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
CYBER
ECONOMIC
- Bidenomics hits Americans: Mortgage payments UP 90%
- News media outlets slashed record 2,700 jobs in 2023, with more expected
- GM to Lay Off 1,300 Workers at Two Michigan Plants
- Bidenomics: 12% of Retired Americans Plan Return to Work in 2024, Citing Rising Costs, Survey Shows
- Growing Number of Retailers Are Rethinking Self-Checkout
- Oil Prices Just Flipped Into a ‘Contango’ Pattern. What It Is, and Why It’s Worrisome.
- Dollar heads for worst week in five months on Fed rate outlook
- 60% of homeless people offered shelter last month refused, according to blue-city mayor
- $3 per gallon gasoline in sight amid record U.S. oil production
- Ultra-rare Nikes worth $10,000 found in donation bin
- The Truth About The Economy That The Mainstream Media Is Not Telling You
- Billionaire Warren Buffett Has A McDonald’s Gold Card That Gives Him Free Meals For Life
EDUCATION(AL)
- Transgender Teachers In Florida Sue Over Pronoun Law
- Oklahoma Governor Signs Executive Order Effectively Banning DEI In All State Institutions
- Musk spends $100M to open new university in Texas…
- Elon Musk Intends To Start University In Texas, According To Tax Filings
- Leftists ignore black students’ higher success rate in conservative states
- Fairfax County School Board Member Sworn in on ‘Banned’ Explicit LGBTQ+ Books
- Young men just more interested in STEM fields, poll finds
- Autistic 9-Year-Old Boy Becomes Youngest U.S. CPR Certificate Holder
- “I Am Angry”: Black Scholar Who Says Harvard Prez Plagiarized Her Work Is Livid As 5th Example Emerges
- Among China’s Amorphous State-Run Schools, New Campus Wins World Building of the Year for ‘Blurring inside and outside’
- Boy Who Started Food Bank in his Shed Now Opens Holiday ‘Gift Bank’ for Hundreds of Poor Kids
- We Wanted Our Lives To Be Just Like What We Saw On Television, And Now We Have The Demonic Society That We Were Wishing For
- University of Washington Gives One of Only 12 Female Volleyball Scholarships to Trans Athlete
ELECTION
- The Economy Is the Number-One Concern for Voters in 2024
- Across America’s Cities, Voters Are Driving Out Progressives
ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV)
ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE
- California redwoods ‘killed’ by wildfire come back to life with 2,000-year-old buds
- COP28 head tells crowd there’s “no science” backing phase-out of fossil fuels to stop global warming
- YOU Are The Carbon They Want To Reduce! UK Scientists Say Human Breath Bad For Environment, Contributes To Global Warming
- Scientists Now Say ‘Breathing’ Harms The Environment?
FOOD
- America’s Largest Egg Producer Temporarily Halts Production At Facility, Cites Bird Flu
- U.S. Poultry Exports Banned Amid Bird Flu Fears
- Coca-Cola recalls nearly 2,000 cases of Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite for ‘potential foreign material’
GEO-POLITICAL
- NATO Increases Military Budget by 12% for 2024
- Iran-Backed Attacks on U.S. Troops in Middle East Reach Nearly 100
- Here’s how Biden could put U.S. in ANOTHER foreign war
- Trudeau’s labor minister pushes ‘equity’ mandate to favor LGBT job applicants
- UK Men to Be the First To Use ‘Male Contraceptive’ Pill.
- U.S. Poultry Exports Banned Amid Bird Flu Fears
- Pentagon: US Talks With Beijing About Arranging Military Communication
ISRAEL
UKRAINE
- One Killed, 26 Injured After Local Politician Throws Grenades at Ukrainian Council Meeting
- 400,000 Ukrainians Killed In Action Explains A Whole Lot
- ‘People Snatchers’: Ukraine’s Recruiters Use Harsh Tactics to Fill Ranks
- ‘Give birth to more soldiers’: Hardline Russia turns on abortions
GLOBALIZATION
IMMIGRATION
- White House Sets Border Deal: 1 Million Illegals Per Year and $61 Billion for Ukraine
- Encounters With Illegals Again Exceed 10K in a Single Day
- ‘They’re already here,’ Arizona sheriff says of terrorists coming across the border
- Chicago Mayor and City Council Block Referendum on If They Should Remain a Sanctuary City
- Report: Chicago Mayor Secretly Paying Higher Than Market Prices to Rent Migrant Shelter Buildings
- WATCH: East Texas Man Charged with Migrant Smuggling near Border
LEGAL / CRIMINAL
- Apple Quietly Changes Policy, Search Warrant Now Required To Send Certain Customer Data To Law Enforcement
- Report: Christian Former Military Officer Beheads Satanic Statue at Iowa State Capitol
- Ex-FBI Agent Who Played Role in Trump Russia Hoax Jailed for 4 Years
- Christian Military Vet Decapitates Satanic Statue In State Capitol
MEDIA
- We Wanted Our Lives To Be Just Like What We Saw On Television, And Now We Have The Demonic Society That We Were Wishing For
- The Truth About The Economy That The Mainstream Media Is Not Telling You
- News media outlets slashed record 2,700 jobs in 2023, with more expected
- Have child traffickers taken over the Etsy online marketplace?
- Apple Quietly Changes Policy, Search Warrant Now Required To Send Certain Customer Data To Law Enforcement
Coronavirus-19
- FDA and HHS Sued for Concealing Documents Showing Suppression of HCQ and Ivermectin: America First Legal
- Whistleblower claims NHS EUTHANIZED PATIENTS to inflate COVID-19 pandemic death toll
VACCINE
PNEUMONIA
NATIONAL SECURITY
- Iran-Backed Attacks on U.S. Troops in Middle East Reach Nearly 100
- Pentagon Reduced Military Recruitment Goals and Still Fell 41k Short
- U.S. Military Returns to Jungle, Training for Future Threats
POLITICAL
- Biden Set to Close Out Year With Approval Rating at New All-Time-Low
- Here’s how Biden could put U.S. in ANOTHER foreign war
- Johnson May Be Next Speaker to Lose His Job
- Jill Biden’s ‘Nutcracker’ Dance Troupe Promotes Abolishing Police Departments, Rants About ‘White Supremacy’
- “Absolute Garbage”: Jill Biden’s ‘Bizarre’ Christmas Video Is Freaking People Out
- Jill Biden’s White House Christmas video slammed as ‘bizarre’
- Dance company hired by Biden White House for Christmas video has radical far-left, anti-white policies
- Senate report sounds alarm on surge in fentanyl deaths among older Americans
- Oklahoma Governor Signs Executive Order Effectively Banning DEI In All State Institutions
PREPAREDNESS
- 5 Home Defense Tips for Seniors
- Sun’s strongest solar flare in years knocks out radio frequencies
- 51+ Best Survival Movies of All Time
- Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 Million Hawaiian Compound Features Massive Underground Bunker
- Cyberattack – Scariest Thing Will Be Not Knowing What’s Going On
- How to Tap a Phone Line for Power When SHTF
- Emergency Preparedness: Water Storage – How Much Is Enough?
- Emergency Preparedness in the New Year
SECOND AMENDMENT
- NRA Sounds Alarm On New ATF Rule Targeting Gun Buyers And Sellers
- Vista Outdoors Warns “Global Shortage Of Gunpowder” Will Set Ammo Prices On Fire
SOCIAL / CULTURE
- Is The Revival Of The “Dumb Phone” The Solution To Our Tech Addiction Woes?
- We Wanted Our Lives To Be Just Like What We Saw On Television, And Now We Have The Demonic Society That We Were Wishing For
- Senate report sounds alarm on surge in fentanyl deaths among older Americans
- Why are Americans getting shorter?
- Why more women live in East Coast counties while men outnumber in West
- SURVEY: Quarter Of Americans Stressed ‘All The Time’
TECHNOLOGY
- World’s first human brain-scale supercomputer to be activated…More powerful than our mind?
- Is The Revival Of The “Dumb Phone” The Solution To Our Tech Addiction Woes?
TERRORISM
WEATHER
