Economica (stocks in bondage, bonds in the stockade, market madness, etc.)
Private payrolls rose 239,000 in October, better than expected, while wages increased 7.7%, ADP says
Job openings also surged in September despite Fed efforts to cool labor market
Wall St Slips as Jobs Data Dent Hopes for Fed Rate Deceleration
The Mainstream Is Increasingly Accepting the Possibility that the Fed Will Blow up the Economy
Money Matters (monetary policy, gold, silver, cryptos & currency wars)
Fed Faces Tough Decisions as Inflation Lingers and Economic Risks Loom
Job Market Refuses to Soften, Fed Gets More Stuffing for Rate Hikes
Bank of England First Major Central Bank to Sell Bonds Outright to Accelerate QT
Famished & Enflamed (sanctions, shortages, famines & fires)
Russia resumes its participation in Ukraine grain export deal, says it received guarantees from Kyiv
U.S. Diesel Shortage Is Worsening
Europe’s Energy Crisis Is Bad, but Better than Predicted
Haliburton: Era of Exponential Growth in U.S. Oil and Gas Is Over
The Global Semiconductor Shortage Is Now Becoming a Glut
What's Throwing US Diesel/Distillates Market out of Whack?
Overinflated (too much money chasing too few goods)
Oil Prices Rise as Bullish Sentiment Returns, Analysts Foresee $100
Oil Shortage Forecasts Clash with Grim Economic Projections
War, Cyberwar, Civil Conflicts & Unrest
Second U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine Makes Unusual Appearance in Just Two Weeks
North Korea Launches 23 Missiles, Triggering Air-Raid Alarm in South
Russia’s Leadership Is in Trouble as Inevitable Command-Economy Mobilization Looms
Kremlin: British Participation in Nord Stream Attack Will Not Go Unretaliated
Politics & Social Decay
51% Chance Republicans Take Senate
Kari Lake Was Supposed to Be Unelectable. Now Favorite
Democrats Keep Falling for ‘Superstar Losers’
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Orders Undated, Wrongly Dated Ballots Not Be Counted
As Elon Musk expands his reach, Washington worries
Netanyahu holds lead to win third reign as Israel’s PM with almost all of votes counted
"That's Quite the Spin": White House Fact Checked by CNN after Absurd Social Security Boast
Globalism, Authoritarianism, Invasive Government & Censorship
U.S. exploring whether it has authority to review Musk’s Twitter deal
EU Warns Twitter Not to Restore Free Speech
A Pox Upon Us (the plagues & pandemic policing of the 2020’s)
Autoimmune diseases tied to genes of Black Death survivors
China Reopening Rumors Dispelled as Beijing Confirms Zero-Covid Policy
Creative Collapse (cartoons, humor & other creative expressions)
Besides COVID, Here Are 43 Other Things Democrats Are Requesting Amnesty On