Quantum Computing Stocks Plunge After Nvidia CEO Comments IonQ, Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum, and Quantum Computing tumbled in premarket trading in New York on Wednesday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated that “very useful” quantum computers are years out.  During a question-and-answer session during Nvidia’s analyst day event, Evercore’s Mark Lipacis asked Huang: Thanks a lot for hosting the meeting. Really […]

Labor Market Miasma: Jobless Claims Best In 10 Months, ADP Worst In 4 Months Jobs, jobs, jobs… ADP’s employment report showed a disappointing addition of just 122k jobs in December (worse than the +140k exp) – its lowest since August… Source: Bloomberg Only 3 of the 23 forecasters were lower… Source: Bloomberg Manufacturing saw the biggest drop in jobs (the 7th monthly decline in manufacturing jobs in the last 8 […]

“Smells Like A ‘Truss Moment'” – UK Gilt Yields Hit 16 Year High, Stocks & Cable Tumble UK Gilt yields topped 4.80% for the first time since 2008 this morning (up 12bps on the day) having blasted higher since The Fed started on its rate-cutting cycle… This is not (yet) a Truss-style repudiation of the UK bond market… but it’s getting there. “While the speed and extent of the move higher in bond yields has not been […]

Futures Slump As Yields, Dollar Soar US equity futures were already rolling over following yesterday’s momentum-driven rout, when a the latest report out of CNN (a polar opposite to the just as fake news from WaPo earlier this week, but fake nonetheless) claiming that Trump was “considering declaring a national economic emergency to provide legal justification for a large swath of universal tariffs on allies and adversaries” sent […]

Trump Reportedly Mulls Executive Order Protecting Gas Stoves From Radical Left’s Green Crusade Nearly two weeks after the Biden administration quietly finalized new climate rules targeting natural gas-powered water heaters—following years of far-left politicians and shady “green” nonprofits waging war against NatGas stoves under the guise of improving “indoor air quality”—President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly had enough of […]

Outflows From TLT Are Tremendous Via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Outflows from bond ETFs, such as TLT, have been tremendous over the last two months. ETFs, unlike mutual funds, allow dealers to redeem shares for the underlying securities and vice versa. The exchanges most often occur when the demand to buy or sell the ETF is high, thus creating a small arbitrage for the dealer. Investors frequently associate strong inflows with […]

Dollar Surges On CNN Report Trump Considering National Emergency Declaration To Justify New Tariffs It has not even been two days since the Washington Post published its attempt to manipulate the dollar lower by claiming, falsely, that Trump intends to water down his sanctions, when moments ago the dollar soared on what is most likely another piece of fake news – and also just as likely another attempt by hedge fund “sources” to […]

“Unprecedented Fires” Scorch 3,000 Acres In Los Angeles Area, Forcing 49,000 To Evacuate LA Fire Summary: Fast-moving, wind-driven fires are sweeping through the Los Angeles area, forcing mandatory evacuations for over 49,000 residents. The fires remain 0% contained. The Palisades Fire has burned nearly 3,000 acres, while the Eaton Fire has scorched 1,000 acres and the Hurst Fire has consumed 500 acres. Gov. Gavin […]

Victor Davis Hanson: FBI “Afraid” Trump Will “Re-Examine” Conduct Victor Davis Hanson said on Monday that he thinks the FBI is “afraid” of the incoming Trump administration over the possibility that their shady dealings will be ‘re-examined.’ Speaking with Fox News on Monday about new evidence released of a suspect in the DC pipe bomb case, the Hoover Institution Senior Fellow told host Laura Ingraham; “I think they’re afraid […]

Palestinian Authority Requests $680 Million In Security Assistance From US Via Middle East Eye The Palestinian Authority (PA) asked the United States to approve a four-year $680m plan to boost the training of its special forces and bolster its supply of ammunition and armoured vehicles, an American source and a source close to PA revealed to Middle East Eye. The request was made in mid-December at a meeting with US security […]

WHO Says Bird Flu Risk Low After 1st H5N1 Death In US The World Health Organization (WHO) says that the risk from H5N1 avian influenza remains low after the first H5N1 death was recorded in Louisiana on Monday. This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, 2024, shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney […]

“How About If We Buy Alaska?” Top Canadian Politician Eyes Takeover Of U.S. States As Battle With Trump Escalates Canadians are touchy, eh? Ontario Premier Doug Ford fired back at President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for Canada to join the United States as its 51st state by countering with a surprising offer: for the Great White North to purchase Alaska and Minnesota. “You know something, to the president, I’ll make him a […]

The Race Is On Between West And East For Control In Syria Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, The removal of Bashar al-Assad has reignited Western and Eastern plans to control Syria’s oil and gas resources. Syria’s strategic position plays a pivotal role in Russian and Chinese plans, including Russia’s “Shia Crescent” strategy and China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The U.S., Turkey, and other players are […]

‘Fact-Checkers Too Politically-Biased’ – Zuckerberg Abandons Facebook Censorship For X-Like Community Notes Just over a month after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort – and a day after Trump’s longtime friend, UFC CEO Dana White, joined Facebook’s board – Zuckerberg announced a sweeping overhaul of the social media platform’s moderation policies. The changes include nuking the controversial […]

Elon Musk’s New Ambition – Sports Team Owner? Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, may have his sights set on a new title: sports franchise owner, according to his father. In an interview with Times Radio, the outspoken and flamboyant Errol Musk confirmed growing rumors that his son – worth a staggering $400 billion – is interested in buying Premier League club Liverpool. “I can’t comment on that. They’ll raise the price,” […]

CEO Of UK Non-Profit Forced To Apologize For ‘Accidentally’ Following Tommy Robinson On X Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The CEO of a professional body of therapists in the UK has been forced to issue a grovelling apology after it was discovered that he was following Tommy Robinson on X. James Esses notes that the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists were informed back in August that its Chief Executive […]

US Sanctions Top Hungarian Official Close To Orban For Alleged Corruption The United States is now in the business of sanctioning NATO allies, apparently. The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on Tuesday hit a top official of the Hungarian government, who is close to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, with punitive sanctions for alleged corruption. Antal Rogán, who is head of Orban’s cabinet office, is […]

“The Firewall Will Not Last!” — Weidel Defiant As AfD Hits Highest Polling In A Year Ahead Of Germany’s Election Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, A fresh Insa survey reveals that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has made significant gains in voter support as Germany braces for a snap federal election in February. Collected in the first days of the new year, the poll suggests the AfD would capture 21.5 percent if the […]

The Second Matrix: From Propaganda To Programming Authored by Josh Stylman via substack, Beyond The First Veil In ‘Reading Between the Lies,’ we explored how to recognize patterns of institutional deception—the carefully crafted narratives that keep humanity trapped in a matrix of perceptions.Theodore Dalrymple identified how this first matrix of control operates in totalitarian regimes: “In my study of communist societies, I […]

Biden Mulls Prisoner Swap With Taliban Involving ‘Last Afghan In Guantanamo’  Less than two weeks to go in his lame-duck presidency before Trump takes office, and President Biden is pursuing the controversial move of emptying out Gitmo further. On Monday the Pentagon confirmed it released 11 Yemeni detainees with suspected ties to al Qaeda from the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, after which they are set to begin new lives in […]

How To Survive “The Great Taking” In 2025 Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, It’s a “scheme of central bankers to subjugate humanity by taking all securities, bank deposits, and property financed with debt.” David Webb, a former hedge fund manager, and Wall Street insider, has blown the lid off a diabolical plan more than 50 years in the making in a shocking new book. He calls it The Great Taking. I […]

Three Chinese Nationals Arrested In DR Congo With 12 Gold Bars And $800,000 In Cash Hidden Three Chinese nationals have been arrested in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with 12 gold bars and $800,000 in cash hidden beneath their vehicle seats, according to the BBC. According to South Kivu Governor Jean Jacques Purusi, the arrests were kept secret following the recent release of other Chinese nationals accused of illegal gold […]

We Can Handle The Truth Authored by Christopher Roach via American Greatness, The 1992 military justice drama, A Few Good Men, explores a fictional hazing incident involving the U.S. Marines. The main question posed by the film is whether there is a place for unwritten rules and customs, which may technically violate regulations, but may prove necessary for a unique institution like the military to accomplish its mission. In […]

China’s Uptick In Respiratory Illness Sparks Concerns From Neighbors Authored by Zhang Ting and Cindy Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A recent surge in respiratory infections in China has drawn attention from neighboring countries and regions, with the Chinese public expressing concerns about the severity of the new outbreak amid ongoing distrust of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) health reporting […]

Taibbi: Why Is Russiagate’s Origin Story Redacted? Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, On January 11, 2019, at the peak of Russiagate mania and months before the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s deflating report, the New York Times for the first time made public a remarkable fact. In “FBI Opened Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia,” a trio of Times reporters revealed that in the […]