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  • Addicted To Gov? US Job Openings Slow As Fed Withdraws Monetary Punch Bowl (But Fed Will Start Cutting Rates Again Shortly)

    04/04/2023 7:37:51 AM PDT · by Kaiser8408a · 3 replies
    Confounded Interest ^ | 04/04/2023 | Anthony B. Sanders
    Talk about an economy that seems dependent on Federal government money printing. The US economy seems hopelessly addicted to gov money printing. Today, US job openings fell in February to 9,931k. While that is still a large number, look at the chart of job openings and M2 Money printing. There is a one year lag between maximum printing and job openings. But M2 Money growth has collapsed. Doctor, doctor (Yellen), no pill from The Fed is going to cure the problem of reliance on money printing. The Fed has printed like a deranged predator since 2008, yet housing inventory for...
  • Massive Price Increase Coming In New York State (Gasoline)

    04/04/2023 7:37:49 AM PDT · by lowbridge · 17 replies
    wyrk.com ^ | April 3, 2023 | Clay Moden
    According to Triple A, the average cost for a gallon of regular fuel is now $3.49. That is up a dime in the past week and is also eight cents more than this time one month ago. Some portions of New York State are getting close to that four dollar mark this week. Why? International moves in the oil market are making things more expensive across the world on just about everything. OPEC will slash output and will cause much higher prices for gas!
  • Central Eastside businesses see progress on graffiti, safety, homeless as part of reset (Portland, OR)

    04/04/2023 7:35:10 AM PDT · by devane617 · 7 replies
    katu ^ | 04/04/2023
    Sixty days into Portland's "90-day reset" plan for the Central Eastside, business owners say they're seeing progress but still have a long way to go to fixing issues plaguing the area. We first interviewed Bridgid Blackburn in January shortly after city leaders started the 90-day plan. She described to us problems with graffiti, vandalism and safety dealing with people who are having a mental health crisis. Now, a little more than 60 days into the plan, Blackburn says she's seeing positive changes. Like the noticeable increase in Portland police patrols in the area. “That has definitely created a perception of...
  • The Fourth Turning Tipping Point

    04/04/2023 7:29:39 AM PDT · by Twotone · 22 replies
    International Man ^ | April 2023 | Jeff Thomas
    A Fourth Turning is a period in history when all the negative developments over a four-generation period reach a crescendo – a time when the sociopaths are the rulers and are putting the squeeze on the populace. In addition to an effort to institute totalitarian rule, symptoms include the breakdown of both morality and logic. Black is white; up is down. Confusion and chaos increase in both frequency and magnitude as the Fourth Turning advances. Those of a libertarian mindset tend to be especially sensitive to and cognizant of these symptoms as they unfold. Since a classic Fourth Turning takes...
  • Liz Cheney’s support among GOP voters rising since Trump indictment

    04/04/2023 7:29:22 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 79 replies
    NY Post ^ | 04/04/2023 | Mark Moore
    ​Donald Trump isn’t the only person ​benefiting ​ in the polls from his indictment​.​ Support for former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has doubled among Republican voters in the last few weeks, inching her closer to ​Florida Gov. Ron ​DeSantis, whose numbers are falling​. According to a series of surveys by the Trafalgar Group taken before Trump announced on March 18 that he would be indicted in Manhattan and after the indictment was formally announced last Thursday, Cheney ​has climbed to 10.3% from 5.3%​. In that same time, DeSantis has seen his numbers plummet from 32.2% to 22.5%. Trump was indicted...
  • Biden to discuss risks of AI in Tuesday meeting with science advisers

    04/04/2023 7:26:35 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 23 replies
    Reuters via Yahoo ^ | April 4, 2023 | By Jeff Mason (D-Reuters)
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will discuss the "risks and opportunities" that artificial intelligence poses for people, society and national security during a meeting with science and technology advisers at the White House on Tuesday, an official said. Biden, a Democrat, is scheduled to meet with the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) on the same day that his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, surrenders in New York over charges stemming from a probe into hush money paid to a porn star. Biden has declined to comment on Trump's legal woes, and Democratic strategists say...
  • Why Renee DiResta Leads The Censorship Industry

    04/04/2023 7:23:16 AM PDT · by Twotone · 5 replies
    Public Substack ^ | April 3, 2023 | Michael Shellenberger
    Since the 2016 elections, politicians, journalists, and many others have raised the alarm about “foreign election influence” and “disinformation,” demanding greater “content moderation” by social media platforms. It is too easy, they argued, for foreign and malign actors to quickly “go viral” at low cost, leaving the good guys unable to correct bad information. We must become more “resilient” to disinformation. It’s now clear that all of that rhetoric was cover for a sweeping censorship effort by the federal government and government contractors. snip One of the most intelligent, influential, and fascinating public-facing leaders of the Censorship Industrial Complex is...
  • NATIONAL CHICKEN CORDON BLEU DAY – April 4

    04/04/2023 7:20:49 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 18 replies
    National Day Calendar ^ | April 4, 2023 | Staff
    (Last Updated On: March 29, 2023) NATIONAL CHICKEN CORDON BLEU DAY Each year on April 4th, National Chicken Cordon Bleu Day celebrates a blue ribbon dish that combines chicken, ham, and cheese. #ChickenCordonBleuDay The French term Cordon Bleu translates to “Blue Ribbon.” This dish is a take on the popular Veal Cordon Bleu. It is a flattened chicken breast that is wrapped around ham (or sometimes prosciutto or Canadian bacon) and cheese such as Swiss or Gruyere. Toothpicks hold the chicken together before being dipped in an egg wash and breaded. The earliest recipe we were able to find was...
  • The American Crisis aka "The Crisis" (audio)

    04/04/2023 7:19:10 AM PDT · by ProgressingAmerica · 1 replies
    librivox ^ | 2014-06-10 | Thomas Paine
    A 13 pamphlet series by 18th century Enlightenment philosopher/author Thomas Paine, published between 1776 to 1783 during and immediately following the American Revolution, gathered into one volume in 1882 by Moncure D. Conway. Each essay, plus 2 inserts, bolstered the morale of the American colonists to fight hard for their independence, appealed to the English to support the colonist's cause, clarified the issues at stake, and denounced any type of negotiated peace. Replete with quotable quotes, the first pamphlet, Crisis I, begins with the now-familiar words "THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine...
  • Radicals appointed to serve on Vermont's new 'Truth' commission

    04/04/2023 7:18:51 AM PDT · by Twotone · 19 replies
    The Blaze ^ | April 3, 2023 | Cortney Weil
    A select panel of Vermont citizens has appointed three radical Vermonters to serve on the state's new Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Last year, the state legislature voted to approve the creation of the commission, which is intended to address "instances of discrimination and harm caused by State laws and/or policies to specific marginalized communities in Vermont," especially those who were affected by a 1931 state law that legalized forced sterilization. In 2021, the state issued a formal apology for that law, which disproportionately affected "Indigenous people, French Canadians, mixed-race people, people with disabilities and low-income families," according to the VT...
  • Seattle Fire Dept. facing mass staff shortage after vaccine mandate: 'Gambling' with lives

    04/04/2023 7:17:20 AM PDT · by CFW · 21 replies
    Fox Hill ^ | 4/3/23 | Bailee Hill
    A former Seattle firefighter issued a stark public safety warning over the department's massive staffing shortage as it allegedly refuses to rehire those fired over the COVID vaccine mandate. Andy Pittman worked for the city of Seattle for more than six years before he was fired for refusing to take the vaccine. He joined "Fox & Friends First" to discuss how the shortage is impacting public safety in the Emerald City. "The city administration and Chief Scoggins are definitely gambling with the city's lives," Pittman told Ashley Strohmier on Tuesday. "It's been shown before that one to two units out...
  • Amazon, despite climate pledge, fought to kill emissions bill in Oregon

    04/04/2023 7:17:05 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 4 replies
    The Washington Post via MSN ^ | April 4, 2023 | by Caroline O'Donovan
    Amazon has branded itself as a climate crusader, touting its commitment to renewable energy and sustainable practices. But in Oregon, it helped quietly quash a climate bill that would have regulated its data centers. The bill would have set a 100 percent carbon emissions reduction deadline of 2040 for high energy users. Its goal was to rein in industries with outsize carbon footprints, like cryptocurrency mines and data centers, of which Amazon is planning three more in the state that would be powered by fossil fuels. hough the bill would have matched the timeline of Amazon’s own “Climate Pledge,” which...
  • Climate scientists uncover mechanisms behind uneven Indian Ocean warming

    04/04/2023 7:11:27 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 20 replies
    PhysOrg ^ | April 4, 2023 | by Institute for Basic Science
    A study published in Nature Communications by an international team of climate scientists uncovers the physical mechanisms that can cause uneven future warming in the Indian Ocean and corresponding shifts in monsoon precipitation. By analyzing data from one of the most extensive future climate change simulations performed to date (the ICCP/CESM Large-Ensemble simulation of the Community Earth System Model, version 2), the team of scientists from South Korea and Japan were able to pinpoint why over the next decades the tropical eastern Indian Ocean is expected to warm less than the Arabian Sea and the Southeastern Indian Ocean. This study...
  • Let's Look at the Others on the List: Why All The Other ‘Get Trump’ Cases Are Just As Weak As The Manhattan DA’s

    04/04/2023 7:10:17 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 26 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 04/04/2023 | Margot Cleveland
    The corrupt press’s effort to focus our attention away from Bragg’s actual case tells us they know just how weak that case is.The grand jury indictment against former president and 2024 contender Donald Trump hasn’t even been unsealed yet. But the corporate press has already moved on, redirecting the public’s focus to the other pending investigations — a subtle acknowledgment that the forthcoming charges by the Manhattan district attorney will be both weak and properly perceived as political persecution. But the Fulton County, Georgia investigation and Special Counsel Jack Smith’s probes of Trump are equally weak. Later today, Manhattan District...
  • My Catholic Life!: Expressing Your Love of God - The Glory of God in All Things - Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - Catholic Caucus/Devotional

    04/04/2023 7:10:12 AM PDT · by fidelis · 9 replies
    My Catholic Life (YouTube) ^ | April 04, 2023 | My Catholic Life
    (Daily readings from the USCCB)“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once.” John 13:31–32Jesus speaks this line about Himself being glorified immediately after Judas leaves the supper to go forth to betray Him. Jesus had just finished washing the feet of His disciples, and soon He would finish the Last Supper, go to the Garden of Gethsemane, be arrested, beaten and crucified. And this was to all take place through the betrayal of one of...
  • Angel Reese calls first lady Jill Biden's suggestion of inviting both LSU and Iowa to White House 'A JOKE'

    04/04/2023 7:07:17 AM PDT · by sam_whiskey · 89 replies
    CNN ^ | 4/3/2023 | Ben Morse
    LSU star Angel Reese called a suggestion from first lady Jill Biden that they might invite both LSU and Iowa's women's basketball teams to the White House "A JOKE" on Monday. Speaking on Monday, Biden congratulated both teams on their performance in Sunday's national championship game, as well as specifically highlighting Iowa's sportsmanship. "Last night I attended the NCAA women's basketball championship," said Biden, while speaking at an event at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. We will invite the winner to the White House, we always do. So, we hope LSU will come but, you know, I'm going to...
  • Pentagon Study: 77 Percent of Military-Age Americans Too Fat, Mentally Ill for Service

    04/04/2023 7:05:01 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 26 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 04/04/2023 | Ben Bartee
    According to a recent Pentagon study, the state of America’s youth is not conducive to military service. Via American Military News:A Pentagon study revealed that 77 percent of young Americans do not qualify for military service without a waiver due to being overweight, drug use, or mental or physical problems.“When considering youth disqualified for one reason alone, the most prevalent disqualification rates are overweight (11 percent), drug and alcohol abuse (8 percent), and medical/physical health (7 percent),” the Pentagon’s 2020 Qualified Military Available Study of Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 read.Where are the Public Health™ authorities? They...
  • Study Confirms Trans 'Social Contagion' Theory: “Gender transition” is driven by social pressure; Mentally ill youth were more likely than non-mentally ill to “transition.”

    04/04/2023 7:01:00 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 19 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 04/04/2023 | Ben Bartee
    A study published in Archives of Sexual Behavior confirms the common-sense conclusion many observers of the “transgender” hysteria have long drawn regarding the sociogenic nature of deviant sexual identity.The findings were interesting on several fronts: “gender transition” is driven by social pressure; females are by psychological disposition more susceptible to the “trans” social contagion; and mentally ill youth were more likely than non-mentally ill to “transition.”From the study’s conclusion:Results of our study are generally consistent with other recent research about the current surge of gender dysphoria among youth with onset during adolescence or young adulthood. Natal females were affected more...
  • ouglas Macgregor: Russians Artillery Power Annihilating Ukrainians Millitary

    04/04/2023 6:47:18 AM PDT · by ganeemead · 92 replies
    Ukie situation similar to that of Japan after the Marianas fell...
  • Tuesday War Room, 10-noon & 5-7PM Eastern

    04/04/2023 6:45:22 AM PDT · by 4Liberty · 6 replies
    America’s Voice News ^ | 04/04/2023 | Steve Bannon
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