Credit Bubble Bulletin – Doug Nolan
McAlvany Intelbrief
The McAlvany Intelbrief is a round-up of the day’s important news from a multitude of sectors that can and do impact the financial markets.
[FYI – Repetition of items is on purpose because the item fits into 2 or more categories, not a mistake by me.]
ANTS RISING
- Activists set up ‘Liberated Zone’ on Columbia University campus, refuse to leave until Palestine is ‘free’
- Civil war becoming ‘increasingly likely,’ experts warn
- Google Fires 28 for Protest of Israeli Cloud Contract
COLLAPSE ITEMS
ECONOMIC
- Triggers Were Crossed. The Ten Things To Know This Morning
- BREAKING: FAA Issues Ground Stop On ALL ALASKA AIRLINE FLIGHTS With No Explanation
- Food Is Now an Investment – Here’s Why Inflation Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon
- New Study Calls Into Question Whether DEI Programs Really Boost Corporate Earnings
- New American Dream: ‘You’ll Own Nothing and Be Happy’
- Omens For The Nasdaq As Technical Signal Proliferates
- Foreign holdings of US Treasuries hit record high
- U.S. Tax Refunds Declined 3.3% This Year In Run-up To April 15
- Baltimore Bridge Collapse Costing $191M *A Day* In Lost Economic Activity.
- Bezos Whole Foods Charging $7 For An Apple?
- San Francisco announces plans to PUNISH businesses for fleeing due to rampant crime
- LA Dem Mayor Karen Bass begs wealthy to buy housing for homeless
- Ecuador introduces three-day working week
- California in a jam after borrowing billions to pay unemployment benefits
- America’s Infant Mortality Rate Increases for the First Time in 20 Years
- Red Lobster Doomed by Endless Shrimp Deal
- Mortgage rates over 7% and heading higher, Housing Market still frozen, lots of buyers on strike as prices still too high
- The Tragic Ripple Effects of Historically Unsustainable Debt
EDUCATION(AL)
- Runaway circus elephant stops traffic in Montana
- New American Dream: ‘You’ll Own Nothing and Be Happy’
- Turning Point USA Holds Successful Kyle Rittenhouse Event at Kent State Despite Leftist Campus Rage
- Teen Says ‘Illegal Alien’ in Class; Gets Suspended
- The Teachers’ Unions Are More Political than Ever
- Saving Woman’s Son from Flying Hockey Puck, the 3 Reunite on Center Ice in Playoffs After Viral Video
- America’s Infant Mortality Rate Increases for the First Time in 20 Years
ELECTION
ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV)
- EV Revolution May Be Derailed By Increased Insurance Costs
- Electric Vehicle Sales Plunge Across Europe as Demand Stalls
- Exclusive: Mexico, facing US pressure, will halt incentives to Chinese EV makers
ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE
- Millions of Birds Now Migrating Safely Through Darkened Texas Cities After Successful Lights Out Campaign
- Will Biden’s U.S. offshore wind turbines actually be under the U.N.?
FOOD
- Food Is Now an Investment – Here’s Why Inflation Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon
- Will a false bird flu pandemic be the end of animal agriculture and usher in food rationing?
- Imported strawberries highly contaminated with pesticides, report shows
- Red Lobster Doomed by Endless Shrimp Deal
GEO-POLITICAL
- US Submits ‘Assurances’ To UK Govt Over Assange Extradition
- The UN Security Council Is About To Vote On A Palestinian State
- Arab Nations Fulfilled ‘Obligation’ to Abraham Accords During Iranian Attack
- Alleged Russian Spies Accused of Preparing Bombing Attacks Against U.S. Base in in Germany Arrested
- Ecuador introduces three-day working week
- How a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ finalist became an unlikely ambassador for Taiwan
- China lobbies Congress behind closed doors on TIKTOK
- Brazil’s proposal to tax super-rich gains momentum amid G20
- US Reimposes Oil Sanctions on Venezuela as Hopes for a Fair Presidential Election Fades
ISRAEL
UKRAINE
- Ukraine: Russian Missile Launchers Damaged in Crimea
- Ukrainian company Burisma used as “vehicle to launder taxpayer money,” lawyer says
- Russia’s arms pact with Iran: Moscow pledges fighter jets and air defenses to Tehran including advanced missiles capable of shooting down US and Israeli stealth planes
- US won’t fight for Ukraine – White House
- The Polish President Revealed That Foreign Companies Own Most Of Ukraine’s Industrial Agriculture
GLOBALIZATION
- The UN Security Council Is About To Vote On A Palestinian State
- Will Biden’s U.S. offshore wind turbines actually be under the U.N.?
IDENTITY
- Jordan Peterson slams CBC for only interviewing pro-LGBT doctors about UK report on child ‘sex changes’
- EXCLUSIVE: Biological Male Quietly Joined Women’s NCAA Division I Volleyball At San Jose State University
IMMIGRATION
LEGAL / CRIMINAL
- Federal Judge Clears Facebook’s Zuckerberg Of Personal Liability In 25 ‘Social Media Addiction’ Cases
- Arizona GOP Again Blocks Effort to Repeal 1864 Abortion Law but Senate Clears Path
- West Virginia Law Protecting Women’s Sports from “Transgender” Athletes Overturned by Federal Court
- FBI on alert for threats to the Jewish community ahead of Passover
- San Francisco announces plans to PUNISH businesses for fleeing due to rampant crime
- DeSantis signs 5 NEW LAWS to crack down on groomers and sex traffickers in Florida
- 18-year-old Arkansas man sentenced to 50 years for raping toddler after being groomed by UK pedophile online
- The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived
- Alleged Russian Spies Accused of Preparing Bombing Attacks Against U.S. Base in in Germany Arrested
MEDIA
- New NPR CEO Gave Ted Talk Asserting “Truth” Is A “Distraction”
- Americans check phones — 144 times a day
- Streaming now accounts for 38.5% of TV consumption!
- House Passes Bill to End ‘Unconstitutional Sale’ of American Data to Intel Agencies
MEDICAL
- Bird flu does not transmit to humans; if it does it will be because it has been engineered in a lab
- OZEMPIC could change personality; ‘Warp brain’
- America’s Infant Mortality Rate Increases for the First Time in 20 Years
- Chinese Firm Caught Injecting Women with ‘Fillers” from Camels, Bats and Chimpanzees for Breast Augmentation
Coronavirus-19
VACCINE
NATIONAL SECURITY
- Ops in Red Sea Have U.S. Navy Down $1B in Munitions
- 911 Emergency Lines Hobbled by Outages in 4 States
- Americans Losing Confidence In Their Military, Government
POLITICAL
- Americans Losing Confidence In Their Military, Government
- Senate Saves Mayorkas From Impeachment Threat
- Arizona Republicans again block repeal of 1864 abortion ban
- Civil war becoming ‘increasingly likely,’ experts warn
- US Navy Has Spent Almost $1 Billion in Middle East
- US Prepares To Reimpose Venezuela Oil Ban As Biden Seeks Scapegoat To Resume Draining SPR
- Democrat Katie Porter Silent When Asked if She Is ‘Okay with People Burning’ American Flag
- Poll: Most Voters Do Not Support Abortion Throughout Pregnancy
- Breakdown: Foreign Aid Bills Would Send $95 Billion to Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific
- Another Biden Judicial Pick With Ties to a Left-Wing, Anti-Cop Group
- DeSantis signs 5 NEW LAWS to crack down on groomers and sex traffickers in Florida
POWER GRID
PREPAREDNESS
- Food Is Now an Investment – Here’s Why Inflation Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon
- Widespread 911 Outages in Four States
SECOND AMENDMENT
SPACE
- ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ nova explosion will be visible to the naked eye this year
- New NASA Mars Crew Has a Muslim – And No White People
WEATHER
WOKE
