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
- Tranhumanists Are Worried About ‘AI Inbreeding’ – Here’s What That Means
- Big Tech Wants To Sneak Its AI Agenda Through State Legislatures
- Conservative US judge says AI could strengthen ‘originalist’ movement
- Taco Bell and Pizza Hut Embracing Tech With Plans for “AI-Powered” Fast Food
- Tech startup working on building a robot that uses AI-powered “brain”
ANTS RISING
COLLAPSE ITEMS
- State Of Emergency Declared In Niagara Falls Over Total Solar Eclipse
- Panic in Haiti’s capital as wild shooting fills streets
- International Scholars Warning on Societal Disruption and Collapse
- Baltimore Bridge Collapse: New Underwater 3D Images Show “Sheer Magnitude” Of Salvage Operation Ahead
- It Could Take HOW LONG to Rebuild Francis Scott Key Bridge???
- Female suspect in child kidnapping, murder killed by Mexican mob after dragging her from police car
ECONOMIC
- $1B Powerball Numbers: 19, 24, 40, 42, 56, PB 23 – three months without a big winner.
- Over 500,000 fast-food workers in California just got a huge raise thanks to a new law—but not everyone is celebrating
- United asks pilots to take UNPAID time off
- It Could Take HOW LONG to Rebuild Francis Scott Key Bridge???
- Market Now More Hawkish Than The Fed As June Rate-Cut Odds Fade
- Mass Layoffs Begin At California Fast Food Chains As $20 Minimum Wage Law Takes Effect
- Biden’s electric truck demands to raise costs for consumers
- California energy prices soaring due to “green” disaster
- Gold Hits New Record Highs, Bonds Battered As Inflation Fears Reignite
- Gold prices hit another record high after fresh U.S. data spurs Fed cut expectations
- Buyers Need 6-Figure Income to Afford a Home in 22 states, Up from 6 States in 2020
- A Million Simulations, One Verdict for US Economy: Debt Danger Ahead
- Bullish Bets On Gasoline Futures Soar As Pump-Prices Risk Rising To “Politically Sensitive” $4/Gallon Level
- Utah Formally Empowers State Treasurer To Protect State Funds With Gold And Silver
- The New Magic Number for Retirement Is $1.46 Million?
EDUCATION(AL)
- Last USS Arizona Sailor Who Survived Pearl Harbor Attack Passes Away at 102
- What Happened The Last Time Two Eclipses Formed A Giant “X” Over The New Madrid Fault Zone?
- State Of Emergency Declared In Niagara Falls Over Total Solar Eclipse
- Cancer on campus: 150 students, staff at NC university diagnosed with tumors
- Kids Aged 4 In NYC Taught “Some Boys Have A Penis But Not All Boys Do”
- Harvard Applications Decline Following Anti-Semitism Controversy
- 28 deaths at skydiving center, but the jumps go on
ELECTION
ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV)
- Biden’s electric truck demands to raise costs for consumers
- 8 states are planning to BAN the sale of gas-powered cars entirely – after Biden unveiled ambitious plans to phase them out by 2032
- Tesla quarterly deliveries fall for the first time in nearly four years
- Tesla Sales Fall Way Short of Estimates…Shares Drop
ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE
- Strange things may happen during the eclipse, and NASA wants you to document it
- State Of Emergency Declared In Niagara Falls Over Total Solar Eclipse
- Polar Vortex Is ‘Spinning Backwards’ Above Arctic After Major Reversal Event
- Virginia residents say vibrations from construction of offshore wind project causing cracks in walls
- New Solar-Powered Desalinator Keeps Producing Clean Water Without Needing Sunshine
- Coffee Grounds Show Potential to Clean Up Common Water Contamination from Agriculture
- CANADA: Niagara Falls Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Solar Eclipse
- Can ‘clean energy’ schemes get any crazier?
- California energy prices soaring due to “green” disaster
- Fertilizer Spill In Iowa River Kills Nearly 750,000 Fish
FOOD
- ‘Vaccine lettuce’ bill, aiming to classify food containing a vaccine as a drug, passes in Tennessee.
GEO-POLITICAL
- We Are Just One Step Away From An Apocalyptic War In The Middle East
- North Korea Tests Missile Believed Capable of Hitting Japan, Guam
- Fake news ‘narratives’ reign supreme in Mideast media
- Biden Budget Shells Out $320 Million On Border Walls… For Oman, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, And Tunisia
- When Rogue States Embrace Crypto
- 12-year-old student opens fire at school in Finland, killing 1 and wounding others
- Police search for vandals who desecrated rainbow crosswalk in New Zealand, incident to be treated as ‘hate crime’
- Canada Marks Most Rapid Population Growth In 66 Years
- Daytime fire kills 29 people at Istanbul nightclub
- UN rights chief deplores ‘unprecedented scale’ of rights abuses in Haiti
ISRAEL
- Iran vows revenge as it accuses Israel of deadly airstrike on Syria consulate in deepening Middle East crisis
- Strategic blow: Alleged Israeli airstrike takes out Iranian general in Damascus
- Israel Acknowledges World Central Kitchen Employees ‘Unintentionally’ Killed in Airstrike
- Multiple IRGC Generals Reported Killed In Israeli Attack On Iranian Embassy In Syria
- Russia Voices Outrage As Death Toll Rises To 11 After Israeli Attack On Iran’s Damascus Embassy
UKRAINE
GLOBALIZATION
IDENTITY
- ‘X’ Gender Option Added to Citizenship Application
- Biden Bizarrely Denies Declaring Easter Sunday ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’
- Trans runner CeCe Telfer called out for ‘cheating’ by former Olympian after competing against women
- ‘Queer Fat Club’ infiltrated by skinny ‘he/they’ who ‘identifies as 275 pounds’
- Police search for vandals who desecrated rainbow crosswalk in New Zealand, incident to be treated as ‘hate crime’
IMMIGRATION
- 140K Migrants Apprehended in March Along Southwest Border
- Bodies of 8 Chinese Migrants Float into Mexican Beach After Boat Capsizes
- Sanctuary Massachusetts Repeatedly Shielded Illegal Alien Accused of Sexually Abusing Children from Deportation
- 90% of Illegal Immigrants in Secret Program Flown to Florida and Texas
- Dems Demand Biden Fast-Track Citizenship for Millions of Illegals
- “Growing danger”: Illegal immigrant incidents at New Mexico schools raise safety concerns
- Boston-area residents outraged as veterans housing site set to become illegal immigrant shelter
- Mosques in NYC struggle to house influx of Muslim migrants
LEGAL / CRIMINAL
- Trump Posts $175 Million Bond to Prevent New York from Seizing Assets
- Oregon re-criminalizes drug possession
- ‘X’ Gender Option Added to Citizenship Application
- ‘We’re Dealing with a Nightmare’: Squatters Sue NYC Couple After Allegedly Taking Over Their Property
- Judge’s Pace Could Push Trump Docs Trial Past Nov.
- 12-year-old student opens fire at school in Finland, killing 1 and wounding others
- FBI Agent Says He Hassles People ‘Every Day, All Day Long’ Over Facebook Posts
- Shoplifting surge in NYC fuels black market where thieves resell stolen goods to unsuspecting customers
- Another Migrant Crime Ring, This Time in a Biden-Voting Michigan County
- Verizon Customers Stand to Get Share of $100 Million Settlement
- Leaked Cell Phone Location Data Reveals 200 Mystery Guests On Epstein’s “Pedo Island”
MEDIA
- Network panel offended Republicans don’t want to share Easter with trans ‘day of visibility’
- Epoch Times Releases New Documentary “Hollywood Takeover: China’s Control in the Film Industry”
- Florida Juvenile Social Media Ban Comes With Challenges
- Fake news ‘narratives’ reign supreme in Mideast media
- FBI Agent Says He Hassles People ‘Every Day, All Day Long’ Over Facebook Posts
- Microsoft says female video games characters should be fat and ugly to “avoid stereotypes”
- Children TV Channel Cartoon Network Celebrates Transgender Day of Visibility
- Washington State To Get Hotline for “Bias Incidents” Which Are Defined As “Hostile Expressions of Animus”
- Dana Walden to become DISNEY’s first female CEO?
MEDICAL
- First Case Of Bird-Cow-Human Transmission Of Bird Flu Reported In Texas
- First human case of avian flu in TX raises alarm
- Person is diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows in Texas
- Cancer on campus: 150 students, staff at NC university diagnosed with tumors
- The Doctor Will Ask About Your Gun Now
- Adderall prescriptions filled less often amid ongoing shortage
Coronavirus-19
VACCINE
- ‘Vaccine lettuce’ bill, aiming to classify food containing a vaccine as a drug, passes in Tennessee.
- Experts Discover Over 200Billion DNA Fragments in a Single Dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine
NATIONAL SECURITY
- Pentagon’s Rapid Wartime Response Cargo Ships Trapped In Baltimore After Bridge Collapse
- The U.S. Navy Needs 355 Ships By 2030
POLITICAL
- Last USS Arizona Sailor Who Survived Pearl Harbor Attack Passes Away at 102
- Oregon re-criminalizes drug possession
- The Senate Calls Out-of-Control Spending a National Security Threat, Keeps Spending Anyway. – Ron Paul, MD
- Sec of State Blinken Announces Appointment of New DEI Chief
- Major League Baseball’s first Israeli coach brings attention to hostages
- Florida Supreme Court Upholds 15-Week Abortion Limit, But Voters Will Decide in November
- Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Lifts Ban on Compensated Surrogacy
- ‘X’ Gender Option Added to Citizenship Application
- Tennessee lawmakers vote to ban ‘chemtrails’
- Biden Bizarrely Denies Declaring Easter Sunday ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’
- Biden Budget Shells Out $320 Million On Border Walls… For Oman, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, And Tunisia
- Dems Demand Biden Fast-Track Citizenship for Millions of Illegals
- Florida Supreme Court allows 6-week abortion ban, but voters will have final say
- It Could Take HOW LONG to Rebuild Francis Scott Key Bridge???
- Gavin Newsom Applauds Rollout Of AI Surveillance Network In California
- Big Tech Wants To Sneak Its AI Agenda Through State Legislatures
- Police search for vandals who desecrated rainbow crosswalk in New Zealand, incident to be treated as ‘hate crime’
- House Republicans push to rename major international airport after Trump
- FBI Violated Americans’ Rights Nearly 300,000 Times With FISA 702 Searches
- NYC Democrat Lawmaker Pushes FDNY to Remove American Flag Honoring 9/11 Responders
PREPAREDNESS
- 9 Signs You Might Be on FEMA’s List
- SELCO: Good Enough Is More Likely Than Perfect When the SHTF
- EMP-Proofing Myths No One Ever Told You
- New Solar-Powered Desalinater Keeps Producing Clean Water Without Needing Sunshine
- Coffee Grounds Show Potential to Clean Up Common Water Contamination from Agriculture
- Lightweight 12V Battery For An Electric Trolling Motor
- Rethinking Food Storage – Part 1
- Prepper essentials: Tips for building an emergency prepping kit
- Survive the Crisis with These 18 Essential Barter Items
- Will Water Still Run During a Power Outage?
- Urban Emergency Preparedness: What You Need for City Survival
PRIVACY
- FBI Agent Says He Hassles People ‘Every Day, All Day Long’ Over Facebook Posts
- Gavin Newsom Applauds Rollout Of AI Surveillance Network In California
SECOND AMENDMENT
SPACE
- Why April’s total solar eclipse will be a historic event in the U.S.
- What Happened The Last Time Two Eclipses Formed A Giant “X” Over The New Madrid Fault Zone?
- Ambitions for Mars torn apart by top astronomer
TECHNOLOGY
- This is big: The US Govt has created a hardware backdoor in the CPUs of Apple devices.
- ‘Artificial sun’ sets record for time at 100 million degrees
TERRORISM
WEATHER
