Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Bitcoin’s crashing. The Biden administration wants to keep it out of your 401(k).
But go ahead and load up your IRA with GBTC, no problem.
India bans wheat exports as heat wave hurts crop, domestic prices soar
Egg Prices Soar As 10% Of Nation's Hens Wiped Out By Devastating Bird Flu
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
North Korea: Covid outbreak a great disaster, says Kim Jong-un
He blamed the crisis on bureaucratic and medical incompetence, and suggested lessons could be learnt from the response of countries like neighbouring China.
The secretive country rejected offers from the international community to supply millions of AstraZeneca and Chinese-made jabs last year. Instead, it claimed it had controlled Covid by sealing its borders early in January 2020.
Politics:
Let’s start the countdown until wingnuts start claiming that this was a false flag operation. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6…..
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Latest Conspiracy Theory Is That the Left Is Torching Food Facilities
She’s overdue for her lobotomy?
Being the next president after the worst president in history was never going to be easy.
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) May 14, 2022
That’s quite a prediction: Ukraine's military intelligence chief says he is 'optimistic' that Russia will be defeated by the end of the year
With very specific timing:
”The breaking point will be in the second part of August.”
Zelenskyy: Macron asked Ukraine to make concessions to help Putin save face
‘We won’t help Putin save face by paying with our territory,’ Ukrainian president says.
Elise Stefanik Alludes to Conspiracy Theory
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), chair of the House GOP conference, appeared to allude to a bizarre and baseless claim popular in some conservative circles when she tweeted that Democrats and the ‘usual pedo grifters’ are ‘out of touch’ with Americans.
The claim that ‘pedos’ — short for ‘pedophiles’ — infiltrate the ranks of government is central to QAnon, the collection of right-wing debunked claims that former president Donald Trump was secretly leading a war against an elite cabal of pedophiles who control Washington, Hollywood and the world.
Baby Formula Shortage Fuels Misleading Partisan Claims
Former President Donald Trump endorsed State Sen. Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for governor, announcing his support for the front-runner just days before Tuesday’s election.
The endorsement could very well put Mastriano over the top and deal a crippling blow to eleventh-hour efforts by some establishment Republicans to stop Mastriano, a far-right, staunch Trump ally.
Serendipity:
Texas Power Grid Operator Urges Customers To Conserve Electricity After Six Plants Go Offline
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