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.]
AI
ANTS RISING
- 19 Pomona College Students Arrested After Pro-Palestinian Protests
- WATCH – ‘We’ll Murder You’: Anti-Israel Protester Accused of Threatening California City Council Members
- Poles Protest Steps to Liberalize Abortion Law
- Google Blocks News in California to Protest Proposed Media Payoff Law
- Manchester Arena Terror Victims to Sue MI5 Intelligence Agency For Failing to Prevent Islamist Attack
CENSORSHIP
CYBER
ECONOMIC
- Bureau of Labor Statistics reports zero growth in manufacturing jobs in March
- Doomsday clock ticking for Social Security
- Boomers Bought Up Big Homes. Now They’re Not Budging
- Investors Bet On Further Rise In US Gasoline Prices
- America’s Fiscal Armageddon and How To Avoid It
- After Illegal Veto, Kentucky Becomes 45th State To End Sales Taxes On Gold & Silver
- Is Silver About To Do A Cocoa?
- Aluminum, Nickel Soar Then Slide After Western Sanctions On Russian Metals
- Daytime Solar Power Glut In California, Rooftop Sales Plunge 90%
- Millions Face Soaring Auto Insurance Premiums
- Another insurance carrier adds “war exclusion” to policies as WWIII looms
- U.S. high schoolers want financial education, but many schools don’t offer it
- U.S. Drilling Activity Continues to Drop Off in 2024: ‘Oil rigs now stand at 506–down by 84 compared to this time in 2024’
- Over 1,300 Layoffs Hit Logistics Companies Across US
- TESLA lays off ‘more than 10%’ of workforce
- APPLE Faces Worst iPhone Slump Since Covid
- Loses mantle as biggest seller to SAMSUNG
- Report: Biden’s student loan scheme already will cost taxpayers $600 BILLION
EDUCATION(AL)
- Why Over 400 Scientist and Doctors Want to Halt 5G
- U.S. high schoolers want financial education, but many schools don’t offer it
- Unprecedented’: Biden Admin to Ban Americans From Using Russian-Made Kaspersky Anti-Virus Software
- 30 Million Kids In Danger: Consumer Reports Demands Immediate Lunchables Ban
- Not kidding: Accused plagiarism queen Claudine Gay will teach ‘reading and research’ in fall 2024
- Report: Biden’s student loan scheme already will cost taxpayers $600 BILLION
ELECTION
- Legacy news networks unite in urging Biden to finally agree to debate Trump
- Judge Upholds Georgia’s Voter Citizenship Verification Requirements
ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV)
- Germany Electric Car Sales Plummet 30% As Country Floats Idea Of Weekend Driving Ban!
- TESLA lays off ‘more than 10%’ of workforce
- US opens probe into 3,322 GM Cadillac Lyriq EVs over loss of brake assist
ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE
- Death Valley alive this year. Super bloom is latest sign
- VIDEO: Trillions of Shrieking Cicadas to Emerge in Areas of the U.S.
- Bill Gates Filled a Pothole With Modern Asphalt Made of Carbon–Captured During Clean Hydrogen Process
- World’s coral turns white from deadly ocean heat
- Daytime Solar Power Glut In California, Rooftop Sales Plunge 90%
FOOD
- 30 Million Kids In Danger: Consumer Reports Demands Immediate Lunchables Ban
- Terrorist Billionaires & The Future Of Food: The Global Push To Force Humanity To Eat Sometimes Deadly And Often Poisonous Insects Ties Directly To Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab And The CIA
- Judge Rules Amish Farmer Can Sell Raw Milk To Other States
GEO-POLITICAL
- “A Declaration Of War”: How The Conflict Between Israel And Iran Fits Into The Bigger Picture
- US Signaled to Iran Attack on Israel OK ‘Within Certain Limits’
- Brazil just days away from collapsing into a North Korea-style police state
- World stands on brink of all-out war
- U.N. Security Council Takes No Action in Meeting on Iran Missile Attack on Israel
- Iraq to vote on bill including death penalty for same-sex acts
- Iran strikes Israel as region plunges into escalation cycle that could end in NUCLEAR WAR
- Russia moves supersonic missile warship to Middle East
- Germany: Entire region at risk of plunging ‘into chaos’
- French First Lady Brigitte Macron Goes to Trial to Fight Claims She’s a Man
- Stabbing rampage at Sydney mall leaves at least seven dead, including attacker
- Unprecedented’: Biden Admin to Ban Americans From Using Russian-Made Kaspersky Anti-Virus Software
- UN Rolls Out Bill Gates’ Digital ID in Sierra Leone
- US, UK Ban Deliveries Of Russian Copper, Nickel And Aluminum To Western Metals Exchanges: Here’s What This Means
- The Arrival Of Russian Troops In Niger Will Reshape America’s Regional Calculations
- Middle East Crisis: Container Ship Hijacked Near Strait Of Hormuz Amid Soaring Iran Tensions
- A Close Look at CCP Economic Plans Reveals Huge Inadequacies
ISRAEL
- ‘Prelude to World War III’
- U.N. Security Council Takes No Action in Meeting on Iran Missile Attack on Israel
- What Will Israel Do Now?
- Israeli Retaliatory Strike Reportedly Called Off
- Could strike be decoy?
- Israel’s defense against Iran attack overnight ‘likely cost over $1bn’
- Iran Threatens America’s Military Bases Across Middle East If US Supports Israeli Counterattack
- First-Ever Direct Attack
- Cyber attack tells residents to prepare for war
- Jordan air force defends Israel
- Netanyahu says will respond in kind
- Iran Attacks Israel
- USDA Against Retaliation
- World Awaits Response
- Over 13,000 missing in unmarked graves across Gaza
UKRAINE
- Zelensky Condemns Iran, Uses Attack On Israel To Ask For More Money
- Russia Now Says It Expects ‘Unconditional Capitulation Of Zelensky Regime’ Before Peace
- Ukraine sharply boosts delivery of drones to armed forces so far this year, commander says
- Ukraine runs out of air defense missiles giving Russia a ‘free pass’ to Kyiv, warns Bild security analyst
GLOBALIZATION
IDENTITY
- French First Lady Brigitte Macron Goes to Trial to Fight Claims She’s a Man
- The Science Around ‘Gender Affirming Care’ Continues to Crumble
IMMIGRATION
- Biden has flown over 400,000 migrants to airports across the U.S.
- Texas county at center of border fight overwhelmed by migrant deaths
- Denver Mayor Defunding Police and Fire Depts to Pay for More Migrant Services
- Californians Arming Up For Self-Defense As Illegals Flood Into Cities
- NYC block turned into illicit open-air market for migrant crooks, prostitution
- Watch ‘Weaponized Migration’ In Action: Hundreds Storm Polish Border From Belarus
- Illegal Immigration Costs American Households Hundreds Of Billions Annually
- Surge in Haitian migrants hasn’t hit Florida shores, so far. What happened?
LEGAL / CRIMINAL
- FBI opens criminal investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse
- Unprecedented Trump Criminal Trial Begins with Jury Selection
- At Least 43 Shot During Weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago
- Homicides Plummeting in Cities
- At Least Two Officers Shot in Heavily Gun-Controlled New York
- Australia Asks DOJ to Reach Plea With Assange
- Stranger punches girl at Grand Central Station days after release in similar attack
- At Least 90% of TV News Fails to Identify Trump Prosecutors as Democrats
MEDIA
- Google Blocks News in California to Protest Proposed Media Payoff Law
- Power supply, communications and transportation are the targets for the Great Reset
- ‘CIVIL WAR’ Marching To $26M+ Opening; Record For A24
- Why Movie Making Audiences So Uncomfortable
- The Right-Wing Mediapocalypse
- Unprecedented’: Biden Admin to Ban Americans From Using Russian-Made Kaspersky Anti-Virus Software
- At Least 90% of TV News Fails to Identify Trump Prosecutors as Democrats
- Even Book Publishers Are Cowering to Cancel Culture Now
MEDICAL
- The U.S. Is Facing Record Drug Shortages
- 20,538 Infant Deaths in One Year: A Foreboding Sign or Fluke?
- Why Over 400 Scientist and Doctors Want to Halt 5G
Coronavirus-19
VACCINE
- Fully vaccinated about to see “tsunami” of illness and death, warns virologist
- 4x Vaccinated Youth 318% More Likely to Die Than Unvaxxed Peers
- COVID Vaccines have caused at least 14,000% increase in Cancer Cases in the USA according to CDC
- WHO Official Admits Vaccine Passports May Have Been A Scam
NATIONAL SECURITY
POLITICAL
- Governor vetoes bill barring sex-change surgeries for minors
- 1 state eliminates gender discrimination on public boards
- Doomsday clock ticking for Social Security
- Biden Admin Locking Down Half of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve
POWER GRID
- 26 barges break loose, damage bridges and a dam on Ohio River
- Power supply, communications and transportation are the targets for the Great Reset
PREPAREDNESS
- How To Use Honey: The Amazing Health Benefits
- Survival Dilemmas: Will You Do What it Takes?
- Preparedness Tips For Seniors
- 24 Essential Prep Tips for Surviving an EMP Attack
- 20 Easy Spring Cleaning Tasks You Can Do Today
- 10 Devices to Consider for Emergency Communications
- 7 Things You’re Probably Throwing Out that Can Save You Money in the Kitchen
- It’s getting real… Prepping reminders and resources for emergency comms and asset protection
- Financial Preparedness Mindset
- What An EMP Will Destroy
- The CLIF BAR Energy Food Protein Bar For Survival Kit
- Long-Lasting Comfort Foods For Preppers
- Keep Your Child Safe: 24 Survival Techniques to Teach
- Survival Medicine – Antibiotics
- How to keep a campfire Going Tips and Tricks
- Avoid Breakdowns: 24 Crisis Prep Tips
- Shipping Containers As Faraday Cages – Let’s See If They Work
SECOND AMENDMENT
- Homicides Plummeting in Cities
- Nice: Americans Own Over 700 Million Ammo Mags With Greater Than 10-Round Capacity
SOCIAL / CULTURE
- STUDY: Most people want to sleep with robots
- Euthanasia Driven Depopulation Agenda
- GALLUP: Americans Sleeping Less, More Stressed
- Rural Americans more likely to die young. Why?
SPACE
- The Violent History and Fiery Birth of the ‘Dragon’s Egg Nebula’ Solves Stellar Mystery
- Mysterious Rainbow-like ‘Glory Lights’ Observed on Planet Outside Our Solar System for First Time Ever
- International competition zeroes in on low Earth orbit
TECHNOLOGY
- US awards Samsung $6.4 billion in grants to boost Texas chip output
- Why Over 400 Scientist and Doctors Want to Halt 5G
- Tech Exec Predicts Billion-Dollar AI Girlfriend Industry
- STUDY: Most people want to sleep with robots
- Unprecedented’: Biden Admin to Ban Americans From Using Russian-Made Kaspersky Anti-Virus Software
- Are Flying Cars Finally Here?
- Robot dog trains to walk on Moon in Oregon trials
WATER
WEATHER
WOKE
