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
- AI calculator which predicts when will die is chillingly accurate
- AI image-generators trained on explicit photos of children
ANTS RISING
CYBER
ECONOMIC
- Must Watch: The Great Taking – Documentary (1:11:56)
- The World Is Sitting on a Powder Keg of Debt
- Bidenomics: 66% Are ‘Pessimistic’ About Future of Joe Biden’s Economy
- 62 Percent Of Americans Live Paycheck To Paycheck And The Bottom Of The Economic Food Chain Is Already Collapsing
- GM buys out nearly half of its Buick dealers across the country, who opt to not sell EVs
- Boomers over 70 hold more than 30% of wealth
- IRS to Waive Up to Nearly $1 Billion in Late Payment Penalties
- Is USA in ‘silent depression?’
- BOOM: Florida Home Wants 83% More Than Last Sale Price in 2020 – [Ed. Note: Where would we be without Realtors?]
- Panasonic says Oklahoma no longer candidate for new battery plant
- US existing home sales unexpectedly rise in November
- Cheerios maker General Mills cuts sales view as price hikes hammer demand
- 36% of San Francisco’s Office Space Is Vacant
- In Defense of the Dollar Store
EDUCATION(AL)
- Tennessee bill would ban pride flags from schools
- Harvard President Claudine Gay Faces New Plagiarism Allegations She Won’t Face Consequences For
- South Korea: Students sue after teacher ends exam 90 seconds early
- The Fed’s empire of speculation and the echoes of 1929
- ‘War on families’: Parents who don’t let kids cross-dress now classified as potentially abusive
- Volunteer Hospital Driver Gets Favor Returned Decades After Becoming Friends with a 6-yo–She Gave her Kidney
- NY Considers Reparations for Descendants of Slaves
- House Speaker Johnson among US politicians with ancestral ties to slavery
- The NFL’s Millennial Coach Tackles New Problem: Gen Z
- He tried to cross the ocean on a hamster wheel. After federal charges, here’s what he says now
- Scientists claim they’ve had a 20 minute conversation with a WHALE – and say it could pave the way for conversations with aliens someday
- Canadian school board removes word ‘parent’ from documents, but not all trustees are happy
- Number of “Excess” Americans Dying Young Now Exceeds ALL Post-Vietnam War Losses
ELECTION
- First time in history Section 3 of 14th Amendment used to ban presidential candidate
- China Tried to Shape the Outcome of 2022 Midterm Elections, Intelligence Report Says
ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV)
ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE
- This weed killer banned in 50 countries. U.S. workers say it’s giving them Parkinson’s
- Canada says all cars and trucks must be zero emission by 2035, industry unhappy
- U.S. city bans gasoline-powered leaf blowers in unanimous vote
GEO-POLITICAL
- China Quietly Rebuilds Secretive Base for Nuke Tests
- Chinese Banks Lead $120 Billion Global Financing for Coal Projects
- Cash rules in India despite digital payment boom
- South Korea: Students sue after teacher ends exam 90 seconds early
- UK Inflation Falls to Two-Year Low at 3.9%, But Central Bank 2% Target Still Distant
- US Releases Maduro Ally in Swap for Jailed Americans
- The World Is Sitting on a Powder Keg of Debt
- Switzerland: Health insurance data shows 73% increase in people receiving cancer treatment since 2020
- What the Irish government is trying to do should scare everyone…especially Americans
- Iran hangs ‘child bride’ for murder of husband
- Canada says all cars and trucks must be zero emission by 2035, industry unhappy
- Porn viewers in EU may have to prove their age
ISRAEL
- Talks on new pause in Gaza war gain urgency
- The War in Gaza: It’s Not About Hamas. It’s About Demographics
GLOBALIZATION
IMMIGRATION
- SHOCK: 14,500 Illegal Aliens Caught at Southern Border in ONE DAY RECORD
- BORDER BATTLE: Biden wants mass amnesty?
- White House accuses Texas of ‘demonizing’
- Court blocks US government destruction of Texas border razor wire fencing
- Border Crisis Leads to 13-Hour Wait Times for Legal Crossings at Texas-Mexico Ports of Entry
- Migrants Rally to End NYC Limits on Shelter Stays
- Immigration Court Backlog Has Now Reached 3 Million Pending Cases
- Live from the Jungle: Migrants Become Influencers on Social Media
LEGAL / CRIMINAL
- Biden to nominate five new judges in Texas, other Republican-led states
- Proud Boy leader who cooperated with Feds gets 3 years in Jan 6 attack
- BREAKING: Judge Orders Names On List Unsealed!
- Dozens of men arrested for sex trafficking during undercover Las Vegas strip operation, over 200 victims identified
MEDIA
- Live from the Jungle: Migrants Become Influencers on Social Media
- Social Media Giants File Lawsuit to Stop Utah from Protecting Kids Online
MEDICAL
- Embarrassed by Cough? ‘Sick Shaming’ Leads to Overuse of Meds
- OZEMPIC overdose? Poison control experts explain why thousands OD’d this year
- Switzerland: Health insurance data shows 73% increase in people receiving cancer treatment since 2020
- Number of “Excess” Americans Dying Young Now Exceeds ALL Post-Vietnam War Losses
Coronavirus-19
NATIONAL SECURITY
POLITICAL
- ‘The Christmas Story’ is great because it is politically incorrect all the way!
- Bidenomics: 66% Are ‘Pessimistic’ About Future of Joe Biden’s Economy
- Monmouth Poll: Kamala Harris’ Approval Rating Hits Record Low as Nationwide Tour Begins
- Kamala Harris serves up another word salad about the ‘most election of our lifetime’
- Kamala Harris launches ‘Reproductive Freedoms’ pro-abortion tour across US
- Uncle of Colorado Justice Who Barred Trump Teamed With Soros to Send U.S. Rare Earth Tech to China
- Gavin Newsom’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness Turns 20
- Foreigners Now Control 2% of U.S. Farmland
- Destroying Farmland to Reduce Population
- House Speaker Johnson among US politicians with ancestral ties to slavery
- Harvard President Claudine Gay Faces New Plagiarism Allegations She Won’t Face Consequences For
- U.S. city bans gasoline-powered leaf blowers in unanimous vote
- NY Considers Reparations for Descendants of Slaves
- Tennessee bill would ban pride flags from schools
PREPAREDNESS
- Selco’s Stories from an SHTF Christmas
- 12 Places to Get Water in the City After SHTF
- In Defense of the Dollar Store
- How to Be a Prepper While Living on the Road
- Texas takes ‘historic action,’ arrests thousands of migrants: ‘We’ve moved beyond chaos’
- A Preemptive Strike Against an Orwellian Future
- Resisting Thought Control – Pt. 2
- OPSEC and Your Neighbors
- Prepping How Much Rice Per Person: Key Guidelines
- How to Use Chalk in Emergency Preparedness
SECOND AMENDMENT
SOCIAL / CULTURE
SPACE
- Time-Lapse From Space Of Huge Tornado On Sun Captured
- Blue Origin returns to form with a successful rocket launch after being grounded for over a year
TECHNOLOGY
WEATHER
- Emergency in China as temperatures hit lowest levels ever
- It Looks Like “The Gates Of Hell” Have Opened In Iceland As Our Planet Continues To Tremble In Wild And Unpredictable Ways
WOKE
