Russia Says Ukraine Must Surrender...
Even as Putin’s army retreats while Kyiv aims for February peace talks
Economica (stocks in bondage, bonds in the stockade, market madness, etc.)
Stocks falter as final trading week of 2022 begins
High-Yield Default Cycle Coming
The Most Astounding IPO Hype-and-Hoopla Show Ever Ends 2022 in Tears
Will 2023 Be "Just an Average Recession in an Average Year" or Will It Be Transformational?
Why 2023 could be another difficult year for the auto industry
Tesla used car price bubble pops, weighs on new car demand
Labor Department fines North Carolina Chick-fil-A after workers paid with meals
How To Empower Millions of Independent Workers
UK Economy Is Facing An Exceptionally Tough 2023
Housing Bubble Bust 2.0 (including commercial & global real estate)
US Home Prices Tumbled For 4th Straight Month In October
Money Matters (monetary policy, gold, silver, cryptos & currency wars)
Fed Fight: Biden's BLS Lashes Out At Philly Fed Over Million-Job Revision
Gold Rises on China’s Covid Shift, Signs of Cooler US Inflation
David Morgan: Silver could soar to $70-$100+
Markets Summary: The Winner Is Gold
There is no fire at Binance yet, but the smoke is filling the building
Famished & Enflamed (sanctions, shortages, famines & fires)
Huge U.S. Winter Storm Threatens to Tighten LNG Market
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Bullish Sentiment Is Building Once Again In Oil Markets
War, Cyberwar, Civil Conflicts & Unrest
Russia Says Ukraine Must Surrender Even as Putin’s Army Retreats
Kyiv aims for February peace talks; front-line situation is ‘acute,’ Zelensky says
Zelenskiy Sees Gain in East but situation remains intense around Bakhmut and Kreminna
Russia’s Medvedev Predicts His Own Fantasies: $150 Oil, A U.S. Civil War, And EU Collapse
Second War Threatens to Explode in Europe
Can the US Army fill its ranks?
SKorea Sends Drones into Kim Jong Un's Airspace in Tit-for-Tat Move
Politics & Social Decay
Rep.-elect George Santos admits to lying about resume, says he’s ‘not a criminal’
Fox News Poll Shows 58 Percent of Voters Not ‘Glad’ Trump is Running Again
In Record Numbers, Unexpected Migrant Group Fleeing to USA
Why are Californians so happy?
And, yet, CA's Population is shrinking
Globalism, Authoritarianism, Invasive Government & Censorship
Russia expands invasive biometric pay technology on Metro
Biden Admin Was “Very Angry” Twitter Wouldn’t Censor More Aggressively
FBI Flagged So Many Tweets, Twitter Execs Had to Find a Way to Process Stream of Requests
Winds of Change (extreme weather, climate change & green energy)
Southwest Airlines continues canceling flights as New Year holiday approaches
Dramatic warmup to thaw East Coast before New Year’s Eve
Middle East Oil And Gas Nations Pouring Billions Into Clean Energy
A Pox Upon Us (the plagues & pandemic policing of the 2020’s)
China to scrap quarantine for inbound travelers in major step toward reopening
Off-the-Beat or Just Plain Offbeat News
Amazon begins drone deliveries in 2 U.S. cities
Use this calculation to find the best used car for your money — plus 10 models that come out on top
Creative Collapse (cartoons, humor & other creative expressions)
‘Crying Baby’ Ben Shapiro Ripped Apart on Twitter Over His Criticism of Netflix’s ‘Glass Onion’