NIH Refuses To Release Details Of COVID-19 Vaccine Royalty Agreement Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is refusing to release additional information about an agreement it reached over a COVID-19 vaccine that has earned it at least $400 million. Syringes of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at a vaccination site in Los Angeles, on Feb. 16, 2021. (Apu Gomes/AFP via […]

Housing Costs Are Crushing The American Middle Class, But How Can We Fix The Problem? In a new poll conducted by the Financial Times and Michigan’s Ross School of Business, data shows there is a rare bipartisan agreement among Republicans and Democrats – Both sides believe that there are no housing advantages for the their political opponents and 70% of leftists, independents and conservatives alike rate affordability as one of […]

Breakfast Cereals Scrutinized For Pesticide That May Harm Reproduction Authored by Sina McCullough via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Imagine starting your day with a bowl of cereal that could be silently affecting your family’s health. Recent studies show that chlormequat, a pesticide linked to reproductive issues, has been found in popular breakfast cereals like Quaker Oats and Cheerios. As this substance infiltrates the […]

“We Promise This Is Not A Person In A Bodysuit”  Boston Dynamics unveiled Wednesday a new humanoid robot that creepily moves like no other robot has moved before.  The new fully electric Atlas robot represents a path to commercialization and a new generation of robots that will leave folks asking if this is the beginning of the ‘Skynet’ (Terminator) robot.  “This week we announced the retirement of our hydraulic Atlas and […]

Speaker Johnson’s Ignominious Betrayal Authored by David Stockman via David Stockman’s Contra Corner, Speaker Johnson’s ignominious betrayal of fiscal sanity might well be the death knell for the GOP. He is apparently risking his speakership on behalf of $95 billion of foreign aid boondoggles that Uncle Sam cannot remotely afford, and which actually provide zero benefit to the homeland security of America. And we do mean zero, as […]

Man Who Self-Immolated Near Trump Trial Was Anti-Fascist, Warned Of “World Coup” And Wanted To Start “F*cking Revolution” Update (1710ET): 37-year-old Max Azzarello has been identified as the man who set himself on fire near the NYC courthouse where Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial is taking place. He is in critical condition in a burn unit, police said Friday. Before setting himself on fire, Azzarello dropped a stack of […]

North Carolina High School Student Suspended Over Use Of “Illegal Alien” A 16-year-old High School student in North Carolina was suspended for three days after using the term “illegal alien” – a legal term of art, during a vocabulary assignment in his English class. Leah McGhee, the boy’s mother, says her son was assigned vocabulary words during class last Tuesday, which included the word ‘alien,’ the Carolina Journal reports. […]

FBI Warns Of Risk Of Chinese Hack Attack On Energy Infrastructure Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, The director of the FBI has warned that the Chinese state has its sights set on U.S. critical infrastructure to compromise U.S. economic and national security. Speaking at the Vanderbilt Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats, Christopher Wray said: “The PRC [People’s Republic of China] has made it clear […]

RFK Jr Nails Down First Battleground-State Ballot Spot: Who Will Benefit Most? In a development that’s sure to cause shudders at Democratic National Party headquarters, the independent campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr on Thursday officially secured a place on the ballot in tightly-contested Michigan. However, some polls point to Kennedy being a bigger threat to Trump in the state that has 15 electoral votes.  Michigan is […]

Biden Education Secretary Threatens to Shut Down Largest Christian College In The US Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, Joe Biden’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, threatened during a congressional hearing to weaponize the Department of Education to target and shut down the largest Christian university in the United States. As Fox News reports, Cardona made his threats during a hearing before the House […]

“Southwest Stop!”: Near Runway Disaster At Washington-Reagan Recorded On Shocking Audio  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is caught in one of the worst aviation crises in American history, as Boeing jets fall apart in mid-air and while on the runway. The latest near-disaster happened when a JetBlue flight nearly collided with a Southwest Airlines flight at Washington, DC’s Reagan National Airport on Thursday […]

Soaring Russian Oil Imports Drag OPEC’s Market Share In India To Record Low Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Russia was India’s single largest oil supplier for a second consecutive fiscal year, as surging imports of Russian crude dragged down the share of OPEC and Middle East supply to India to a record low, Reuters reported on Friday, citing data from tanker-tracking data obtained from industry sources. In […]

“Defund NPR Act” Introduced In House Over Bias, “Radical, Left-Wing Activist” CEO Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) has introduced the “Defund NPR Act” to pull federal funds from National Public Radio, after veteran journalist Uri Berliner – who resigned this week following a suspension for penning a scathing article which exposed the network’s far-left bias, including the fact that the outlet’s DC bureau employs 87 registered Democrats and no […]

Huge Blast Rocks Iraq Base Used By Iran-Linked Militias Reuters is reporting a “massive” blast at an Iraqi base used by Iran-linked militias south of Baghdad in the overnight hours (local).  “A huge blast rocked a military base used by Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) to the south of Baghdad late on Friday,” army sources said to Reuters. Fires are still going at the Kalso base in Babel, Iraq after what appears to be an […]

Is There More To This Current Bird Flu Panic Than Meets The Eye? Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, Why are global health officials issuing such ominous warnings about the bird flu?  Do they know something that the rest of us do not?  H5N1 has been circulating all over the planet for several years now, and it has been the worst outbreak that the world has ever seen.  Hundreds of millions of birds are […]

The World’s Economic Myths Are Hitting Their Limits Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World blog, There are many myths about energy and the economy. In this post I explore the situation surrounding some of these myths. My analysis strongly suggests that the transition to a new Green Economy is not progressing as well as hoped. Green energy planners have missed the point that our physics-based economy favors low-cost […]

Rep. Greene: Congress Members Who Back Ukraine Aid Should Join Kiev’s Military Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute, Republican Rep. Majorie Taylor-Greene has proposed an amendment requiring lawmakers who vote in favor of the $60 billion Ukrainian aid bill to join Ukraine’s military. Taylor-Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) have pledged to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from his post if he allows […]

Living On Uneasy Street Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, It’s nice to anticipate sunny weather, but it’s a good idea to carry an umbrella just in case the forecasts prove overly optimistic. Yes, the market will rally if World War III didn’t start last night. The market will also rally if World War III does start, because the Federal Reserve will surely lower interest rates. We chuckle uneasily at gallows humor […]

Watch Live: Countdown To The Most Important ‘Halving’ In Bitcoin History We’ve previewed the shit out of this ‘halving’ (here, here, here, and here most recently) and now it’s here. As Bitcoin Magazine notes, this halving event – projected to occur within the next few hours – will occur as Bitcoin reaches block 840,000, marking the point at which its relative supply issuance will drop below that of gold for the first time. […]

US Domestic Bank Deposits Drop For Second Straight Week On the heels of a major deposit outflow the week before, and a huge (record) money-market fund outflow last week, all eyes are back on the banks again on Friday evening to see if this ‘flight’ continues as Tax-Day drags cash away from its comfy-5%-earnings-spots. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, total US bank deposits declined for the second straight week (though only $2.4BN) […]