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Earlier this month, China's cabinet said Beijing would manage "unreasonable" price increases for copper, coal, steel, and iron ore. Those commodities, of which China is the world's biggest user, have surged this year on rising demand as lockdowns to curb the Covid-19 pandemic have eased and government stimulus has boosted consumer spending globally. Goldman said the immediate reason for the greater U.S. pricing power is the large U.S. fiscal stimulus that is absent in China, adding that China no longer benefits as much from its comparative advantage in low-cost labour and global trade. "This ultimately creates a weaker margin setting...

Cuban goes to an American Supermarket for the first time. From socialist Cuba where lines are long, products are scarce, and the constant struggle finding basic necessities has become an everyday normality, Yoel sees an American supermarket for the first time leaving the island. PLEASE TURN ON SUBTITLES What is like to be cuban in socialist Cuba and then come to the United States? This is a very emotional and traumatic experience for many cubans who are not used to an abundance of food, the colors of the store, and the guilt of their family back home who cannot experience...

Show me your AIDS card. It proves that you don't have the HIV virus. Before you enter any business, fly on any airliner, enter any country, go to any school, you must prove you don't have HIV. HIV has been the most contagious and deadly virus of the last 40 years. And there is no vaccine or experimental shot. Full body suits with closed recirculating breathing systems are required if you don't have an AIDS card. 20 feet of social distancing is required as well. To get an AIDS card, you must have 3 consecutive negative HIV tests in a...

Please take a minute and visit your local VFW tomorrow and say hi to the men and women who served your country on foreign lands in time of war. I know a lot of people think that you can only enter a VFW if you are a member, but that isn't true. Just sign in as a guest. There are Auxiliary Members and National Home members that have never served in the military, so don't think that you're not welcome as either a guest or as a non-veteran member. VFW's are closing by the dozens because there isn't enough participation...

Wholesaling real estate is the process of finding a deeply discounted home and passing it along to an end investor. Bearing fast cash, wholesalers are flooding low-income neighborhoods, seeking distressed homeowners who want to sell quickly. Record low mortgage rates, low housing inventory, and a real estate frenzy have increased the amount of wholesaling conducted nationwide since the pandemic as many were lured in by YouTube tutorials. The entire strategy behind wholesaling is finding a discounted property, get it under contract, and then flip it to an interested buyer for a quick profit. Bloomberg reports some wholesalers are using strong-arm...

Recall petitions against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer can proceed, a Michigan court ruled on Thursday. The Board of State Canvassers "correctly" approved the six recall petitions against Whitmer and one against Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, Judges Kathleen Jansen and Michael Gadola of the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday, rejecting one argument made by counsel for the governor as "unpersuasive." Whitmer, who had argued these cases did not "adequately describe the authorities cited as reasons for the recall," plans to appeal the decision, campaign spokesperson Mark Fisk said. "We plan to appeal this disappointing decision, and we fully intend to...

Solemnity of The Holy Trinity - and what we don't understand about the mystery as known to the Church Fathers.....The Trinity Explained +++

President Donald Trump issued a statement on Friday night slamming Democrats in Georgia for pushing back against 2020 election integrity efforts for a forensic audit of 150,000 absentee ballots in Fulton County.President Trump issued the statement from his website amid reports that the Fulton County Election Board hired defense attorneys from a prestigious law firm who filed paperwork to halt the motion granted by a judge last week allowing the inspection of absentee ballots cast in the highly controversial 2020 election.“Why are the Radical Left Democrats in Georgia fighting so hard that there not be a Forensic Audit of 150,000...

Get ready for $5 per gallon gasoline – especially if you live in California. At least, that was the contention of a new WSJ op-ed that claims higher taxes and environmental regulations are both driving up the price of gas. Author Allysia Finley notes that the average cost at the pump in California is now $4.18 a gallon, pointing out that in 2017, Democrats in the state’s legislature raised a tax on each gallon by 20.8 cents over three years. California drivers are now paying an astonishing average of 63 cents a gallon in state and local taxes, compared an...

Dr. Anthony Fauci was adamant the National Institutes of Health has never funded dangerous research on bat viruses in the Chinese lab suspected of being source of the COVID-19 pandemic, when he was questioned by Republican Sen. Rand Paul two weeks ago. “Senator Paul, with all due respect, you are entirely and completely incorrect that the NIH has not ever and does not now fund ‘gain of function’ research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology,” Fauci said in the fiery Senate hearing on May 11. He couldn’t have been more certain. Until he wasn’t certain a few hours later. That...

What is a hate crime? A hate crime is a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.” What are the effects of hate crimes? People victimized by violent hate crimes are likely to experience more psychological distress than victims of other violent crimes. Specifically, victims of crimes that are bias-motivated are more likely to experience post-traumatic stress, safety concerns, depression, anxiety, and anger than victims of crimes that are not motivated by bias. So far our mainstream media...

This is what late stage TDS looks like. ABC’s Jon Karl on Sunday discussed the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and conceded that indeed it is possible the virus is man-made and came from the Wuhan lab. Last year President Trump got hammered from the Democrat-media complex when he said intelligence suggests Covid-19 leaked from the Wuhan lab. In April of 2020, TGP reported on evidence from Chinese officials that the Wuhan Institute was a source of the coronavirus through February of 2020. Many times the things we report at The Gateway Pundit are months ahead of the mainstream media’s...

"This was not a random act of violence. Not at all...the shooter or shooters, we strongly believe, are known to a relative of our two victims," according to Davis...Police visited the couple's home Monday for several hours after a "dispute" and burglary report. Authorities believe Wednesday's murders were connected to what happened on Monday.

A cult-like group that incorporates AR-15s into its worship ceremonies and embraces Donald Trump's MAGA politics has bought a compound for its "patriots" 40 miles from Waco in Texas. The compound is meant to be a place of refuge for members of the Sanctuary Church – which is also called Rod of Iron Ministries – ahead of a "war" and "genocide" that will supposedly be brought against them by the "deep state”. Vice News reported that the church is led by Pastor Hyung Jin "Sean" Moon, who is often referred to as "King" by his followers.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says there’s nothing in federal law that can prevent an employer from compelling employees to be vaccinated in order to work.However, the EEOC also said that for employees who have a religious objection or a physical disability that prevents them from receiving the vaccine, an employer must provide “reasonable accommodations.” Those accommodations could include forcing an unvaccinated employee to wear a mask, be socially distanced from other employees, or allowed to work from home.Wall Street Journal:The updated guidance is intended to answer frequently asked questions, EEOC Chairwoman Charlotte Burrows said in a statement. She said...

On Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) outlined the case for COVID-19's origin being from the Wuhan Virology Institute. Video...

Mark Twain called her: "Easily and by far the most extraordinary person the human race has ever produced." G. K. Chesterton said of her: "She chose a path and went down it like a thunderbolt." St. Therese of Lisieux, writing in a poem acclaimed her: "By a prodigy unique in history, People then saw a trembling monarch Regain his crown and his glory By means of a child's weak arm." She was Saint Joan of Arc and all the superlatives that have been applied to her since her ignominious death at the stake on May 30, 1431 barely seem enough....

A Navy warship and the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency on Saturday failed twice in a key test to shoot down a medium-range ballistic missile, raising questions about America’s readiness to intercept potential enemy attacks. The Defense Department did not reveal a specific location, but it’s believed the test took place somewhere off the coast of Hawaii. The announcement of the test’s failure comes just one day after the Biden administration requested a fiscal 2022 budget of $8.9 billion for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), down from its 2021 figure of $9.1 billion. In the past, the U.S. military has conducted...

Matt Bracken and Host Fernando Aguirre - The Modern Survivalist LIVE STREAM NOTIFICATION Broadcast from Spain and Florida, U.S.A. Join us today as we talk with Matt Bracken about current events and how to be better prepared! Make sure to join early and leave your questions in the chat section. Always a fast-moving show. Wide-ranging discussions include emerging global issues, US military degradation, national cultural instability, attacks on freedom from the left and recent news stories. A good resource for ideas to prepare for possible events and for equipment evaluations and suggestions. Subscribed listeners can ask questions in the comments...

Benjamin Netanyahu's rivals were on the brink of removing him from power on Sunday after Naftali Bennett, a right-wing firebrand, signalled that he would join a coalition government with centrist leader Yair Lapid. Mr Bennett, the leader of the Yamina party, and Mr Lapid are said to be closing in on a coalition deal that unites parties across the political spectrum, in a move that would oust Israel's longest-serving and most controversial prime minister after 12 years in power. According to Israeli media reports, Mr Bennett, a former defence minister and modern Orthodox Jew, has told allies in Yamina that...