Orange Juice Prices Primed For Breakout After Forecast Warns Brazil Set For Worst Harvest In Decades Breakfast lovers are in for another jolt as orange juice prices surge to near-record levels. A new report released on Friday indicates that Brazil, the leading global exporter of OJ, is facing its worst harvest in over three decades. This alarming development…
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Chinese Car Tariffs Could Help Troubled Ford
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) recently named the chief financial officer of one of the most troubled electric vehicle (EV) companies in the country, Lucid Group Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID), as its new CFO. A new tariff on Chinese EVs will not save Lucid, which Sherry House was wise to leave because it is too small…
Who Are We Protecting, And From What?
Who Are We Protecting, And From What? Authored by Omid Malekan via Medium.com, Gambling is increasingly legal in the US: Casinos, sports betting, the lottery, and so on. The economic benefits of most forms of gambling are limited. There is some job creation and collection of additional taxes, but these benefits come at the expense…
‘Unusually Aggressive’ Anti-Trump Grand Jury In Arizona Went Rogue With Indictments
‘Unusually Aggressive’ Anti-Trump Grand Jury In Arizona Went Rogue With Indictments The Arizona grand jury that recently indicted 18 people for allegedly trying to help former President Donald Trump overturn the results of the 2020 election with so-called ‘fake electors’ went completely rogue and took ‘aggressive steps to haul in witnesses,’ to the point where…
Dietary Choices Have ‘Profound’ Impact On Brain Health: Study
Dietary Choices Have ‘Profound’ Impact On Brain Health: Study Authored by Mary West via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A study from the UK published in Nature Mental Health (NMH) on April 1, found that a healthy, balanced diet links to superior cognitive function, mental well-being, and brain health. It even increases gray matter, an…
Visualizing All The World’s Aircraft Carriers
Visualizing All The World’s Aircraft Carriers Aircraft carriers are warships equipped with a full-length flight deck for carrying, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Since they allow naval forces to utilize air power without relying on local bases, they usually serve as the capital ships of a fleet. In this graphic, Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti visualizes the…
How I would regulate AI
Art by GPT-4 I thought I’d take a break from writing about weighty matters like trade wars and presidential elections, and talk about something more whimsical and lighthearted — how to keep quasi-sentient computers from taking all our jobs and then hunting us to extinction with swarms of autonomous drones! Well, OK, I don’t think…
Mass Immigration Has “Utterly Failed” Britain As New Report Debunks Myths Of Economic Growth & Fiscal Benefits
Mass Immigration Has “Utterly Failed” Britain As New Report Debunks Myths Of Economic Growth & Fiscal Benefits Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, The U.K.’s cumulative net migration in the 25 years up to 1997 was just 68,000. In the 25 years to follow, cumulative net migration was at least 5.8 million,” a damning…
China Is Facing An Epic Deflationary Crash That It Can No Longer Hide
China Is Facing An Epic Deflationary Crash That It Can No Longer Hide It has long been understood that most financial data provided by the Chinese government is propaganda designed to misrepresent the country’s true economic circumstances. At best, their statistics provide half the truth and the rest has to be discerned through deeper investigation. …
Shocking Headline Of The Day: Germany To Re-Introduce Slavery
Shocking Headline Of The Day: Germany To Re-Introduce Slavery Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Young Germans will have to choose between the Bundeswehr (military service) and unpaid social service work. Libertarians to a person, will call this slavery, because that is what it is. Germany to Re-Introduce Slavery Please consider the Eurointelligence headline story Germany…
RFK Jr. Unleashed: Biden’s Israel “Bait And Switch”, COVID Censorship, And Backing Treasuries With Gold And Bitcoin
RFK Jr. Unleashed: Biden’s Israel “Bait And Switch”, COVID Censorship, And Backing Treasuries With Gold And Bitcoin Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance This weekend I had the pleasure of sitting down with independent 2024 Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for an hourlong interview. Our interview started with me asking Mr. Kennedy why, if you…
CFTC Aims To Ban Derivatives Based On Elections, Athletic Competitions And Awards Contests
CFTC Aims To Ban Derivatives Based On Elections, Athletic Competitions And Awards Contests Previously enjoyed betting on the outcome of an event, like a Presidential election? The CFTC wants to make sure that doesn’t happen again. According to the Wall Street Journal, the regulator is now targeting “derivatives contracts based on political elections, athletic competitions…
Coffee Is Anti-Aging, Linked To Prevention Of Dementia And Sarcopenia: Study
Coffee Is Anti-Aging, Linked To Prevention Of Dementia And Sarcopenia: Study Authored by Ellen Wan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Enjoying a cup of joe can offer more than just a pick-me-up: It has been shown to have numerous health benefits, especially for older people. Research has found that the natural molecule in coffee,…
Seattle Could Shutter 20 Elementary Schools Due To Budget Constraints
Seattle Could Shutter 20 Elementary Schools Due To Budget Constraints When happens when your city pisses away all of your tax revenue on trying to feed, shelter and coddle activists and homeless people? You wind up having to make budget cuts. And, in Seattle, those cuts could be coming in the form of closing up…
Newsom Forced To Slash California Budget, Blames Crippling Deficit On “Rain Bombs” And Tax Shortfalls
Newsom Forced To Slash California Budget, Blames Crippling Deficit On “Rain Bombs” And Tax Shortfalls In the course of two years, California has turned a $100 billion surplus into a $73 billion deficit, forcing governor Gavin Newson (D) to propose painful (token) spending cuts on Friday while announcing his revised state budget. California Governor Gavin…
Kansas Democrat Governor Vetoes Bill Restricting Foreign Ownership Of Land Near Military Bases
Kansas Democrat Governor Vetoes Bill Restricting Foreign Ownership Of Land Near Military Bases Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill on Friday that aimed to prevent companies of China and other “foreign adversaries” from acquiring real property near military installations in the state. Kansas Gov….
Ukraine Warns Against Questioning Zelensky’s Legitimacy Due To Wartime Suspension Of Elections
Ukraine Warns Against Questioning Zelensky’s Legitimacy Due To Wartime Suspension Of Elections The end of Volodymyr Zelensky’s five year term as president of Ukraine is set to end by the close of May, at least according to what was stipulated upon his getting elected, however, the government has made it clear there will be no new…
Israeli Attacks Intensify Across Gaza, Rafah Civilians Have Nowhere To Go
Israeli Attacks Intensify Across Gaza, Rafah Civilians Have Nowhere To Go Via Middle East Eye Israeli tanks have moved into eastern Jabalia in northern Gaza following a night of intense bombardment, which has killed some 19 Palestinians and flattened residential blocks, according to health officials. Israeli fire targeted ambulances near the camp’s Unrwa clinic, Wafa…
Watch: Pelosi Dismantled In Real Time In Masterclass On Populism
Watch: Pelosi Dismantled In Real Time In Masterclass On Populism Two weeks ago, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was thoroughly savaged during a debate at Oxford University over the question of whether populism is a “threat to democracy.” In case you missed it, read on as it’s making the rounds. If you have 14 minutes…
Climate “Reparations” Numbers Are Rigged
Climate “Reparations” Numbers Are Rigged Authored by Paul Mueller via the American Institute for Economic Research, Nobel Prize–winning economist Esther Duflo thinks rich countries should pay poor countries $500 billion in compensation each year for climate-change damages. It is our “moral debt.” She proposes an international 2-percent wealth tax on the ultra-rich and an increase…
Visions of the 21st century
Niels Bohr once said: “It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” I say: Prediction is not about the future, it’s about the present. Now that I’m fairly old, I can look back on a wide range of visions of the 21st century, many of which now seem obsolete. Here are just a…
Citadel Ken Griffin Rises Up Against Left’s “Cultural Revolution,” Says Time To Embrace “Western Values”
Citadel Ken Griffin Rises Up Against Left’s “Cultural Revolution,” Says Time To Embrace “Western Values” The woke takeover of America’s higher education system, transforming classrooms into woke indoctrination camps, has been on full display over the last several years. More recently, the pro-Palestinian protests on campuses have been a shocking eye-opener for many, which only reveal America’s future leaders…
Putin Unveils Dramatic Reshuffling Of Closest Advisors: Shoigu Out As Defense Minister
Putin Unveils Dramatic Reshuffling Of Closest Advisors: Shoigu Out As Defense Minister Russian state media is confirming a huge breaking development that President Putin has removed his longtime Defense Minister and personal friend Sergei Shoigu as defense chief, who has overseen the Ukraine war since its beginning in Feb. 2022. He will now serve as head…