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.]
New Section below – PNEUMONIA
AI
ANTS RISING
CENSORSHIP
COLLAPSE ITEMS
CYBER
- Meta takes down China-based network of thousands of fake accounts
- Online banking services are being disrupted across the U.S.
BANK FAILURES
ECONOMIC
- Online banking services are being disrupted across the U.S.
- We Are Witnessing An Avalanche Of Branch Closings As U.S. Banks Desperately Try To Stay Alive
- Now Is the Time To Buy Precious Metals – Marc Faber
- Drivers would pay $15 to enter Manhattan under plan
- UAE officially stops using dollar for oil trades
- US Manufacturing Surveys Signal Stagflation: Prices Paid Up As Jobs Drop
- Infographic: US government and US banks in the gold market
- US boat sales set to sink to decade low
- U.S. Steel Lays off Over 1,000 Workers as It “Indefinitely” Idles Illinois Steel Mill
- IRS Warns Taxpayers That Hiring Of Tax Enforcers Will ‘Ramp Up’ Soon
- Truth in Accounting Study: All the States in the Worst Fiscal Health are Run by Dems
- Microstrategy Buys 16,130 Bitcoin In November Bringing Total To 174,530 Worth $6.6BN
- Ford resumes Michigan EV battery plant but reduces production capacity by 40%, drops about 800 jobs
- Unrealized Losses At US Banks Exploded In Q3
- Pending home sales drop to record low, even worse than during financial crisis!
- Remington Closing New York Plant, Which Opened in 1828
- ESCAPE: Cancun, Mexican Caribbean Expected To Shatter All Tourism Records This Winter
- Huawei is allegedly building a self-sufficient chip network using state investment fund
EDUCATION(AL)
- Teen Creates LEGO Charity to Collect and Wash Old Bricks to Give Away New Sets–For 3,000 Kids So Far
- Publisher, teachers sue to keep porn in school classrooms
- University: Using trans person’s birth name is ‘violent act’
- Minnesota school bans phones — and students happy!
- STUDY: Kids On Socials More Prone To Making Dangerous Decisions
- Texas urges appeals court to revive public school book ban
- Middle-Schoolers Tell Moms for Liberty to Stop Bullying LGBTQ+ Youth
ELECTION
- Biden campaign prepares legal fight against election deepfakes
- John Lott’s Latest Survey Reveals More Voters Carrying Concealed
ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV)
- $7.5K EV Tax Credit Could Be Thwarted by China Curbs
- Report: electric cars have 80% more problems than gas-powered cars
- US aims to limit China’s role in electric cars
- Ford resumes Michigan EV battery plant but reduces production capacity by 40%, drops about 800 jobs
- US Probes Loss of Power in 73K Chevrolet Volts
- ‘Embarrassing’ photos of Tesla Cybertruck spark debate online: ‘The most hideous vehicle I’ve ever seen’
ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE
- Biden Admin Pledges Millions To International Climate Reparations Fund
- Bill Gates: Africans need genetically modified seeds and chickens to fight “climate change”
- Yellowstone tourist drives too close to territorial bison – and it’s an expensive mistake
- UAE to pump CO2 into rock as carbon capture debate rages
FOOD
- Beef prices hit record high after disaster strikes Southwest: ‘Consumers will be paying more … for several years’
- Bill Gates Calls On World Governments To use His New GMO Crops and Livestock!
- Watch: Morano on OAN TV: Biden Enacts War Powers For ‘Climate Emergency’ & The UN’s ‘Great Food Reset Summit’
- From Shutting Down Farms to Global Control
GEO-POLITICAL
- Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei says central bank shutdown non-negotiable
- Europe unprepared for war with Russia and could be dismantled like the Holy Roman Empire
- Expert charges China is ramping up drug industry – to addict Americans!
- Iran Quits UN Climate Change Conference over Israeli Participation
- Venezuela Threatens Tiny Guyana as Vote Nears
- Should Venezuela invade its oil-rich neighbor? Maduro will put it to vote Sunday
- Footage of Parisian street turns heads around the world: ‘It wasn’t even this way in late 2019’
- Oil Prices Could Hit $100/Barrell Next Year If OPEC+ Members Fulfill Voluntary Cut Pledges
- UAE officially stops using dollar for oil trades
- Toronto Catholic school board elects pro-LGBT trustee as vice-chair
- WHO notified that the Netherlands can only be bound by IHR amendments after approval by Parliament, and that hasn’t happened
- Philippines notifies WHO it rejects the amendments to International Health Regulations “in toto”
ISRAEL
- Kibbutz Founder, 85, Oldest Israeli Hostage, Dies in Hamas Captivity
- London cancels Chanukah celebration after days of anti-Israel protests
- NYT: Israel Knew Hamas Attack Plan More Than Year Ago
- Report: Israel Had Hamas’s Battle Plan for a Year; Analysts Dismissed It
- House Passes Permanent Freeze on $6 Billion in Iranian Funds From Hostage Deal
- IDF Publishes Map of Gaza with Zones to Help Civilians Avoid Fighting
UKRAINE
- Zelensky Concedes Counteroffensive Failed
- Ukraine war: Zelensky says fortifying front lines must be accelerated
- Report: Zelensky using proxies to buy luxury yachts worth 75M with U.S. money
- Russia says advancing on all fronts in Ukraine
- Zelensky Orders Construction of Defenses
- One every five minutes – Ukrainian sniper kills 12 Russian invaders in an hour near Avdiivka – video
GLOBALIZATION
- From Shutting Down Farms to Global Control
- Watch: Morano on OAN TV: Biden Enacts War Powers For ‘Climate Emergency’ & The UN’s ‘Great Food Reset Summit’
- Have You Heard Of An “EMP”? Here’s Why I Think It’s Our Biggest Threat
IMMIGRATION
- Judge won’t halt US government destruction of Texas border razor wire fencing
- Foreign-Born Population Hits 49.5M Under Biden – Largest Ever in U.S. History
- NYC Mayor Eric Adams DEFUNDS POLICE, rolls out various austerity measures to spend on ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
- Report: Border crossers are secretly receiving GPS coordinates of assembly points before entering Texas
LEGAL / CRIMINAL
- NYC Mayor Eric Adams DEFUNDS POLICE, rolls out various austerity measures to spend on ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
- FBI Agent Carjacked Near Capitol Hill In Washington Amid Crime Surge
MEDIA
- News outlets turn to REDDIT as X descends into chaos
- Kamala Says ‘Many’ of Her Family Are on TikTok, Ignore Her Requests to Stop.
- FDA now requiring drug companies to be more transparent about side effects in ads
- CNN’s “King Charles” Premiere Flops, Continuing Longstanding Tradition of Nobody Watching CNN
MEDICAL
VACCINE
- 35-Year-Old Firefighter Injured by COVID Vaccine and Forced to Retire Sues New York City for Disability Benefits
- How Many Times Has the Government Covered Up a Vaccine Disaster?
PNEUMONIA
- Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark see surge in ‘white lung syndrome’
- Expert warns Europe to prepare for worst
- Children All Over The United States Are Starting To Develop “White Lung Syndrome”
- Now MASSACHUSETTS says it’s being hit by wave of pneumonia in children as Ohio county issues “white lung” warning – after China and Europe saw surge in cases and hospitalizations
- Mystery wave of child pneumonia hits America; Ohio hotspot
- What we know about the pneumonia outbreak in China — and now Ohio
- White Lung Syndrome: Another Biological Export from China?
- Ohio’s Pediatric Pneumonia Spike Similar to China’s
- Public Skepticism Grows in China as Child Pneumonia Surge Fuels COVID-19 Speculation
NATIONAL SECURITY
- Sleepy sailors, short-staffing risk military readiness, audit finds
- Pentagon plans drone army to counter China dominance
- U.S. Will Need Over 100 B-21s to Keep Up With Future High Demand
POLITICAL
- Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on Supreme Court, dies at 93
- Rep. George Santos expelled from Congress in historic vote
- George Santos Expelled From U.S. House of Representatives
- Congressman’s bombshell: ‘Over 200’ FBI agents embedded within crowd on J6
- House Passes Permanent Freeze on $6 Billion in Iranian Funds From Hostage Deal
- Rand Paul Saves Joni Ernst’s Life with Heimlich Maneuver
- Biden So Far Gone He Calls Trump a Congressman: ‘Someone Call the Nearest Nursing Home’
- Joe Biden Wants to Ban Christian Families From Adopting Children in Foster Care
- Foreign-Born Population Hits 49.5M Under Biden – Largest Ever in U.S. History
- Twice as Many Democrats as Republicans Not Seeking Reelection in 2024
- Feds uncover records of brothel ring catering to government and military officials
- Kamala Says ‘Many’ of Her Family Are on TikTok, Ignore Her Requests to Stop.
PREPAREDNESS
- Have You Heard Of An “EMP”? Here’s Why I Think It’s Our Biggest Threat
- How to Create a Root Cellar for Food Storage
- No Room for a Prepper Pantry? No Problem!
- You Are Not Ready for Winter Unless You Have These
- The Most Important Food for Surviving SHTF
- 10 Medicinal Seeds You Should Start This Winter
- The Dying Art Of Shopping.
- Thinsulate Gloves Insulation – How It Works – Warmth Scale
- Natural Methods to Purify Water
- DIY Sanitizers for Hands and Other Surfaces
SECOND AMENDMENT
- John Lott’s Latest Survey Reveals More Voters Carrying Concealed
- Mark Kelly Whips Up Fear of ‘Gas-Operated’ AR-15s: Here’s Why that Doesn’t Mean Anything
- Remington Closing New York Plant, Which Opened in 1828
SOCIAL / CULTURE
WEATHER
WOKE