrocketed 718% to $323.2 million.
Here Are 7 Signs That Global De-Dollarization Has Just Shifted Into Overdrive – Michael Snyder 4/2/23
Source: TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com
For decades, the U.S. dollar was the undisputed king of global currencies, but now dramatic changes are happening. China, Russia, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and other nations are making really big moves which will enable them to become much less dependent on the U.S. dollar in the years ahead. This is really bad news for us, because having the primary reserve currency of the world has enabled us to enjoy a massively inflated standard of living. Once we lose that status, our lifestyles will be much different than they are today. Unfortunately, most Americans don’t understand any of this. Even though our leaders have treated the stability of our currency with utter contempt in recent years, most Americans just assume that the dollar will always reign supreme. Meanwhile, much of the planet is preparing for a future in which the U.S. dollar will be far less important than it is right now. The following are 7 signs that global de-dollarization has just shifted into overdrive…
Contract Shows how the FBI Purchases Massive Amounts of Online Data – ReclaimTheNet 3/30/23
Source: ReclaimTheNet.org
The FBI was a customer of a private company Team Cymru, a contract shows. The company is in the business of harvesting NetFlow – network protocol for collecting IP traffic information and monitoring network flow – data from ISPs in return for threat intelligence, and then selling it on.
Coinbase, SEC on Collision Course for ‘Existential’ Clash over Crypto Industry – Reuters 3/24/23
Source: LBCGroup.tv
Coinbase (COIN.O) debuted on the US stock market on April 14, 2021 – the same day US senators confirmed Gary Gensler to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the country’s top markets regulator.
Gensler, who has called the crypto sector a “Wild West” riddled with fraud, is now embroiled in a battle with the world’s largest publicly-traded crypto firm over a core debate: whether digital assets are investment contracts akin to stocks or bonds that should be regulated by the SEC.
Report: FDIC Asked Signature Buyers to Stop All Crypto Business – Coin Telegraph 3/16/23
Source: CoinTelegraph.com
The United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has reportedly asked potential rescuers of some failed U.S. banks not to support any crypto services.
Silicon Valley Bank Donated $73.4 Million To BLM And Related Entities – ZeroHedge 3/15/23
Source: ZeroHedge.com
While Silicon Valley Bank execs may have failed to hedge against interest rate risk, they did signal $73.45 million in virtue donating to Black Lives Matter and related entities, according to a database maintained by the Claremont Institute which lists nearly $83 billion in donations to the Marxist organization.
Why the Bank Crisis is not Over – Michael Hudson 3/14/23
Source: Unz.com
The crashes of Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and its related bank insolvencies are much more serious than the 2008-09 crash. The problem at that time was crooked banks making bad mortgage loans. Debtors were unable to pay and were defaulting, and it turned out that the real estate that they had pledged as collateral was fraudulently overvalued, “mark-to-fantasy” junk mortgages made by false valuations of in the property’s actual market price and the borrower’s income. Banks sold these loans to institutional buyers such as pension funds, German savings banks and other gullible buyers who had drunk the neoliberal Kool Aid believing with Alan Greenspan that banks would not cheat them.
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If It Looks Like a Bailout and Walks Like a Bailout It’s Probably a Bailout – Schiff Gold 3/16/23
Source: SchiffGold.com
As the old saying goes, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.
Well, if it looks like a bailout, walks like a bailout, and talks like a bailout, it’s probably a bailout.
ChatGPT: Friend or Foe? – Dr. Joseph Mercola 3/13/23
Source: ChildrensHealthDefense.org
Story at a glance:
- ChatGPT is a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence (AI). “GPT” stands for “generative pretrained transformer,” and the “chat” indicates that it’s a chatbot.
- ChatGPT, released at the end of November 2022, has taken internet users by storm, acquiring more than 1 million users in the first five days. Two months after its release, it had more than 30 million users.
- ChatGPT or something like it will replace conventional search engines. Any online query will have only one answer, and that answer will not be based on all available knowledge, but the data the bot is allowed to access. As such, the owners and programmers of the bot will have complete information control.
- While OpenAI, the creator of this groundbreaking AI chatbot, is a private company, we should not linger under the illusion that they’re not part of the control network that will ultimately be ruled and run by a technocratic One World Government.
- Early testers of ChatGPT are reporting the bot is developing disturbing and frightening tendencies, berating, gaslighting and even threatening and harassing users. It also plays fast and loose with facts, in one case insisting it was February 2022, when in fact it was February 2023.
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