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
- Is a Fake, AI-born Trump Photo a Taste of 2024 Election Deceit to Come?
- IMF: Artificial Intelligence Will Affect 60% of Jobs
ANTS RISING
- Watch: Thousands of Pro-Palestinian Protesters Swarm White House Fence, Secret Service Intervenes
- 10,000 Expected at Tractor Protest Against German Government as Truckers Join Rebels
- Berlin farmer protest gains wide support amid nation’s winter of discontent
- Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with cops outside White House, prompt evacuations
ECONOMIC
- Congress plans to hold off shutdown until March
- Congressional Leaders Reach Agreement to Fund Government Until March
- Where Do The World’s Wealthiest People Live?
- World’s richest five men double fortune since 2020!
- First trillionaire within 10 years
- Debt-Saddled Consumers Embracing Even More “Doom Spending”
- Davos Globalist Elites Warned They’ll be Shocked at the Fortunes of World’s Billionaires
- Frigid Temps Cut US Natgas Supply as Demand Soars
- Labor cost is the elephant in the room for restaurant chains in 2024
- Fed-up bosses on why they refuse to hire Gen Z
- As Davos crowd gathers, govts urged to rein in ‘billionaire class’
- The Businesses That Rescued America From Inflation, Recession, Lost Jobs
- Hartnett: 68 Days Until The First Fed Cut, 81 Days Until US Debt Hits $35 Trillion
- The ‘old American Dream died,’ Realtor details salary needed to buy a home, afford a middle class life in 2024
- Almost a third of Gen Z live with parents or family
- Robots Looking Better to Detroit as Labor Costs Rise
- Sen. Durbin’s Latest Bill Threatens the Livelihood of Community Banks and Credit Unions
- ‘No one’s business is safe’: U.S. city using dark scheme to steal property
- D.C.’s New Min Wage is Driving Prices Up, Employment and Tips Down, and Customers OUT.
- Best Buy Stores Undergoing Massive Inventory Change – It Will Never Look the Same
- American Offices the Emptiest in At Least Four Decades
- ECONOMISTS: No Recession — Will Just Feel Like One
- US Budget Deficit Soars By 50% In December As Fiscal Collapse Under Biden Accelerates
- A Federal Power Grid Would be Everyone’s Worst Nightmare
- Will CBDCs reduce or increase corruption and crime?
- Commercial flights becoming insanely dangerous as virtue-signaling airlines hire based on diversity rather than merit
- Canceled! Are You At Risk Of Losing Your Home Insurance?
- Which Jobs Have A Future?
EDUCATION(AL)
- Fed-up parents are pulling kids out of this blue state’s schools in DROVES
- Commercial flights becoming insanely dangerous as virtue-signaling airlines hire based on diversity rather than merit
- Is a Fake, AI-born Trump Photo a Taste of 2024 Election Deceit to Come?
- Seattle Teacher Under Fire for Telling Students the Term “Straight” Is Offensive
- The Danger of Critical Race Theory
- Biden to Bail Out Student Loan Debts Under $12k
- Where Do The World’s Wealthiest People Live?
- Fed-up bosses on why they refuse to hire Gen Z
- FAA wants to hire people with ‘severe’ intellectual, psychiatric disabilities under DEI push
- Local politicians demand answers over ‘awful’ school map that omits Israel for Palestine
- DOE’s Qatar-funded Israel-erasing map betrays New York (and American) values
ELECTION
- Biden has largest war chest of any Dem candidate in history
- Everything You Need to Know About the Iowa Caucuses
- Forget the Top Lines, Here Are The Real Numbers That Matter in the Final Iowa Poll.
- GOP Candidates Battle Freezing Weather in Final Push to Iowa Caucuses
- John Kerry Resigning as Climate Envoy to Help the Biden Election Campaign
- Will we survive the climate without him?! John Kerry to leave Biden admin to help presidential campaign
- Staffers quit Biden campaign due to his support of Israel’s war crimes against Palestinians
ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV)
- EV Double Decker Bus Catches Fire in London Rush Hour
- TESLA Gets $94 Billion Reality Check as EV Winter Sets In… EVs to sell for as little as $10,000?
- Charging an Electric Vehicle in Canada’s Deep Freeze
- Hertz to Sell a Third of Its Fleet of Electric Cars
ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE
- UPDATE: Chinese billionaire’s purchase of $85 million of Oregon timberland sparks outcry
- Will we survive the climate without him?! John Kerry to leave Biden admin to help presidential campaign
- John Kerry Resigning as Climate Envoy to Help the Biden Election Campaign
- John Kerry Quits White House Climate Envoy Job.
- Amish Farmer’s Organic Farm Raided After Pushing Back Against Fed Overreach
- Electricity prices to almost double as German consumers who use heat pumps face green reality
FIRES
FOOD
- Amish Farmer’s Organic Farm Raided After Pushing Back Against Fed Overreach
- Are The Billions Of Cancer-Causing Plastic Particles That Are Getting Into Our Food A Form Of Global Population Control?
GEO-POLITICAL
- 12 Examples Of The Tremendous Chaos That Is Suddenly Erupting All Over The Globe
- Washington Escalates the Middle East Conflict
- French Navy Plows Through Million Dollar Missiles To Defeat Cheap Houthi Drones
- Oxfam: World’s 5 Richest Men Doubled Wealth Since 2020
- US Deploys 3rd Carrier Strike Group to Western Pacific
- North Korean foreign minister visits Moscow for talks as concern grows over an alleged arms deal
- Ukraine is ‘test site’ for North Korean missiles: South Korea
- Taiwan defies China, electing ‘troublemaker’ new president
- The new Prime Minister of France, Gabriel Attal is a WEF Global Young Leader and a Bilderberger.
- CONFIRMED: Iran just reclaimed an oil tanker in Gulf of Oman that U.S. stole last year
- Dubai Sales of $25 Million Homes Double as Global Elite Move In
- Electricity prices to almost double as German consumers who use heat pumps face green reality
- IMF: Artificial Intelligence Will Affect 60% of Jobs
- Philippines to develop islands in South China Sea
- Peru passes law recognizing unborn children as human beings
- Iran Issues Houthi Warning to US — ‘Justified’ Targets
- Where Do The World’s Wealthiest People Live?
- Bank valuations could rise by $7 trillion in five years, study finds
ISRAEL
- BIBI: ‘No one will stop us – not The Hague, Axis of Evil, no one’
- Israel: Woman killed, 17 hurt in suspected Palestinian car-ramming attack
- ‘Escalation Trap’: 100 Days Into Gaza War, Biden Fails To Achieve Basic Policy Goals
- Hamas releases chilling video of hostages
- Israel bombs targets across Gaza, Hamas to reveal ‘fate’ of three hostages
- Hamas fights with a patchwork of weapons built by Iran, China, Russia and North Korea
- 1 dead and at least 17 injured in twin attacks in central Israel, authorities said
- Israel readies for possibility of pregnancies in female hostages raped by Hamas
- US Secretly Sent ‘Targeting Officers’ To Aid Israel’s War In Gaza
- Over 50% Of All Buildings Damaged Or Destroyed In Gaza Strip
- San Francisco Mayor London Breed Condemns Board’s Anti-Israel ‘Ceasefire’ Resolution
UKRAINE
- “A Declaration of War”: UK Plans To Put British Troops in Ukraine
- Zelensky Scheduled to Join Klaus Schwab for Special Address at World Economic Forum
- Forever War: France and Germany Vow to Fund Ukraine for ‘As Long As Necessary’
- Ukraine is ‘test site’ for North Korean missiles: South Korea
- Female saboteurs who poisoned 46 Russian soldiers now on the run
- Ukraine Claims to Have Shot Down Two Valuable Russian Command and Control Aircraft
- Putin’s $331,000,000 spy plane ‘shot out of sky’
GLOBALIZATION
- Davos Globalist Elites Warned They’ll be Shocked at the Fortunes of World’s Billionaires
- The new Prime Minister of France, Gabriel Attal is a WEF Global Young Leader and a Bilderberger.
- Zelensky Scheduled to Join Klaus Schwab for Special Address at World Economic Forum
IDENTITY
IMMIGRATION
- Biden Says Southern Border Is Not In Crisis
- Cover-up of tuberculosis outbreak at Cape Cod migrant encampment exposed by local media
- Texas erects new border barrier as dispute with Biden administration ramps up
- Texas Has Moved Over 100k Foreign Nationals to Sanctuary Cities – 37k to NYC Alone
- Dems Talking About Illegal Immigrants The Same Way They Used To Talk About Slaves
- NYC Mayor Adams to Put Illegal Immigrant Shelter Under Curfew Due to Rising Crime
- Massachusetts Officials Pleading with Private Homeowners to Take in Illegal Aliens
- New York City Principal Attacks Parents Who Opposed Closing High School to Accommodate Migrants
- Lead Republican Immigration Negotiator James Lankford’s Guiding Philosophy: ‘Love All Immigrants Equally’
- Illinois’ Democrat Governor Begs Texas Gov. Abbott to Stop Busing Migrants to Chicago amid Winter Weather
- Proposed Senate Border Deal Allegedly Would Allow 5,000 Illegal Immigrants Per Day Into United States
- The Texas National Guard just seized control of Eagle Pass from the Federal Government…
- TX national guard uses riot shields to hold back horde of migrants…Trying to border-cross through razor wire
- Mexico Busts Coach Bus Packed With Nearly 200 US-Bound Migrants
LEGAL / CRIMINAL
- Will CBDCs reduce or increase corruption and crime?
- BREAKING: Iowa principal dies after being shot by ‘genderfluid’ mass school shooter at Perry High School
- Group Of At Least Seven Men Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Toddlers At Texas Mall, Police Say
- ‘No one’s business is safe’: U.S. city using dark scheme to steal property
MEDIA
- Is a Fake, AI-born Trump Photo a Taste of 2024 Election Deceit to Come?
- The 2024 Digital ID and Online Age Verification Agenda
- MAG: Internet Being Ruined by Bloated Junk
- The incredible shrinking podcast industry
- Inside MESSENGER’s money-torching bet to make media great again
VACCINE
- Majority of Americans Think Covid Vaccines Linked to Unexplained Deaths
- COVID-19 Shots Linked To Autism In Vaccinated Rats: Study
NATIONAL SECURITY
- Is a Fake, AI-born Trump Photo a Taste of 2024 Election Deceit to Come?
- Democrats Bring Bill To Prohibit Armed Citizen Militias
- Pilot Madison Marsh becomes first active-duty air force officer to win Miss America title
POLITICAL
- Elusive Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Released From Hospital
- ABC/IPSOS Poll: Biden Approval Drops to 33%
- Biden Says Southern Border Is Not In Crisis
- Appeals court cancels Biden’s capricious energy regulatory actions targeting dishwashers and washing machines
- When DEI Becomes DIE: FAA Now Hiring People With “Severe Intellectual And Psychiatric Disability”
- Texas Has Moved Over 100k Foreign Nationals to Sanctuary Cities – 37k to NYC Alone
- Is a Fake, AI-born Trump Photo a Taste of 2024 Election Deceit to Come?
- FBI Director Says Public-Private Sector Partnerships Are Important for Guarding Against “Misinformation”
- ‘Deeply disturbing’: GOP senators slam Biden for using SPLC on ‘domestic terrorism’
- ‘Complete blasphemy’: Commercial fishermen rip Biden’s ‘ocean justice’
- Americans Identifying As Democrats Hits Record Low
- Democrats Bring Bill To Prohibit Armed Citizen Militias
- San Francisco Mayor London Breed Condemns Board’s Anti-Israel ‘Ceasefire’ Resolution
- Sen. Durbin’s Latest Bill Threatens the Livelihood of Community Banks and Credit Unions
- Biden Admits Houthis Are ‘Terrorists’ After Reversing Trump’s Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation
- Congress plans to hold off shutdown until March
- Elizabeth Warren says lawmakers need raise!
- Jeffrey Epstein created baby harvesting farm to “seed humanity” with his, other elitists’ sperm
- John Kerry Resigning as Climate Envoy to Help the Biden Election Campaign
- A Federal Power Grid Would be Everyone’s Worst Nightmare
POWER GRID
- WATCH: Tucker Carlson: What happens when the power grid fails?
- Will the U.S. power grid function reliably during the coming arctic blast?
- A Federal Power Grid Would be Everyone’s Worst Nightmare
- “We’re Going To See Brownouts In Major US Cities”: Competition For Electricity Is Now An Unstoppable Race
PREPAREDNESS
- 10 Smart Ways to Prep Without Spending Money
- Money-saving tips on a low income
- 10 Things Not to Do During SHTF (Fatal Mistakes to Avoid!)
- 50 Surprising Ways to Cut Household Costs
- 15 Creative Ways to Use Old Mattresses for Prepping
- These Fuel Storage Mistakes Could Kill You
- Appeals court cancels Biden’s capricious energy regulatory actions targeting dishwashers and washing machines
- Deciding How Much Should You Spend Per Month Prepping
- Bushcraft Vs Prepping: A Comprehensive Guide To Survival Skills
- Shaking the House: Getting Started With Decluttering
- 16 Plants You Can Eat When You’re Desperate for Food
- How to Make a Trash Can Survival Kit
- What the Amish Ate During the Great Depression
- 12 Places to Score Free 5-Gallon Buckets
PRIVACY
SECOND AMENDMENT
- Federal Judge Rules Ban of Firearms in Post Offices Unconstitutional
- Democrats Bring Bill To Prohibit Armed Citizen Militias
- Law-Abiding Americans Reject Biden’s Border Invasion & Imploding Cities By Buying More Guns
SOCIAL / CULTURE
SPACE
- Oops: Failed U.S. Moon Lander Now Hurtling Back TOWARDS Earth
- NASA awards another $100 million for private space stations
- Massive Dark Hole Opens in the Sun – We are in a Solar MINIMUM
TECHNOLOGY
- Is a Fake, AI-born Trump Photo a Taste of 2024 Election Deceit to Come?
- The 2024 Digital ID and Online Age Verification Agenda
- ‘I was gang raped in the metaverse’…
TERRORISM
- Biden Admits Houthis Are ‘Terrorists’ After Reversing Trump’s Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation
- Flip side of drone boom: Airports, stadiums, power plants need defending
WEATHER